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To the Worshipfull the Chairman and the rest of
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the Justices Assembled at the General Quarter Sessions
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of the Peace now holden at
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The humble petition of
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Mary Chandler
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Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner being a Poor Child was at the Age of
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to Years on the 19th. of April 1749 by & with the Convent of the then Church
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Wardens &
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of the
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in this County, bound
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to
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John Smith
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of the said Parish & County Broker, to serve him as an Apprentice
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untill Your Petitioner should Attain the Age of 21 Years or be married which
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should past happen, to Learn House wifery
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That soon after the time of Your Petitioners being so bound an
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Apprentice the said
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John Smith
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Committed Several Assaults upon Your
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Petitioner with an Intent to Ravish her, for which Offence the said
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John
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Smith
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was Indicted and found guilty at the last General Sessions of
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the Peace held at
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aforesaid in & for the said
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and was Sentenced by the Court to pay a Fine of £20 and
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Suffer 3 Months Imprisonment and Your Petitioner being now
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Maintained by the said
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in the Parish
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Your Petitioner therefore Humbly Prays that she
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may be Discharged from her said
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or that
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the said
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may by order of this Court be compelled
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to Turn your Petitioner Over for the Remainder of the
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time to Come of the said Indenture to some person of her own
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Chooseing that is Willing and Capable to Maintain and
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Provide for her
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And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray,
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her
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Mary
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Chandler
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Mark
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