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<p n="484"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<lb></lb>
To <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n484-1">William Mainwaring</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ174">Esqr</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and the Rest of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ175">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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<lb></lb>
upon the Bench Sitting at this Present Session<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo550">Clerkenwell Green</rs>
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in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo551">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="485">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n485-1">William Turner</rs>
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Son of<lb></lb>
Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n485-2">George Turner</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo552"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo553">Mile End</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo554">Parish of<lb></lb>
Stepney</rs>
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</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ176">Gent</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ177">Freeholder</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo555">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="486"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Most Humble Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
unto your Worships that your Petitioner was Indicted<lb></lb>
in April Session for an Assault commited on <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n486-1">John Smith</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n486-2">Stephen George</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo556">Brentford</rs>
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in the said County And at this<lb></lb>
Present Session appeared and Traversed his Indictment and<lb></lb>
upon the Trial the Despicable Witnesses which appeared and<lb></lb>
Sworn against your Petitioner to prove the said Assaults are Persons<lb></lb>
of no Character Reputation or Credit whatsoever as It as been Asserted<lb></lb>
since your Petitioners Trial that they were Determined to swear<lb></lb>
Enough to find him Guilty of the supposed assault in Order to<lb></lb>
Charge your Petitioner with a Large Fine upon such Evidence<lb></lb>
your Petitioner was found Guilty by a Respectable Jury and the<lb></lb>
Court was Pleased to sentence your Petitioner six Weeks Imprisonment<lb></lb>
and now is under Confinement for the Same And your Petitioner<lb></lb>
further Humbly Summitteth to your Worships that your Petition<lb></lb>
is a Sober Young Man nor Never was Guilty of any Breach of<lb></lb>
the Peace whatsoever and always Bore the Best of Characters<lb></lb>
for Humanity and Beneviolence to all his friends Neighbours and<lb></lb>
Acquaintances as will appear By the Names of the under signed<lb></lb>
Gentlemen Freeholders of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo557">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="487">Your Petitioner Therefore Humbly Prays<lb></lb>
it your Worships Can be permitted by Law to<lb></lb>
Mitigate your Petitioner Sentence to Seven Days<lb></lb>
as your Petitioner is fearful by being Six Weeks<lb></lb>
in Confinement will corrupt your Petitioners good<lb></lb>
Morals and understanding Being now in Confinement<lb></lb>
with Persons Diffrent from the Disposition of your<lb></lb>
Petitioner and your Petitioner shall ever Pray</p>
<p n="488">We the Undersigned Freeholders of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo558">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
do Assert that what the Petitioner has said in this Petition<lb></lb>
is True as Witness our Hands.</p>
<p n="489"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_Cor">Cor' Keith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo559">Stepney</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ178">Freeholder</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n489-1">Richd. Mills</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50899_geo560">Stepney</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50899_occ179">Freeholder</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n489-2">Jams Caney</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50899_n489-3">John Hammer</rs>
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