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<p n="55">To The Honorble Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65398_n55-1">John Gonson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65398_occ12">Chairman</rs>
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& the Rest of his Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65398_occ13">Justices of Peace</rs>
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Etca . Etca.</p>
<p n="56"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65398_n56-1">Robert Paterson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65398_occ14">Prisoner</rs>
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for Debt<lb></lb>
in the Gatehouse <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65398_geo13">Westminster</rs>
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<p n="57">With due Respect most humbly Sheweth.</p>
<p n="58">That your honor's Petitr. having been So often & vileby<lb></lb>
abased, assaulted, & in danger of my Life by Fr: Geary theepet<lb></lb>
am advised before I go further to lay before this Honorble. Court<lb></lb>
what followeth Vizt.</p>
<p n="59">On Sunday 10 June last Sd. Fr. Geary did in a most rade &<lb></lb>
impudent manner, assault my wife by taking her by the<lb></lb>
Shoulders violently pushing her backwards out of his door Etc<lb></lb>
tearing her Cloaths calling her bitch & whose, And all this<lb></lb>
without any provocation, She only going to visit a Gentle as<lb></lb>
Debtor who lodged in the house of sd. Geary. And;</p>
<p n="60">On Wednsday 27 June aforesd. he the Sd. Geary did<lb></lb>
in a most unbecoming way, come & pull by the arm my wife out<lb></lb>
of his Yard, a place which every prisoner that has the free-<lb></lb>
dom of, is oblidged to pay 3s.6d. under the name of garnish<lb></lb>
and pushed her out of sd. door, dragging her along, at same<lb></lb>
time grievously pinching her side, calling her bitch &<lb></lb>
whose, & many other opprobious names I noutting, as-<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65398_occ15">saulting</rs>
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, & posseby abusing me, threatning me much<lb></lb>
holding his fist to the Side of my head, who durst not do<lb></lb>
any thing in her or my behalf, for he would have sworn<lb></lb>
mutiny Etca. against me. And;</p>
<p n="61">On Thursday 2d. August Inst Sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65398_n61-1">Fr: Geary</rs>
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did most<lb></lb>
vileby use your honr. Petr. by assaulting him holding his<lb></lb>
fist to my head, which if his turnkey had not prevented<lb></lb>
would inevitably have knocked me down; calling one Rogue<lb></lb>
& Scunderell, crying out that he would make me repent it<lb></lb>
before</p>
<p n="62">Please turn over</p>
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