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To the worshipfull the Chairman & the rest of his Majesties
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Justices of the peace
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The Humble petition of
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Temperance Walker
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wife of
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Bricklayer
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Sheweth:
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That yor Petitionr. was in 1710 Married to sd.
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Jno. Walker
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& the first right of their Lying together ye sd. Jno Walker
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gave yor Petionr. ye Fowle decease of pox & yor. Petionr. being Married about one year liv'd in Silver Street
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Bloomsbury
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there Cut yor: petitioners head in Two Severall places & broke yor. Petitionrs. fore finger. &
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the pann of
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her Knee out of Joyrt & ye sd. Jno. Walker gave her severall stobbs in her hands Arms body & thighs & likewise
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Stamped on yor petitioners Jane Bone of her face that the Blood ran out of her Eyes Nose & Mouth& afterwards Cut
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& whipt yor: Petionr: wth. a hair Line (She being Naked) on the back that the Blood Followed Every
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Stroke Further Sheweth that some small after gave yor. Petr. the Fowle disease a Second time
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under which She now Lanquisheth Sheweth yt in 1716 yor Petr. & Husband Lived wth. their unkle in
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Baldings gardens where the sd. Jno. Walker Kept Company wth. one
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Margarett Angell
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& yor petr. tennd yr.
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out at ye sd Angell Lodging & they went for man & wife & when yor Petr. has found them out the
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Sd
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Jno. Walker
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came home wth. yor. Petr. Cut her in the head in three Severall places and Tyed yor
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Petr. wth. his Scaffling Cords neck & Heels togather & left her so bound & went out & Loded her in ye
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room so tyed that the sd Jno. Walker met his Aunt in
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Grays Inn
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desired her to go & unloose & untie yor Petr. wch she accordingly did; that if yor petr. had Continued some
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few minutes after she had dyed under it; & as the Cords was pulled of from yor: Petr: The Cords fore of
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ye Flesh wth. the same That on the first Sunday in June 1718 the sd
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came from one John or
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Ihions house in Hanover Street to yor Per. & knocked her down & Cut her upper Lip wth. his Shoe &
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drove her out of one room into another that the next day the sd
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went to a Club Feast
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& came home about 12 of the Clock at night & brought a Stick home wth. him & bid yor Petr. put it by & said
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it was to beat her with, yor Petr. not Having one Farthing in the world the sd
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having Cut & tore
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all yor. Petrs. Cloaths & burn't her Linnen & Leaving her nothing to hide her Nakedness untill her Neighbours
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brought her a
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on & was forced to go out all hours in the Night to have her life yor Petr was foresd
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