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Windsor Castle 8. Octr. 1728
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Principall
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of State against
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Street Robberys Etc
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being very much concerned at the frequent
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Robberys of late Committed in the Streets of London,
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and Parts adjacent, and being informed
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that they are greatly to be imputed to the Unlawfull
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Return of Felons Convict, who have been transported
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's Plantations has been graciously
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pleased, for the better Discovering and Apprehending
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of Such Felons, to give Orders to the Lords Commissioners
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's Treasury, to cause to be paid to
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any Person or Persons, who before the First day of
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March next shall Discover any of them, So as
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they may be apprehended and brought to Justice,
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a Reward of Forty Pounds for each Felon
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Convict returned, or that Shall return from
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Transportation before the Expiration of the
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Term for which he or She was Transported, who
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Shall by the means of Such Discovery be brought
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to Condign Punishment
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And it having been further Represented to his
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Majesty, that Such Felons and other Robbers and their
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Accomplices are greatly Encouraged and Harboured
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by Persons who make it their Business to keep
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Night. Houses, which are resorted to by great Numbers
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of Loose and Disorderly People, and that the Gaming
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Houses, and also the Shops where Geneva and other
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Spirits and Strong Lignors are Drunk to excess,
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much contribute to the Corruption of the Morals of those
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of an inferior Rank, and to the leading them into
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these Wicked Courses,
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