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