To the Honble Luke Robinson< no role > Esqr .
Chairman at Hicks Hall in Saint
John Street in the County of
Middlesex and the rest of the
Justices of Sessions there being

The Humble Petition of Adam Bryan< no role >

Sheweth

That your Petr. in Septr. 1746 being upon Likening
one Thomas Bryan< no role > your Petrs. Brother in Law in the Business of
a Gun Barrell maker it was then agreed that your Petr. if he
Liked the Business after Tryal thereof for any space of time
that your Petr: Indentures should commence from the time your
Petr. first went into such his Service

That on 13th. May last your Petrs. sd. Brother in Law going [..]
Toun your Petrs. sd Brother in Laws Wife accused your Petr. with
having taken his Indenturers out of the Drawer Upon which your
Petr. replyed that he knew nothing at all of them But that he
would serve his time outofto a Moment if in Case they were Lost
And at Night your Petrs. sd. Bros. in Law coming home & being informed
by his said Wife that the Indenturers of your Petr. were not to be [..]
he before your Petr. was in Bed came to your Petrs. Bed side and
bid your Petr. pull off his Cloaths And say'd As you came here [..]
a Black Guard As such you shall Turn out which you [..]
refused Upon which the said Thomas Bryan< no role > your Petrs. said Bro [..]
in Law immediately knocked your Petr. down and afterwards
kicked your Petr. on his Arm and then stamped his Foot upon your
Petrs. Loyns and asked your Petr. to fight again And Insisted upon
your Petrs. pulling his Cloaths of (altho your Petrs. own Cloaths) But
your Petr. refusing he called some persons up into the Room
And then by their Assistance stripped your Petr. of all his Cloaths
(except his working Dress only) But having forget your Petrs. breeches came up a second time [..]