To the Worshipfull The Bench of Justices
Now Sitting Att Hicks's Hall in St: John
Street

Middlesex

The humble peticion of John Crockett< no role > Aprentice to Isaac
Bunn< no role > Barber and Perris [..] gg Maketh

Sheweth

That Your peticon. was bound As An Aprentice to the Said Bunn for
Seven Yeares to learn his Said Trade, of which time he Served Three
years faithfull and honest And as became An Aprentice Untill
for Sunday was A month your petiecor: obtained leave of his [..]
Master to See his Mother that Lived in Holborn hud [..]
falling in with A gang of Strange boyes, was by them de
their Company and would not part him untill they Came to his
Masters house had When there Asserted to his Said Master That
your peticcor: induced them Thither with intent to webb his Said
Masters house, Not with Standing That Your Peticcor: was There
-of purely innocent And Solemnly declares That he Never did
intend Aly Such thing And for Which Your Peticcor: Now
remains in the house of Correction being here Sent by his
Said Master to hard labor, And lay's upon the boards, without
Any Manner of Allowance, Except one halfe panny Worth of
bread onet in twenty four hourls And Water And is Threathen-
-ed by his Said Master to have him transported

Your Peticcor: Therefore Most humbly prayeth That the Worshipfull Bench
will Commiserate the hard Case of Your Peticcor: he being [..]
innocent of the Said Charge And May indulge his Said Master
to take him to Serve out the remaining Part of his Said Appren-
-tice [..] Or Otherwise to Discharge him there from, Your
petiticor: being friend less And father less And Noe' Applica-
-tion to Make Save Only to Your Worshipps

And he as Thereunto bound Will Ever pray

John Crockett< no role >