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To the Right Worshipful His Maties
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At their General Quarter Sessions
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Assembled
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The Humble Petition Of
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Now Laying In Prison In
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Most Humbly Sheweth
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That Your Petr. Being Convicted of the
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Crime Charged against him By Bird
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aforesaid for Stealing Coals
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upon Which Your Petr. was thereupon Convicted And
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Your Petr. Being Sensible of his facet & Crime hereby
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Premiss fishers Amendment In his Life or Conversation
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whereby He may Gain an Honest Livelihood Therefore
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January the 19th. 1749.
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Most Humbly Pray that In Stead of the
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Judgement of Publick Punishment Your
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Petr. may Receive Private Punishment
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Having Now A Wife and Three Small Children
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who May Bear the Reflections of Many
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People from Such Publick Punishment
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