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To the Worshipfull Justices of the Bench of
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Sessions at
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The Humble Petition of
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Mary Cranwell
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William Cranwell
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Sheweth
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That your Peticoner The Prosecutor Indicted the
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said William Carpenter for a Violent assault on her
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so that She was obliged to Keep her bed for
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along Time and
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for some Time her life
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dispaired of By reason of the Assault and bruser
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made an Inward Ulcer and as She is advised by the
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Phisitions That She will never recover the Same
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That In October Sessions your Peticon Caused
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the said Carpenter to be Indicted and Took him
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up by a Bench Warrant & at the same sessions he Gave
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Notice and pleaded Guilty to the same upon which
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This Court Comitted him to
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Till
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The Next Sessions To sett a fine
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on him for want
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of Sureties
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That on The Thursday following your Peticoner
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had Notice of Bail for the said Deft before Mr
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Justice Lambert at his House at which Time
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and place your Peticoners Husband attended she
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being Then Sick In Bed by reason of the Bruses and
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when her husband Came to the said Justices the said
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Deft was brought up by the Keeper But not Any
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Bail appeared upon which the said Justice remanded him
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Back To
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That In the afternoon the sd. Deft
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was by Keeper brought before Justice Middford and Bailed
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by Two Insufficient Bail without any Notice nor Neither
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did your Peticoner Knew any Thing of his being Bailed
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Till the evening
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Saw him Cause home and That the
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said Carpenter hath not appear the Last Sessions
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according To the Tennre of the said Recognizances
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Your Peticoner therefore most Humbly
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Prays To be relieved in the premes as to
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your Worshipps shall Think meet and ye
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peticoner as in Duty Bound shall ever
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pray affidt. of the whole fact being
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