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To the Right Honourable
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That on the Thirteenth Day of September last your Petitioner
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Alexander Watson
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Under the same Charge.
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Your Petitioner therefore Most Humbly Prays That
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at this present Sessions of Gaol Delivery of
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Newgate holden for the
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, he may be Tryed, Bailed or
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Discharged Pursuant to the Statute in that
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And your Petitioner shall pray Etc
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