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To the Worshipful Sir
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and to the rest of the Honourable Justices
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now Assembled at
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The humble Petition of
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That In July Session your Petitioner being bound
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Robert Lofthouse
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for a Felony but the prisoner being not
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Committed until the last day of Session was unable to
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prosecute and the prisoner being discharged within
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three days after the said Sessions your Petitioner thought
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herself entirely discharged being in herself quietignwant
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of the Law and the Consequence that might Attenderech
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Neglect and being a poor Woman is quiet unable to
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prays your Worships to take he
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Unhappy Case into Consideration
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