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<p n="2233">February 1793</p>
<p n="2234">Negative, say'd that he had often certified the state of health of the Prisoners<lb></lb>
to the Secretary of State upon Petitions, that he had done so now and that<lb></lb>
however he might have erred in this business it was no more than he had<lb></lb>
frequently done before.</p>
<p n="2235">Mr Chamberlayne the Assistant to Mr Gibbes attending say'd<lb></lb>
that the Certificate now produced and which had been sent to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ939">Secretary</rs>
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of State was written by him, that he had no other motive for doing it but<lb></lb>
humanity, That the wife of one of the Prisoners had applied to him and told<lb></lb>
him that she had made Application to the Secretary of State, to get her Husband<lb></lb>
and one Jones and one Palmer discharged out of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1839">Clerkenwell Bridewell</rs>
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but<lb></lb>
that it could not be done without a Certificate from the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ940">Apothecary</rs>
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that he<lb></lb>
thought he should not give a particular Account of the Prisoners situation<lb></lb>
but that he ought to give an Account of the whole of the Lottery People, and<lb></lb>
upon those Principles intirely he wrote that Certificate and transmitted it to<lb></lb>
Mr Gibbs for his Approbation and Signature; He was then asked how he<lb></lb>
came to state any thing more in the Certificate than related to the health<lb></lb>
of the Prisoners? He say'd he thought Humanity obliged him upon all<lb></lb>
occasions to endeavour to obtain the discharge of Prisoners at all times if<lb></lb>
he could do it, if it were even an hour before their times of Imprisonment<lb></lb>
would expire.</p>
<p n="2236">Resolved it is the Opinion of this Committee That any<lb></lb>
interference of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ941">Surgeon</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ942">Apothecary</rs>
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attending the Prisoners in New<lb></lb>
Prison and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1840">Clerkenwell Bridewell</rs>
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in respect to their punishment or length<lb></lb>
of Imprisonment is highly improper and that he ought in no case to certify<lb></lb>
any other matter than what relates to the health of the Prisoners and then<lb></lb>
only upon receiving a Requisition from Government or the Magistrates of the<lb></lb>
County for that purpose and that when any such Requisition should come<lb></lb>
officially from Government he ought immediately to lay the same before the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ943">Chairman</rs>
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of the Session.</p>
<p n="2237">Resolved it appears to this Committee that the Sick Prisoners<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1841">New Prison</rs>
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and the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1842">House of Correction</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1843">Clerkenwell</rs>
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are attended by<lb></lb>
Mr Chamberlayne as the Assistant or Deputy to Mr Gibbes the Person<lb></lb>
appointed for that purpose by the Country and very seldom by Mr Gibbes<lb></lb>
himself.</p>
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