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<p n="588">of making a Grateful return for Your Petitioners lenity He no<lb></lb>
sooner finds himself at Liberty but launches out into the same<lb></lb>
Course of Behaviour and Instead of the least Appearance of<lb></lb>
Amendment he appears Improved in Wickedness and continues<lb></lb>
the same disorderly and Ungovernable</p>
<p n="589">That Your Petitioner had been informed that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n589-1">Luke Colling</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Father gives Countenance to his Son the said <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ143">Apprentice</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
his Disobedience and doubts not but to prove that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n589-2">Luke<lb></lb>
Collins</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50613_n589-2" type="surname" value="Collins"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50613_n589-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
threatned that he would send three Men And that he<lb></lb>
himself would be one And that they would do for your Petitioner Meaning<lb></lb>
as Your Petitioner apprehends to do him some Bodily Harm</p>
<p n="590">That from the repeated Misbehaviour of the said Apprentice<lb></lb>
and the Threats of his Father Your Petitioner is not only under<lb></lb>
fears and Apprehensions for the safety of himself and family<lb></lb>
but in danger of losing the Benefit of the rest of his Apprentices<lb></lb>
by the bad Example set them by this</p>
<p n="591">That Your Petitioner at the Quarter Session held at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50613_geo385">Hicks's<lb></lb>
Hall</rs>
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by Adjournment on Friday the fifth day of July last<lb></lb>
presented a petition to the purport and Effect above sett forth<lb></lb>
when it was ordered that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n591-1">John Collins</rs>
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should have<lb></lb>
Notice thereof And that He and all persons concerned should<lb></lb>
All end the Court on Saturday then next to hear and Abide the<lb></lb>
Judgement and Determination of the said Court touching<lb></lb>
the Petition</p>
<p n="592">That your Petitioner the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n592-1">John Collins</rs>
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and other<lb></lb>
persons concerned Accordingly Attended the Court in order<lb></lb>
to hear the petition But the Same not coming on it was<lb></lb>
Ordered to stand over till the then next Sessions.</p>
<p n="593">That your petitioner Accordingly Attended such next<lb></lb>
Sessions in Septr. last but he and his Counsel not being there<lb></lb>
early enough in the Morning when the same was called on<lb></lb>
the Petition for that reason and no other was dismissed</p>
<p n="594">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n594-1">John Collins</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ144">Apprentice</rs>
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during the<lb></lb>
Time the sd Petition continued undetermined and since<lb></lb>
the same was dismissed hath Continued disobedient and<lb></lb>
refractory and not in the least Attended to the Lawfull<lb></lb>
Commands of your petitioner but on the Contrary Hath<lb></lb>
Committed several Irregularities particularly by staying<lb></lb>
out at Nights And coming Home at unseasonable Hours<lb></lb>
Drunk, And by his Conduct seems to set your Petitioner<lb></lb>
at Defiance</p>
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