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21st. Octr. 1754
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To the right Worshipfull the
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Sheweth,
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That yr. Petr. was Indicted by a Contrivance of
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falsly Swore an Assault and Battery against him and thereupon
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had him before
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. who Comitted him to
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the Both Day of April 1754 and after
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he had Appeared and Pleaded thereto, remov'd him by Habeas
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Corpus to the
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to prevent his Coming hereto
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his Trial But yr. Petr. Complain'd of the Oppression to and
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was order'd by the
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to be brought to the
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Custody of the Sheriff of
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on an other Habeas
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Corpus and he was accordingly brought for that Purpose in
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July Sessions when the Court at the
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referred him
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to Bail. That yr. Petr. is a poor Foreigner, has no Bail, and
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must Parish under Suit Oppression if he be not brought to
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his Trial forthwith, this Sessions, Which Justice he has been
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hither to defeated of by indirect and very undue Practices
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of Persons whose Duty is the Contrary.
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays for
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forthwith: Whereof She has due Notice.
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And yr. Petr.(as in Duty bound) Shall Ever Pray Etc.
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