To the Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace of the County of Middlesex Assembled this Present General
Sessions of the Peace Holden for the said County

The Humble Petition of Wm. Knowles< no role > & Eliz< no role > : his Wife

Sheweth

That your Worshipp's Poor Petrs. stand Indicted in
this Court for an Assault upon One Hyams Solomon< no role > a Jew, for which they
have made Satisfaction and a General Release Executed to the prosecutor by
Your Petrs. which Release they humbly apprehend is Deposited in this Honble
Court to Produce

That Your Indigent and Distreped Petrs. haven Family Four small
Children unprovided for, and whose vole Dependance is upon Their Hand Labour
which are reduced to a very low and mean Condition thro' the Expences
attending the Prosecution, and Great Loss in Trade sustained, without the
least hopes or seeming Possibility of retrieving themselves or Family,

Your Petrs. Therefore most humbly begg That your
Worshipps would be Pleased to Consider them as
Objects of Compassion, that Mitigating the fine
which is Humbly submitted to You, Heir
Recoginzance may be Discharged, and they
releived in the Premisses

And Your Petrs. as Duty Bound will Ever pray Etc