To ye Rt Honble
. Sr
Wm. Withers< no role >
Knt
Ld. Major
To ye Rt Worspll
Sr. S Lovell Knt Recorder}
of yw Citty of London
&
To ye Rest of ye Justices Now Selling att ye Old Bailey
The Humble Peticon, of William Harding< no role >
a Prisonr. in Newgate
Humbly Sheweth
That yor Peticonr. hath bin, Confined in Newgate
for 2 Sessions & no
Prosecution To ye utter Rueing of him Sret & his Poore Wife & 5 Childrens
under Pretence of Buying Stolen Poors wd yor Peticonr. is Innocent of
Therefore yor Poore Peticonr: Humbly Prayes
yor. Lordsps Commisseration Soe That hee
may bee tryed or Discharged this Sessions
And yor. Peticonr. shall Pray Etc