To the Honourable Sr: William
Thomson< no role > Kt. Recorder of London

The Humble Petition of John Glover< no role >

Most Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner
was in March Sessions last Indicted for Stealins
from his Master to whom he was an Apprentice
one Copper Sea tittle & Coffee pot, & was brought
in guilty to the oaling of 10d

That your Petitiones Master did
not miss the sd things out of his Shop before your
Petitioner Six months after the fact done did
thro remove of Conscience voluntarily make it
known to his said Master, which when your
Petitioner was tryed by Mr. JusticesDenton
& the verdict brought in by the Jury, his sd Mastr
did own in Court & beg'd of the honble Court that
your Petitioner might not be Transported, but
have Corporall punishment inflicted on him
Your Petitioner is a youth born of Honest &
Reputable Parents in this City, & till ye Commission
of this Fact was never of guilty of a Creme of the
like nature

I beg leave to
recomend this as
a case worthy the
Compassion of the
Court
R Baylis

Your Petitioner humbly Prays
that your honrs goodness will be pleased to remitt
the Sentence of Transportation, & inflict
what other punishmt. your Honr. shall think fit

And in Duty bound shall ever pray Etc

We whose hands are hereunto Set believing the Contents of this Petition to be true
& knowing yr Petitioner, do in all humility recomond him as an Object worthy
your Honours Favour, & are ready to be bound for his future good behaviour

Joseph Hall< no role >
John Langton< no role >
Saml: Holmes< no role >
Tho: Humid< no role > [..]