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