To the honrble ye Bench of
Justices for ye County of Middx

The humble Peticon of John Gillingham< no role >

Sheweth

That your petr was Yesterday tryed upon an Indictment
for Assaulting James Lewis< no role > a Butcher That Yr petr for
two Sessions following moved to trye the sd Indictmt
but the Same was put of at the request of the [..]
Lewis That Yr Petr not having his Witnesses
Readiness to produce at his tryall was found [..]
And fined ten pounds which he is utterly un ab [..]
pay That yr petr witnesses were persons of [..]
worth & Credit and Came within A quarter [..]
An hour after ye Tryall was over who if ther [..]
been Examined would have proved the Innor [..]
of yr Petrr as to ye Matter for which heStood
Stood Indicted Yr Petr therefore humbly prayes [..]
for as Much as Yr petr is Actually a Soldier in the
Second Tegimt of Guardes under the Comand of
Colle Hubbard And has Served the Queen Severall
Yeares And for that he was Surprized upon his Tryall &
the Evidence on which yr petr was found guilty was
a Woman Condemned very lately for picking of pockt [..]
And fetiht out of Newgate by the Sd Lewis who
keeps her Company to Swear Agt Yr petr That
yr petr fine may be mitigated So as to be conses [..]
with his Low circumstances And yr petr. Shall A [..]
pray Etc.