To the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson< no role > Esquire Lord Mayer of the City
of London and the Rest of his Majestys Justices of Goal delivery for Newgate in-
Session Assembled.

The Humble Petition of Benjamin Hill< no role > a Poor
Prisoner now under Confinement in Newgate
Goal

Sheweth

That you Petitioner on the third day of November last was Committed
by I Fielding Esqr to Tothill Fields Bridewell Charged upon the Oath
of John Mason< no role > on a Violent Suspicion of having Feloniously taken and
Carryed away a Quantity of Brandy and Rum the Property of the said
John Mason< no role > against the Peace Etc and for further Examination

That Your Humble Petitioner on the fifth day of November last was
Detained in Custody Charged upon the Oath of the said John Mason< no role > and
One Samuel Leper for Feloniously taking and Carrying away a
Great Quantity of Rum and Brandy the Property of the said John
Mason< no role > against the Peace Etc And him safely to Keep untill
Discharged by due Course of Law As by the said several
Committments may Appear

That Your Humble Petitioner Dreading the Confinement of
a Goal and the more so as he is very Poor and Destitute
of Money and Friends And being Conscious of his Innocent
and Integrity Therefore he most Humbly Prays that
he may be Tryed this Present Sessions or that he may-
be Bailed or Acquitted as to this Honorable Court Shall
seem meet

And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray Etc
Benjamin Hill< no role >