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As to the 2d. Objection - It is very well known that both Butchers
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and Barbers Shops are open till twelve o' Clock a Saturday Night,
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and tho it is often Said poor persons do not receive their Mony their
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daily or Weekly Pay till late on Saturday Night, yet if that be
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inquired into, it will most probably be found very few if any of these
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Persons but are paid by or before eleven a Clock in the Evening, So
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that there is time enough to buy what they want that Night and as
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either Markets or Butchers Shops are So many & So differently
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dispersed, it will be difficult for them to go home without passing by
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a
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Shop or if that is not the Case they need not go far from
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their own Habitations to accommodate themselves. But Should any
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Person be unprovided with Money So as not to be able to lay in any
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Provision for a Family on the Saturday Evening, or taken Sick So
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that it would be necessary to apply either to
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on the Lords Day Morning, these and other Cases may be considered
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under the head of Necessity and Charity for which the Act of
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Parliament has made a Provision and would have their proper
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weight with the Court on being made out to their Satisfaction,
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but Should have no Force or Effect in preventing the punishing of
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those whose Case is not attended with Such or the like Circumstances.
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As to the 3d. Objection which consists of two parts. First That
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it is too Strictly carried into Execution as to Persons your
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Committee observe that by the 29.Car.2.c.7.s.3. It is provided that
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nothing in this Act contained Shall extend to the prohibiting of
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dressing or Selling of Meal in Inns, Cooks Shops or Victualling
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Houses, under which Provision they are of Opinion baking Meat
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or Pies for the accommodation of a Family and thereby giving
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greater Liberty
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& Opportunity for Servants to go to Church may be
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included and intended and therefore think Should any Person be
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indicted for that and that only the Jury may be Charged to acquit
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Such Defendant.
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As to the 2d. Part of the Objection that this Offence is too Strictly
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Carried into Execution as to time, Persons having been punished for
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what was done before Nine a Clock Sunday Morning, your
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Committee on perusing the Act of the 29.Car.2d. find the Penalty
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there inflicted extends to all Persons who exercise the Business
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or Work of their Ordinary Calling upon the Lords Day or any part
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thereof, So that the Legislature makes no Difference as to time,
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