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September 1800.
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Who says that Copping a Fine in the Prison
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James Thomas
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George Henry
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Tanner
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Ingram,DracetEdwards
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Smith also Prisoners propossed last night to make the
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Alarm, togather a Mob round the Prison to rescue them
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out and make it as a free Gaol the meaning of which was
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that their Friends should come in and their Letters go
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without interception, some of them asked how they should
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make the Alarm and it was agreed they should call out
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"Starving alive in the Bastille; Examinent sleeps in
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the same Gallery, they were all in seperate Cells at the
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time this conversation took place.except Smith and
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Edwards who slept together.
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Examinant never heard any conversation with
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any of these Persons himself and they agreed to be the
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Death of any Person who should discover anything
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what was said, they agreed not to be confined in the
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and that they would not pick any Oakum
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but as soon as the Keeper was gone they would throw
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it out of Window, that heard several of them say that
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their Allowance was not sufficient to keep them in
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Existence, they have a pound of bread Per Day and
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five Ounces of Meat every other Day and a pot of truth
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every other Day, they don't have Meat for each
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the Pot holds near three Pints that is the Allowance
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except sometimes they have an overplus, they talked
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of getting up to the Windows to see if any Mob assembled
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and some of them did get up, Edwards and Sully got up and
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they said there was a crowd of People gathering round and
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then was the time to make the Alarm, one Copping said
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that was right, we should give three Huzzas and Lay
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"Starving alive",
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William Sully
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said well call out bloody
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"Murder". three times, which was done, We heard the
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clash of Tongues without but could not hear what
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was said, Thomas said as Night was drawing on
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and they could not see the People, they would remain
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quiet till Twelve,o' Clock and if he waked then he would
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alarm the rest, but he did not, in the Morning they
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agreed to defer it till this Night and afterwards till
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Sunday Night when more People would be wacking
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about, upon being being asked how he came to make this
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Information he say's in the Morning he informed the
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