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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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to employ their almost Care
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and vigilance in preventing and suppressing
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then Disorders, by holding frequent Petty
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Sessions for this Purpose in their several
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Parishes, or other Divisions, by calling before
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them the strictest Orders and Warrants
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from time to time as there shall be Occasion
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to search for and apprehend Rogues,
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Vagabonds, idle and disorderly Persons, in
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order to their being dealt with according
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to Law; and likewise to proceed with rigour
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as well against all Persons harbouring
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such offenders, as against those who Keep
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the said Night Houses, or Cellars, Tippling
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or common Gaming Houses, or who
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practice or encourage unlawful Gaming.
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