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<p n="575">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50703_n575-1">Margaret Mc.Guire</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n575-1" type="surname" value="McGuire"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n575-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50703_occ201">Wife</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_occ201" type="occupation" value="Wife"></interp>
to<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50703_n575-2">Terence Mc. Guire</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n575-2" type="given" value="Terence"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n575-2" type="surname" value="McGuire"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n575-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, to Mr. Justice Welch and the Rest of<lb></lb>
the Bench</p>
<p n="576"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth,</note>
<lb></lb>
that your Petitioner having been Assaulted<lb></lb>
by One <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50703_n576-1">Benjn. Brown</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n576-1" type="surname" value="Brown"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50703_n576-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, with an Iron Candlestick which Cut her<lb></lb>
Arm, and who Held her by one of her Arms while he throw'd<del>and</del>
<lb></lb>
3 or 4 Quarts of Water over her and gave her a Kick in her<lb></lb>
Back and turned her out of Door, Saying She Cohabited with<lb></lb>
a Man in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50703_geo345">St. Martins Lane</rs>
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, all Which was the Occasion of<lb></lb>
her Miscarriage, and her Husband's leaving of her, Upon<lb></lb>
which She prefered a Bill against him the Sessions before last<lb></lb>
and was found a true One, when he took out a Warrant in<lb></lb>
her name, & Served himself with it, and then gave her<lb></lb>
notice that he wou'd Plead not Guilty and att same Time<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
y to Traverse Same, on the 4 of Sepr.with which She<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
nt to One Mr.<obscured></obscured>
in an Attorney<obscured></obscured>
Informed her<lb></lb>
that it wou'd not be heard till last Thursday& at same<lb></lb>
Time Recommending her to one Mr. Quilter, who upon<lb></lb>
inquiry She found was Browns atty. by Which Means She<lb></lb>
Missed the Opportunity of appearg. against said Brown<lb></lb>
on last Monday And he got the better of herAnd She is<lb></lb>
at present wholey Remediless, without your Goodness will<lb></lb>
Appear in her Behalf</p>
<p n="577">NB: Please to Remember when She Informed you the<lb></lb>
Particulars, you promissed to move the Court<lb></lb>
against said Brown, for his taking out the<lb></lb>
Warrant, & that wou'd be a means of Exempt<lb></lb>
her of the Costs</p>
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