To the Worshipful His Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in their General Quarter Session of the
Peace Assembled.

The Humble Petition of John Gibbs< no role > of Dorset
Mews .

Sheweth

That your Petitioner is a Coach Master Residing
in Dorset Mews in the County of Middlesex & Employ
Among other Carriages a Coach Licenced by the
Commissioners for regulating Hackney Coaches and
Chairs No.18 for which he pays to Government a
Duty of £26 per Annum.

That your Petitioner was on or about the 18th. day
of August last Summoned before John Spiller< no role > Esqr . one
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County
for keeping and employing a certain Coaches as a Public
Stage Coach for the purpose of Conveying Passengers for
Hire to and from different places within the Kingdom
of Great Britain, to wit,to Kew Bridge from
Piccadilly without having as is Alledged fiot Obtained
a Licence for that purpose in manner prescribed by
the Statute in that case made and provided.

That it appeared in Evidence before the said
Magistrate that the Coach so complaint of for having
been worked as a Stage Coach within the Distance