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To the Worshipfull his Maties Justices of the peace for the County of
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Middlx
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at their Generall
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Quarter Sessions of the peace Assembled.
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The humble peticon of
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Sarah Fitzpatrick
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& admin Ex: of
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Edward Fitzpatrick
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late
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of the parish of
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deceased.
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Sheweth.
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That in breach of the statute made in the Ninth Year of his present Majesties reign Intituled
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(an Act for the more effectuall punishing wicked and evill disposed persons going Armed
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in disguise and doing Injuries and violences to the persons and properties of his Majesties
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subjects and for the more speedy bringing the offenders to Justice)
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John Berrisford
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of
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London
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Wheeler
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Richard Minshall
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of
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Winchmorehill
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in the said County of Middlex
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Baker
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and
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Thomas James
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of
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Endfeild
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aforesaid
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Labourer
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armed with Guns and
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pistolls Did after the first day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1723, to witt, On
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saturday the twelfth day of October in the said year 1723
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, enter and come so Armed
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as aforesaid into
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Endfeild Chase
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in Endfeild
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aforesaid And the said
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Thomas James
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did then and there wilfully and Maliciously shoot at the said
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Edwd. Fitzpatrick
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and wound
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him in the Legg and so much shalter it that it was obliged to be nott
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off, and the said
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Edward Fitzpatrick
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afterwards dyed of his said wounding.
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leaving your petr. his
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widow
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and Adminrx.
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That the said
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Edward Fitzpatrick
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did in his life time, to witt, on the
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19th. day of the said Month of October 1723
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, give Information on his Oath of the
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aforesaid Facts before
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Henry Cartwright
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and
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Richard Arnold
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Esqrs
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. two of his Maties
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Justices of the peace
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for the said County according to the direction of the aforesaid Statute
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That upon the Information of the said
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Edward Fitzpatrick
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an Order
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was made by his Matie in Councill dated the
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9th. day of March in the said year 1723
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,
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for the said
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John Berrisford
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and
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Thomas James
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and one
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Robert Dewkesberry
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in
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the said Order
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made
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named to surrender themselves pursuant to the direccons of the
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said Act which they neglecting to doe have been since Convicted as Felons by-
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virtue of the said statute.
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Wherefore and for as much as Your Petrs. said late husband last
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his wife by such wounding Occasioned by his endeavouring to Apprehend the said
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Offenders your petr. as his adminrx. is (as she humbly Conceives) became entituled
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to the sume of 5s. by virtue of the sd. statue payable as by the sd. statute is directed
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Your Petr. therefopre most humbly prays your Worships to hear her pray
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and to grant her the proper Certificate in Order to enable her to demand
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</
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and receive of the sherriffe of the sd. County of Middlx the sume of £50.
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