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one of his Majesty's
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The Humble Petition of
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Mary Stewart
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Mary Gardiner
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Sheweth
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That your petitioner was tried at
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Hicks
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the thirteenth day of December last for keeping
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disorderly House
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and lamentable for her received
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the Judgment of the Court to be imprisoned 12 months
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in
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It would be imprudent for your petitioner
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to animadvert upon the Circumstances that awaited the
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Trial yet your petitioner Satisfied of the Humanity that
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has always distinguished your Character humbly
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requests that you will revise it in your recollection to
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Afford this her petition its due weight
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Your petitioner has four unfortunate Infants
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to support from her Labor and in her Conviction
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fall helpless and innocent Victims without the
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means of Comfort or Sustenance
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Your petitioner is fully Sensible of the Justice
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of the Laws of this County and the necessity there
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is (for the preservation of public peace) to prevent
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dissipation and Riot yet she hopes the Circumstance
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of her helpless family and her having obeyed the
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direction of the
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Vestry Clerk
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in removing the nuisance
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be suffered to opperate with you
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That Since your Petitioner has been confined
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in Goal the prisoners confined there have many of
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them died in as much as to alarm your petitioner
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with fears for her own Safety and the more so
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