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To the Right Honourable Sir
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John Salter
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Mayor of the
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and to the Recorder of the said City
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and also to the rest of the Worshipfull Justices of the Peace within
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the said City in their General Session of the Peace assembled
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The humble Petiton of
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Barbara Clarke
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That Your Petitioner presented one
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William Medland
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for Grossly
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Assaulting your Petitioner and in December Session last he was Convicted of
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the said Assault and the Court Continued him upon his Recognizance' till
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January Session and Ordered him in the mean Time to make your Petitioner
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Satisfaction and in Obedience to the said Order Your Petitioner delivered the sd:
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Mr. Medland two little Bills of the Expences your Petitioner hath been put to
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in this Prosecution and in Order to delay the Payment of them He moved
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by Councel at the last Session for a longer Time to pay the Money in and the
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Court ordered him to be Continued upon his Recognizance till this Present Session but Intend of
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Offering to pay your Petitioners Expences as Your Lordship and the Honourable Court directed him He often Abuses your
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Petitioner by Calling your Petitioner Old Bitch and so forth and gives out
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in the neighbourhood he'll pay the old Bitch nothing
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Your Petitioner is a Poor Woman and the Times very hard upon her
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The said
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William Medland
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belongs to
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the India House
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which brings him
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in 12s. a Week and is also by Trade a
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his Wife is a Hoop Petticoat
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maker and are both in a good Way of getting Money
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your
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Lordship and Worships will give your Petitioner
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such Relief in the Premisses at this present Session
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as your Lordship and Worships shall seem meet
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The Mark of
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