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Westmr.Ss
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To the Right Worshipfull his Maties
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Justices of the Peace
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for the City and Libty of Westmr in Quarter Sessions Assembled.
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The Humble Peticon of
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George Allatt
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Thomas Allatt
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of the parish of St.
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Martins in the feilds
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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Coachmaker
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Sheweth
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That on the 20th. day of June 1717 your Peticoners was sent out
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apprentice to
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Mr.
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Coull Wray
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a
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Linen draper
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for Years and on the 5th. of November last Your Petr.
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was by the Consent of all partyee turnd over to Mr.
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Walter Watkins
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a Linen
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draper
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Peltmell to whom your Peticoners father spaid the sume of 30th, on that Account
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That Virtue the 27th. of April last about half an hour past Eight at Night Your Peticoner
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desired fice Mistress (his Master not being there) to give him le abe to go into
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the strand
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which she did & desired him to Callat the 3 June in
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Chandeis Street
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& see if her husband was
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their, which your Peticoner
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did accordingly, but his Master not being there he went to see
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a friend at the
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Thistle
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and Crown in
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Charles Court in the Strand
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but not finding him yor Petr.
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went
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directly to
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his Consent house at the Newse Gate where he stayd till about a Quarter after nine
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of the Clock and then he went to his Misters house, when he Came there he found his Master
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Standing at the Door who asked him where he had been, but without staying, for an Answer at the same
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instant with his first gave him such a Violent blew on his face and Nose that he verily believes
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he Cost against of blood, but not Content with that gave him a great many other blowe about his
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head and face, whereupon his Masters Wife hearing your Peticoner
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Cry out in a Violent
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Marine Came out of a back parlour desired him to sell her husband where he had been wh
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he said as seen as he was able & she likewise told her husband that She had given him Isaac
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to go out yett notwithstanding he Continued still to strike him, and with his first gave him
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such a Violent blow upon his right Eye that your Peticoner
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thought his Eye had been strike
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out, after his Master had given him that blew, he went and Lock'd the door & Comanded him to
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bed, but your Peticoner
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being very ill and feverish by reason of the blowe he had received
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but particularly that on his Eye, went the next Morning to
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his father house where he
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was so ill of it that he did go abroad till the 17th of May last, Except the next Morning
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when your Petioconer gett a Warrant against
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his said Master for this barbarous usage
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That your Peticoner humbly Apprehend the Law never intended to allow any
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Master the Liberty of treating his Servant with such unreasonable Severity and forasmuch
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as Your Peticoner deed really believe yt. the
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may be us'd much worse, if not in danger of
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his life, if he Shed. Continue with his Master
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Your Peticoner therefore humbly prays
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Your Worships that you will be pleasd' to make an
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order to discharge
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him from his said master & that
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so much of the said Thirty Pounds which your Pe
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one father
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paid with him to his said Master may be return'd to
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Your Peticoners father as your Worshipps shall think reasonsable
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And your Peticoner shall ever
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pray Etc
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George Allatt
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