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Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Thir
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entitled "An Act for the relief of Prisoners charged with fe
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"or other Crimes who shall be acquitted or discharged by proclam
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"respecting the payment of Trees to Goalers" and giving a recomp
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"for such fees out of the County Rates" making in the whole
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Sum of One Thousand Two Hundred and Seven Pounds
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Shillings and Eight Pence as also an Account of the number
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Prisoners convicted at the Delivery of the Goal of Newgate to ha
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Labour pursuant to the Act of Parliament passed in the Sixte
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Year of the Reign of his present Majesty Entitled "An Act to
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"Authorize for a limited time the punishment, by hard Labour
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"of Offenders who for certain Crimes, are or shall become liable
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"to be Transported to any of His Majesty's Colonies and plantatio
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for each of which Convicts the said Mr.
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Richard Akerman
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a fee of Fourteen Shillings and Ten Pence amounting in the
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whole to One Hundred Eighty Six Pounds Three Shillings and
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Two Pence and which accounts make together the Sum One
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Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety Three pounds Nine Shillings
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and Ten Pence the payment of which Sums he the said
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hath demanded of the said Treasurer and
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the Treasurer having prayed the instruction of the Court ha
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he should proceed in the premises It is Ordered that
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Mr. Akerman be informed it is the Opinion of the Court that
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they are not now sufficiently acquainted with the legality of
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his demand to give a positive answer and therefore desire
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to State in Writing for the consideration of the ensuing Sess
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the legal Grounds of his claims
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This Court being informed that The
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Committee appointed to carry into immediate and Effectu
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Execution the Repair of
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is but ill attended and that many times there
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have not been a sufficient number of members present to
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Compose such Committee notwiths landing there are upwar
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of 50 Gentlemen named of the said Committee all of whom
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are Summoned on those occasions by which means many
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matters referred to them have been greatly retarded in the
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Execution It is Ordered that The Reverend Sir
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George
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Thomas Cogan
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George Allcock
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Mainwaring
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Thomas Tryon Cotton
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Jod
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Esquires be a Committee to exam
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