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<p n="493">his said Apprentice and did not instruct or cause him to be<lb></lb>
Instructed in the Business of a Watchmaker as he ought to<lb></lb>
do constantly sending him out upon Errands intirely<lb></lb>
unconnected with the Business and obliging him to set<lb></lb>
up until the Hours of three or four oClock every Morning<lb></lb>
to let in his Lodgers by which the rest of the said<del>of</del>
Appre<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
tice was continually broken and himself rendered incapable<lb></lb>
of learning so much of his Trade as he otherwise would do<lb></lb>
That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50920_n493-1">Joseph Wheeler</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50920_n493-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
instead of providing the<lb></lb>
Petitioners Son with good and sufficient Meat Drink<lb></lb>
and lodging agreeable to his said Covenant compelled<lb></lb>
him to eat Bread and Cheese five Days in a Week at<lb></lb>
other times his food consisted of Porridge or Pot Liquor<lb></lb>
mixed with Potatoes and for a Month together he had<lb></lb>
been obliged to Drink Water only at his Meals. That the<lb></lb>
Bed which the said Apprentice lay'd consisted of a<lb></lb>
Ticking with a few hards flocks therein and was other<lb></lb>
wise improper for a Boy to sleep on That the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50920_n493-2">Joseph Wheeler</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50920_n493-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
had often without just cause or provocation<lb></lb>
beat and otherwise Ill treated his said Apprentice of<lb></lb>
which and of the General conduct of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50920_n493-3">Joseph<lb></lb>
Wheeler</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50920_n493-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
the Petitioner complained to the Magistrates<lb></lb>
at the Public Office in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50920_geo515">Hatton Garden</rs>
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but is the sum<lb></lb>
paid as a Fee exceeded the Sums specified in the<lb></lb>
Acts for the regulation of Apprentices the Petitioner<lb></lb>
could not obtain proper relief which said Appeal<lb></lb>
stood duly adjourned until this SessionNow<lb></lb>
upon hearing the said Appeal and what hath been<lb></lb>
alledged by the respective parties their Counsel and Witnesses<lb></lb>
in and concerning the premises. It is Ordered that<lb></lb>
the said Appeal be and the same is hereby dismissed,</p>
<p n="494">By the Court.</p>
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