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now in
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their Quarter Sessions assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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That your Poor Petitioner hath a Poor Blind
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to Maintain by her Industry
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that She hath no means of obtaining an
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Honest Livelyhood for herself and her said
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but by dealing in Old Cloaths, that your
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Petitioner hath already suffered Imprison-
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ment in the Gatehouse on account of the
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of which She is Convicted which had
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like to have Cost her, her Life, being imprisoned
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at the time She was Ill of a violent Fever
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that Yr. Petitr. has Witnesses to Prove that
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She was Cruelly Beat and bruised by the
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Mrs. Lock at the time She is
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charged with having assaulted the said Mrs.
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Lock, but being utterly unable to Fee
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any Councell Etcto defend he Prosecution
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was advised by her Friends to Plead Guilty
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to the Indictments
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Therefore Your Petitr. hopes that your Worships
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will take her distressed Situation as well as her Poor
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Blind Husbands into your Kind Consideration and
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shew her all the
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in your Powers
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Mary
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Brown
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And yr. Poor Petitr. as in Duty Bound will
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