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<p n="134">To the Worshipfull Bench of Justices for the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50286_geo141">Middx</rs>
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:</p>
<p n="135">The humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50286_n135-1">Tho: Acter</rs>
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<p n="136"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That yr. Petitioner Plead Guilty to an Assault<lb></lb>
upon on <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50286_n136-1">Joseph Morgan</rs>
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and find one Shilling But<lb></lb>
yr. Petitioner being a very Poor man that is not<lb></lb>
able to pay his fees no farther then the Charitable<lb></lb>
Dispossition of a Gentleman (whilst in the Bail Dock)<lb></lb>
who gave him half a Guinea to Gain his inlarge-<lb></lb>
ment</p>
<p n="137">Your Petitioner humbly Prays.<lb></lb>
that yr: Worships would be so<lb></lb>
Pleased out of yr Innate Goodness<lb></lb>
and Human Compassion to cause<lb></lb>
him to be set at Liberty paying the<lb></lb>
Charity which the Gentleman was so<lb></lb>
Pleas'd to bestow on your Petitioner<lb></lb>
or else he must inevitably Parish</p>
<p n="138">And yr. Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Pray</p>
<p n="139">NB yr. Petitioner is now in the Bail Dock</p>
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