To William Mainwaring< no role > Esqr . Chairman and to the
next of the Majestrate sitting there

The Humble Petition of Mary Jackson< no role > who is now convicted
for buying Three quarties of an Ounce of Silk committed
to the Case of one of the Poor Women belonging to Spittle
fields Workhouse

Sheweth

That your Humble petitioner is a poor
Woman and the wife of Samuel Jackson< no role > a Spittle
fields Weaven a very Honest and induction Man
and has supported a Good Name and Character
upwards of Fifteen Years

That Your Petitioner altho found Guilty by
this Worshipful Court cannot but Crave Mercy and humbly
hopies that this Worshipful Court will be Pleased out of
their Great Goodness to take her long confinement which
she has already suffered in the New house of Correction
Since last Session and the Great Hardship her Poor
Family hath experienced thr'o her long confinement who
are now distracted and incolsable at her unhappy and
are ful situation

That Your Petitioner therefore most Humbly
Prays this Worshipful Court from the Circumstances
above Stated would be pleased to External her
Sentence

And your Petitioner in duty
Bound will ever Pray Etc