the Sum of Forty Shillings theretofore to wit on the Twenty fifth day of May in the
Year of our Lord 1798 aforesaid lent and advanced by him upon a certain Pawn or
Pledge that is to say a Silk Handkerchief to the said Nathaniel Tranter< no role > in the name of
J. Taylor the said Sum of One Penny so demanded received and taken as aforesaid
being more than at and after the rate of Four pence for the loan of Twenty shillings by the
Calender Month including the current Month in which the said Pawn or Pledge was
redeemed contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided whereby
and by force of the said Statute the Petitioner had forfeited for his said Offence the Sum of Five
Pounds and that He was on the hearing of the said Information adjudged by the said
Justice to forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds: whereby the Petitioner conceived himself
aggrieved: which said Appeal stood duly adjourned unto this day Now upon
hearing the said Appeal and what hath been alledged by the respective Eparties their Counsel
and Witnesses in and concerning the Premises It is Ordered that the said
Conviction be and the same is hereby Affirmed

By the Court.