To the Right Honble . Sir Charles
asgill< no role > This name instance is in set 4365. Knt . Lord Mayor of the
City of London , Sir Wm. Moreton< no role >
Knt . Recorder of the sd. City & to
the rest of the Honble. Bench.

The Humble Petition of Mary
Bates< no role > a Prisoner in his Majesties Goal of
Newgate

Most Humble Sheweth

That your Petitioner
(by the Name of Mary Clarke< no role > ) is most
wickedley & Unjustley accused with returning
from Transportation for an Offence Pretended
to be Committed many Years ago.

That your Petitioner is not the
Person and is only a Malicious and Unjust
Accusation

Your Petitioner therefore
most Humbly Preys that she may be back
or Discharged

And Your Petitioner
as in Duty will Ever Pray
Mary Bates< no role >