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the town, (at that time called by the name of
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Miss Davis) his pretence for his absence, was
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that he had been with Mr. Clapton, one of his
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Trustees at whose house he said he was taken
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very Ill, which occasiond his stay, and which
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upon Enquiry proved to be falseas your
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Petitioners Servant
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John Dawkes
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, the next day
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went to the Lodgings of a Girl of the town and paid
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half a Guinea, for the redemption of the said
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Michael Samsons
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, which for want of
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money he had been Obliged to leave as a pledge,
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your Petitioner again Excused him
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That in the month of April, one
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Thousand seven hundred and sixty Nine, he
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again absented himself, for the space of twenty
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whole days and nights together, went to
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offerd himself to a Company of Stroling Comedians
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(under the name of Williams) they refused him
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Suspecting him to be some runaway Apprentice
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(by the Intercession of his Grandmother, and
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Mr. Clapton, now one of his Trustees) your
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Petitioner again Excused him, and recd. him
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into his house and business
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That in the month of Augst. in the
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, Sold to
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Chandler
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(who is now in Court and ready
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to Attest the same upon Oath) Three
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