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<p n="206">To the Right Worshipfull the Justices in their General<lb></lb>
Quarter Session of the Peace for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50530_geo115">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Assembled</p>
<p n="207">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50530_n207-1">James Hastings</rs>
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<p n="208"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Your Petitioner was this day Tried along with one<lb></lb>
Vaudecast upon an Indictment for an assault and forceable on<lb></lb>
and that Your Petitioner was Convicted for an Assault only and<lb></lb>
Committed to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50530_geo116">Bridewell</rs>
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for one Month</p>
<p n="209">That Your Petitioner is Sorry for his Imprudence in the<lb></lb>
affair but does beg leave to assure Your Worships that his only<lb></lb>
Motive to give what due assistance he could to a Constable that was<lb></lb>
calling out Murder not knowing any thing of the Nature or<lb></lb>
Meaning of a Supersedeas</p>
<p n="210">That Your Petitioner as a Man of a good and<lb></lb>
peaceable Disposition and for the reasons above<lb></lb>
mentioned doth for the sake of his Wife and great<lb></lb>
famely most Humbly implore that Your Worships<lb></lb>
will be pleased to Commisserate his Case and order<lb></lb>
such Metigation of his Sentance as to Your Worships<lb></lb>
it shall seem most meet</p>
<p n="211">And Your Petitioner will ever<lb></lb>
Pray Etc</p>
<p n="212"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50530_n212-1">James Hastings</rs>
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