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At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King holden for the County of
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Middx at Hicks Hall in
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in the County aforesaid by adjournment on Thursday to twenty
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fifth day of April in the twenty seventh Year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second
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King of Great Britain Etc before
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and others their Follows Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace
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in the County aforesaid and also to hear and determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other
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Misdeeds committed in the same County
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exhibited his humble Petition unto this Court at this present
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General Quarter Session of the Peace holden for the County of Middx by adjournment on
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Tuesday the twenty third day of April instant Setting forth That by Indentures of
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Apprenticeship bearing date the twenty eighth day of August One thousand seven
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hundred and fifty one the Petitioner was bound Apprentice to
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Carver
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for the Space of Seven
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Years And that the Petitioners Father
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paid as a Consideration to the
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at the time of the executing of the said Indentures the Sum of
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Twenty pounds And that the Petitioners said Master
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hath very
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frequently taken him and his Fellow Apprentice into Gardens belonging to other Persons
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to pilfer Trees that were growing Flower Roots and Box for Borders and divers other
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things till at length the Petitioner began to apprehend the total Consequences that
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wight result from such unjust Proceedings and therefore the Petitioner applied to his
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Friends to interpose in his favour to prevent his Destruction And the Petitioner
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therefore most humbly prayed this Court to discharge him from his said Indentures of
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Apprenticeship and to Order that his said Master may return Part of the said Twenty
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pounds Consideration money to the Petitioner Whereupon it was by an Order made
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by this Court on the said twenty third day of April instant Ordered By this Court that
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the said
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should have Notice of the said Petition and that he and all
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Persons concerned should attend this Court on this present Thursday the twenty
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fifth day of April instant at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon to hear and abide
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the Judgment and Determination of this Court touching the Matters contained in
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the said Petition, the aforesaid Session being now on the same day holden by
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adjournment for the said County of Middx Now upon hearing of what was alledged
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by the said
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the Petitioner and his Council and also by the said
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and his Council and upon Examination into the truth of the premisses For as much as it appeareth
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to this Court that the Substance of the said Petition is true It is Ordered by this Court that
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the said
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be and he is hereby absolutely discharged of and from his Apprentice hood
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to the said
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In Testimony whereof We four of his Majestys
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Justices
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