To the Right Honourable William Beckford< no role >
Esquire Lord Mayor of the City of London And others
his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the City of
London And the Liberties thereof in their General
Quarter Session of the Peace Assembled

The humble Petition and Appeal of Nehemiah
Rogers< no role >

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner was on the first day of
January Instant Convicted before Sir William
Stephenson< no role > Knight One of his Majestys Justices
Assigned to keep the Kings Peace in the said City of London And
also to hear and Determine diver are Felonies Trespasses
and other Misdemeanours in the said City Committed
For that Your Petitioner on the Eighteenth day of
December last at London aforesaid being then and there
a Salesman and Employed to Sell Cattle for others
by Commission in the Parish of Saint Sepulcher in the
said City of London Did on the Eighteenth day of December
aforesaid at London aforesaid (to wit) in the Parish of
Saint Sepulchre within the said City Sell three Line
Calves on his own Account each of the said live Calves
then and there being of the Value of Two Pounds and
ten Shillings of Lawfull money of Great Britain
against the form of the Statute in such Case made
and Provided And thereupon Your Petitioner was
adjudged for his said Offence to have forfeited the Sum of
Fifteen Pounds of Lawful money of Great Britain to be
distributed as the said Statute doth direct

That Your Petitioner is advised and humbly conceives
that he is aggrieved by the said Conviction

Your Petitioner therefore humbly
Appeals against the said Conviction
And humbly prays that this Honble
Court will please to appoint a day for
hearing this his Petitioner and Appeal and
that a Your Petitioner may have
such Relief in the Premisses of as to this
Honble Court shall seem meet

And Your Petrs. shall ever pray etc

Noah Rogers< no role >