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<p n="2023">February 1799.</p>
<p n="2024">"would in his Opinion have the preferrence to any Goal in<lb></lb>
"the Kingdom in point of Air and Cleanliness, Mr.. Aris then<lb></lb>
"said he thought that every Prisoner had sufficient access<lb></lb>
"to their Friends Burk replied he did not mean they should<lb></lb>
"have such access as they had in Newgate that was a<lb></lb>
"Shocking place they could do as they pleased have any,<lb></lb>
"Person in or any thing to eat and Drink that a few Days<lb></lb>
"after Christmas Le Maitre and others had had a Ball in<lb></lb>
"<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1374">Newgate</rs>
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and had issued 50. Cards of Invitation Mr..<lb></lb>
"Aris asked him if the Ball had been to which he replied<lb></lb>
"yes and that there were Fiddles and Flutes Mr.. Aris<lb></lb>
"said was not that improper to which he replied he<lb></lb>
"thought it was.</p>
<p n="2025">"I; W; Hussey."</p>
<p n="2026">"And Your said Committee further Report That<lb></lb>
"M.. Webb the Surgeon was Examined and stated as<lb></lb>
"follows Vizt.. "It is the Governors Orders to his Servants<lb></lb>
"that I should be made acquainted with every Person who<lb></lb>
"is sent to the Prison for any length of time and I make<lb></lb>
"it an invariable Rule to see them and Examine into<lb></lb>
"the State of their Health I saw Joseph Burks they Day<lb></lb>
"after he came into the Prison on asking him how he<lb></lb>
"found himself he said much Indisposed from his<lb></lb>
"long Confinement in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1375">Newgate</rs>
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and that had he<lb></lb>
"Continued much longer in that Prison he should<lb></lb>
"have Died I saw him frequently after and he had<lb></lb>
"not been long there before I perceived his Health much<lb></lb>
"improved he never was in the Infirmary nor had he<lb></lb>
"ever any Medicine given him never having had<lb></lb>
"Occasion for any on his Asking the Liberty to have his<lb></lb>
"own Bed brought to him it was immediately Complied<lb></lb>
"with as to the Vermin he Complains he met with in his<lb></lb>
"Blankets I have every reason to think he brought them<lb></lb>
"with him for he Complained of a violent itching which</p>
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