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Twenty eighthYear of the Reign of our Soverign Lord
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King, assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid; and
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(one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the fourth day of July 1788
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1779 on the Body of
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as the
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place of the last legal settlement of the said Martha Cave whereby the Petitioners
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conceived themselves aggrieved Now upon hearing the said Appeal and what hath
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been alledged by the respective Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of
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their Counsel and Witness in and concerning the Premises It is Ordered that the
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said Appeal be and the same is hereby dismissed and the said Order or Pass
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Warrant of the said two Justices is hereby Confirmed And it is further Ordered that
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of Bewley do
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maintain and provide for the said Female Bastard Child until they can free
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themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.
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By the Court
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Selby
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