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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Pounds more than they ought to be And the other Inhabitants of
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the said Parish are not equally rated and assessed with them
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wherefore your Petitioners humbly conceive they ought to be relieved
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against the said Rate for the Current year, the same being irregular
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Partial unjust and unequal, and finding themselves aggrieved
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thereby do appeal to your Lordship and Worships therefrom.
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Your Petitioners therefore
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humbly pray your Lordship and Worships
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that you will be pleased to appoint a Day
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for the hearing and determining this appeal
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and that the said Rate made for the year
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Commencing at Easter 1758, and Ending
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at Easter 1759, may be Quashed or your
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Petitioners be reduced to an equal and
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Equitable Taxation or assessment with
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the other Inhabitants of the said Parish
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or that your Petitioners may be otherwise
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relieved in the premisses as to your Lordship
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and Worships shall seem meet and be found
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agreable to Equity and Justice.
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And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc
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