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The Humble Petition of
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Margaret Mc.Guire
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Terence Mc. Guire
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, to Mr. Justice Welch and the Rest of
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Sheweth,
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that your Petitioner having been Assaulted
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by One
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Benjn. Brown
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, with an Iron Candlestick which Cut her
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Arm, and who Held her by one of her Arms while he throw'd
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3 or 4 Quarts of Water over her and gave her a Kick in her
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Back and turned her out of Door, Saying She Cohabited with
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a Man in
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St. Martins Lane
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, all Which was the Occasion of
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her Miscarriage, and her Husband's leaving of her, Upon
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which She prefered a Bill against him the Sessions before last
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and was found a true One, when he took out a Warrant in
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her name, & Served himself with it, and then gave her
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notice that he wou'd Plead not Guilty and att same Time
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y to Traverse Same, on the 4 of Sepr.with which She
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in an Attorney
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Informed her
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that it wou'd not be heard till last Thursday& at same
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Time Recommending her to one Mr. Quilter, who upon
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inquiry She found was Browns atty. by Which Means She
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Missed the Opportunity of appearg. against said Brown
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on last Monday And he got the better of herAnd She is
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at present wholey Remediless, without your Goodness will
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Appear in her Behalf
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NB: Please to Remember when She Informed you the
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Particulars, you promissed to move the Court
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against said Brown, for his taking out the
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Warrant, & that wou'd be a means of Exempt
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her of the Costs
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