Liberty there is not the least doubt but he will resume his Frade which
he contends he has a right to follow and the Mischief to the public
may be greater than ever

The following petition of Mr. Thomas Gibbs< no role > Surgeon
and Apothecary to New Prison having been presented to this Court
which petition is as follows

The Petition of Thos. Gibbes< no role > Apothecary to the Jails of
New Prison & Clerkenwell Bridewell

Humbly Sheweth

That Your petitioner in January 1775 was appointed
apothecary to the Jails of New Prison & Clerkenwell Bridewell &
was allowed the Yearly Sum of £60 for his attendance & Medicines
& that notwithstanding Your petitioner found the trouble and Expence
from the number of the Sick exceeded his Expectation Yet her
Conscientiously continued to discharge the duty of the Office to the
utmost of his Power

That soon after an Act of parliament passed by which
the punishment of Convicts sentenced to Transportation was changed
to that of Imprisonment in Consequence of which Your petitioner has
had not only the Care of those he was first appointed to attend but
also of all those who from Session to Session have been Sentenced
to Imprisonment in the said Jails Many of whom come in diseased
and frequently continuce so from their Poverty and long Confinement
not to mention the many infected prisoners who from time to time are
sent to remain in these Jails from Newgate

That as the trouble and Expence brought upon Your
Petitioner by this great Encrease of prisoners greatly exceeds what
would arise from an equal number of others owing to their
complicated distress under a long Confinement he hopes that this
Court will have the goodness to take his Case into Consideration and
afford him such relief as shall be deemed Just and reasonable

And Your Petitioner
Shall Ever Pray Etc.