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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the Worpfull Benche of Justices
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at Hicks's Hall
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The humble Peticon of
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Humbly Sheweth
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That your Peticoner is but a poor man and
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is so lame that he cannot work and hath A
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Charge of Children So that he is not able to pay
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what the Parisheners Assess him for they make
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him pay almost four pence A week to the Poor wth
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he is not able to do therefore humbly intreats yor
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Worpps would be pleased to consider his Condition &
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be pleased to take him off of this great Charge and
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in so doing your Peticonr Shall ever Pray Etc.
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