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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the Rt. Worspll. his Matys
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Justices of the Peace
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for the County of
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Middx
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The humble Peticon of
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Mary Berry
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in the County aforesd
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Widow
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Sheweth
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That the Churchwardens Overseers of the Poor of the Pish
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aforesd have assesed yor. poor Peticoner Eighteen Shillings to
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the Releife of the poor of the sd Pish for this prsent year
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That yor Peticoner is a very poor woman and rerts but a house
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of four pounds P Ann and is likewise charg'd to the Scavenger
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and other P prochiall Taxes and having a Child to maintain
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is not able to pay the sd Taxes So that the thinks herself
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very much aggreived thereby
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Yor Petr. therefore most humbly prays your
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Worspps to be pleased to order that She may
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And Yor. Petr. shall ever pray Etc.
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