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on Suspicion of his being one of the persons required to Surrender by his
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Majestys Order in Council published in the London Gazett & of the
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That your Petitioner was on the
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That your Petr was and is Intirely Inocent of the fact wherewith he is
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Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays this
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Honourable Court will be pleased to Order that
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Your Petr may be Tryed for the sd Fact or be discharged from his Imprisonment
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this present Sessions or Make such other Order
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therein as this Honourable Court Shall think fit
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