To the Worshipfull William Cooper< no role > Esqr : Sir John Gounston< no role >
Knt . and the rest of the Worshipfull the Bench St Justices
Sitting Att Hicks hall in St: John Street in and for the County
of Middx

The humble peticion of James FitzGerald< no role > prisoner in
Clerckenwell Bridwell att hard labor

Sheweth

That your petionr. was The last Sessions Tryed for receiveing And Deceiveing
of Samuell Ogden< no role > Five Shillings and four pence under Coulor and pretence
that he wo'd become baile and preepare Another with him sd Baile William
Hadley< no role > & John Morris< no role > Then in Tothill Bridewell And that he the Said FitzGerald
neither did procure Another, Nor did he himselfe become Baile for the said Morris
or Hadley Neither were they or Either of them Discharged home out of Prison
on Said Fitz eralds Account-Is the Scope of the Indictmt: for which your
peticisr: was tryed, & Not Otherwise

That your peticionr: haveing pleaded in Sessions time before tho Worshipfully
bench Thereunto Not guilty and the Issue Comeing on att the adjournmt.
Sir John Gounston< no role > then Chairman your peticior: was found guilty And Senten
:ced to Six Monthes Confinemt: Att hard labor in this Bridewell & to pay a fine
of Three Shillings and four pence and paymt. of Fees, Notwithstanding the
Crime if Any there was, Was Committed in Eagle Court in the Liberty of
Westmr : And Issueable There, And Not here, And your peticior: haveing prayed to
be Sent to Newgate was Denyed, Under which Severe Unde Served and Sharp Sen
:tence your Peticior: is Att hard labor These Six Weekes last past haveing Noe
Allowance nor Support but one halfe pennyworth of bread out in twenty
four houres, And the Water

That your peticior: was Charged to the Jury for The practice of An Attorney
and not being duely Qualified by the late State in that Case made for she better regulateing
of Attorney was the reason your peticior was found guilty, That your Petions was
one whole Month in Newprison Confined before the Said Tryall & has had great losses
these Sevrll. yeares past and is Involved in law Suites, by Meanes of which your
peticors: is become Miserable poore and Soe reduced to Extremly that he has No
-thing where with all to Support Nature but the Said Allowance of bread and
water is verij Sickly and Aged Seventie and Six Yeares And Not Able to Undergoe
such labor as beating of hemp Although thereunto without due Delibe [..]
and by Anis Understanding Compelled, Under which he will perish if Not timely
reliefed

Therefore most humbly prays the Aid and Charitable Assistance of the
Worshipsfull Chairman and Others the Worshipfull Bench of Justices that
there May be An Inspection into the Minutes of the Said Tryall and A
that Your Peticior May be Pased from his labor if not Enlarged from his
Confinemt. or doe some such [..] Act for your peticior reliefe As to your Worships
will think Fitt

And your peticor: as in duty bound Will Ever pray

Whilst Jam: FitzGerald< no role >