To the Worshipfull Bench of Justices
all Hick's Hall

The humble Petition of Edward Miller< no role >

Sheweth

That your Poor Unhappy Petitioner
Was Committed to the House of Correction
Clerkenwell , Upwards of Nine Months
Ago, by the Worshipfull Justice Birckhead
Your Poor Petitioner was Committed
for Selling Beer without a Licence
and he having Applied to the said Justice
Birkhead for his Discharge, which he
Would not Grant, Nor take Sufficient
Bail, for Which I Applied to the
Worshipfull Bench Last Sessions (or
a Discharge, When I was order'd to get
Bail, which was not then Ready, so
Most humbly hopes Your Worships will
be Pleased to [..]
[..] Grant him his Discharge as
he is in Years and very Infirm and
Weak, and has a Wife & three Children
Almost Starving

And Your Petitioner
as in Duty Bound
will Ever Pray Etc