Whitlaw< no role > & his Councell and alsoe by the Sd. Walter
Hood< no role > & his Councell, and Upon examinacon of
Severall Persons Upon their Oaths touching the
matters now in question, Forasmuch as it appeareth
to this Court that the said Walter Hood< no role > hath divers
times beatenthe saidand abused the Sd. William
Whitlaw< no role > whereby his body neare to his ribbs [..]
was rendred black & blew and holes were made
in his back, and that he kicked the Said William
Whitlaw< no role > Soe that his thighs were black & blew and
gave him immoderate correccon It is Ordered by this
Court that the Said William Whitlaw< no role > be and he is
hereby absolutely discharged of & from his apprenticehood
to the Said Walter Hood< no role > , And wee whose hands &
Seales are hereunto Sett being four of his Majestys
Justices of the peace for this County (Quorum Uuns)
present at the said Sessions have pronounced and
declared and doe pronounce & declare that for the
reasons aforesaid wee have discharged and doe
accordingly discharge the said [..] William
Whitlaw< no role > of & from his Said apprenticehood to the
Said Walter Hood< no role > , Dated under our hands &
seales the said twenty Second day of April in the
twelfth yeare of the reign of his present Majesty
King George,

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