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SEE JB/119/020/002 for columns 1 (Plymouth Hulk), 2 (Objection), 3 (the Master) In that copy the last column is here the fourth column.
Temporary Heading Column 4
By the Vagrant Act
- "all
persons wandering abroad
and lodging in alehouses
barns, outhouses or in
the open are not giving
good account of themselves
and are persons" . . .
"wandering abroad and
begging, shall be deemed
rogues and vagabonds //2
By //4 It shall be
lawful for any person to
apprehend offenders against
their will . . .
By // 7. Where any
rogues or vagabonds . . .
are brought before any
Justice, each Justice shall
inform himself by the examination
upon oath of
the person apprehended,
or any other person,
of the condition and circumstances
of the person
so apprehended, and of
the parish where he was
legally settled . . .
and . . . shall order all
such persons so apprehended
to be publickly whipt.
. . . . or . . . to be sent
to the House of Correction
untill the next General
or Sessions. or
for any less time
and each whipping
or confinement,
. . . may cause such
person to be convey'd to the
Temporary Heading Column 5
the place of their last
legal settlement; but
if it cannot be found,
then to the place of
their birth . . .
By //9. When any
offender against this
act is committed
to the House of Correction
untill the next General of
Sessions, and the
. . .adjudge
such person a rogue
and vagabond . . they
may order [him] . . .
to be kept in the said
House of Corrections to
for any farther time not exceeding
six months
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Identifier: | JB/119/020/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119. |
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119 |
panopticon |
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020 |
panopticon fiction provision |
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003 |
plymouth hulk / objection / by the vagrant act |
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rudiments sheet (brouillon) |
2 |
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recto |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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39531 |
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