To the Whorshipfull William Mainwaring< no role > Esqr . Chairman

The Petition of Edward Woryan< no role >

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner is one of the Headboroughs
of the Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County of Middlesex
Waterman , was chosen into that Office, and never before Auintoma [..]
to any matter of Law or prosecutions, and is an intire Shanger therein

That he got a Warrant from the Police Office at Shadwell
to apprehand and taken one Eleanor Pringle< no role > , on a Charge of
Felony, by virtue of which Warrant he took her into custody and
brought her to said Office, where she was Examined and fully
Committed, and your Petitioner and the Prosecutor, were bound
over to prosecute

That prison to January Sessions last, the prosecutor
informed your Petitioner, he, the prosecutor would not attend to find
a Bill against the said Eleanor Pringle< no role > , and also said your
Petr. need give himself no further trouble, which your Petr. Verity
believed to be true, and as no Bill was found, and the Prisoner was
discharged by Proclamation your Petr. thought he was fully
clear of his recognizance, as he know nothing of the matter save
taking her into Custody by Virtue of the Warrant, and that he was
no otherwise concerned therein

That your Petr. in now very Ill. and confined to his [..]
and unable to come and make Affidavit of the above parts has a