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To the Worppfull the Chairman and
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rest of the Justices of the peace at
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Most humbly Sheweth
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That upon a Traverss before your Worpps th
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prsent Sessions your petr was convicted ordered to
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Labour Six Moneths Imprisonment & to be
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at Brentford
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implores yor Worpps to comisera
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& have Compassion on her deplorable
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Condition mitigate her punishment
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Worpps Great Wisdom shall seem
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