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By adjournment on Thursday the
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twenty first day of April 1757
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Rogues & Vagabonds
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Whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the Seventeenth Year of his present
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s reign commonly called the Vagrant Act among other things It is Enacted
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That all Persons going about as Patent Gatherers or Gatherers of Alms under pretence
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of Less by Fire or other Casually or as Collectors for Prisons Goals or Hospitals and all
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Persons wandering abroad and lodging in Alehouses Barns Outhouses or in the open
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Air not giving a good Account of themselves and all other Persons wandering abroad
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and begging shall be deemed Rogues and Vagabonds within the true intent and meaning
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of the said Act and all Persons who after having been punished as Rogues and Vagabonds
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and discharged shall again commit any of the said Offences shall be deemed
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incorrigible Rogues.
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That when any Rogues or Vagabonds are apprehended and brought before any
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Justice such Justice is required to order all such Persons to be publickly whipt by the
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Constable or to send such Offenders to the
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untill the next Sessions
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or lesser time and if the Justice at such Sessions shall adjudge such Persons Rogues
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and Vagabonds or incorrigible Rogues they may order such Rogues and Vagabonds
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to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding Six Months and such incorrigible
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Rogues for any times not exceeding two years nor less than Six Months and during
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the time of such Persons confinement to be corrected by whipping in such manner
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and at such times and places as the Court shall think fit and in Case any incorrigible
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Rogue shall offend again he shall be deemed guilty of Felony and Transported
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for any time not exceeding seven years
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That if any Person shall knowingly permit any Rogue Vagabond or incorrigible
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Rogue to lodge or take shelter in his or her House Barn or other Building
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and shall not apprehend and carry them before some Justice of the Peace such
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Persons shall forfeit any Sum not exceeding Forty nor less than ten Shillings and
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in Case any Constable or other Person directed to put the said Act in Execution shall
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be remiss or negligent in his or their Duty or in Case any Person or Persons shall
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disturb or hinder the Execution of the said Act such Persons shall forfeit and
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pay upon Conviction any Sum not Exceeding five pounds nor less than ten
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Shillings or be committed to the House of Correction for any time not exceeding
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two Months
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That if any Person shall be found offending against the said Act it shall be lawfull for
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any Person to apprehend such Offenders and to convey them to some Justice of the
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Peace and such Justice of the Peace is impowered by the said Act to order a Reward
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of ten Shillings to the Apprehender.
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And that all Persons begging in the Parishes or Places where they dwell are deemed
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by the said Act idle and disorderly persons and are on Conviction to be committed to the
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there to be kept to hard Labour for any time not exceeding One
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the Sum of five Shillings to the Person who shall apprehend such Offenders to be
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paid by the Overseers of the said Parish.
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And this Court taking Notice that notwithstanding the Reward directed to be
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