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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the Honrble Bench of Justices of Middlesex
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Sheweth
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Poverty among a sick and numerous family
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Whose industry hath prevented his
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tho he hath a legal Settlement
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That he may be exempted as he
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