To the Worshipful the Chairman and the Rest
of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace now in
their Quarter Sessions assembled

The Humble Petition of Mary Brown< no role >

Sheweth

That your Poor Petitioner hath a Poor Blind
Husband to Maintain by her Industry
that She hath no means of obtaining an
Honest Livelyhood for herself and her said
Husband but by dealing in Old Cloaths, that your
Petitioner hath already suffered Imprison-
ment in the Gatehouse on account of the
Assault of which She is Convicted which had
like to have Cost her, her Life, being imprisoned
at the time She was Ill of a violent Fever
that Yr. Petitr. has Witnesses to Prove that
She was Cruelly Beat and bruised by the
Prosecutrix Mrs. Lock at the time She is
charged with having assaulted the said Mrs.
Lock, but being utterly unable to Fee
any Councell Etcto defend he Prosecution
was advised by her Friends to Plead Guilty
to the Indictments

Therefore Your Petitr. hopes that your Worships
will take her distressed Situation as well as her Poor
Blind Husbands into your Kind Consideration and
shew her all the Lenity in your Powers

Mary
Brown

And yr. Poor Petitr. as in Duty Bound will
ever