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<p n="117">To the Right Worshipfull the Chairman and the Rest of his Majties. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50297_occ24">Justices of<lb></lb>
the Peace</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50297_geo69">Hicks Hall</rs>
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in General Quarter Sessions Assembled</p>
<p n="118">The Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50297_n118-1">James Tompkims</rs>
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</p>
<p n="119"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Humbly Sheweth</note>
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That at this Present Sessions one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50297_n119-1">James Graves</rs>
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was Try'd & Conncted before<lb></lb>
your Worships feel Assaulting <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50297_n119-2">Jacob Wakeling</rs>
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his former Master for which the<lb></lb>
Court was pleas'd to Order Time of one Shilling on the said Graves and did Comit<lb></lb>
him to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50297_occ25">House of Correction</rs>
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three to be kept for she space of Six Weeks to hard La-<lb></lb>
bours</p>
<p n="120">That about three Menths since the said Graves being Recommended to your<lb></lb>
Petitioner, Your Petitioner did Reteyn hier <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50297_occ26">as a Servant</rs>
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to work with him in his Trade<lb></lb>
or business for Cloth Cranper during which time he beliv'd himself well in Your Petrs. Service discharge'd his<lb></lb>
day with honesty & Industry.</p>
<p n="121">That as the said Graves is ordered to be kept in prison for the said offence for Six<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Weeks<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Yor. Petrs. but too Sensible of the bad Effects such kind of places have on the minds of Young Per-<lb></lb>
sons in Cerupting of their<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
moralls & Speiling of their Manners, and as Your Petitioner at<lb></lb>
present humbly Cercernes the said Graves not be Jointed with any of the Vices which people<lb></lb>
confined generally got from their <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50297_occ27">fellow pripondrs</rs>
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& afforesaid rarely leave them.</p>
<p n="122">Your Petitioner therefore humbly upon your Worship that you would be pleased<lb></lb>
to Remit that part of his Sentence of Comitmt to hard Labour for Six Weeks<lb></lb>
& order him again to year Petitioner who is ready and willing to Retesn time<lb></lb>
in his Service & likewise if the Court shall think to Give security for his good be-<lb></lb>
haviour for the future</p>
<p n="123">And yor. Petr. shall ever Pay<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50297_n123-1">James Tompkins</rs>
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