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18th October 1756 - 20th December 1757

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To the Right Honourable Marshe Dickinson< no role > Esq Lord
Mayor of the City of London and the rest of this Majesty's
Justices of Gaol Delivery of Newgate in Session Assembled.

The Humble Petition of John Crist< no role > now
a Prisoner in this Majesty's Gaol of Newgate

Sheweth


That Your Petitioner was Comitted to the Prison
of Newgate aforesaid by Your Lordship for felony
and Rate wherewith he was charged upon the Oath
of Mary Comblefort< no role > Spinster , And has been
detained therein ever since.

Your Petitioner humbly insisting
on his Innocence of the said Crime
prays Your, Lordship that he may
be brought to Tryal this present
Session Or otherwise that he may be admitted
to Bail or discharged out of Custody
according to the form of the Statute in
that behalf

And Your Petitioner shall ever
Pray Etc.
John Crisp< no role >




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