To the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson< no role > Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of-
London and the Rest of his Majestys Justices of Goal delivery for Newgate in
Session assembled.

The Humble Petition of John Sherman< no role > a
poor Prisoner now under Confinement in
Newgate Goal

Sheweth

That your Petitioner on the third day of November last was
Committed by I Fielding Esqr to the Gatehouse Prison Changed
upon the Oath of John Mason< no role > on a Violent Suspicion of having
Feloniously taken and Carryed away a Quantity of Brandy and
Rum the Property of the said John Mason< no role > against the Peace Etc
And for further Examination

That Your Humble Petitioner on the fifth day of November last
was Detained in Custody Changed upon the Oath of the said John
Mason< no role > and One Samuel Leper< no role > for feloniously taking and Carrying
away a Great Quantity of Rum and Brandy the Properly of the
said John Mason< no role > against the Peace Etc and him Safely to
keep untill Discharged by due Course of Law as by the said
several Committments may Appear

That your Humble Petitioner Dreading the Confinement
of a Goal and the more so as he is very Poor and Destitute of
Money and Friends And being Conscious of his Innocence
and Integrity Therefore he most Humbly Prays that he
maybe Tryed this Present Sessions or that he may be Bailed
or acquitted as to this Honorable Court shall seem
meet

And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray Etc.
John Sherman< no role >