To the Worshipfull His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex in their General Session of the Peace Assembled

The Humble Petition of Thomas Wilson< no role >

Most Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner is now and hath been
for upwards of twelve Months past one of the Watchmen of the Parish
of Saint Giles in the Fields in the Said County

That your Petitioner being on his duty
about half an hour after Eleven o Clock on the night of Monday the Eleventh
day of September last he observed two Men and two Women Standing at the
end of King Street in Drury Lane in the Said Parish and they talking very
Loud he desired them to go along and not disturb the Neighbourhood at
that unreasonable hour where upon one of the Men Pushed your Petitioner
down two Several times and then both the Men Run away

That Your Petitioner look hold of the two
Women who were in the Said two Mens Company and Conducted them to the
Watchhouse where he left them in Custody of the Constable of the Night

That your Petitioner did not in any wise
ill treat either of the Said Women but only insisted upon their going to the
Watchhouse and in the way thither walked behind them When one of them
(Vizt. Mrs. Alexandrina Mason< no role > ) offered Your Petitioner a Shilling to
let them go, which he refused having no other Intention than to prevent
the Inhabitants from being disturbed and that the Women might give an
Account of themselves and of the Men who were in their Company and
had made their Escape after ill treating Your Petitioner as Aforesaid