To the Worshipful His Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in
their General Quarter Session of the Peace
Assembled

The Humble Petition of William
Copson< no role > an Apprentice to Robert Jones< no role >
late of Warwick Street near Charing
Cross in the said County Leather Trunk
Maker but now a prisoner in the
Kings Bench Prison

Sheweth

That by Indentures of Apprenticeship
bearing Date on or about the 15th. day of December 1792
Your Petitioner was Bound Apprentice to the above named
Robert Jones< no role > for the sworn of Seven Years and the said
Robert Jones< no role > in Consideration of Ten Pounds to him Paid
by your Petitioners Father at the time of the Execution
of the said Indentures Convenanted to teach and
Instruct or cause to be Taught and Instructed your
Petitioner in the Art or Busines of a Leather Trunk
Maker which he then used and carried on in Warwick
Street aforesaid

That Your Petitioner served the said Robert
Jones< no role > under such Indentures seven the Date thereof down
to the Month of May last when the said Robert Jones< no role >
was Arrested and was afterwards committed to the
Kings Bench Prison where he now remaines a
Prisoner

That the said Robert Jones< no role > hath not lately
Kept any Journeyman to assist him in his Business
since the said Robert Jones< no role > has been in Confinement
and Your Petitioner has gone daily to the Kings
Bench Prison aforesaid where he has continued some
times