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