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At the Genll quarter Sessions etc
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the Court to the Several
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Justies
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of this County not to sign any Vagrant Pass until Oath is made
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before them, or the Confession of the Party that an Act of Vagrancy
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hath been Committed And upon such Proof if the Party so accused
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be a Sturdy Beggar or a Counterfiet Object of distress, such Justice
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is desired to Order such Sturdy Beggar or Counterfeit
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Object of distress to be Publickly Whipped
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at the Whipping
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Which Example this Court are of Opinion, will be
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Sufficient to deter not only such Offender, but others of the
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like Stamp, from Committing
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for the future without Putting the County to the Expence of a
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Pass; and such Justice is desired
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& to take the Examination of such Vagabond
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Writing Upon Oath touching the Place
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his or her Settlement, and
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transmit it to the next Sessions
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to be then lodged as a
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to be Records, in Order to prove such Vagrant an Incorrigible Rogue
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upon the Commission of the like Offence after such Punishment
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recommended it to the
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Sd: Magistrates Justices that when any Person is brought before there
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and Charged upon Oath or these own Confession with having
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Committed an Act of Vagrancy,
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and
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such Vagrant Shall appear
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to the
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to be an Object of Compassion
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other then of punishment
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that the Justices would
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such
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that such Magistrate would
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Vagrant to
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& in the Committment mention
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their Continuance
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more to be "To the next Sessions
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or
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unless sooner
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Passed, when Such
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Justice May upon
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sending down the Pass determine the Confinement, and also
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Contribute to the more regular conveyance of such Vagrants by the
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person Contracting with this Court for the Passing Rogues
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Vagabonds and Incorrigible Rogues. And it is Recommended
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to the
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respective Justices to be punctual in Sending
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to the
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Next Sessions Duplicates of the Passes and Examination as is
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by Law required that Incorrigible Rogues may be Convicted
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And Punished, as the Law
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Court shall
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directs And such Justices are
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desired instead of Incerting the allowance as hereof an in the Certificate to mention only
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the Allowance of six pence for Maintenance in Such Certificate
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