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At a Prison Committee Wednesday
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12th Feby.
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Mr. Auditor General
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By the Calendar of the Prisoners there appeared to be
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who
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had refused to give her
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Child Sustenance.The Matron having informed the Committee that
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who was committed on the 8th. Instant with her Child to be passed
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had refused to give the Child reasonable sustenance tho' it had been
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provided by the Matron who was fearful the Child would be starved
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be put in the Stocks
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as a punishment for her misbehavior and afterwards to be confined
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And the Committee now signed a letter to the Lord Mayor
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apprizing. his Lordship of the above circumstances.
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Hemp difficult to be got
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Two Engines for Spinning
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Rope Yarn to be erectedThe Superintendant of the Prisons informed the Committee that he
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found it very difficult to procure hemp for the Prisoners to beat, that
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he was of opinion that it would answer very well to let them spin
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and the expences of erecting two of those Engines would
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not be more than 30s/. Resolved that he be ordered to
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purchase two of them and to put them up directly.
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