To the honrble ye Bench of
Justices for ye County of Middx
The humble Peticon of John Gillingham< no role >
Sheweth
That your petr was Yesterday tryed upon an Indictment
for Assaulting
James Lewis< no role >
a Butcher
That Yr petr for
two Sessions following moved to trye the sd Indictmt
but the Same was put of at the request of the
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Lewis That Yr Petr not having his Witnesses
Readiness to produce at his tryall was found
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And fined ten pounds which he is utterly un ab
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pay That yr petr witnesses were persons of
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worth & Credit and Came within A quarter
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An hour after ye Tryall was over who if ther
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been Examined would have proved the Innor
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of yr Petrr as to ye Matter for which he
Stood
Stood Indicted Yr Petr therefore humbly prayes
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for as Much as Yr petr is Actually a Soldier in the
Second Tegimt of Guardes under the Comand of
Colle Hubbard And has Served the Queen Severall
Yeares And for that he was Surprized upon his Tryall &
the Evidence on which yr petr was found guilty was
a Woman Condemned very lately for picking of pockt
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And fetiht out of Newgate by the Sd Lewis who
keeps her Company to Swear Agt Yr petr That
yr petr fine may be mitigated So as to be conses
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with his Low circumstances And yr petr. Shall A
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pray Etc.