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Cap. 74. GEORGII III. REGIS. 1407 House, or on the Thames, &c. for the Time specified by the Secretary of State.

pleased to extend the Royal Mercy to any such Offender,
upon Condition of being kept to Hard Labour, during
any specified Term, in any Penitentiary House to be
erected in pursuance of this Act, or, such Offenders being
Males, upon Condition of being kept to Hard Labour,
during any specified Term, in the Custody of such Superintendant
or Superintendants as aforesaid, for the
Benefit of the said Navigations; and such Intention of
Mercy shall be notified, in Writing, by One of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, to the Court in
which such Offender shall be convicted, or to any Court
held for the same Place with the like Authority; or, if
no such Court shall be fitting, then to any Justice of
Dyer and Terminer, or Gaol Delivery, or Justice of
Great Sessions, by or before whom such Offender shall
have been convicted or condemned; such Court or Justice
may and shall, immediately on receiving such Notification,
allow to every such Offender the Benefit of a conditional
Pardon, in the same Manner as if there was a
conditional Pardon under the Great Seal; and may and
shall order, that every such Offender shall be kept to
Hard Labour in such Penitentiary House as aforesaid,
or in the Custody of such Superintendant or Superintendants
as aforesaid, for the Time specified in the Notification
from such Secretary of State.

29. And be it further enacted, That when any Offender
shall be ordered and adjudged to be kept to Hard Labour
in any of the Manners aforesaid, the Clerk of Assize, or
other Clerk of the Court in which such Offender shall be
convicted, shall give to the Sheriff or Gaoler, having the
Custody of such Offender, a Certificate in Writing, under
his Hand, containing an Account of the Christian
name, Surname, and Age, of such Offender; of his or
her Offence, of the Court before which he or she was
convicted, and of the Term for which he or she shall be
so ordered to Hard Labour; and the Sheriff or Gaoler,
having the Custody of such Offender, shall, with all convenient
Speed, after the making of such Order, and the
receiving such Certificate, convey such Offender, or cause
him or her to be conveyed, to such House or Place to
which When any Offender shall be ordered to Hard Labour, the Clerk of Assize, etc. shall give a Certificate to the Sheriff or Gaoler,

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Date_1	1779	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	650	Info in main headings field
Image	025	Titles
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