MIDDLESEX .

AT the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord
the King, holden in and for the County of Middlesex , at the Session-
House for the said County, () on Monday
the [..] Second Day of July in the Thirty eighth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of
Great Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role > , William
Bleamire< no role > , Rupert Clarke< no role > , Hammond Crosse< no role >

Esquires , and others their Fellows, Justices of our said Lord the King,
assigned to keep the Peace in County aforesaid; and also to hear and
determine divers Felonies, Trespasses and other Misdemeanours com-
mitted in the same County.

Whereas John Frears< no role > of the Parish of Saint James within the Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex Pawnbroker Hath at this present Session Exhibited his Petition and
Appeal setting forth That in consequence of a Summons issued under the Hand and Seals of Patrick
Colquhoun< no role > Esqr. one of His Majestys Justices of the peace for the said County and served on the
Petitioner he appeared before the Magistrates at the public Office in Queen Square Westminster upon an
Information Exhibited and prosecuted by James Stallwood< no role > charging that the Petitoner did on the
Twenty fourth day of April last take and receive of and from one George Winton in the name of
Winton on redeeming the pledge therein and after mentioned the Sum of One penny by way of
profit upon three shillings which on the Twentieth day of the said Month of April had been Cent
upon a Pledge of Two Petticoats and a Handkerchief contrary to the Statute Etc. and that he was
upon the hearing of the said Information convicted in the penalty of Five Pounds whereby the
Petitoner conceived himself aggrieved Now the said Appeal coming on to be heard and the
said Patrick Colquhoun< no role > Esquire being solemnly called to come forth and support the said Conviction
but not appearing nor any Person on his behalf and proof being made upon Oath that a true
Copy of the Petition and Order of Court thereon for the hearing and determining the said Appeal at
this present Session had been delivered to and left with Arthur Gliddon< no role > Esqr . Clerk to the said
Patrick Colquhoun< no role > and the other Magistrates acting at the Public Office in Queen Square
Westminster It is Ordered that the said Conviction be and the same is hereby Quashed

By the Court.