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The Humble Petition and Appeal of
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Thomas Ensor
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That your Petitioner was on or about the Eleventh
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day of March last convicted in the Penalty of Five Pounds
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for the said County upon an Information exhibited and
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prosecuted by
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charging that your Petitioner
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using the trade of a Pownbroker did in
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Parish of
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in the said County on the
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12th. day of June 1793 take and receive of
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John Crossley
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redu
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ning the pledge therein after mentioned One
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Penny by was of profit upon two Shillings on the
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Seventh day of May in the Year 1793 lent upon a
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Pledge of a Silver Tea Spoon to the said
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contrary to the Statute Etc.
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That your Petitioner conceiving himself
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aggrieved by such conviction is advised to appeal against
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the same
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
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your Worships will be pleased to permit
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him to enter his Appeal so that the same
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may be heard at this present General
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Quarter Session of the Peace in and for
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the said County and that your Worships
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will appoint a day for hearing and
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determining the same
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And your Petitioner shall ever
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pray Etc.
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