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<p n="17">Several of the Prisoners are under confinement for a<lb></lb>
Week to be passed to their different Parishes</p>
<p n="18">There appears a Defect in the Police of the Country with<lb></lb>
Respect to this Discription of Prisoners</p>
<p n="19">We find on Enquiry it is the Practice to send them a few Miles<lb></lb>
from Town, where they easily find means of being again at Liberty<lb></lb>
having no means of subsistence, no Character on a sufficient<lb></lb>
Stock of Health to procure them any kind of Labour, they must<lb></lb>
either take to begging or stealing, and are frequently in a short<lb></lb>
Time brought to the same place from whence they were<lb></lb>
discharged.</p>
<p n="20">The Cause of this Observation arises from a Man from<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="GLBRMB20102_geo1">Ireland</rs>
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who is ordered to be passed to that County.</p>
<p n="21">On Enquiry the Sub Committee find some of the Women<lb></lb>
understand knitting</p>
<p n="22">Ordered a small Quantity of Worsted to be bought and<lb></lb>
given them by way of Trial for making Stockings under the<lb></lb>
Direction of Mr. Hardwick and that they be allowed 2 pence<lb></lb>
in the Shilling of what they earn.</p>
<p n="23">Mr. Hardwicke is likeways Desired to send some of<lb></lb>
the Men to Knitting-by way of trial</p>
<p n="24"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBRMB20102_n24-1">Robt. Hunter</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="GLBRMB20102_n24-2">Jno Read</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="GLBRMB20102_n24-3">Granville Sharp</rs>
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