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To the Right Honble
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and to the rest of his Majesty's
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Justices assigned to deliver his Majestys Gaol of Newgate
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on the Prisoners therein being
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The Humble Petition of
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner on the 2d. day of this Instant September was
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detained by a warrant under the hand and Seal of
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for feloniously taking three Bank
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Notes of the Value £250. The property of
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privily
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from his person
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Therefore your Petitioner humbly prays That he
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may be Tried at this present Sessions for the offence
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with which he stands Charged as aforesaid or in
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default thereof he may be bailed or discharged
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for the same And your Petitioner as in duty
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