To the Worshipful His Majesty's Justices
of the Peace For the County of Middlesex Assembled
at the General [..] Session of the Peace For the said
County [..] at the Session House on Clerkenwell
Green

The Humble Petition and Appeal of Richard Murthwaite< no role > of Oxford
Street in the Parish of Saint Anns Soho in the County of Middlesex
Pawnbroker

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner was on or about the 28th Day of November
last Convicted in the Penalty of Five Pounds by William Hyde< no role > Esquire One
of the Justices of the Peace For the said County upon an Information Stating
that the same was Exhibited by William Rudd< no role > of Sommers Town in the
Parish of Saint Pancras in the Said County of Middlesex painter against
Your Petitioner Richard Murthwaite< no role > of Oxford Street in the Parish of Saint
Ann Soho in the said County of Middlesex Pawnbroker For the Your
Petitioner did on the 11th Day of February in the Year of Our Lord 1791
at and in the parish and County Aforesaid in his Stop in Oxford Frost
in the Parish and County Aforesaid Demand Received and take of
and From One John Webb< no role > the Sum of Two Pence of Lawful Money
of Great Britain as and For and by was of Profit upon a Loan of
Eight Shilling's of like lawful Money being an Intermediate Sum
Between the Sum of two Shillings and Six Pence and the sum of
Forth Shillings then before Made by Ten the said Richard Murthwaite< no role >
(to wit) on the Tenth Day of February in the Year 1791 Aforesaid
upon a Certain pawn or Pledge that is to say a Silver Watch to the
Said John Webb< no role > the said Sum of two Pence being More than at and
After the rate of Four Pence For the Loan of Twenty Shillings
by the Calender or Month including the Current Month in Which
Such pawn or Pledge was Redivemed contrary to the Statute

That Your Petitioner Concerning himself
Aggrieved by such Convicton and Being Advised to Appeal
against the Same

Your Petitioner most humbly prays Your Worships
will be pleased to Permit Hin to Enter his Appeal so that
the same may be heard at this Present General Sessions
of the Peace in and For the said County and that Your
Worship's will Appoint a Day For hearing and determining
the same

And Your Petitioner will ever Pray etc
R Murthwaite