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<p n="291">To the Right Worpfull his maties<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50381_occ71">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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at their General<lb></lb>
Quarter Session Assembled</p>
<p n="292">The hble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n292-1">Eliza. Lewis</rs>
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</p>
<p n="293"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petr. is the unhappy Widow<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n293-1">David Lewis</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50381_n293-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
who was Murdered in his own<lb></lb>
House in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50381_geo198">Ayliffe Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50381_geo199">Goodmans Fields</rs>
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tha <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50381_date59">13th. day<lb></lb>
of July last</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50381_date59" type="date" value="17470713"></interp>
, that your Petr. was bound to Prosecute<lb></lb>
the Perpetrators Apprehended to be Guilty of the<lb></lb>
said Murder and among them particularly one<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n293-2">Crochfield</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50381_n293-2" type="surname" value="Crochfield"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50381_n293-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
or Crutchfield</p>
<p n="294">That your Petr. accordingly did Preferr a Bill<lb></lb>
of Indictment last Sepr. Session agst. the Eight Psons<lb></lb>
mentioned in the Paper hereunto Annexed, wherein<lb></lb>
one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n294-1">Thomas Crochfield</rs>
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is Inserted, therefore if your<lb></lb>
Petr: has Comd. an Error in the Christian Name, do<lb></lb>
Assure your Honrs. 'twas thro' a Misinformation<lb></lb>
Your Petr. reced after the most strict Enquiry</p>
<p n="295">That your Petr. having reced the Letter<lb></lb>
also Annexed wherein it appears Yr. Petr. was<lb></lb>
bound to Prosecute one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n295-1">John Crutchfield</rs>
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, makes<lb></lb>
Yr. Petr. apply to yr. Honrs. for releif</p>
<p n="296">Your Petr. hbly hopes that your<lb></lb>
Honrs. cannot think that the mistake could be<lb></lb>
Wilfull in yr. Petr. (the having already<lb></lb>
exhausted herself to the lowest Ebb in carrying<lb></lb>
on the above prosecution) therefore hbly prays<lb></lb>
Your Worps would take her<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
unhappy<lb></lb>
and irrecoverable loss into Consideration and<lb></lb>
Order yr. Petr. may be made easy in<lb></lb>
relation to ye Prmises or otherwise relieve<lb></lb>
yr. Petr. as your Worps shall think meet</p>
<p n="297">And your Petr. Etc <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50381_n297-1">Elizabeth Lewis</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50381_n297-1" type="surname" value="Lewis"></interp>
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</p>
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