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<p n="440">The Rt: honble the Ld Mayor: Recorder and other<lb></lb>
his Maties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ151">Justices for the Sessions of the peace</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15010_geo257">Citty of London</rs>
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:</p>
<p n="441">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15010_n441-1">Martha Johnson</rs>
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:</p>
<p n="442"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth:</note>
That yor: Petrs: is bound over to this Prsent Sessions for<lb></lb>
receiveing a parcell of plate from one <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15010_n442-1">Henry<lb></lb>
Marline</rs>
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, who Stole the same, from <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15010_n442-49">James Liege</rs>
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his<lb></lb>
friend and relacon, as to the felony yor petr is<lb></lb>
innocent thereof, as may here after appear<lb></lb>
That yor petr: well knoweing the sd Marline to<lb></lb>
be a gent of and oubled Creditt, and unspolled repu-<lb></lb>
tacon, who brought at unto yor petr: in his fowle<lb></lb>
LInnen (Shee then being his washer woman) the<lb></lb>
plate aforesd, alleadgeing it not onely to be his<lb></lb>
owne, butt yt being under an Obligacon to pay<lb></lb>
a Sume of money, to support his Creditt or<lb></lb>
he was utterly mind, requested yor: petr to sell<lb></lb>
the same, which by reason of her poore Cir-<lb></lb>
cumstances, shee, att first refused; (butt was for<lb></lb>
the reasons aforesd) one vaild upon by the sd<lb></lb>
Marline, he, offering to goe along wth: yor pesr<lb></lb>
to indeminify her from all harm yt should<lb></lb>
happen an yt occasion:</p>
<p n="443">That the said Plate was Stopt, and yor petr<lb></lb>
being seized, had Marline apprehended, and<lb></lb>
Deliverd into the Charge of one <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15010_n443-1">John Kingston</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ152">Constable</rs>
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, who, either by negligence or Com-<lb></lb>
binacon, wth the sd Liege and one Bobine friends<lb></lb>
and relacory to Manline, who out of the tender<lb></lb>
regard they had for his life and reputacon<lb></lb>
sufferd him to escape, the truth whereof your<lb></lb>
petr Can make appear by severall Credible<lb></lb>
witness.</p>
<p n="444">May it therefore please yor Ldpp<lb></lb>
to Discharge yor petr:<lb></lb>
And yt ye Constable being now<lb></lb>
bound over, may be proceeded<lb></lb>
agt according to Law:</p>
<p n="445">And yor Per<lb></lb>
will Pray.</p>
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