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<p n="219">Session House <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50929_geo227">Clerkenwell Green</rs>
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September Session 1796</p>
<p n="220"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">For Appll..</note>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n220-1">William Palmer</rs>
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an Apprentice Appellant<lb></lb>
and <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n220-2">John Stephen</rs>
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his Master Respondent</p>
<p n="221"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50929_geo228">Middlesex</rs>
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The Petition States. That by Indres of Apprenticeship bears. date the 9th. day of <lb></lb>
Augt. 1793 Petr. was found apprentice for 7 years to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n221-1">John Stephens</rs>
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of Streathan<lb></lb>
Street in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50929_geo229">parish of St. George Bloomsbury</rs>
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in the County of Middlx. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50929_occ67">Plater<lb></lb>
and Founder</rs>
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and in Conson of £20 pd. to him by Petrs. Father he Covenanted to <lb></lb>
teach & instruct the Petr. in the Art of a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50929_occ68">Plater and Founder</rs>
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which he<lb></lb>
followed as by sd. Indr. wod. appear</p>
<p n="222">That sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n222-1">John Stephens</rs>
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had divers times behaved towds. the Petr.<lb></lb>
with great Cruelty by Violently Assaultg. and beatg. him without any Just Cause<lb></lb>
and otherwise Ill treated him by refusg. and neglectign to find and provide him<lb></lb>
with necessary Food and by Neglecting to teach him his Trade</p>
<p n="223">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-1">John Stephens</rs>
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havg. on the 20th. day of June Inst.<lb></lb>
Violently and Maliciously Assaulted Beat & Bruised the Petr. in & upon his head<lb></lb>
Neck Shoulders & divers parts of his Body. with a Stick without any cause or<lb></lb>
provocation whatsoever on ye. Petrs. part Petr. applied to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-2">Nicholas Bond</rs>
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Esqr.<lb></lb>
one of his Matys. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50929_occ69">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the County of Middx. for protectr. who<lb></lb>
thereupon caused the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-3">John Stephens</rs>
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to come before him to ansr. ye. sd. Complt.<lb></lb>
and upon hearing the said Complt. the sd. Justice Ordered and directed tho sd.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-4">John Stephens</rs>
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to find Sureties to ansr. the same at the present Sessn. and <lb></lb>
advised Petr. to apply to their Worships for Rederss & directed Petrs. Father to<lb></lb>
take him under his Protection until the hearg. & determins of sd. Complt.<lb></lb>
whereby Petr. conceived himself aggreived & prayed to be discharged from his<lb></lb>
sd. Apprenticeship so that he may able to Bind himself to ansr. Master for <lb></lb>
the remainder of the sd. Term And that their Worships wod. be pleased<lb></lb>
to order sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-5">John Stephens</rs>
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to pay back to Petr. such proportn. of the sd.<lb></lb>
Sum of £20. given with him as an Apprentice Fee to the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50929_n223-6">John<lb></lb>
Stephens</rs>
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as to them shod. seen meet.</p>
<p n="224">Case</p>
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