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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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His Majesty being very
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much concerned at the frequent Robberies
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and Disorders of late committed in the Streets
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and Parts adjacent,
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and being informed, that they are greatly to
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be imputed to the encouragement given to
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Rogues and their Accomplices by Persons
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Who Keep Night Houses and Cellars, Which
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are resorted to by great Numbers of loose
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and disorderly Persons; and that the
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Gaming Houses, as also the Places where
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strong Liguors are drunk to excess, contribute
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much to the corruption of the Morals of
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then of an inferior Rank, and to the
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leading them into these wicked Courses,
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has commanded me to recommend it in
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His Name, in the strongest Manner, to the
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Justices
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Chairman of the Sessions of the Peace
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