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To the Right Worshipfull the Chairman and the Rest of his Majties.
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Justices of
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in General Quarter Sessions Assembled
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The Petition of
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Humbly Sheweth
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That at this Present Sessions one
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James Graves
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was Try'd & Conncted before
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your Worships feel Assaulting
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Jacob Wakeling
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his former Master for which the
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Court was pleas'd to Order Time of one Shilling on the said Graves and did Comit
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him to the
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House of Correction
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three to be kept for she space of Six Weeks to hard La-
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bours
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That about three Menths since the said Graves being Recommended to your
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Petitioner, Your Petitioner did Reteyn hier
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as a Servant
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to work with him in his Trade
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or business for Cloth Cranper during which time he beliv'd himself well in Your Petrs. Service discharge'd his
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day with honesty & Industry.
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That as the said Graves is ordered to be kept in prison for the said offence for Six
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Weeks
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Yor. Petrs. but too Sensible of the bad Effects such kind of places have on the minds of Young Per-
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sons in Cerupting of their
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moralls & Speiling of their Manners, and as Your Petitioner at
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present humbly Cercernes the said Graves not be Jointed with any of the Vices which people
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confined generally got from their
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fellow pripondrs
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& afforesaid rarely leave them.
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly upon your Worship that you would be pleased
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to Remit that part of his Sentence of Comitmt to hard Labour for Six Weeks
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& order him again to year Petitioner who is ready and willing to Retesn time
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in his Service & likewise if the Court shall think to Give security for his good be-
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haviour for the future
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And yor. Petr. shall ever Pay
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