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1778. Sittings. Monday July 27.

Monday July 27th 1778.
Present
Sir Robert Chambers
&
Mr. Justice Hyde.

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This day, according to the manner we have always computed the days required by the Charter for the continuance of the Sittings, if the business of the Court requires the Sittings to last fourteen days, which computation has always been made by including the Sundays in the computation, so that for instance these Sittings begining on Monday July 13th. Sunday July 26th was the fourteenth day, and Saturday July 25th was the last day on which according to the Construction we have always given to the charter the Court is required to hold the Sittings but there being many causes remaining untried my brother Chambers and I agreed to go on from day to day.
Sir Robert Chambers some days ago express’d a doubt, whether we could continue the sittings longer than fourteen days, but afterward he said that consi=
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