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<p n="1452">December 1791</p>
<p n="1453">before he escaped, Oxleys Wife was in the Lodge after he was gone and she <lb></lb>
was kept there several hours, That the Ladder by which he escaped had<lb></lb>
been at the Prison about 17 years, The Ladder used to be kept in Lodge <lb></lb>
lately it has stood in the yard. - He was asked the following Question</p>
<p n="1454">In the Case of a Prisoner being sent for, is a Note sent from the <lb></lb>
Magistrate or Clerk?</p>
<p n="1455">Answer, Witness don't remember any Writing being sent by <lb></lb>
Magistrates for a Prisoner, A verbal Order from the Clerk or from <lb></lb>
Persons attending that Office Would be attended to and Prisoner taken <lb></lb>
accordingly - That the Witness never had any directions from the Magistrates <lb></lb>
own Mouth relative to Oxley on the way in which he was to be Created <lb></lb>
believes that Prisoner escaped by reason of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1198">Inner Gate</rs>
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not being locked <lb></lb>
Woodward at that juncture of time was in care of the Prisoner and he<lb></lb>
thought the Lock was spriing. - <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55610_n1455-1">William Roberts</rs>
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is Inner Turnkey.</p>
<p n="1456">It appearing to this Court upon the best Information they <lb></lb>
can obtain respecting the Escape of John Oxon otherwise Oxley that the <lb></lb>
conduct of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55610_n1456-1">William Roberts</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55610_n1456-2">John Roberts</rs>
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two of the Servants<lb></lb>
belonging to the Governor of the House of Correction at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1199">Clerkenwell</rs>
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is<lb></lb>
highly reprehensible</p>
<p n="1457">Resolved that Mr Harwood the Governor of the said Gaol <lb></lb>
be and he is hereby directed immediately to discharge them from his Service.</p>
<p n="1458">And it is Further Resolved and Ordered that the Keepers of the <lb></lb>
Prisons under the directions of this Court do not attend to any Orders<lb></lb>
given by the Magistrates Clerks respecting the confinement or treatment of <lb></lb>
Prisoners in such Keepers Custody but that they receive Orders only from <lb></lb>
the Magistrates in Person on by Order in Writing under their Hands.</p>
<p n="1459">Also, Resolved and Ordered that the said Keepers do not <lb></lb>
convey or suffer any Prisoners in their Custody to be conveyed before any <lb></lb>
Magistrate without a written Order under the Hand of the Magistrate for <lb></lb>
that Purpose,</p>
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