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divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdeme-
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only for the Imprisonment of offenders and Malefactors other than
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for Capital crimes of Treason, and Felony; and is a Brick building
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not calculated for the Reception and safe keeping of so great a number
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of Persons as have lately been sent to the said Prison: That since the late
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Riots not only all Prisoners of such description as well usually before that
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for Trial, but also the greater part of those
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Session of Goal Delivery and received the Judgment
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of the Law for Capital and other offences, an lodged thereby the Sheriffs, or
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their Officers, for Security. That many of those confined in the said Prison, particularly
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of this last description having received Judgment of Death, but being
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Reprieved or having experienced some other mark of his Majesty's. Royal
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Clemency, have become most licensious and dissolute, are unduly and
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Riotous to a very daring degree, continually committing the most outrageous
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acts, endeavouring to effect their Escape, and encouraging others to join with
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them in their desperate designs; it being impossible from the construction
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of the Prison to keep them separate From their numbers at all times they
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are with difficulty controled;
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and are
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frequency not to be governed without
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the most coercive exertions,and in their Endeavour's to escape
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they are
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not to be detered but by the use of Fire Arms In such an attempt lately
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made to offence
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for deal Escape notwithstanding
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Three Prisoners ever unfortunately Killed and Three more
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wounded in preventing a General Escape intended tho
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the Keeper of the
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expostulated
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three Prisoners of unfortunately Killed and there more
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Such being the stake of the Prison, His Majesty's Justices
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of the peace for the
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think if their duty
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to submit to the Consideration of the Justices of Goal delivery,
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whether it is not expedient that some other place of
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Confinement of Capital felons should be provided apprenhending
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the most dreadful consequences may ensue as well from sickness
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in the Goal by reason of the great Numbers confined therein as from
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the determined Resolution which seems to prevail among the
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