To the Right Honourable Sir Richard Hoare< no role > Knight Lord
Mayor of the City of London and to the Rest of the Worshipfull
the Aldermen his Brethren in their General Session of
Gaol Delivery of Newgate for the City of London Assembled

The Humble Petition of John Surby< no role >

Sheweth

That on the Third Day of September One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Forty Six about Seven or Eight o'Clock in the afternoon of
the Same Day Your Petitioner was Committed a Prisoner to the Poultry
Compter on the Oath of John Jesse< no role > Esquire and John Ismay< no role > on a Strong
Suspition of being Concerned with Nathaniel Miller< no role > in Negotiating
a Bank Role for the Payment of Fifty Pounds which was Stollen out
of the Western Mail on the Fourth of August last (the said Surby
knowing the Same to be Stolen)

Your Petitioner Therefore humbly Craves the
Right of the Habeas Corpus Act to beat this
Present Session of Gaol Delivery Tryed
Bailed or Discharged

And Your Petitioner shall Pray Etc.

John Surby< no role >