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<p n="607">That the Mother of the Apprentice hearing her Son was Committed<lb></lb>
came to and Earnestly Intreated and requested your Petitioner to<lb></lb>
procure his Discharge and Your Petitioner being induced to think<lb></lb>
the Committment would have some influence in reclaiming this<lb></lb>
Youth as he then shewed some Sign of Repentance by making<lb></lb>
fair Promisses of Amendment procured his Discharge on the<lb></lb>
Fourth Day after his Committment but Instead of making a Grateful<lb></lb>
Return for Your Petitioners lenity He no sooner finds himself at<lb></lb>
Liberty but launches out into the same Course of Behaviour and<lb></lb>
Instead of the least Appearance of Amendment he appears<lb></lb>
Improved in Wickedness and continues the same Disorderly and<lb></lb>
Ungovernable</p>
<p n="608">That Your Petitioner had been informed that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n608-1">Luke Collins</rs>
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the Father gives Countenance to his Son the said <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ149">Apprentice</rs>
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in his<lb></lb>
Disobedience and doubts not but to prove that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n608-2">Luke Collins</rs>
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<lb></lb>
threatned that he wod. send three Men And that he himself would be<lb></lb>
one And that they would do for your Petitioner Meaning as Your<lb></lb>
Petitioner apprehends to do him some Bodily Harm</p>
<p n="609">That from the repeated Misbehaviour of the sd.<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ150">Apprentice</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
the Threats of his Father Your Petitioner is not only under fears &<lb></lb>
Apprehensions for the safety of himself and family but in<lb></lb>
Danger of losing the Benefit of the rest of his Apprentices by the<lb></lb>
Bad Example set them by this</p>
<p n="610">That Your Petitioner at the Quarter Sessions held at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50613_geo392">Hicks's<lb></lb>
Hall</rs>
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by Adjournment on Friday the 5th day of July last presented<lb></lb>
a Petition to the purport and Effect above settforth when it was<lb></lb>
Ordered that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n610-1">John Collins</rs>
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should have Notice thereof And that<lb></lb>
he and all Persons concerned shod. Attend the Court on Saturday then<lb></lb>
next to hear and Abide the Judgement & Determination of the said<lb></lb>
Court touching the Petition</p>
<p n="611">That your Petitioner the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n611-1">John Collins</rs>
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& other Persons<lb></lb>
concerned Accordingly Attended the Court in Order to hear the Petition<lb></lb>
But the Same not coming on it was Ordered to stand over till the<lb></lb>
then next Sessions.</p>
<p n="612">That your Petitioner Accordingly Attended such next Sessions<lb></lb>
in Septr. last but he and his Counsel not being there early enough in the<lb></lb>
Morning when the same was called on the Petition for that<lb></lb>
Reason and no other was Dismissed</p>
<p n="613">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50613_n613-1">John Collins</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50613_occ151">Apprentice</rs>
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during then Time the<lb></lb>
said Petition continued undetermined and since the same was<lb></lb>
dismissed hath Continued Disobedient and Refractory and not in the<lb></lb>
least Attended to the Lawfull Commands of your Petitioner but on the</p>
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