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To the Right Worshipfull the Justices in their General
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Quarter Session of the Peace for the
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The Humble Petition of
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James Hastings
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Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner was this day Tried along with one
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Vaudecast upon an Indictment for an assault and forceable on
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and that Your Petitioner was Convicted for an Assault only and
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Committed to
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for one Month
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That Your Petitioner is Sorry for his Imprudence in the
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affair but does beg leave to assure Your Worships that his only
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Motive to give what due assistance he could to a Constable that was
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calling out Murder not knowing any thing of the Nature or
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That Your Petitioner as a Man of a good and
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peaceable Disposition and for the reasons above
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mentioned doth for the sake of his Wife and great
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famely most Humbly implore that Your Worships
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will be pleased to Commisserate his Case and order
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such Metigation of his Sentance as to Your Worships
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it shall seem most meet
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And Your Petitioner will ever
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Pray Etc
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