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To the Worshipful His Majesty's
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The Humble Petition of
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Richard Murthwaite
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That your Petitioner was on the 5th. day of January
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Henry James Pye
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Joseph More
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two of his Majesty's
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in the Penalty of Five Pounds for demanding and receiving
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one Penny as profit upon Two
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Shillings leat by your Petitioner upon a Pawn of a pair
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in the name or under the description of Mr. Roberts
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Two Shillings and six Pence by the Calender Month-
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including the Current Months in which the said Pawn
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Conviction your Petitioner conceives himself agrieved
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this Court against the same and prays that
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your Worships will hear him thereon and
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grant him such Relief as his case requires and
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that a day may be appointed for the hearing
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and determining the same
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And Your Petitioner will ever pray Etc.
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