To the Right Worshipfull her Maties. Justices
of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in
this present Sessions Assembled

The humble Peticon of William Stephens< no role >
of New Brentford in the County aforesaid
Labourer

Sheweth

That yor. Petr is get miserable & unhappy as to stand Indicted
the last Sessions of the Peace held for the said County for
making Under to weight or short in Number in severall Loads
of Hay deliver'd by the direction & as the Goods of one Richard
Longland< no role > in Sale to Richard Merriweather< no role > Esqr . And yor. Petr
(through Ignorance & Inadvertency) hath Pleaded Not Guilty to the
said Indictment But none being deepely sensible of his Offence
& from the Verie Bottome of his heart unfained by sorrowfull for
the same Doth in all humility of spirit Crave leave of this
Honoble Cort. to Withdrawe his Plea of Not Guilty by Confessing
the aforesaid Fact. And in regard he is a verie poore man & hath
a wife & Children to maintaine & hath nothing in the world to
Subsist on but what he Obtaines by his dayly Labor. & the Sweate
of his Browe

Yor. Petr therefore Beseeches yor Wopps that yor
would please to Shew him merry & have Compassion
upon him & his for corne Family & to Impose onely
such a slight & small Fine upon him as with the
Fees that follows there or on he may be able to pay
& forthwith discharge from any furth Attendance
upon this Honble Cort

And he this Desolate Family shall Ever Pray Etc