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1st. day of April 1799
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in Session Assem-
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Ninety nine
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The humble Petition and Appeal of
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Sheweth
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Thay Your Petitioner was on the ninth day
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of March now last past convicted in the Sum of five Pounds
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by and before
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for unlawfully using on the Turnpike Road in the
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said Parish a Waggon the Fellies of the Wheels whereof
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being of the breadth of Six Inches having more than six horses
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that is to say, seven Horses drawing the same contrary to the
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Statute Etc. That on the
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4th day of March 1799 now last past
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Your Petitioner went on business to Hertford and did not return
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home until the 10th of the same Month & Year in the evening when he found he had
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been summoned and convicted for the said supposed Offence
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altho by reason of such his absence he had had no oppor-
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tunity of appearing to depend himself Against the said
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charge by reason of which Premises Your Petitioner
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conceives himself Aggireved
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly appeals
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against the said Conviction and Prays Your Worships
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will appoint a day in the Present Session for the hearing
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and determining of this Your Petitioners Appeal: And your
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Petitioner will neve pray Etc
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W. Butt
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