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The Humble Petition of
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That Your Petitioner was at the last Sessions
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holden at the Old Bayley
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Gallon Pott from the
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in Linnestreet of
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which Offence he was Convicted and remaines a
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in Order to be Transported for the Same
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That Your Peticoner has for may Yeares
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served in his Majestys Royal Navy in the Several
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Ships following (to Wit) The Bedford, Autelops,
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and has a
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Wife and four Children who must be inevitably ruined
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Your Petitioner therefore most
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Humbly prays Your Lordship will
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in Your Accustomed Goodness
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Extend Your mercy to Your poor
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Petitioner and remit his Sentence
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to some Corporal Punishment as
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