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The Examination of
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, apprehended
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James Townsend
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Esquire
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, one of his
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Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City Who
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saith, that he believes, he is about thirty one Years of
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AgeSays, that he was bound an Apprentice to his
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Hyam Lerose
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Chocolate Maker
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who then lived in
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Gravel Lane
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Hounsditch
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, Cock HillSays,
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that he served the Term of seven Years to his Father,
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and afterwards he
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worked
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Journeyman
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to
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Abraham
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Dias
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Goodman's
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, constantly for three Years
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and upwards
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Afterw
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Says, that the Chocolate making
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was in Winter only and he received of Dias Four
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Pence for every Pound he madethat in Summer
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Dias employed him in carrying out Coals, for which
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he was paid a Penny for every bushel he carried
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out Says, that he also had his Board with Dias, and occasional LodgingSays, that when he quitted the service of Dias,
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he worked with
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John Carpenter
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the corner of
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Burr Street
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about two or three MonthsSays that he was paid
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four Pence in the Pound for Chocolate he made
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himself,
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two Pence only in the Pound
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Says, that he
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quitted Carpenter about Five or six Years ago, and
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lived in no other Service than that of his Father
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during that PeriodSays, that he hath not, on
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account of some Difference between Examinant and
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his Mother in Law, worked with his Father these
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nine Months past, and during that time, untill the
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present Period, he has been employed by a Person
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whose Name he refuses to tell, nor the Manner
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or Means by which for nine Months past, he
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has obtained a Livelihood.
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The said
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refused to sign
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this Examination 21st November 1782 before me}
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James Townsend
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