Middlesex

To the worshipful William Mainwaring< no role > Esqr .
Chairman of the Session, and the rest of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace now Assembled

The Petition of Edward Hall< no role >

Humbly Sheweth

That previous to the appointment
of the late John Harrow< no role > (deceased) to take care
of the gallary door in the Court your petitioner
apply'd for the assistance of a Porter or Person
to be subject to his Command during Sessions
who might not only take care of the gallary
doors, but open and shut the doors of the
Court and Session House to clear away
Idle and suspicious persons and to keep the Court
clean and in good Order during Sessions

But learning it was the
intention of the Court (from motives of
humanity) to appoint the said John Harrow< no role >
your petitioner therefore declined his application

That your petitioner doth
now resume his application as above
stated, and that your petitioner doth not
crave more assistance than his predecessor
formerly had in a much less Building

And that your petitioner begs
leave to add that having several times
mentioned to the Court how much his
Situation and this Building is exposed to
the Public, by the way to the Clerk of the
Peace office communicating with the Center