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<p n="123"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">The King<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
Jercel Walker}</note>
<lb></lb>
To the Worshipfull Bench of Justices holding the General<lb></lb>
Sessions of the Peace at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo87">Hicks's Hall</rs>
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in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo88">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo88" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="124">The Humble Petition and Appeal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n124-1">Israel Walker</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n124-1" type="given" value="Israel"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n124-1" type="surname" value="Walker"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n124-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
the Deft.</p>
<p n="125"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Your Petir. on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50409_date34">27th. day of Janry. last</rs>
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was brought before<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n125-1">Henry Fielding</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-1" type="surname" value="Fielding"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Esqr. one of the Justices of the Peace for the Sd. County and was there in Justly<lb></lb>
Charged by a Watchman of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo89">St. Paul Covert Garden</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo89" type="placeName" value="St. Paul Covert Garden"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo89" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
with having<lb></lb>
broken his Lanthern the night before, And white your Petr. was Sorn ye Presence<lb></lb>
of the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n125-2">Henry Fielding</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-2" type="given" value="Henry"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-2" type="surname" value="Fielding"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
One <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n125-3">Colin Campbell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-3" type="given" value="Colin"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-3" type="surname" value="Campbell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
happened to Come there upon So<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
other Occasion and Seeing your Petr. did Charge him with having on<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
day of the Said January Played and Betted at Certain unlawfull Game or<lb></lb>
Play called Hussell Cap the Same being a Game or Play of Chance At the<lb></lb>
House of one Mrs. Burton in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo90">Bow Street</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo90" type="placeName" value="Bow Street"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo90" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo91">St. Paul Covent Garden</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo91" type="placeName" value="St. Paul Covent Garden"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo91" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
And that your Petr. in Conservancy with one Cornsay heated ye St. Colin of ye Sum<lb></lb>
of fifteen Shillings the Property of the Said Colin As they lay on the Table before<lb></lb>
him while the said Colin Chanced to look an other way Whereupon the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n125-4">Henry Fielding</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-4" type="given" value="Henry"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-4" type="surname" value="Fielding"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n125-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
did then Committ your Petr. to the House of Correction at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo92">Clerkenwell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo92" type="placeName" value="Clerkenwell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo92" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and did afterwards on the fourth day of this Instant February<lb></lb>
lodge a Detainer on your Petr. on the Same Complaints as Rogne & Vagabond<lb></lb>
by ye Annexed Copys of ye Sd. Committal & Detainer Appear.</p>
<p n="126">That your Petr did not Play at any Game whatever with ye Sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50409_n126-1">Colin<lb></lb>
Campbell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n126-1" type="given" value="Colin"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n126-1" type="surname" value="Campbell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_n126-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
or any other Person Nor was in any Sert in Confederacy with the<lb></lb>
Said Conway in Cheating the Sd. Campbell of fifteen Shillings or any other Sum<lb></lb>
whatsoever But on the Contrary the Sd. Campbell and Conway having<lb></lb>
Played Sometime at the said Game for a Shilling a Chance The Sd. Campbell<lb></lb>
proposed to your Petr. a Bett of a Crown the best of his Chance agt. Sd. Cornsay<lb></lb>
And your Petr. Stood the Bett and lost it to ye Sd. Campbell and also three<lb></lb>
further Betts at a Crown each afterwards and then gave the Said Campbell<lb></lb>
a Guinea and reced a Shilling in Change thereof from lain And your Petr.<lb></lb>
was in further or otherwise Concerned in ye Sd. Playing or Betting And parted<lb></lb>
the said Campbell in FriendShipAnd you Petr. was totally Ignore at then<lb></lb>
that ye said Game or Betting there at was unlawfull.</p>
<p n="127">That your Petr. is now and hath been and to as keeper within ye <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo93">Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo93" type="placeName" value="Liberty ofWestminster"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo93" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
for abt. two Years last Past And a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50409_occ48">Dealer</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_occ48" type="occupation" value="Dealer"></interp>
in Brandy & other Spirituere<lb></lb>
Liquors & Commodities in the whse Saleway Whereby he Supported himself and<lb></lb>
his Family, And is now Passed of a Dwelling house in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo94">James Street</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo94" type="placeName" value="James Street"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo94" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50409_geo95">Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo95" type="placeName" value="Westminster"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50409_geo95" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
where he and his Family have Resided for above Six Months<lb></lb>
last Past Precedent to your Petrs. Present Continent.</p>
<p n="128">That your Petr. is a great Sufferer in his Trade and business as well<lb></lb>
as in his Credit by being solving in Continent under ye Character of a Regne &<lb></lb>
Vagabond.</p>
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