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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Seeming Tractibility & Sivillity to the Customers Engaged Roberts to listen to further Proposals made
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by Defts Friends, which was, That they wod. give Roberts the Sum of £80. Provided
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he wod. take him
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off their hands & provide him with Meat Drink
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Lodging & Cloaths during his Defts Life And the Fellow
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was very ready to engage with Roberts as his Friends advised And Roberts being enduced by his then
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present Behaviour & in Respect Roberts had for the Persons who recommended him Agreed to take Deft upon Such
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Terms And his (Defts) Friends glad of Such an Opportunity of disposing of him & being determined to make
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a Sure Bargain Proposed Roberts's entering into & Executing a Bond to Deft (as Roberts's Information is
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though it is rather to be Supposed to Defts Trustees who had the Disposal of him Roberts having no
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Duplicate & as the Same is in their Custody) in the Penalty (will Suppose of double the Sum) Conditioned
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that Roberts his Extors Etc in Consn. of £80. paid by them shod. find & provide Deft with good & Suffr.
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Meat & Wearing Apparel during his Natural Life And it was Conditioned on part of Deft to do & Execute
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all the lawfull Commands of Roberts in his Business & to perform Such Services as he shod. think proper
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to Order or Employ him or to such or the like Effect And on Such or the like Terms Matters were Settled &
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Roberts Executed Such Bond without Deft Executing any Memdum or Agreemt. to Roberts for his Defts performing
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his part of the Condition
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For Some time after this the Deft behaved very well in his Services to Roberts But for Some time Since
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People having instilled Notions into his Head that such Considn. Money was paid Roberts merely for providing for
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him during Life without any other Considn. on his part has Encouraged the Fellow in his Idle Disposition
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back'd
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by his own Natural Profligacy
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& wicked twin of Mind to Abandon himself
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so far as to Commit the most Outragious
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Acts of Impudence & Tyranny immaginable not only in refusing to Work or do any thing whatever thats required
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of him But publickly to Insult Roberts & the Prosecutrix (in various Instances) in a most open Scandalous
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& Insolent Manner.
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The present Fact on which this present Indictment is founded (amongst many Others which the
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Prosecutrix will inform the Court & Jury but being a Woman of a Timerous Disposition must be Called
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on by you to gives her Evidence with as much Calmness & Security as possible) is this
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