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Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden for
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John Miles
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That your Petitioner was at the Present Session Nominated to
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Serve the Office of Chief Constable within the Hundred of
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in the said County in the Stead of
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That Your Petition would very Willingly take
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upon him the Execution of the said Office, but for that he is under
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an ill state of health being frequently Afflicted with very severe
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and Tedious Fits of the Rhumatism and other disorders which
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he is fearful will render him uncapable of his Duty
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That there are several Gentlemen of Ability that are his
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to your Worships Judgement better Qualified in all Respects
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Your Petr. therefore humbly prays that he
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may e Dismissed from the said Office and that any One of the
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under written may be Appointed thereto as to your Worships
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I Recommend this Petition and approve of either
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Jo: D: Bickhead
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And Your Petitioner shall
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ever Pray
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Thomas Crosby
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of the Same. James
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edward Howard
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the 20th Day of May 1760
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