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To the Worshipful his Majesties
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Quarter Session of the peace for the said County Assembled
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The Humble petition of
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That by Indenture bearing date the fourteenth Day of James which was in the year of our
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Lord 1752
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was bound
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to your petitioner for the term of Seven
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Years to learn the Business of a Halr Merhant
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That the said Maynard Wolsoncroft during the time he continued with your petitioner, behaved
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himself in a very unbecoming and Disrespectful manner in greatly neglecting your petitioners
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business and refusing to obey his lawful Commands and hath Divers times absented himself from
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Your petitioners Service associating himself with loose idle & disorderly persons about the
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Streets And in lead Houses sometimes continuing away from such Service for a Week together
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and hath frequently declared that the would not live with your Petitioner
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That on the 15th. day of this instant October the said
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Maynard Wolsoncroft
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again ran
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away from your Petitioners Service And on the 17th. day of the same Month was Accidentally
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met with in the Street by your Petitioners other
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Joseph Seagrey
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who telling the
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said Maynard Wolsoncroft of his extreme bad behaviour the said Maynard declared that
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if your Petitioner Dared to correct him he would set fire to your petitioners House and burn
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Down the same & all that was in it Whereupon your petitioner obtained a Warrant from a
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Magistrate upon which he was apprehended and sent to
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Bridewell
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That your petitioner from the repeated misbehaviour of the said Maynard is assigned
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he shall never be able to reap any advantage from his Service Nor shall be able to teach him
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his Trade & is apprehensive that he will do your petitioner some very great mischief in
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case he shall by obliged to receive him again
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Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your Worships to
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take the premisses into Consideration and to Vacate the
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said Indenture And to Discharge him from the said
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Or otherwise to grant him
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such Relief as to your Worships shall seem
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meet
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James Blackstock
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