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January 1733

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3. That they neglect to put up any List of such Charities
as belong to the said Prison by which means the Prisoners are
Ignorant of their relief, and consequently great Sufferers, And that
they also Stopt out of a publick Charity £4..10..0 being due to the
Said Geary from a Felon before they made a general Distribution
by means of which the other prisoner's proportions were greatly
diminished And two Debtors did not receive one farthing.

4.That the said Geary and his Agent's neglect to furnish
the Goal as it ought to be and Extort for the Lodgings more than
is allowable by Act of Parliament tho' not a quarter furnish'd
And in those very Rooms frequently Lodge Felons, and other
disorderly Persons committed in the Night time with the person
who pay for the Said Rooms more than is allow'd by Parliamt.
as aforesaid.

5.That the Said Geary and his Agents extort three
Shillings and Six pence of every Prisoner who comes in Contrary
to and in defiance of all Law which 3s.6. they dispose of on the
following manner. One Shilling to Mrs. Geary, 3 Pence to the
Furnkey 's Wife & 3 Pence to Geary's Maid, and the other two
Shillings, is [..] in Bignold's Bed Chamber or Lodge.

6.That the Said Geary and his Agents, particularly
the Turnkey and his Wife frequently threaten [..] to beat the
Prisoners, and refuse to admit persons to come to them by which
they suffer great inconvencies & are hinder'd from providing
necessaries for themselves, according to the allowance of the Act
of Parliament. And lastly that the Said Geary suffers the Said
Peal to be so exceeding Nasty for want of Wasting & Cleaning
that it [..] will, if not soon presented be of very ill
Consequence, and in danger of Breeding a Sickness.

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly
Implore Your Worships to take this [..]
their Calamitous ease into Your tender
and Humane Consideration, and to appeal




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