To the Rt. Honble . Sr. Gerrd. Conyers< no role > Knt . Lord
Mayor of the City of London and the Rest of
the Honble Justices on the Bench now sitting
att Justice hall in the Old Bily.

The humble Peticon of Richard Pollard< no role > now a Prisoner
in Newgate

Sheweth

That yor. Peticoner was on the twenty fourth Day of this
Instant August [..] Comitted to Newgate by Sr. Fra: Forbes< no role > Knt .
for having bought & reced severall Quantityes of Tobaccoe & other
goods Stolen from Several persons unknown of a Considerable Value
of which yer. peticoner is Innocent.

Yor. Peticoner therefore humbly prays that
hee may bee Fryed or Discharged this
sessions

And hee as in Duly bound shall
Ever pray Etc.