To the Right Honble
. Sir
Charles
asgill< no role > This name instance is in set 4365.
Knt
. Lord Mayor
of the
City of London
, Sir
Wm. Moreton< no role >
Knt
. Recorder
of the sd. City & to
the rest of the Honble. Bench.
The Humble Petition of Mary
Bates< no role >
a Prisoner in his Majesties Goal of
Newgate
Most Humble Sheweth
That your Petitioner
(by the Name of Mary Clarke< no role >
) is most
wickedley & Unjustley accused with returning
from Transportation for an Offence Pretended
to be Committed many Years ago.
That your Petitioner is not the
Person and is only a Malicious and Unjust
Accusation
Your Petitioner therefore
most Humbly Preys that she may be back
or Discharged
And Your Petitioner
as in Duty will Ever Pray
Mary Bates< no role >