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October 1778
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The following Petition of Mr.
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being presented to this Court and the same being
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To the Worshipful His Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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in their General Quarter Session Assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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James Elmore
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Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner has held the place of Keeper of N
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Prison at
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under Your Worships appointment upwards of four
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Years, that for the two first Years whilst the Goal was rebuilding Your
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Petitioner received no Emolument whatever from the place, as it was
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Supposed not to be sufficiently Secure for the safe Custody of Offenders
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That very little advantage arises to him even now a
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the principal part of the persons committed to his Custody consists
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chiefly of Felons and those generally so poor that they are unable to pay
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those fees which he is allowed
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That within a few Months past Your Petitioner
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through the Weakness of the Goal has had the ill fortune to have two
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prisoners Escape out of his Custody the expence of apprehending whom
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has amounted to the Sum of Sixty Six pounds and upwards which
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Escape was not thro any neglect of Your petitioners or his Servants
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly pray
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that Your worships would be pleased to grant
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him an Increase of Sallary or such other relief
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in the premises as to Your Worships shall
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Seem meet
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And Yr. Petitioner will Ever pray Etc
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A Motion was made that the said
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be allowed a Sallary of Forty Pounds a Year as Keeper of the said Goal or
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Prison until further Order of Court to the Contrary the first payment where
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to begin and be made on Christmas day now next Ensuing and the same
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being unanimously agreed to And this Court being well satisfied that
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the facts contained in the said Petition are true It is Ordered
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that the Treasurer of this County do pay or cause to be paid Yearly and
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every Year unto the said
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the Sum or Sallary of Forty
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as Keeper of the said Goal or Prison called
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until further
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order of Court to the Contrary the first Years payment whereof is to b
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and be made on the feast day of the Nativity of our Lord Christ now
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next Ensuing the date of this Order and afterwards to be paid half Yearly
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and that the Receipts of the said
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together with this Order for
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