Worthy Sr

Pardon my Rudeness in Writing to you
But Necessity the mother of Inventions Causes the
Troubling of you Namely. yt. I am A poor distressed
prisoner now In in newprison Allmost Starved for
want having bin in Goal [..] Nine Weeks and
with Lyeth upon the Boards the Use of My limbs is
taken from me And Worthy Sr. What Ads more to
Grief Is yt. I have a wife and three Small Children
St. I was Indicted In August Sessions last
and pleaded to my Indictmt the last Sessions
Guilty and Now lyety for my Court fees And worthy good
Sd. if you'l please to take this my Deplorable Case
Into Consideration And forgive me my Court fees
your poor Unfortunate prisoner & Wife and Children
Shall Ever be bound to pray Etc

Joseph Merry< no role >

Octor 9o 1732