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<p n="601">To the Worshipful his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ146">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50613_geo389">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in Sessions Assembled</p>
<p n="602">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n602-1">James Young</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50613_geo390">Victualling Office</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50613_geo390" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
Master Cooper</p>
<p n="603"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n603-1">John Collins</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50613_n603-1" type="surname" value="Collins"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50613_n603-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Son of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n603-2">Luke Collins</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ147">Laboruer</rs>
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on the<lb></lb>
3d Day of July 1771 by and with the Consent of his Father did place<lb></lb>
himself Apprentice to your Petitioner to Learn his Art and<lb></lb>
with him after the manner of an <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ148">Apprentice</rs>
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to serve from the<lb></lb>
Day of the Date thereof for the Term of 7 Years and Your Petitioner<lb></lb>
in Consideration of the Sum of £15 his said Apprentice in the<lb></lb>
Art of a Cooper which he used by the best Means that he could<lb></lb>
should Teach and Instruct or Cause to be Taught and Instructed<lb></lb>
and find him meat Drink Lodging and Necessaries</p>
<p n="604">That the said Apprentice hath at Various Times greatly<lb></lb>
Misbehaved himself in Your Petitioners Service by frequenting<lb></lb>
Ale House Getting Drunk and Absenting himself from Your<lb></lb>
Petitioners Service not only without his Consent but contrary<lb></lb>
to your Petitioners Commands for many Hours together<lb></lb>
sometimes a whole Day and sometimes all Night and for<lb></lb>
Disorderly Behaviour and Neglect of Duty and Disobedience<lb></lb>
to your Petitioners Commands when in his Service Insomuch<lb></lb>
that your Petitioner is Apprehensive that his Behaviour and<lb></lb>
Example will corrupt the Rest of your Petitioners Apprentices<lb></lb>
who are Six in Number</p>
<p n="605">That from the Disorderly Behaviour of the said<lb></lb>
Apprentice Your Petitioner was obliged to and did take<lb></lb>
him before a Magistrate who severely reprimanded him<lb></lb>
and would have committed him to Prison but being the first<lb></lb>
Time of the Youths being before a Justice did on his promising<lb></lb>
Amendment Discharge him</p>
<p n="606">That the said Apprentice soon relapsed into his former<lb></lb>
Course of Behaviour and given of Possible more Disobedient<lb></lb>
So that Your Petitioner was again obliged to have him before<lb></lb>
Two Magistrates who on hearing your Petitioners Complaint<lb></lb>
Committed the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n606-1">John Collins</rs>
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to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50613_geo391">Bridewell</rs>
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for one<lb></lb>
Month</p>
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