go out on Errands and other business of his said Master
almost without Shoes to his Feet or Cloaths to his back
not withstanding the seventy of the weather

That the said John Cherry< no role > hath
repeatedly beat your Petitioner in a cruel manner
and so much so as to cut his face open and Cruice
his head in a terrible manner without your Petitioner
having given any occasion for such treatment

That the Hours which your Petitioner
has regularly worked are from 6 o Clock in the
Morning till 9 at night

That your Petitioner hath been
compelled to sit up often at Public Houses for his
Master till very late Hours at Night and in the
Morning and very often all Night at home
and afterwards obliged to work all Day without
any rest whatever and frequently obliged by his
Master to work on Sundays

That your Petitioner and two
other Apprentices have been obliged during the whole
of the said term to sleep together on a Bed not more
than 3 feet wide and that from the badness of
his Bed, being ill fed, badly cloathed & hard worked
Your Petitioners health is materially injured he
having a violent pain in his Head & Stomach which
perhaps he may never get the better of

Your Petitioner therefore
humbly prays Your Worships will be
pleased to take his Case into Consideration
and