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February 1778
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the said Committee to be fully and clearly proved on Oath viz that
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upon the complaint of
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for a Felony the said
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was apprehended and committed by the said
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that thereupon the said
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the Justice made out a Bill a
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among other charges demanded of the said
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for informations
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ten Shillings and for recognizances thirteen Shillings which Demand
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the said Committee declared to be in their Judgment extorsive oppres
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and illegal
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That it also appeared to the said Committee by the affidavit of
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a poor infirm Woman aged 69 that she the said
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Catherine had been forcibly taken and carried before the said John Gre
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though without any Warrant or even Information That after being
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closely confined by order of the said Justice from two o'Clock in the after
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'till ten o' Clock at night in his House during which time she was
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rumaged and pulled about by the said Justice was afterwards
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committed to the
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for unlawfully
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offering to Sale a quantity of Tea without License or Permit as
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appears by the Warrant of Commitment to her affidavit annexed w
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she remained until the next day when she was discharged by the
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Justice her Son having paid to the said Justice himself the Sum of m
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pound eleven Shillings and six pence for such her discharge
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That it also appeared to the said Committee upon the exam
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on Oath of
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a credible person that on the 15th day of O
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last he was Summoned to appear the same day before
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at his House in Margaret Street at seven o' Clock in
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evening to answer the complaint of
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(who it app
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to your Committee Acts as Clerk to the said Justice) for contempt in not
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paying the fees of Office of eight Shillings according to a Process issue
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out against him against the Statute That the said
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eight o' Clock the same Evening was apprehended upon a Warrant
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granted by the said Justice for the said Offence and taken before him
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and that when before the said Justice instead of eight Shillings for
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which he had been so Summoned the said Justice demanded the
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Sum of fifteen Shillings and six pence which the said Thomas Te
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