To the Worshipful his Majesty Justices
of the peace for the County of Middlesex
Assembled at the Adjourned General Quarter
Session of the Peace holden in and for the
County of Middlesex on Monday the 23d.
day of October 1797

The Humble Petition of Elisha Ambler< no role > of
Isleworth in the County of Middlesex

Sheweth

That your Petitioner was on or about the
21st. day of July last past summoned to appear before
Samuel Tolfrey< no role > Esqr . or before such the Justices of the
Peace as should be Sitting at the Public Office in
Bow Street Covent Garden or Monday the 24th. day of
July last to Answer for that your Petitioner being
a Collector of the Tolls at a certain Turnpike Gate
called Isleworth Gate in the said County Did on
Saturday the fifteenth then Instant take of and from
one Moses Williams< no role > a Greater Toll (to wit the Sum
of Four Pence) for a six Inch Wheel Cart drawn
by two Horses passing through the said Turnpike
then what is allowed by Law Contrary to the
Statute Etc.

That Your Petitioner appeared at the
Public Office in Bow Street aforesaid pursuant to
the said Summons And was convicted in the Penalty
of Forty shillings for the said Offence by the Sitting
Magistrate Six William Addington< no role > Knight

That your Petitioner at the time he was
so convicted thought and still thinketh himself
aggrieved by the Judgement of the said Justice
in as much as your Petitioner was Not Guilty of