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To the Rt. Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the Peace assembled
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in their generall Quarter Sessions
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The Humble Peticon of
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William Sawyer
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Shweth
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That your Peticons: was bound an Apprentice for the
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Terms of seven year's to one
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Michael Aram
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to learn his said Art which his
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said Master has never nistructed him in altho your Peticon
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has served him faithfully as an Apprentice for almost
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the Terms of five years, but on the contrary is employed
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by his Mistriss in Looking after the Children where your Petico
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should be at work & is soe very ignorant that he knows
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not how to mount a wig altho he has lived so long as abou
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& ofter times beating him with an unlawfull weapon upo
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your Peticones: refusing to wash the house & other work
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not relateing to the Trade & that he will one time or other beat
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his within an Inch of his Life To answer which said
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complaint the said Master stands bound by Recognizance for his
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appearance in this Court this Sessions.
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Your Peticonr: therefore humbly Pray's your
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Worships that a day be appointed for his Mast
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all Persons concerned to attend your Worships some
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day this Present Sessions to give your Peticon
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such releife in the Prmisses as to your Worships
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And your Peticons: shall ever Pray Etc
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