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The humble Petition and Appeal of
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Sheweth
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That on the Eleventh Day of November last Thomas Burston having
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as well for himself as for his Majesty the King exhibited a Complaint against
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your Petitioner before
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Henry Lambe
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Esquires
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Two of
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his Majestys
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in and for the said County under pretence
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of your Petitioners having made use of a Carriage with Two Wheels without
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having made Entry of or paid Duty for the same contrary to the Form of the
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Statutes in such case the said Two Justices on the Eighteenth Day of the said
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November took upon themselves to Convict your Petitioner of the pretended
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Fact or Offence mentioned in the said Information and adjudged that your
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Petitioner had forfeited the Sum of Twenty Pounds and by Warrant bearing
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Date the said Eighteenth Day of November under their Hands and Seals
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directed to
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John Abbot
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Danby Moore
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and other Officers of Excise or either
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of them thereby Authorising and Commanding them upon the Goods and Chattels
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of your Petitioner to Levy the Sum of Twenty Pounds therein alledged to have
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been recovered against him by the said
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Thomas Burston
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for the pretended
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Offence mentioned in the said Conviction and to Seize and Carry away and
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make Sale of the same within a Time and in manner therein mentioned
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That on the Nineteenth Day of November last your Petitioners Goods
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were Seized and on the Twenty Fifth Day of the said November sold to satisfy
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the said Penalty of Twenty Pounds pretended to have been Incurred by your
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Petitioner and such pretended Penalty was by virtue of such Warrant actually
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Levied and Received by the said
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John Abbot
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That your Petitioner apprehends he is aggrieved by the said Conviction
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and Judgment passed upon or against your Petitioner by the said Two Justices
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and the said Warrant of Distress and the Sale of your Petitioners Goods and the
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Levying the said pretended Penalty by virtue of the said Warrant
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Your Petitioner therefore meet humbly appeals to your
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Worships against the aforesaid Conviction and Judgment and prays
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that your Worships will be pleased to appoint some Day in the
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present Session to hear this your Petitioners Appeal and to
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Order that all Partys concerned may then and there attend hear
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and abide by the Judgment and Determination of your Worships
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in and concerning the Premisses And that your Petitioner may
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be therein relieved
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And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.
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Thos Fell
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Solicitor
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for the Appellant
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