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<p n="4">To the Worshipful <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50793_n4-1">Wm Mainwaring</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50793_occ2">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50793_occ3">Chairman</rs>
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and other his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50793_occ4">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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Acting<lb></lb>
for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50793_geo5">County of Middlesex</rs>
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in Sesss. Assembled</p>
<p n="5">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50793_n5-1">Charles Toole</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50793_n5-1" type="surname" value="Toole"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50793_n5-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
late of the Sun in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50793_geo6">Russel Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50793_geo7">Saint Paul Covent Garden</rs>
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<p n="6"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petitioner has been found Guilty of <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50793_occ5">Keeping a<lb></lb>
Disorderly House</rs>
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in the said Parish this present Sessions and<lb></lb>
your Worships were pleased to Sentence him to pay a Fine<lb></lb>
of Twenty Pounds and to be Imprisoned for three Months</p>
<p n="7">Your Petitioner most humbly Sheweth That about two Years<lb></lb>
ago on Account of Losses and Misfortunes your Petitioner<lb></lb>
became Insolvent and was obliged to give up his Effects to<lb></lb>
his Creditors.</p>
<p n="8">That in June last your Petitioner by the Assistance of his<lb></lb>
Friends was enabled to take the above mentioned House<lb></lb>
which for several Years past been frequented by Low<lb></lb>
Company And your Petitioner being Know and respected<lb></lb>
by Many of the Neighbouring Tradesmen was in hopes<lb></lb>
he should have been able to reform and bring the House<lb></lb>
into repute But which from its Situation your Petitr.<lb></lb>
is convinced it will be Impossible to do</p>
<p n="9">That on the 27th. of December last your Petitr. had the<lb></lb>
Misfortune to lise a considerable part of his Goods by a<lb></lb>
Fire happening in his House, and his Goods being Insured<lb></lb>
only for £100. he is a considerable sufferer thereby, and<lb></lb>
your Petitr. has a Sick Wife and three small Children wholly<lb></lb>
dependant on him</p>
<p n="10">That your Petitr. has not carried on any Business<lb></lb>
in the said House since the 14th. of January last, and<lb></lb>
his Licence is in the hands of the Beadle to the Parish</p>
<p n="11">That your Petitr. is unable to pay the said Fine<lb></lb>
& if he is confined for the Term he is sentenced it will<lb></lb>
be his Utter Ruin and bring his Family to the Parish</p>
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