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To the Worshipfull Bench of Justices for the County of
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The humble Petition of
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Tho: Acter
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That yr. Petitioner Plead Guilty to an Assault
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upon on
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and find one Shilling But
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yr. Petitioner being a very Poor man that is not
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able to pay his fees no farther then the Charitable
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Dispossition of a Gentleman (whilst in the Bail Dock)
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who gave him half a Guinea to Gain his inlarge-
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Your Petitioner humbly Prays.
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that yr: Worships would be so
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Pleased out of yr Innate Goodness
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and Human Compassion to cause
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him to be set at Liberty paying the
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Charity which the Gentleman was so
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Pleas'd to bestow on your Petitioner
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or else he must inevitably Parish
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And yr. Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Pray
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NB yr. Petitioner is now in the Bail Dock
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