To the Rt Honble . Sr . Robt. Bedingfeld< no role >
Knt . Ld. Mayor of the City of London &
to the rest of the Justices sitting at the
old Bayley

The Humble peticon of Thomas Smith< no role > now a
Prisonr. in Newgate .

Humbly Sheweth

That yor. Peticonr. has been a Prisonr. in Newgate for
Six month: last past & that prsently after yor. Peticonrs.
Comittmt. he was Charged for a fact Comitted two years
since & was never exsecuted upon the Indictmt for the
said fact

Yor. Peticonr. Therefore humbly prays
that he may be Tryed for the said
Fact this Sessions or be discharged from
the said Indictmt.

And yor. Peticonrs. shall ever
Pray Etc.