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<p n="3119">September 1800.</p>
<p n="3120">Who says that Copping a Fine in the Prison<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n3120-1">William Sully</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n3120-2">James Thomas</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n3120-3">George Henry</rs>
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Tanner<lb></lb>
Ingram,DracetEdwards<lb></lb>
Smith also Prisoners propossed last night to make the<lb></lb>
Alarm, togather a Mob round the Prison to rescue them<lb></lb>
out and make it as a free Gaol the meaning of which was<lb></lb>
that their Friends should come in and their Letters go<lb></lb>
without interception, some of them asked how they should<lb></lb>
make the Alarm and it was agreed they should call out<lb></lb>
"Starving alive in the Bastille; Examinent sleeps in<lb></lb>
the same Gallery, they were all in seperate Cells at the<lb></lb>
time this conversation took place.except Smith and<lb></lb>
Edwards who slept together.</p>
<p n="3121">Examinant never heard any conversation with<lb></lb>
any of these Persons himself and they agreed to be the<lb></lb>
Death of any Person who should discover anything<lb></lb>
what was said, they agreed not to be confined in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo2175">Chapel</rs>
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and that they would not pick any Oakum<lb></lb>
but as soon as the Keeper was gone they would throw<lb></lb>
it out of Window, that heard several of them say that<lb></lb>
their Allowance was not sufficient to keep them in <lb></lb>
Existence, they have a pound of bread Per Day and<lb></lb>
five Ounces of Meat every other Day and a pot of truth<lb></lb>
every other Day, they don't have Meat for each<lb></lb>
the Pot holds near three Pints that is the Allowance<lb></lb>
except sometimes they have an overplus, they talked<lb></lb>
of getting up to the Windows to see if any Mob assembled<lb></lb>
and some of them did get up, Edwards and Sully got up and<lb></lb>
they said there was a crowd of People gathering round and<lb></lb>
then was the time to make the Alarm, one Copping said<lb></lb>
that was right, we should give three Huzzas and Lay<lb></lb>
"Starving alive", <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n3121-1">William Sully</rs>
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said well call out bloody<lb></lb>
"Murder". three times, which was done, We heard the<lb></lb>
clash of Tongues without but could not hear what<lb></lb>
was said, Thomas said as Night was drawing on<lb></lb>
and they could not see the People, they would remain<lb></lb>
quiet till Twelve,o' Clock and if he waked then he would<lb></lb>
alarm the rest, but he did not, in the Morning they<lb></lb>
agreed to defer it till this Night and afterwards till<lb></lb>
Sunday Night when more People would be wacking<lb></lb>
about, upon being being asked how he came to make this<lb></lb>
Information he say's in the Morning he informed the</p>
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