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SESSION-HOUSE
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CLERKENWELL GREEN.
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24th May, 1787.
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WE the GRAND JURY empannelled to enquire of,
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and to present Offences committed within the County of Mid-
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dlesex;
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Observing with great Concern the Depravity and Dissipation which
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prevail at this Time, do beg leave to represent to the Magistrates of this
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County the Necessity which we conceive there is, for a more active Ex-
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ecution of those wife and wholesome Laws which have been framed for
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the Maintenance of Peace and Good Order.
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We conceive one Source of Mischief, and that a great and indeed, to
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arise from an unlimited Number of Ale-Houses being suffered to be kept
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open Night and Day, without Order or Regularity; where Tipling,
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Gambling, and all Kinds of Vice are not only permitted but encouraged,
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where Thieves and Prostitutes are harboured and protected.
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We are persuaded were these Places and the pernicious Consequences
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of them, Properly represented to the Magistrates, they would not be
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annually sanctioned.
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The great Number of Places of Public Entertainmentsome per-
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mitted by Authoritysome in Defiance of the Lawappear to us to
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be another Cause of that general Spirit of Dissipation and Extravagance
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which so particularly distinguishes the present Times.
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Much use and security to the Public we apprehended might be derived
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from a more active and diligent Attention to the Laws releating to Va-
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grants, and clearing the Streets and Villages of Beggars which have in-
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creased beyond conception.
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