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<p n="236">To the worshipfull the Chairman & the rest of his Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50190_occ36">Justices of the peace</rs>
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at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50190_geo67">Hicks Hall</rs>
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<p n="237">The Humble petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n237-1">Temperance Walker</rs>
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wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n237-2">John Walker</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50190_occ37">Bricklayer</rs>
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<p n="238"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth:</note>
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That yor Petitionr. was in 1710 Married to sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-1">Jno. Walker</rs>
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& the first right of their Lying together ye sd. Jno Walker<lb></lb>
gave yor Petionr. ye Fowle decease of pox & yor. Petionr. being Married about one year liv'd in Silver Street <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50190_geo68">Bloomsbury</rs>
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&<lb></lb>
there Cut yor: petitioners head in Two Severall places & broke yor. Petitionrs. fore finger. &<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the pann of<lb></lb>
her Knee out of Joyrt & ye sd. Jno. Walker gave her severall stobbs in her hands Arms body & thighs & likewise<lb></lb>
Stamped on yor petitioners Jane Bone of her face that the Blood ran out of her Eyes Nose & Mouth& afterwards Cut<lb></lb>
& whipt yor: Petionr: wth. a hair Line (She being Naked) on the back that the Blood Followed Every<lb></lb>
Stroke Further Sheweth that some small after gave yor. Petr. the Fowle disease a Second time<lb></lb>
under which She now Lanquisheth Sheweth yt in 1716 yor Petr. & Husband Lived wth. their unkle in<lb></lb>
Baldings gardens where the sd. Jno. Walker Kept Company wth. one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-48">Margarett Angell</rs>
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& yor petr. tennd yr.<lb></lb>
out at ye sd Angell Lodging & they went for man & wife & when yor Petr. has found them out the<lb></lb>
Sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-3">Jno. Walker</rs>
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came home wth. yor. Petr. Cut her in the head in three Severall places and Tyed yor<lb></lb>
Petr. wth. his Scaffling Cords neck & Heels togather & left her so bound & went out & Loded her in ye<lb></lb>
room so tyed that the sd Jno. Walker met his Aunt in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50190_geo69">Grays Inn</rs>
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& gave her the Key of the sd room &<lb></lb>
desired her to go & unloose & untie yor Petr. wch she accordingly did; that if yor petr. had Continued some<lb></lb>
few minutes after she had dyed under it; & as the Cords was pulled of from yor: Petr: The Cords fore of<lb></lb>
ye Flesh wth. the same That on the first Sunday in June 1718 the sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-4">Jno Walker</rs>
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came from one John or<lb></lb>
Ihions house in Hanover Street to yor Per. & knocked her down & Cut her upper Lip wth. his Shoe &<lb></lb>
drove her out of one room into another that the next day the sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-5">Jno. Walker</rs>
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went to a Club Feast<lb></lb>
& came home about 12 of the Clock at night & brought a Stick home wth. him & bid yor Petr. put it by & said<lb></lb>
it was to beat her with, yor Petr. not Having one Farthing in the world the sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50190_n238-6">Jno. Walker</rs>
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having Cut & tore<lb></lb>
all yor. Petrs. Cloaths & burn't her Linnen & Leaving her nothing to hide her Nakedness untill her Neighbours<lb></lb>
brought her a<obscured></obscured>
on & was forced to go out all hours in the Night to have her life yor Petr was foresd<lb></lb>
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