To the Right Honourable Stephen Theodore
Janssen< no role > Lord Mayor of the City of London
and the Honourable Lord Chief Berron
Parker and the rest of
his Majesty's Justices of the peace of Oyer
and Terminer and General Goal Delivery
of Newgate

The humble Petition of Robert Mainwaring< no role > who
stands indicted as an Accessary to a Felony for
receiving Good knowing them to be stolen the
Property of Stephen Kite< no role > Vizt. Four Pounds
Weight of Brass Nails called Bullins of the value
of Ten pence.

That your Lordship's Petitioner Robert mainwaring was
bound over by Justice Fielding on the fourteenth of December last to prosecute Edward Dyster< no role >
Richard Baker< no role > and JamesJohnScarborough< no role > for a Felony and
accordingly your Lordship's Petitioner did attend at Hicks's
Hall for that purpose this sessions Notwithstanding which
your petitioner to his great Surprise was apprehended on
a warrant upon an Indictment found against your
Petitioner as an Accessary to the said Felony on Tuesday
last.

That your Lordship's Petitioner doubts
not to prove his Innocencs and humbly
prays to be Tryed Bailed or Discharged

And your Lordshipps petitioner
shall over pray

Robt. Manwaring< no role >