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<p n="338"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<lb></lb>
May County day<lb></lb>
At Etc</p>
<p n="339">It being represented to this Court that the Method now<lb></lb>
Practised by Thief<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
takers Employed by Sr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50630_n339-1">John Fielding</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50630_n339-1" type="surname" value="Fielding"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50630_n339-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of<lb></lb>
going out in Post Chaises<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
to apprehend Highwaymen & footpads<lb></lb>
has been productive of Mischief to such of his Majesty's Subject<lb></lb>
as Travel in Post chaises and other Carriages as the robbers<lb></lb>
fearful of being apprehended by such Theif takers have<lb></lb>
lately made it a Practise first to fire into the Carriages<lb></lb>
they intend to stop tending in the Opinion of this Court<lb></lb>
to Introduce Murder to Robbery.Therefore Resolved<lb></lb>
that it is the opinion of this Court that Sr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50630_n339-2">John Hawkins</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50630_n339-2" type="surname" value="Hawkins"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50630_n339-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50630_occ106">Chairman</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50630_occ106" type="occupation" value="Chairman"></interp>
be & he is hereby requested to represent<lb></lb>
the Premes to one of his Majestys principal Secretary's<lb></lb>
of State requesting in the name of the said Court the<lb></lb>
Interposition of his Authority for the prevention of the<lb></lb>
like Practises in future</p>
<p n="340"> <obscured></obscured>
By the Court Butler</p>
<p n="341">Copy br<obscured></obscured>
28th<obscured></obscured>
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