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George Dance
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of the City's Works being
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Examined Say'd that he had been acquainted
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with the State of the Prison of
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for
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30. years past having been often there on account
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of Repairs
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parts over Gate most
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That the two Fronts of the Gaol over the
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Gate way have been built since the Fire
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of
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but that the rest of the prison is
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very old and the Walls in many places
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much decayed and damp-That he
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thinks Newgate was Originally very
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ill constructed being a parcel of Little
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Divisions many of them without light
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or Air-That it is close and as he believes
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unwholesome for prisoners-That in some
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of the largest Rooms there is only one light
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and that very gloomy and that the Stair
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Cases are dark and they are obliged to
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Use links to go up and down them
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That in most of the Wards there are prices
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in
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in which the Soil is Conveyed through Waden
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Pipes which are frequently cheaked and they
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are very offensive and in the present Situation
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of the Gaol cannot be made better, for that if new
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Pipes were laid they would soon be in the same
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Condition-That the whole Gaol is very
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incommodious and bad Except the press yard
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where there is an Area Fifty feet Long
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and 7. wide Surrounded with Buildings
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50. feet high and that there cannot come
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much Air to such a place.
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that if he shod. be employed & it would have an effect on his Evid.
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Mr.
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Richard Akerman
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being further Examined
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Say'd that Newgate is a very Old Building
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and that the Walls are in many places
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Decayed damp and Spunay, and impregnated
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with bad Stenches that he does not apprehend in the present State of
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that he can keep it clean unless there was a proper area the walls are is very damp spungy & rottey
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and thinks that the Gaol grows worse & worse tis his
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to keep it healthy-That there is no free
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passage for the Air through the Wards, That
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the Wards for Felons and
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side Debtors are
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dark that they are obliged
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to use Links and Burners in the day Time
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