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Adjournmt. 6 January 17
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James Gerard
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Anne Allen
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Edwd.
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Gregory Anthony
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Mary Willton
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Jno. Johnson
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Preferrs for Debt confined in his Maj
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of
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house within the City of Westmr. under ye Custody of
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Francis Geary
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Keeper of the sd. Prison have this day exhibited their humble Petition to this Court
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the humbly
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Shewing that ye sd.
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Francis Geary
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& his agents have
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been guilty of Severall Extortious &
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abusses By taking 2d. in ye Shill out of ye Sacramt. money & other Ecclesiasticall charities paid to ye
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Prisoners within ye sd Prison from
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By Prmitting & ye Turnkey & his wife to
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take of ye sd. charities
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By Secreeting Lady Robison's charity, By takeing 6d. of every Prisoner P taking of a
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gift of Beef & Bread lately given to ye sd.
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Prisoners & by eating part of such Beef & bread in his own family, By not
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hangs
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putting up in the
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sd. Prison a last of the charities thereto belonging, By Stopping £4:10:0 part of a
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charity
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£4:10:
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under a prsence of paying a debt due to ye sd. F. Geary from a Felon before any Distribution
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thereof was made & then refusing any part thereof to two of ye Prisoners
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for debt
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then
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confined for debt in ye sd. Prison By neglecting to furnish ye Gaol as it ought to be &
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extorting for
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ye
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his lodgeing & therein more than is allowable by the Statute By Suffering
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Felons & other disorderly persons to come into those
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Prison
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very rooms for which ye sd
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Debtors pay him By extorting from every Prisoner coming into ye sd. Gaol 3s:6d: By pmitting ye
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the
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Turnkey & his wife to threaten to beat ye Prisoners By refusing persons comeing to ye sd Petitioners
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and By suffering ye sd. Prison to be so nasty that there is danger
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of its
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there by of
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breeding an Sickness
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in ye sd. Gaol
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therein and thereby most humbly praying that this Court woud
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appoint a Comittee of Justices to inspect ye sd. Prisoner to Examine into ye facts alledged with
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3d. Petition and give such releif to ye sd. Petitioners as to this Court shall think proper And
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whereas
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John Elphick
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Mary Roberts
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also Prisoners for debt confined in the sd.
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meeting
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Prison
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have likewise exhibited their humble Petition to this Court Shewing That
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Junis a
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on a criminal Ptecutionfor Stabbing a Man continualy insults the
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last named Petitioners for refuseing to sign Petitions to this Court agt. ye sd.
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Francis Geary
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who they think has not misbehaved himself in his office but has used them wth great
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humanity and that the sd. Junys goes up and down in ye sd. Prison offering money to
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such of
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ye
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Prisoners therein to sign such complaint at tho ye sd. Junys has been used with great Indulgence
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and thereby humbly praying this Court to int pose its authority for their lase & quiet by
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ordering the sd. F. Geary to restrain ye sd. Junis from comeing among their or otherwise to
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releive them as this Court shall think fitt Now this Court takeing the matters
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alledged & conteined in both ye sd. Petitions into Consideration Doth order & it is hereby
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recomended & referred to Sr.
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Thos. Cross
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Wm. Cowper
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Jno. Cross
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A Choke S.
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Savill Jno
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meard
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Tho Burdus
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Mich. Margetts Tho Deveil Rea
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Richd: Gifford
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O: Lambert
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Esqrs.
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Justices of ye Peace
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of this City & Liberty & to such other
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Justices of ye Peace
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of this City &
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Liberty as
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shall please to attend or any Five of them & they are hereby desired to meet
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at ye sd. Prison on Friday the Nineteenth day of this month of January at five of the clock in the
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Evening to examine into the matters conteined in both the said Petitions and to report their
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ion therein to this Court to the
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that such farther order may be made thereupon as to this
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shall seem justify reasonable and it is farther ordered by this Court that two days
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for ye County of Middx an Authonti
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wed to be taken
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were Settled pursuance
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