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To the Right Honourable
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Thomas Rawlinson
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and the Rest of his Majestys Justices of Goal delivery for
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in-
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Session Assembled.
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The Humble Petition of
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Benjamin Hill
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a Poor
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now under Confinement in
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That you Petitioner on the third day of November last was Committed
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by I Fielding
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to
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Tothill Fields
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John Mason
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on a Violent Suspicion of having Feloniously taken and
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Carryed away a Quantity of Brandy and Rum the Property of the said
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against the Peace Etc and for further Examination
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That Your Humble Petitioner on the fifth day of November last was
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Detained in Custody Charged upon the Oath of the said
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and
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One Samuel
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Leper
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for Feloniously taking and Carrying away a
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Great Quantity of Rum and Brandy the Property of the said
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against the Peace Etc And him safely to Keep untill
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Discharged by due Course of Law As by the said several
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Committments may Appear
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That Your Humble Petitioner Dreading the Confinement of
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a Goal and the more so as he is very Poor and Destitute
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of Money and Friends And being Conscious of his Innocent
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and Integrity Therefore he most Humbly Prays that
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he may be Tryed this Present Sessions or that he may-
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be Bailed or Acquitted as to this Honorable Court Shall
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seem meet
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And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray Etc
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