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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the honorble. & Worspfull the Bench of
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The humble peticon of
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Samll. Bullock
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That ye. petr. stands comed. to
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by this honorble
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Cort. being fined 20 marks upon pleading guilty to an Indictmt.
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for compounding a felony
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That ye. Petr. being rob'd of goods to ye. value of about £12
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& being a poor man & ignorant of the law in this case did
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think it better to take some what towards his less than lose
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That ye. petr. is in a very Sorrowfull condition in ye. prison
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having no mony to help himself & has endured the extreme necessity
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of lying on the hard boards & the like for above a month he
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being comted. last Sessions
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Ye. petr. therefore humbly prays that his
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Cort. to pity his hard circumstance &
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or mitigate his fine as to ye. worships shall
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seem most meet
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And yr. petr. shall as in duty bound sever pray Etc
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