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<p n="860"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London to wit</note>
The Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n860-1">John Lerose</rs>
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, apprehended<lb></lb>
and brought before me <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n860-2">James Townsend</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ426">Esquire</rs>
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, one of his<lb></lb>
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City Who<lb></lb>
saith, that he believes, he is about thirty one Years of<lb></lb>
AgeSays, that he was bound an Apprentice to his<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ427">Father</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n860-3">Hyam Lerose</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ428">Chocolate Maker</rs>
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who then lived in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo868">Gravel Lane</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo869">Hounsditch</rs>
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, and now in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo870">New Court</rs>
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, Cock HillSays,<lb></lb>
that he served the Term of seven Years to his Father,<lb></lb>
and afterwards he<del>lived</del>
worked <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ429">Journeyman</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n860-4">Abraham<lb></lb>
Dias</rs>
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, Coal <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ430">Merchant</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ431">Chocolate Maker</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo871">Goodman's</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Yard, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo872">Goodman's Fields</rs>
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, constantly for three Years<lb></lb>
and upwards<del>Afterw</del>
Says, that the Chocolate making<lb></lb>
was in Winter only and he received of Dias Four<lb></lb>
Pence for every Pound he madethat in Summer<lb></lb>
Dias employed him in carrying out Coals, for which<lb></lb>
he was paid a Penny for every bushel he carried<lb></lb>
out Says, that he also had his Board with Dias, and occasional LodgingSays, that when he quitted the service of Dias,<lb></lb>
he worked with <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n860-6">John Carpenter</rs>
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, a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ432">Grocer</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ433">Chocolate Maker</rs>
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the corner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo873">Burr Street</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15093_geo874">Hermitage</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
about two or three MonthsSays that he was paid<lb></lb>
four Pence in the Pound for Chocolate he made<lb></lb>
himself,<del>And when he worked as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15093_occ434">Journeyman</rs>
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<lb></lb>
two Pence only in the Pound</del>
Says, that he<lb></lb>
quitted Carpenter about Five or six Years ago, and<lb></lb>
lived in no other Service than that of his Father<lb></lb>
during that PeriodSays, that he hath not, on<lb></lb>
account of some Difference between Examinant and<lb></lb>
his Mother in Law, worked with his Father these<lb></lb>
nine Months past, and during that time, untill the<lb></lb>
present Period, he has been employed by a Person<lb></lb>
whose Name he refuses to tell, nor the Manner<lb></lb>
or Means by which for nine Months past, he<lb></lb>
has obtained a Livelihood.</p>
<p n="861">The said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n861-1">John Lerose</rs>
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refused to sign<lb></lb>
this Examination 21st November 1782 before me}<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15093_n861-2">James Townsend</rs>
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