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<p n="139">To the Worshipfull the Chairman and the rest of<lb></lb>
the Justices Assembled at the General Quarter Sessions<lb></lb>
of the Peace now holden at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo81">Hicks's Hall</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo82">St. John<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo83">County of Middlesex</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="140">The humble petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n140-1">Mary Chandler</rs>
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</p>
<p n="141"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Your Petitioner being a Poor Child was at the Age of<lb></lb>
to Years on the 19th. of April 1749 by & with the Convent of the then Church<lb></lb>
Wardens & <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50410_occ44">Overseers of the poor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo84">Parish of St Luke</rs>
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in this County, bound<lb></lb>
to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n141-1">John Smith</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n141-1" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
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of the said Parish & County Broker, to serve him as an Apprentice<lb></lb>
untill Your Petitioner should Attain the Age of 21 Years or be married which<lb></lb>
should past happen, to Learn House wifery</p>
<p n="142">That soon after the time of Your Petitioners being so bound an<lb></lb>
Apprentice the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n142-1">John Smith</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n142-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n142-1" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n142-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Committed Several Assaults upon Your<lb></lb>
Petitioner with an Intent to Ravish her, for which Offence the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n142-2">John<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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was Indicted and found guilty at the last General Sessions of<lb></lb>
the Peace held at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo85">Hicks's Hall</rs>
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aforesaid in & for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo86">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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and was Sentenced by the Court to pay a Fine of £20 and<lb></lb>
Suffer 3 Months Imprisonment and Your Petitioner being now<lb></lb>
Maintained by the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo87">Parish of St. Luke</rs>
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in the Parish<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50410_geo88">Workhouse</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="143">Your Petitioner therefore Humbly Prays that she<lb></lb>
may be Discharged from her said <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50410_occ45">Apprenticeship</rs>
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or that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n143-1">John Smith</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n143-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n143-1" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50410_n143-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
may by order of this Court be compelled<lb></lb>
to Turn your Petitioner Over for the Remainder of the<lb></lb>
time to Come of the said Indenture to some person of her own<lb></lb>
Chooseing that is Willing and Capable to Maintain and<lb></lb>
Provide for her</p>
<p n="144">And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray,</p>
<p n="145">her<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50410_n145-1">Mary<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Chandler</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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