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 William Husband< no role > of
Cockspur Street in the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields [..] within
the liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex
Postmaster

Sheweth

That by a Certain Conviction under the Hand and
Seal of Henry James Pye< no role > Esquire one of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for the County of Middlesex bearing date the eights
day of June now last past your Petitioner was Convicted in the
Penalty of Ten pounds for that he after the first day of August
1785 to wit on the eighth day of April in the Year of our Lord
1797 being a Person duly Licensed to Let House to Hire agreable
to an Act of Parliament passed in the Seventy Fifth year of the
Reign of his present Majesty entitled "An Act for Repealing the
"duties on Licenses taken out by Persons letting Houses for the
"purpose of Travelling post and on Horses let to Hire for Travelling
"post and by time and or stage Coaches and for granting other
"duties in Liew thereof and also additional duties on Horses let
"to hire for Travelling post and by time Did within the Kingdom
of Great Britain to wit at the Parish of Saint Martin in the
Fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of
Middlesex aforesaid let out for Hire divers to wit two Horses
to Draw a certain Carriage with four Wheels called a post Chair
by the Stage to be used and which were accordingly used in
Travelling post that is to say, from the parish of Saint Martin
in the Fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County
of Middlesex aforesaid to Woolwich in the County of Rent
and did deliver or Cause to be delivered to the Fire of the said
Horses a certain Ticket called a Stamp Office Ticket, but did insent
in the said Ticket a less number of Mill than number of
Miles