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By adjournment 16th July 1778
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The Chairman having returned to
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for this County the Mace or
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for Holborn Division had in his possession at the time
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of his Death and which Mace or High Constables Staff is the proper
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of the said Saunders Welch Esquire Mr Welch presented the Ca
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with the Mace for the use of the present High Constable of that
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Whereupon It was moved that the thanks of the Court be given to
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for the obligation he has conferred upon the
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which has been borne by the
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By adjournment same Day
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and the same being read as follows. Vizt.
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General Session of the Peace Assembled
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The Humble Petition of Edward Ha
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Sheweth
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That in pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed
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the sixteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty entitled
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"Act to authorize for a limited time the punishment by hard Lab
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"of Offenders who for certain crimes are or shall become liable t
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"Transported to any of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations"
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