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At the General Quarter Session of the peace of our sovereign Lord the
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County aforesaid on Monday the fourth day of July in the eleventh year
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of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the second King of Great
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Britain Etc before the Justices next under named and from thence
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continued by several adjournments untill this day (to wit) Thursday the
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seventh day of the same Month of July in the year aforesaid and on
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Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the
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County aforesaid and also hear & determine divers folonys trespasses
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& other misdeeds committed in the same County,
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John Coleman
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exhibited his humble petition unto this
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Court on Monday the fourth day of July instant settingforth That by
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Indenturesof apprenticeship bearing date the fourth day of February
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one thousand seven hundred and thirty four the petitioner did putt
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himselfe Apprentice to
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Samuel Harris
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St. Mary White Chappel
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in the County of Middx a foreign Brother
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the Mistery and Comonalty of Barbers & Surgeon of London to lear
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Art and with him afore the manner of an Apprentice to serve from
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day of the date for the term of seven years, And that the Petr. Father
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gave his master fifty five guineas on his being put so Apprentice and
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likewise a Bond in the penalty of one hundred pounds conditioned for
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the finding the petr. cloaths and washing during his apprenticeship, and
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also that the petr. should truely perform the covenants contained in those
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Indentures on his behalf to be done & performed, And that soon after
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the petrs. comeing to his said Master from a very friendly & civil treatment
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his Master intirely changed (contrary to his express promises) to treat the
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petr. in a very unhansome manner, providing him with very improper
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& unholsome diet, keeping him in attendance at Taverns & Victualling
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house to light him home till late at night and sometimes early in
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morning, and by opprobious language & other ill usage endeavouring
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as much as possible, as the petr. apprehends, to oblige him to quit his sa
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apprenticeship, and has frequently declared he never would tea
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the petr. his said business nor employ hm in the same, And that the petr.
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said Master did bring an action against the petr. Father to recover the
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penalty of the said Bond, and the same was brought on to trial by his
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said Master the sittings after last Hillary Term, But it going against
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his said Master there has been no likelyhood of a reconciliation since,
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And that the petrs. Master has so little employment in the business of a
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Surgeon that the petr. doth verity beleive he shall never be likely to be
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that business with him, Therefore the petr. most humbly prayed this C
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would be pleased to Order that the petr. may be discharged from his said
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