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day of March in yr Sixth year of yr reigne of one Peace
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Lord George yr Second King of Great Britain
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Ireland Defender of the Faith and So Forth
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the Peace of this City and Liberty or any five of them to Examination
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contained in both the Sd. peticons and to report their Opinion their
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to this Court And Whereas
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Margetts Oliver Lambert and
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Esqrs Six of the Said Justices
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named in the Said order of reference have this day delivered into
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their report of report of ye Mre to them referred Setting forth that they by
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of ye sd Order of reference had had Severall meeting in the Sd prison &
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examined a great number of Witness upon Oath on the Part of ye Sd
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and the other Peticoners and in regard thatit was part of Yr Comper
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against the said
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had personally viewed the Sd Goal and every part there of by
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the their Opinion been in any maintain made good agnt
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Geary and that they had not proceeded to examine into ye mi
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in ye Peticon Exhibited in favour of ye sd.
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it necessary so to do in as much as so farr as it concerned ye
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nothing had been made out or Proved
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Satisfaccon of ye Sd. referees And also Setting forth that ye sd.
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had put in before them his Answer in writing to yesd. Pa
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had Admitted as it was Charged that there near was any
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hung life in ye Goal d
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