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To the
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The humble Petition and Prayer of
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That on the Twenty third day of September last Your Petitioner
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was committed Prison to the
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for feloniously publishing as true in the
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a certain
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William Orcherton
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for the Sum of £125. in Favour
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knowing the Same to be false forged and
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Counterfeited with an Intent to cheat and defraud
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Robert Mackoun
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Esqr.
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confined in
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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 Session of Goal Delivery of Newgate
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holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex
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he may be tried bailed or discharged pursuant to the
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Statute in that Case made and provided
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And Your Petitioner shall Pray Etc
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John
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