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That the Mother of the Apprentice hearing her Son was Committed
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came to and Earnestly Intreated and requested your Petitioner to
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procure his Discharge and Your Petitioner being induced to think
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the Committment would have some influence in reclaiming this
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Youth as he then shewed some Sign of Repentance by making
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fair Promisses of Amendment procured his Discharge on the
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Fourth Day after his Committment but Instead of making a Grateful
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Return for Your Petitioners lenity He no sooner finds himself at
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Liberty but launches out into the same Course of Behaviour and
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Instead of the least Appearance of Amendment he appears
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Improved in Wickedness and continues the same Disorderly and
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Ungovernable
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That Your Petitioner had been informed that
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Luke Collins
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the Father gives Countenance to his Son the said
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Apprentice
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in his
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Disobedience and doubts not but to prove that the said
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threatned that he wod. send three Men And that he himself would be
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one And that they would do for your Petitioner Meaning as Your
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Petitioner apprehends to do him some Bodily Harm
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That from the repeated Misbehaviour of the sd.
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Apprentice
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and
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the Threats of his Father Your Petitioner is not only under fears &
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Apprehensions for the safety of himself and family but in
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Danger of losing the Benefit of the rest of his Apprentices by the
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Bad Example set them by this
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That Your Petitioner at the Quarter Sessions held at
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Hicks's
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by Adjournment on Friday the 5th day of July last presented
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a Petition to the purport and Effect above settforth when it was
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Ordered that the said
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should have Notice thereof And that
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he and all Persons concerned shod. Attend the Court on Saturday then
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next to hear and Abide the Judgement & Determination of the said
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Court touching the Petition
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That your Petitioner the sd.
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John Collins
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& other Persons
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concerned Accordingly Attended the Court in Order to hear the Petition
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But the Same not coming on it was Ordered to stand over till the
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then next Sessions.
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That your Petitioner Accordingly Attended such next Sessions
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in Septr. last but he and his Counsel not being there early enough in the
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Morning when the same was called on the Petition for that
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Reason and no other was Dismissed
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That the said
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John Collins
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the
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during then Time the
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said Petition continued undetermined and since the same was
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dismissed hath Continued Disobedient and Refractory and not in the
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least Attended to the Lawfull Commands of your Petitioner but on the
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