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To the Rit. Honble <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n35-1">Thos. Rawlinson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50424_occ16">Esqr</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50424_occ17">Lord major</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo43">City of London</rs>
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the Rit. Honbles Lord Chief Baron Parker the Honble Mr. Justice Burch<lb></lb>
and the Rest of his Majestices Justices of Goel Delivery for newgate</p>
<p n="36">The Humble petion of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n36-1">John Grice</rs>
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now a prisoner<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo44">Newgate</rs>
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for misdemer</p>
<p n="37">Humbly Sheweth</p>
<p n="38"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Your Lordships</note>
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That yor. peticoner through great misfortunes has been a prisons in<lb></lb>
Custody of the warden of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo45">the Fleet</rs>
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for twelve months WestThat yor. petioner was brot up at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo46"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo47">Birmingham</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo48">county of warwick</rs>
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in the trade of a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50424_occ18">Gun Barrell Forger</rs>
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which Business<lb></lb>
he has carried on by ye assistance of his friends Since he has been a prisoner in the Rules of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo49">the<lb></lb>
Fleet</rs>
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your petioner and the prosecutor <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n38-2">Thos. Bryan</rs>
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being the only masters who carry on the<lb></lb>
same Business in townthat the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n38-3">Thos. Bryan</rs>
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in order to distress and Ruine yor. petioner<lb></lb>
and to monopolize the said Trade to himself giving that your petioner hasa wife Ready<lb></lb>
to lye in and four small Childrenthe said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n38-4">Thos. Bryan</rs>
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has Caused yor peticoner to be<lb></lb>
Indicted for Misdemer at <obscured></obscured>
y Hall in the County of middleon a prosecur of yor. petioner<lb></lb>
having Enticed alway frone his service on <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n38-5">adam Bryan</rs>
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his apprentes</p>
<p n="39">That yor petrs. is Ready and willing to lake his tryall and that yor petinr. has<lb></lb>
made the worshipfull Bench of Justices of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo50">Hicks Hall</rs>
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for an ordr to the Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo51">newgate</rs>
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to bring<lb></lb>
yor' petnrs to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo52">Hicks Hall</rs>
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in order for him to plead to the said indictmt. & to lake his tryall thereon<lb></lb>
and yor petr is Informd that the Justices at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50424_geo53">Hicks Hall</rs>
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said yor. petnr might being<lb></lb>
a Hapias Corpus or might apply to this Honble Court</p>
<p n="40">That yor. petr is in Such poor Circumatances as not able to pay the Expence of a Habrad<lb></lb>
Corpus and most lay in prison and his Family totally Ricev'd unless this Honble Court<lb></lb>
will be pleased to order the Record of the said indictmt to be brought down to this Honble<lb></lb>
Court and that yor may plead and lake his tryal this sessions in this Honble. Court</p>
<p n="41">your peticoners there for<del>libly</del>
prays your Lordships<lb></lb>
Grant your petr. such Releif in the premisses as in your widdows shall seem meet<lb></lb>
and your peticoner as in duly bound will ever may Etc</p>
<p n="42"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50424_n42-1">John Grice</rs>
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