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Sheweth
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That your petitioner was tried before Your Worship at
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in April Sessions last on Suspicion of the rapt. formerly Guilty and
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received Sentences of One Your imprisonment, ones whiped and to stand
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ones in the pillory.
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Your Petitioner has undergoing throw the him stoment of being
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whiped, but with great handship as he is in Years, also very layes and sickly
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for throw his informaties he was by the parish put into the Workhouse, and
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remained the is Six Years, and untill this infacturials affair happened,
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and never before was accused of or charged with a distance It Action, but
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assays has the Character of is honest Industorous man, be all them
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that knew him, petitioner is Nine and forty Years of Eigs, and for same
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Years last past, has enjoyed a very Sickly state of health, and with that,
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In is very Lame, that at times he is Obliged to keep his Bed for a Week
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together, which makes his sufferings very great.
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May it therefore please Your Woship to lake your petitioners
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great agt and Sickle constitution into our being considerations,
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And quitt your great Hannah be pleased to length and
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forgive him that of standing in the pillory as he is not
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able for together an the punishment, also it may be the
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June 12th. 1781}
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Humbly begs Your Worship men be pleased
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to consider Sum and object worths of mercy,
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and be so having as to like off that
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punishment are beyond expression, so Your
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Worship's petitioner Most humble hopes
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that you may think proper to comply
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with this acquest And petitioner as in
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duty bound will for ever pray &
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