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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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in their respective Parishes or Districts, So long as
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Occasion shall require, and by frequent Searches, and
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all other legal Methods, to discover and Suppress all Such
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Persons who keep Night-Houses, Gaming-Houses, or
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other disorderly Houses, wherein Robbers or other
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Felons are harbour'd or incourag'd or where any
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other loose, idle or disorderly Persons are Suffered to
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resort, and to call before them the High Constables,
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Petty Constables, and other proper Officers under their
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Direction, and give them the Strictest Orders and
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Warrants from Time to Time, as there Shall be Occasion
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to search for and apprehend Such Rogues, Vagabonds,
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idle and disorderly Persons, in order to their being
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dealt with and punished according to the Statutes and
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Laws in that Behalf; and also to proceed against
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those Persons who sell Geneva, or other Spirits and
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Strong Liquors, and Suffer Tipling in their Houses or Shops
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contrary to Law; and the said Justices, in their Severall
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Districts and Divisions, are also to take care as for as
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in them lies,that due and Sufficient Watch and Ward
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be kept, and in order there into call before them
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the Petty. Constables and Watchmen of every Parish,
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Hamlet and Place, and to See that there be a Sufficient
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Number of proper and able Watchmen for the Guard and
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Security of their Several Parishes; and that their
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Stands and Walks be duly regulated; and that they do
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their Duty; and to give the Strictest Charge to the said
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and Watchmen, to Seize and apprehend
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all dangerous or Suspicions Persons they shall find.
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in the Streets at unseasonable Hours, who cannot
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give a good Account of themselves, and carry them
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before Some Justice of the Peace, in order to be
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examined and dealt with according to Law: And this
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