To the Worshipful the Justices of the
County of Middlesex in their General
Session assembled

The humble Petition of Peter Weldon< no role >

Sheweth

That your Petitioner on or about the 17th. day of April 1759
was bound Apprentice to one Francis Tustin< no role > than of Tooley Street Southwark
Jeweller who Soon after taking up his Freedom in the City of London your
Petr. was again bound to him according to the Custom of the said City.

That sd. Francis Tustin< no role > using yor. Petr. extremely ill by not allowing
him sufficient Meat Drink and Cloathing which he ought to have done according
to the tenor of his Indenture & by other cruel Treatment towards your Petr. &
in particular by frequently absenting himself from his House & making
no Provision for your Petitioner your Petr. was under the Necessity of
applying for Relief & accordingly about the end of Decr. 1760 did apply
to the Mayors Court & it appearing to the Court that yor. Petr. had been very
ill used & that Tustin occupied no Shop or Room within the City or the
Liberties thereof the Court was on the 6th. day of Febry 1761 pleased to order
that Petr. should be wholly discharged from the said Francis Tustin< no role > of the
remainder of the Term of his Apprenticeship

That after your Petr. was discharged as aforesaid he (not being able to
get himself turned over to Another Master) obtained Employment from different
persons for his Support which the said Tustin discovering he in order to oppress &
injure your Petr. as for as in him lay threatned & still doth threaten to commence
Actions agt. the persons who have employed your Petr. alledging that Petr. is
still his Apprentice by virtue of the first Indenture & because yor. Petr. refused to
live wth. him after his Discharge by the Mayor's Court as aforesaid had several
times apprehended your Petr. and taken him before different Magistrates as an id [..]
disorderly Apprentice & still insists on his serving him & threatens to prosecute
your Petr. for refusing So to do.

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays yor. Worships
to take this Matter into Consideration & to discharge him from
the said Francis Tustin< no role > by virtue of the first Indenture & to
grant your Petr. such further relief in the Premisses as to your
Worships shall seem meet

And yor. Petr. (as in duty bound) shall ever pray Etc

P. Weldon