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October 1777
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is and stand Convicted before the said Justices of a Nusance in
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and the said Justices have given Judgment thereon that the said
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be imprisoned for the term of two Years and the said
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having been formerly Convicted and fined for a like Offence but on an
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application to
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found means to procure a remession
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of his said Fine This Court taking into Consideration the nature of the
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said Nusance and that besides sundry other great Evils the suffering the
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same must necessarily be highly injurious to the Public and to the health
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of a very extensive Neighbourhood do request of Sir
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that he will lay the Case of the said
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before the Right
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Honourable the Earl of Suffolk and the Right Honourable Lord Vis
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Weymouth his Majestys principal Secretaries of State to the End that
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they may be apprized of the same and Exercise their discretion there
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in Case the said
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The nusance Complained of is as follows the Offender has long follow
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in and about Hockley Hole the Business of
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and have
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been a common receiver of Stolen Horses which being bough by him
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at the price of a few Shillings have whether Sound or diseased been
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immediately knocked on the head after which the process has been to
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feed Hogs with the Blood ad Entrails and to boil the flesh for Dogs made
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the Stench arising from this business has been intolerable to such a
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that Journeymen Manufacturers within reach of it have threatned
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have their Masters declaring it was impossible to stand it prosecution
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have hitherto been inefectual to restrain this horrible Nusance for
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as fast as the Offender has been driven from one place he has be taken
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himself to another The last he was settled in was
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a very
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populous Neighbourhood where during the Dog Days the number of Ho
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Slaughtered in this manner was not to be counted and the fear of a
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contagion drove the Inhabitants to the necessity of this prosecution
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which the Offender eluded as long as he was able A Stop it is true is
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thereby put to this Evil but should the Offender be suffered to regain
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Liberty
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