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supposeing a poor Prosecutor not to be extraordinarily
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delayed or out of the comon course, and that he obtains
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his money at last without any extortions deduccons
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whatsoever, Yet the known & established method of passing
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thro' soe great a Number of Offices, and referrences back
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againe from one to the other before the proclamacon
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Reward can be obtained and the excessive and
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unreasonable delays and hardships consequent thereupon
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were and are highly discourageing to Such poor prosecutors
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as are for the most part the persons intituled to these
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Rewards, whereupon the Committee upon this head
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unanimously came to the following Resolutions (vizt.)
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That it appeared to the Committee that one great cause
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of the increase and frequency of Street Robbers and
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other Felons and persons returning from transportacon
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is the extreme difficulty which persons apprehending
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and prosecuting Such offenders meet with even in the
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usual form to be passed thro' for obtaining the
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rewards due to them as well by his Maties. gracious
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Proclamacon as by Act of Parliament for the
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apprehending and convicting the offenders therein
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menconed respectively.
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In the next place The Committee observeing upon
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severall of the returns from the petty Sessions above
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menconed That very ill and Suspicious People were
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frequently taken by the peace Officers out of publick
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houses, and brought before the Justices and by them
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committed as the case required, But not observeing
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that notice was taken by the
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of Such disorderly houses or a method taken for their
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or Suppression, which the Committee
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think of the Greatest consequence to the publick and the
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best end to begin at, It being certain that by finding Such
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harbouring places old offenders are brought and kept
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together, and thereby encouraged in a Society of
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