To the Right Honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen< no role >
Esquire
Lord Mayor
of the City of London
, and to the Rest
of the Honourable Bench in their General Quarter Sessions
of Gaol Delivery Assembled
The Humble Petition and Prayer of John Harris< no role >
a Prisoner
Sheweth
That on the Thirteenth Day of September last your Petitioner
was Committed Prisoner to the Woodstreet Compter
London on
Suspicion of Stealing in Spittlefields
in the County of Middlesex
a
Piece of Hair Shag of the Value of Twelve Pounds the Property
Alexander Watson< no role >
And now is a Prisoner
Confined
in Newgate
Under the same Charge.
Your Petitioner therefore Most Humbly Prays That
at this present Sessions of Gaol Delivery of
Newgate holden for the City of London
and County
of Middlesex
, he may be Tryed, Bailed or
Discharged Pursuant to the Statute in that [..]
Made and Provided.
And your Petitioner shall pray Etc
John Harris< no role >