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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To ye Worshipfull bench of Justices Sitting at Hickes Hall
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The Humble Petition of
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Mary Simms
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Sheweth
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that or Humble Petitioner being came and
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almost blind & buisten in body is Entirely uncapable
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of doing any business & hereby She ann Get any thing
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towards her Maintinance; She being aparrishioner
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in
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Saint Andrews Holborn above barrs
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, Some time
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age having been In Ye same Condition receved some
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Small pension of them, and in a little time recovering
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her helth found she could be able to gett her own
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living without it therefore was not Willing at troble
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ye parish so Dropt her Joension but note being in
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the same Misrable Condition & not able to help her
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Selfe Humbly beggs Yr Worships Will please to consider
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her Condition & give them orders to allow her What
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the honorable bench shall see fith, and is sign the
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Same, and Yr Humble petitioner will be for Ever
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am Duty bound to pray
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This is to Satfici the Honrable
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Bench that Overseers knews the
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petioner to be petoner. but not Obernger
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Your order bur I hope four Bench Honrabe
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Will take it in to Considrable
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I will be bound ever pray
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