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May 1727

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put in their severall Wards where the other Prisoners
demand and insist on 15s. each for Garnish, and for Non
payment thereof severall have been Stript of their
Cloaths, which by reason of the Prisoners not being soe
Open to inspection at Newgate as at New Prison doth
render the redress almost impracticable, that the Usage
at New Prison is much better,

This seems
to be seteur
in Qrtib 2d.

And that the Fees usually taken at Newgate are 24s.
whereas the Fees at New Prison the full high one are under 10s. for each
Prisoner; and the Goal of Newgate is so crowded with
Prisoners that vey malignant Distempers and gr [..]
Mortalitys are occasioned thereby, and severall
Prisoners removed from New Prison to Newgate have
dyed there of the Goal Distemper. And Wee are credibly
Informed that but one Person hath dyed in New Prison
in upwards of Two Years time and that by a Sudden
indisposition, the said Prison haveing a large Yard for
the Prisoners to Walk in, the same being open to the
Air of the Fields near Islington , and not infected
with any Distemper, And it hath been often times
Judged necessary to continue Criminall Offenders in




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