Middlesex Sessions:
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September 1789

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That for near 12 Months prior to the said John Whitehouse< no role >
being arrested he neglected to fulfil his Covenant with your Petitioner
to supplyingyour Petitioner with Cloaths of which he was quite destitute

That since the said John Whitehouse< no role > has been confined in the
Kings Bench Prison aforesaid he has neglected and refused to
maintain your Petitioner and he is incapable of so doing and your
Petitioner has been indebted solely to his Brother the aforesaid George
Stamps
< no role > for Support, and that without his Assistance Your Petitioner
must have wanted the common Necessaries of Life,

That your Petitioner will suffer great Disadvantage in his
Art from Want of Practice in his Business, the Trade of the said
John Whitehouse< no role > having ceased to be carried on over since he has been
in Prison and no Person has been assigned to Instruck your
Petitioner in his said Trade and the said John Whitehouse< no role > being
incapable of so doing from his Confinement,

Your Petitioner therefore most
humbly prays that Your Worships will take his
case into Consideration and order him to be discharged
from his said Apprenticeship to the said John
Whitehouse
< no role > in order to enable your Petitioner to bind
himself to another Master for the remainder of the
said Term of 7 Years now unexpired Or that your
Worships will grant to your Petitioner such other
Relief in the Premises as to your Worships shall
seem Meet

And your Petitionershallover Pray Etc

The Mark of
[mark]
Henry Stamps< no role >




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