To theRightHonourable Henry Marshall< no role > Esqr Mayor and
there st of the Justices of the peace of the City of London
in their General Quarter Session Assembled.

The Humble Petition and Appeal of Francis Baker< no role >
now a Prisoner in his Majesties Goal of
Newgate

Humbly Sheweth to your Worships That your Petitioner on the
fifth day of December One thousand Seven hundred and forty forty four
was convicted by the Honourable Henry Marshall< no role > Esqr . Mayor
and Sir Robert Ladbroke< no role > Knight and Alderman of the City of
London two of his Majesties Justices of the peace [..] for the City
of London and liberties thereof for keeping on the Twenty ninth
day of November last an Office under the denomination of a
Sale of Plate and Jewells for the Improvement of Small Sums
of Money contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made
and provided and adjudged to have forfeited the Sume of Five
hundred pounds and was by the said Justices Committed to the
Goal of Newgate there to remain with Bail or Mainorise
for the space of one whole year and from thence untill the said
Sume of Five hundred pounds should be paid.

By which Conviction adjudication and Commitment your petitioner
apprehends himself aggreived and humbly appeals to this Court
against the same and prays that the same may be Vacated and
sett a side and that your petitioner may be discharged out of
Custody and have such other relief as to your Worships
shall seen meet

And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc

Frais Baker< no role >