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May 1790
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Ordered by the Court at the said Sessions to be Transported beyond the
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Seas and which said Offenders were thereupon confined in the Gaol of
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Newgate under his Custody and were afterwards removed from the said
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Gaol and conveyed by him on board the several Vessels therein mentioned
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in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament and the other Account
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containing the Names of the Offenders who have been Convicted at the
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several Sessions for the said County and ordered by the Court at the
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said Sessions to be Transported beyond the Seas and which said Offenders
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were thereupon confined in the said Gaol of Newgate under his Custody and
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were afterwards removed from the said Gaol by an Order in Writing
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notified by one of His Majestys Principal Secretaries of State and conveyed
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by Mr Akerman to the place of Confinement mentioned in such Order and
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delivered by him to
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Duncan Cambell
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the Overseer appointed by His Majesty
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in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament.
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Mr. Akerman claims a Fee of 14s..10d upon every
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Person contained in the said two Accounts together with the Charges
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incurred in the removal and conveyance of the said Offenders by the order
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of the said Justices which Fees and Expences amount together to a very
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considerable Sum of Money.
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By the Statute of the 28th. Geo: 3d. Sec: 3d. It is Enacted
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That the said Act made and passed in the 19th. Year of his present
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Majestys Reign and also so much of the said Act made and passed in
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the 24th. Year of the Reign of his present Majesty as extends to authorise
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the removal of Offenders to temporary places of confinement shall continue
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to be in force until the 1st. of June 1793 and from thence to the end
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of the next Session.
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Qu: 1st. Whether under the Circumstances of this Case you
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think Mr. Akerman is intitled to the said Fee of 14s..10d.
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so charged by him as abovementioned and from whom
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or whether you think it a Demand due from the
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Contractor for work and labour done, as it was always
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paid by him to the Keeper of
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Newgate
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till within this
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few Years and since that by Government and once or
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twice by the County?
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