To the Right Worshipfull Sir John Gonson< no role > Knight Chairman of the
Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace he to for the City & Liberty of
Westmr. & the Rest of his Majestys Justices there

The humble Petition of George Hind< no role >

Sheweth

That on the third day of December 1735 Your Petitioner was bound
an Apprentice by Indenture unto William Meadow< no role > Citizen Joyner of London
for the Space of seven Years on the same day Your Petitioner was by
Writing under the hand Seal of the said William Meadow Turnd over to
John Lowrey< no role > of the Parish of Saint James Westmr. Joyner to whom Your
Petitioner said the Summe of twenty Pounds

That some short time after Your Petitioner was so turned over to the
said John Lowrey< no role > as aforesaid, he began to abridge Your Petitioner of Comon
Sustenance both as to Eating & Drinking and the Your Petitioner hath often
Complained of the same to the said Lowrey Yeth Could never obtain any Redress

That during Your Petitioners Servitude the said Lowry hath Severall
times as deced Your Petitioner to deny him to his Creditors & thro' the badness
of his Circumstances was oblieyd about a Month Since to abscond & Leave of
of ade by Shutting up his Shop & Disposing of his household Goods so that Your
Petitioners is now entirely Destitute of a Master & must have clam in the Streets
being an Orphan unless Releivd by an Acquaintance of Your Petitioners late
father

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly Prays Your Worships
that You will be pleased to take his Case into Consideration
& order that he may for the Reasons aforesaid be discharged
from his said Apprentiship from the said John Lowrey< no role > & that
the said Lowrey may Return to Your Petitioners the said twenty Pounds or
Such part thereof so given to him as aforesaid as the said
Court shall seem meet

And Your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc

Geo. Hind< no role >