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His protection and on their paying him six pence a piece pretended
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keep a Register of them and with Drums beating and Colours flying
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paraded the different Streets, and went to Stepney where they dined with
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the said Magistrate The next night they broke open the Coach house of the
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and Cut the lining and leather of his Chariot
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(which was almost new) to pieces and stole several things out of his Coal
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house and on Saturday morning they broke his windows and a pannel
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of his door and on Tuesday morning between two and three O'Clock about
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Thirty of them with the said Justice at their head came again to the
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Petitioners house and after some noise departed without then doing
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any mischief but on Wednesday night about Eight OClock they again
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attached the said Petitioners house broke Twenty two Sash Squares of Glass
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and did other Damage to his house, They then broke into the house of the
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petitioner Marsden destroyed part of his Furniture and did him other
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considerable damage They then proceeded to one green's house armed with
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Cutlasses Hatchels Muskets and other offensive weapons and Endeavoured
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to break into the house; to prevent which he was Obliged to have recourse to
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Fire arms and for the preservation of the lives of himself and family,
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was under the disagreeable necessity of firing upon these
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forcing themselves into his house whereby several were killed and other
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wounded and a party of the Guards coming down the Captain obliged
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Justice Hodgson to Attend and Green Surrendred himself to the
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Captain On Green's Surrender Mr Lacon Constable of Saint George's
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Parish seized one
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one of the Rioters and who had
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threatned to pull down Lacons house and he was carried by the Captain
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before the above Magistrate and notwithstanding the charge was
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plainly proved before him he insisted on the Prisoners being discharged
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on Asking pardon and acknowledging he was drunk That several of
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the Petitioners were obliged still to Abscond from their Dwelling houses
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were they had considerable property apprehending their lives in
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danger from these Rioters and therefore praying this Court to take
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their Case into consideration and that such methods might be taken
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for the preservation of the lives and properties of the Petitioners and
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other his Majesty's Subjects residing in that part of the said County
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Constable of St George
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