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February 1799

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the General Session of Peace of our
Lord the King, holden in and for the County of Middlesex ,
at the Session House for the said County, (by Adjournment)
on Thursday the twenty first Day of Feburary in
the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord GEORGE the Third, King of Great Britain, Etc.

Whereas John Jefferd< no role > Hath at this present Session Exhibited his
petition and appeal setting forth That He was on the 10th day of February [..]
1797 Bound Apprentice with Twenty Pounds premium to John Hall< no role > of Cross
Lane Long Acre in the County of Middlesex Coach Carver for the term of Seven
Years to be by him instructed in the Art of Coach Carving and had ever since
continued in the service of the said John Hall< no role > . That about Twelve Months
ago the said John Hall< no role > took a Publick House in Parkers Lane Saint Giles's
where he lodged the Petitioner in a Garret with four Beds and where any person
who same for a Nights lodging might and did slap in consequence of which
the Petitioner found Vermin upon his Body and Linen: That the said
John Hall< no role > had frequently beat the Petitioner in a very severe [..]
manner and not having sufficient business to keep the petitioner in employ
he was desirous of being discharged form his said apprenticeship; and therefore
prayed the Court to Order his Indentures of Apprenticeship to be delivered up to
be cancelled and a return of so much of the Premium as to the Court should
seem meet. Whereupon at the request of the said Petitioner It is
Ordered that the benefit of his said Appeal should be saved unto him and
the hearing and determining thereof be and the same is hereby adjourned
until the next General Quarter Session of the peace to be holden for this County
and on notice hereof in the mean time to be given unto the said John Hall< no role >
he and all persons concerned do attend the Court at the Session house aforesaid
on Thursday the Fourth day of April next at the hour of nine in the forenoon
of the same day to hear and abide the judgment and determination of the
said Court touching the said appea [..]

By the Court.
Selby.




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