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and to keep a Book of Accts. D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> and C<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> every Day the said Book to be stamped<lb/>and a new Book when Licenced. Their House to be in open Streets with<lb/>their Christian and Surnames over their front Door without a Side Door<lb/>or Back Door to open into Street or passage and obliged to produce the said<lb/>Book before the Magistrates on receiving a Summons to appear. Most<lb/>of the Thefts and Robberies on the Thames on board Ships or Vessels that<lb/>are arrived from or bound to foreign parts and committed by the negligence<lb/>or connivance of the commanding Officer and Revenue Officers. The plunder<lb/>to go on board the Ships or Vessels when the officers do not do their Duty is as<lb/>I have cause to believe amazing great.<lb/><p>I have cause to suspect that many of the Trinity officers are bribed to prevent<lb/>their acting and that some of the Police officers likewise are tempted<lb/>in the same way - Many of the Trinity Officers live or ply in the<lb/>neighbourhood of the noted receivers that have either back Doors or Side<lb/>Doors open on the River Side which such officers cannot be ignorant of.<lb/>Some of whom have not to my knowledge either given an information or<lb/>apprehended any persons having in their Custody any merchandize &c<lb/>suspected to be stolen or unlawfully come by from some Ship or Vessel in<lb/>the Thames.<lb/></p>Others of the Trinity officers tho' daily patroling the Streets and Places<lb/>near the River from London to Poplar Middlesex and to Greenwich in Kent<lb/>Seldom bring any Prisoner to the Office but with some trifling Article<lb/> | |||
and to keep a Book of Accts. Dr and Cr every Day the said Book to be stamped
and a new Book when Licenced. Their House to be in open Streets with
their Christian and Surnames over their front Door without a Side Door
or Back Door to open into Street or passage and obliged to produce the said
Book before the Magistrates on receiving a Summons to appear. Most
of the Thefts and Robberies on the Thames on board Ships or Vessels that
are arrived from or bound to foreign parts and committed by the negligence
or connivance of the commanding Officer and Revenue Officers. The plunder
to go on board the Ships or Vessels when the officers do not do their Duty is as
I have cause to believe amazing great.
I have cause to suspect that many of the Trinity officers are bribed to prevent
their acting and that some of the Police officers likewise are tempted
in the same way - Many of the Trinity Officers live or ply in the
neighbourhood of the noted receivers that have either back Doors or Side
Doors open on the River Side which such officers cannot be ignorant of.
Some of whom have not to my knowledge either given an information or
apprehended any persons having in their Custody any merchandize &c
suspected to be stolen or unlawfully come by from some Ship or Vessel in
the Thames.
Others of the Trinity officers tho' daily patroling the Streets and Places
near the River from London to Poplar Middlesex and to Greenwich in Kent
Seldom bring any Prisoner to the Office but with some trifling Article
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