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To the Worshipful
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William Mainwaring
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and the Rest of his Majestys
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Justices
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of the peace
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County of Middlesex
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in their General
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The Humble Petition of
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Fielding Empson
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now a
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prisoner
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in
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Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner was on Monday last
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Convicted before your Worships for making an Assault upon one
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Richard Cook
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for the space of One Month in
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That your petitioner was in March last Committed
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to the said prison upon an Indictment for Wilfully Shooting at
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the said
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Richard Cook
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and was Confined therein for one Week
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And in April Session following your petitioner was Tried to
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the
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Old Bailey
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and honourably acquitted
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That your petitioner hath been greatly Harrassed and
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Perplexed by the said
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Richard Cook
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for sometime last past and
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Your petitioner hath been at upwards of Fifty pounds Expence in
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defending himself against the above prosecutions
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That your petitioner hath a
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Wife
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and Four Children
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Three of whom are now Ill with the Small pox and your petitioners
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Wife is in a very bad state of health and greatly Aggrieved by your
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petitioners being in Confinement
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That your petitioner hath been in the service of
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Government for Twenty five Years and upwards as
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Master Gunner
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of
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the Tower
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and humbly hopes he has always Conducted himself
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with propriety And was before his Appointment and since
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Many Years
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Groom of the Chamber
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and a
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Close Attendant
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on
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the person of the late
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Lord Ligonier
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and was in Four
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Engagements with his Lordship And attended his Lordship
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to the time of his Death
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