To the Right Honble Sir Crisp Gascoyne< no role >
Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and
the Rest of His Majesty's Justices of Gaol
Delivery of Newgate for the City of London
in Session assembled.

The Humble Petition of John Bell< no role >
a Prisoner in His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate .

Sheweth

That Your Petitoner stands committed by Henry
Fielding< no role > Esqr . one of His Majesty's Justices of the peace for the
County of Middlesex on Suspicion of High Treason expressed
in the Warrant

Your Petitoner most humbly prays this
Honble Court that he may be tried bailed or discharged this
Session according to the Directions of the Statute in such Case
made and provided

And Your Petitoner shall for ever pray