London

To the Right Honourable Slingsby Bethell< no role >
Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London and
to the Rest of the Honourable Bench in their
General Quarter Session of Gaol Delivery assembled

The Humble Petition and Prayer
of Samuel Arrowsmith< no role > a Prisoner

Sheweth

That on the Twenty Fifth Day of March last Your
Petitioner was Committed Prisoner to the Poultry Compter
London for Publishing four Bills of Exchange for the
Payment of Money and also forged Note for the Payment of
Money with Intention to Defraud William Griffiths< no role > He
the said Samuel knowing the Same to have bee forged and
Counterfeit against the Statute, and now is a Prisoner Confined
in Newgate under the Same Charge.

Your Petitioner therefore most
Humbly Prays That at this Present
Session of Gool 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 Case made and Provided.

And Your Petitioner shall Pray Etc
Saml Arrowsmith< no role >