Thomas Davis< no role > Appellant

and

Theophilus Bellis< no role > Gentleman who
Sues as well For Our Sovereign Lord
the King as for Himself}
Respondent

Sir

Take Notice that I shall lodge my Petition of Appeal
at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the County of
Middlesex at the Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green against the Conviction
by You made on the Sixteenth Day of August last against me on an Information
said to be Exhibited before You by the above named Respondent alledging that
I Did on the Second Day of July last unlawfully expose to Sale and Sell to
One Thomas White< no role > a certain Inclosure containing a certain Cosmetick called
Carmine to wit at and For the price of Sixpence the Said Carmine being
a Cosmetick Subject to the Stamp Duty of One penny imposed and payable
to his Present Majesty by Virtue of a certain Act of Parliament made and
passed in the Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty entitled
"An Act For Granting to His Majesty Certain Stamp Duties on Perfumery
Haiz Powder and other Articles therein mentioned and on Licences to be
taken Out by persons uttering or Vending the same without the Covery
Wrapper or Label Directed by the Said Act to be pasted Stuck Fastned
or Affixed to the Said Inclosure containing the said Cosmetick called
Carmine previous to the Sale or expossing to Sale thereof being well and
Sufficiently pasted Stuck Fastned or Affixed to the said Inclosure and marked
and Stamped with the Mark or Stamp provided to be used by the Commissioners
appointed to manage the Duties Charged on Stamped Vellum Parchment and
Paper to Denote the said Duty of One penny in such manner as in and
by the said Act is directed and Required And further take Notice
that you are hereby Requested to Return to the Clerk of the Peace For the
Said County the Said Conviction together with the said Information and
all proceedings had thereon Dated the 19th. Day of October 1791

Your's Etc

Thomas Davis< no role >

To
Joseph Faikney< no role > Esqr .
One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
For the said County of Middlesex }