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To the Rt Worsppll his Matys Justices of the Peace for the County
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Sheweth
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That your Peticoners said Son hath been Confined
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a Prisoner in
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in this County ever Since
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the 17th of January last to give Evidence against
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severall persons Concerned in severall Burglaries
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That your Peticoners St Son hath compleated his Evidence
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and hath Convicted three persons on his Evidence
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and is now referred to the Comitting Justice
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to discharge him being Justice Ellis who refused soe
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to Doe
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That Yor Petr hath beene Obliedged to mainteyne
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his said Son ever since his Imprisonment who
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otherwise must have Starved and your Peticones
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having three other Children to Mainteyne cannot
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any longer provide for his said Son Who is very
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willing to goe to Sea
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Yor Petitr therefore humbly prays
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from his Sd Imprisonmt
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