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To the
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Right Honourable
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William Bridgen
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Lord Mayor
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of
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the
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and the rest o the Commissioners of Oyer and
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Terminor and General Goal Delivery for the
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in the Old Bailey
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The Humble Petition of
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James Maurice
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now a
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prisoner
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Sheweth.
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That on Monday the 2d. day of January last past Your Petitioner
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and one
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Jean Aude
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was taken by a warrant to
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Sir
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John Fielding
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and there
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Felix Sarrant
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with having Robbed him of £105: and upwards in
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Cash in his Dwelling House, Your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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were
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Commited to the Gatehouse for further Examination and on wednesday then next
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were brought again before the said
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Sr.
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John Fielding
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and on such Re-examination
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Your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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were Honourably Acquitted thos. the said
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Sarrant and his House keeper were ready to have Sworn any thing that might
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have answered the end they wanted.
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That after Your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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were Discharged as
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Aforesaid they went again to the said Sarrant's House (they being both Lodgers
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in his House before and at the time of the pretended Robbery) to have gone into
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their respective Rooms in order to have taken their Goods and wearing
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Apparrel away and paying said Sarrant the Rent then due but he refused
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your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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Admittance into their rooms, or to take
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away any part of their Goods and Wearing apparrel from whence your Petr.
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and the said
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were destitute of all kind of necessarys save what
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were on them.
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That your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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having applied to Mr.
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Coupland an Attorney he demanded your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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's
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Goods and wearing apparel of the said Sarrant and he refusing to Deliver
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the same or any part thereof and insisting that if he could not fix your Petitioner
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and the said Aude with a Robbery he would make a Debt of it and would
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keep the Goods and wearing Apparel to Answer such Debt as he should fix
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them with, Your Petitioner and the said
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were therefore Advised to
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and did bring Actions of Trover against the said Prosecutor to which he gave Bail
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and the same are now depending and the Prosecutor in further Gratifycation of
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his wickedness Indicted Your Petitioner and the said
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Jean Aude
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at the last
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Sessions at the
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old Bailey
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and on the 18th. day of January last Your Petr.
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was Committed a
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to
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Newgate
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by Thomas
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ton Esqr. one of
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his
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