To the Right Honble the Lord Mayor
and others His Majestys Justices of
Goal Delivery for the County of Middlesex

The humble Petition of James Sufflee an Infant
under the Age of twenty one years and Apprentice
to Thomas Halt< no role > of Shoreditch Haberdasher

Sheweth

That your Petitioner being in his said Masters Shop
one Edward Faint< no role > brought some Rabbit Skins to his said Masters
and offered them for Sale and your Petitioner having reason to Suspect
they were Stole Stopt them and the said Edward Faint< no role > and conveyed
him before David Wilmot< no role > Esqr.. One of his Majestys Justices for the
[..] County of Middx who committed the said Faint to Prison and
bound your Petitioner our to give Evidence against him

That your, Petrs. Master attended at Hicks's Hall with
the Prosr. to find a Bill against [..] the said Edward
Faint< no role > , and told your Petitioner to take care of his Shop in the
mean time, and if it was necessary, he would send for your Petr.
But Your Petrs. Master did not Send for him, nor did your
Petr. attend apprehending that your Petrs. Masters presence
was of More consequence and as your Petitioners said Master
did not Order it

That your Petr.. is informed his Recognizance is forfeited
and will be Estreated, But in Regard your Petitioner is under