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The Examination of Thomas Howlett Apprehended by
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of this City as a Rogue and
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Vagabond taken upon Oath this
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11th. March 1786
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Saith he was born in the City of
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and served an apprenticeship to
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Mr Decker a Cabinetmaker there, That he served five years only and bought
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out the Remainder of his time for eleven or twelve Guineas and came
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to London and worked for one Mr. Lemain Kings Card Table Matter who
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took the Examinant without a recommendation from any one, That he
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stayed with Lemain about three quarters of a Year and then returned
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to his Father and stayed between two and three Years during
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which time he worked for himself as Master and bearded with his
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and paid nothing for his beard. That he does not recollect where
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he went to next. Has been out of his Apprenticeship nine or ten
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Years of which time he spent between two and three years of Yarmouth
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Harry Houghton
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the Slip near the
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, and did nothing, when he went there
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he might had three or four Guineas, or 8 or 10 Guineas as far as
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he knows, but does not know exactly the Sun, That he did some
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Jobs for his Brother during his Stay at Yarmouth as a
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and not for any other, That his brother paid him nothing, That
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his brother is a Shipbuilder by Trade and lives on The Keys.
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That Examinant when he had nothing to do walked about for
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pleasure, can't exactly tell his Companions but some times with
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his Brother or Sister, That he knows an hundred Gentlemen at
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, knows Mr. Hollmark a Liquor Merchant, That he
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was acquainted with no female there but his Sister, That abt.
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three Years ago he came to London to follow his business and took
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