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To the Worshipfull Bench of Justices
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The humble Petition of
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioners were on Saturday tryed or
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on the Indictment of Mr Justice Girdler for having
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counterfeited his Signature to a Warrant as also for
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having conclude the Warrant in taking allman up a
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thereon and were sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment
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That your Petitioner Offence was attended with
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on will Intention either to Mr Girdler or the other
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Prosecutor though your Petitioners are sensible it may
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be considered as a gross Misdemeanor to the respect
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dew to his Worship and as such may deserve a
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Punishment yet Your Petitioners having at pleasedly
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offered to Make any Concession which Mr Girdler
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required and which on their Tryal they were and
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still are ready to do and though Mr Girdler suspects they
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meant to Attend him by pleading Not Guilty on
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their say at and they had no such Intention it being
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entirely through Ignorance and the Advice of the
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Heyricke
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Your Petitioners therefore most
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humbly pray Your Worships to Gran
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unto Your Petitioners that blemency
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which they are sensible you are
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always ready to shew to those who
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You May think deserving same by
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Miligating that sentence you were
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pleased to pass in shortening so long
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and Miserable a Confinement Your
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Petitioner having Procured the several
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Persons whose Names are hereto sutrend
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to humbly recommend your Petitioners
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to such favour
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And Your Petitioners as
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in duty bound shall ever pray
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