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9th September 1773
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And Mr Rogers is further of Opinion upon the particular Inspection
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aforesaid That some Erections have been made and Buildings laid
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against some other parts of the Boundary Walls of the said Prison which
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from the situation Abuttals Circumstances and appearance of the said
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erections may Justly be deemed encroachments But especially a small
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Shed or Cottage which has been built within a very few years back against
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part of the said South Boundary Wall near into the Great Gate of the
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Said Prison on the West side thereof and against a part of the Boundary
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Wall flanking the said great Gate to the West which said Shed or Cottage
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is now occupied and used as a Chandlers Shop and the Right to it
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now claimed by a Mrs Sharp of
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Fleet Street
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and under held of her by
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the present occupier That in carrying into execution the Plan of
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Repairs and alterations determined to be made in and to the said
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Prison the walls against which the said Erections are built must be,
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pulled down & the said Erections laid open and endangered, wherefore
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Mr Rogers humbly submited the Premises to the consideration of the
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Committee and Prayed their orders therein for his further Proceeding.
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The Committee took a View of the abovementioned Wall and they further
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Report that the same has of ancient time been a Boundary Wall belonging
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to the Said Prison and that the Timber Building erected by Mr Nightingale
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is an encroachment on the right of the County of Middlesex in the same
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which Resolution together with the rest of the Matters contained in the
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Surveyors State the Committee ordered to be reported to his Majestys Justices
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Assembled on the next County day and desired the Party's mentioned in the
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Surveyors Report to attend Hicks Hall at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon of
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the same day
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The said Committee further Report
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That as the said Prison must necessarily from the carrying on of the said
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Repair be Rendered weaker and still more insecure with Respect to safety of
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the Prisoners there Confined the Committee thought it necessary to order the Clerk
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to send Letters to the acting Justices of the said County Recommending it to
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them not to Commit capital Offenders to the said Prison while the Repair
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of the said Prison is in hand which order from the Clerks Report to this
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Committee has been fully complied with.
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