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1768
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May.
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from his said House for fear of being murthered, On the 17th. being
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Saint Patrick's Day upwards of 400 of them assembled, headed
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Ralph Hodgson
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, One of his Majesty's Justices of
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the Peace for the
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and acting for that Parish,
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who promised to take them under his protection, and on their
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paying him six pence a piece pretended to keep a Register of
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them and with Drums beating and Colours plying paraded the
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different Streets, and went to Stepney where they dined with the
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said Magistrate, The next Night they broke open the Coach house
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of the Petitioner
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Burford Camper
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, and cut the lining and leather
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of his Chariot (which was almost new to pieces, and stole several
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things out of his Coach house, and on Saturday Morning they
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broke his Windows and a pannel of his Door and on Tuesday
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Morning between two and three o'Clock about thirty of them
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with the said Justice at their head came again to the Petitioners
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House, and after some noise departed without then doing any
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Mischief but on Wednesday night about eight o'Clock they again
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attached the said Petitioners House broke 22 Sash Squares of
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Glass and did other damage to his House, They then broke into the
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House of the petitioner Marsden destroyed part of his Furniture
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and did him other considerable damage, They then proceeded to
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one Green's House armed with Cutlasses, Hatchets, Muskets and
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other offensive Weapons, and endeavoured to break into the House
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to prevent which he was obliged to have recourse to Fire arms, and
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for the preservation of the Lives of himself and Family was
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under the disagreable necessite of Firing upon those who were
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forcing themselves into his Hicks, whereby several were killed and
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others wounded, and a Party of the Guards coming down, the
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Captain obliged Justice Hodgson to attend, and Green surrendered
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himself to the Captain, On Green's surrender Mr. Lacon Constable
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of
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Parish seized one
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David Crammer
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one of the
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Rioters and who had threatned to pull down Lacon's House, and he
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was carried by the Captain before the above Magistrate and
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notwithstanding the Charge was plainly proved before him, he
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