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. and the rest of the
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Justices now Sitting at
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The Humble Petition of
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Patk. Fox
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a poor
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Sheweth
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That your Petr. was Convicted on the first of July Instant
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for an Assault upon
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Ann Stevens
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and the Court was pleased for Impose
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a Fine upon him of £30 which your Petr. is Totally unable Pray
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That your Petr. not worth ten
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a
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and
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two Small Children whose Subsistance entirely
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depends upon your Petrs. Manual Labour
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That your Petr. by means of this prosecution, and his having been
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Impressed is reduced to the greatest distress and misery
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That your Petr. has neither House nor Goods whatsoever,
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and If the Sentence is not allowed, the Same will amount to the
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Perpetual Imprisonment of your Petr; Whereby your Petr. and his
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Family will be reduced to the greatest misery and Want and must
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Inevitably become a Charge to the parish as by the Affidavit
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Annexed appears
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Your Petr. therefore most humbly Prays That
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you will be pleased to alter, or Miligate the said
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Sentence, or grant your Petr. Such other Relief
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as the nature and Circumstances of his Case and
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distress requires
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And your Petr. shall ever pray
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Bald Fox
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