set up until the Hours of Three or Four o'Clock every Morning to let
in his Lodgers by which the Rest of the said Apprentice is continually
broken and himself rendered incapable of hearing so much of his
Trade as her otherwise would do

That the said Joseph Wheeler< no role > instead of providing your petitioners
Son with good and sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging agreeable to
his said Covenant compels him to not Bread and Cheese five days in
or Wick at other Times his Bod consists of Porridge or Pot Liquor mixed
with Potators and for a Month together has been obliged to drink Water
only at his Meals. That the Bed upon which the said Apprentice
lays consists of a Ticking with a few Hard Flocks there in and is
otherways improper for a Boy to Sleep on

That the said Joseph Wheeler has often without just cause or
provocation beat and otherwise illtreated his said Apprentice of which
and of the general conduct of the said Joseph Wheeler< no role > your petitioner
complained to the Magistrates at the Public Office in Hatton Garden ,
but as the Sum paid as a fee exceeded the Sums specified in the
Acts for the regulation of Apprentices Your Petitioner could not
obtain proper relief.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your
Worships to take his Case into consideration
and grant him such relief in the premises
as to your Worships shall from proper

And Your Petitioner Etc.

John Bentley< no role >