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To the Rit. Honble
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The Humble petion of
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Humbly Sheweth
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Your Lordships
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That yor. peticoner through great misfortunes has been a prisons in
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Custody of the warden of
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for twelve months WestThat yor. petioner was brot up at
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in the trade of a
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Gun Barrell Forger
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which Business
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he has carried on by ye assistance of his friends Since he has been a prisoner in the Rules of
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the
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your petioner and the prosecutor
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being the only masters who carry on the
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same Business in townthat the said
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in order to distress and Ruine yor. petioner
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and to monopolize the said Trade to himself giving that your petioner hasa wife Ready
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to lye in and four small Childrenthe said
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has Caused yor peticoner to be
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Indicted for Misdemer at
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y Hall in the County of middleon a prosecur of yor. petioner
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having Enticed alway frone his service on
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adam Bryan
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his apprentes
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That yor petrs. is Ready and willing to lake his tryall and that yor petinr. has
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made the worshipfull Bench of Justices of
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for an ordr to the Keeper of
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to bring
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yor' petnrs to
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in order for him to plead to the said indictmt. & to lake his tryall thereon
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and yor petr is Informd that the Justices at
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said yor. petnr might being
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a Hapias Corpus or might apply to this Honble Court
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That yor. petr is in Such poor Circumatances as not able to pay the Expence of a Habrad
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Corpus and most lay in prison and his Family totally Ricev'd unless this Honble Court
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will be pleased to order the Record of the said indictmt to be brought down to this Honble
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Court and that yor may plead and lake his tryal this sessions in this Honble. Court
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your peticoners there for
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prays your Lordships
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Grant your petr. such Releif in the premisses as in your widdows shall seem meet
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and your peticoner as in duly bound will ever may Etc
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