To the Worshipful the Chairman and the rest of the Justices.
[..] bled at their Sessions non holden at Hicks's Hall
[..] at John Street for the County of Middlesex

The humble Petition of George Blackiston< no role >
of King Street in the Parish of Saint
Paul, Covent Garden , Grocer .

Sheweth,

That one Edward Lloyd< no role > who was bound Apprentice
to yor: Petr: by the Overseers of the poor of the Liberty of the Rolls in the County of Middx
And, who is often intrusted, to take Money from yor Petrs:
Customers, has several times been guilty of Embezzeling the same
by which Your Petitioner's Loss (as he apprehends) must be
very considerable, in some of which he has been detected.

That as such an Apprentice is unfit for any Business,
he is the more so for his, as Money must of Course Frequently
pass through his Hands, which of dishonestly detained, the
Master must be inevitably and insensibly ruined.

That lately his said Apprentice has absconded, from
his Service thro' a Consciousness of his Guilt, and a Fear of
the Punishment which such Guilt deserves.

That in under Compassion to his Youth, he is unwilling
to send him abroad, as it wou'd be an indelible Stain on his
Character, and might deprive him perhaps of every honest
method of getting his Livelyhood for the future.

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays
Your Honourable Bench to take his Case into
Consideration, and that you wou'd be pleased
to discharge him of his said Apprentice , who
is so much inclined and has it so much in his
Power to do him irretrievable Injuries.

Most humbly Submitted Etc
Geo; Blackiston< no role >