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The Humble petition of
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Sheweth
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That your petitioner was tried at
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in for Sessions on Suspicion of having committed a Capt, and for the same
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received Sentence, of one year imprisonment, one publickly whipped and ones
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stand in the pillory which has thrown Your petitioner into the greatest in
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mine, as he enjoys but a very indifferent state of health, with that is very being think at
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time Soligen him to keep to his had for as Week together your petitioner as apprehentice
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his indagoing his Sentence of Standing in the pillary will prove total to him, at he is
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of a
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weeks and sickly constitution, and in his Nine and forty Years of Age, also
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was kept in the
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for this six Years last past being not able to work for
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his bread, an account of his Lame ness and Sickness.
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Your petitioner had many respectable witnessess that appeared in is behalf
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to Certify that Your petitioner also shore a good Character and his names
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in
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Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays that you will be pleased to
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take your petitions hard case into consideration and with your great Humanity
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intenced in his behalf with
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. so far as to get that punishment
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of standing in the field before given him, on his ill state of health.
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And Your petitioner as in duty
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bound will for ever pray
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Charles Oxtoby
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June 27th.. 1781}
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