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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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The humble Peticon of
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Bridgett Hackett
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of
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Wappin Stepney
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in the said County
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Sheweth
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That Yor. Petr. is an Inhabitant in the said Parish, That Yor. Petr. is
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assessed in the said parish towards the releife of the poor the Sum of
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Three pounds a Year, That Your Petr. rents a house but Six pounds
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a Year, That Your Petr. has lid'd in the said parish divers years and
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has paid all parish Dutys therein
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being now reduced to poverty
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is no longer able to pay the sd Assessmt. And thinks herselfe much
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aggreived thereby
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Yor. Petr. therefore humbly prays Yor. Worspps
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to be pleased to consider her complaint
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and to order that She may be releived
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in ye. said prmisses
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And Yor. Petr. Shall ever Pray
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