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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Sheweth
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That yr: Petitioner was assauted by three
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Persons now in Confinement, and yr Petitioner
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is bound over by ye. Honble. Colt Deveal for to
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ye: Said Persons, But ye. Clerk of ye. Bills
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refuses to drace up a Bill (Sesyula
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and they being Man and Wife, and ye Assault
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Therefore Your Petitoner Most
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humbly Prays that You will give Order
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to ye afore Said Clerks to put ye. aforesd
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Persons into one Bill, He being a Poor
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Man and large Family, Or as to yr. Worships
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thinks most Most
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And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound Shall ever Day Etc
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