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and to the Worshipfull the rest of his Maties Justices of the
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Peace for the same City & the Libtys thereof in their General Quar. Sessions Assembled
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The Humble Petition of
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John James
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the Son of
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John James
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Parish of St. James Clerkenwell
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Labourer
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Sheweth
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That on the 1st. day of February 1747 your Petr. by a foreign Indenture
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was bound
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Peter Hulett
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of the Parish of
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St. Bartholomew the Great
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London
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Picture frame maker
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for the Term of Seven Years, at which time your
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Petitioner was under the Age of Fourteen Years.
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That when your Petr. was bound to said Hulett the Sum of fifteen
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Pounds was paid to him by the Executor of
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Daniel Taintwrier
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Esqr
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. deceased
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being part of the Charity Money by him left to put out poor Children of the
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That your Petr. Served said Hulett for the Space of Twelve Months
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but during that time said Hulett not only unmercifully beat Knock'd down
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Kick'd and Stampt on your Petr. to the Danger of his Life but Suffered and
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permitted a Woman who lived with him as his life frequently during that
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time to beat and abuse your Petr. Kick him and break his Head, but kept
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such a House as your Petr. might have perished for want of food had he
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not been relieved by the Neighbours and his Parents nor find him Sufficient
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Apparel nor had the said Hulett work in the said Business where by to
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Employ your Petr. two Days in the Week so that it was Impossible for
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the said Hulett to Instruct your Petr. in the said Trade so as to get his
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Livelyhood thereby.
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Your Petr. therefore most humbly Prays Your
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Lordship and this Honourable Court to take his
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Case into Consideration and that the may be Discharged
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from his said
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apprenticeship
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and have such forth
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and other Relief in the Premisses as to your Lord
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and this Honourable Court Shall Seem Meet.
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And your Petr. shall ever Pray etc.
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John James
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