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COMPLAINT having been made to his Majesty's
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Finsbury (one being of the Quorum) by the Church wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the
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, within the
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said County and Division, of your Neglect to pay and contribute the
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Sum rated assessed and charged upon you, towards the necessary Relief
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of the Poor of the Said Parish (whereof you are an Inhabitant) and still
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aforesaid, on Tuesday next, being the 18th Day of June
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Instant, by Eleven o' Clock in the Forenoon, to shew Cause (if any you
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and so in Arrear: And you are further to take Notice, that if you do
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not appear and Shew Sufficient Cause against the Payment thereof, the
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Same will be levied by Distress and Sale of your Goods, and in Defect
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of such Distress you will be liable to be committed to Newgate, being
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prize, until Payment of the said Sum and Arrearages, as the Statute in
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that Behalf requires. Dated this 12th Day of June, 1765.
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