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Middx.
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Decemr. Sessions 1750
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To the Worshipful thom
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in their general Session of the peace
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now Assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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Charles Bray
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Sheweth
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That your Petr. was at this present Session
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Tryed and Convicted for making an Assault on one
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That for such his offence, the Court was pleased
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to direct that he should be fined 5. and suffer six
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months Imprisonment
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That your Petr. is a very Poor man, a maker of
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Dolls by profession, has a Wife and family to maintain
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and cannot Satisfy and pay the said time without
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disposing of his implements in Trade, the doing of which
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will be attended with his and their utter Rum, more
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Especially that if he should Continue that time in Prison
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his Business wontd be intirely Lost.
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That your Petr. has made Application to her
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prosecutor to make an End with him, but his Demands
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are no less than 30
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. which all your Petr. has in the World
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will not (if he was ever so willing)Enable him to pay.
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Your Petr. therefore most humbly
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prays your Worships (the premises
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considered) to be pleased to release
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him from his said Imprisonment
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and mitigate his said Fine
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And your Petr. shall ever pray Etc.
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