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Prisoner depositions spark inquiry into Goal abuses
The report notes prisoners in several Goals of the Suburbs drafting depositions accusing keepers of extorting money through unjust impositions. The House reviewed revenue measures for Greenwich Hospital, discussed Admiralty matters, and prepared to curb bribery in elections. Local trials, a foundling hospital subscription, and jails committee aid actions are also mentioned alongside international dispatches from Petersburgh, Dublin, and Lisbon.
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Ways
Greenwich Hospital
Admiralty
London
Windyard
Dodwell
Sion
Admiralty Office
Buiffol
Liverpool
Mediterranean
Sicily
John Huggins
Fleet
Richard Francklin
Majesty’s Ressengers
Pearnaly &c
Charles Delafaye
County
Surrey
Ing Macy
House of Commons
Marshalsea
Petersbourg
Novograd
Cré& An
Bejars
Russia
Moscow
Novogrod
Jacob Tonson
Rymer
Federa
Lisbon
Dresden
N.S
Berlin
Warsaw
Count Manteufel
Vienna
Heralds
Earl Marshal
Dublin