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<p n="853"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London to wit</note>
The Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n853-1">John Edwards</rs>
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<lb></lb>
apprehended by <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n853-2">Thomas Gates</rs>
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, City Marshal, and<lb></lb>
brought before me <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n853-3">James Townsend</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ413">Esquire</rs>
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, one of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n853-4">his Majesty</rs>
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's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ414">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said City Who<lb></lb>
saith, that he was bound an <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ415">Apprentice</rs>
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to his Father<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n853-5">John Edwards</rs>
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, a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ416">Cordwainer</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo849">Aldersgate Street</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
and served him seven YearsSays, that his time<lb></lb>
expired about a Year ago, and then he worked with<lb></lb>
Mr Thompson, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ417">Cordwainer</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo850">Saint John Street</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<del>afterwards with</del>
Mr Russel, in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo851">Jewin Street</rs>
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, and<lb></lb>
with his FatherSays, that before the Expiration<lb></lb>
of his <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ418">Apprenticeship</rs>
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, he was impressed, and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
discharged, having his Leg jammed between two<lb></lb>
CasksSays, that he worked with his Father about<lb></lb>
three Weeks ago, during which Period he has been<lb></lb>
ill, and confined untill Monday lastSays, that he<lb></lb>
had the Benefit of the Dispensary in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo852">Aldersgate</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Street during his Illness, and that not receiving any<lb></lb>
Advantage from the Medicines, he was, when<lb></lb>
apprehended, going to another <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ419">Apothecary</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo853">Saffron Hill</rs>
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Says, that he lodged eleven months<lb></lb>
at the White Horse <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo854">Cloth Fair</rs>
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Says, that he was<lb></lb>
a second time impressed, and taken on board the<lb></lb>
Tender, but discharged on Account of his Leg about<lb></lb>
three Months agoSays, that he don't chase to<lb></lb>
tell whee his Father lives, and that he will not sign<lb></lb>
his Name, nor make his Mark to this Information</p>
<p n="854">Taken at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo855">Guildhall</rs>
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London<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15093_date127">14th November 1782</rs>
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before me}<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n854-1">James Townsend</rs>
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