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To his Majestys
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The humble Petition & Appeal of
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Thomas Burdus
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. one
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That your Petitioner upon the 22d: date of
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July last past at the sd.
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did drive A Cart loaded with and Containing a Quantity of
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Coals exceeding 8 Bushels to wit the Quantity of 20 Bushels from a place
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within the said City & Liberty of
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the duty of 4d: by the
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Chaldron not being paid & without your Petitioner's having any Paper
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writing or Tickett signed by any Principal Land Coal Meter and
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Counter signed by any Labouring Coal Meter who Attended to deliver
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the said Coals & give such Paper Writing or Tickett therewith as is
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directed by An Act of Parliament made in the 19th: Year of the Reign of
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his present Majesty intitled An Act more Effectually to prevent the Frauds
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& that part of the Dutchy of Lancaster adjoyning thereto
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& the several Parishes
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That the Matter of the sd. Complaint Came on to be heard before
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the sd. Mr. Burdns on the
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1st: day of August last
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past when the sd. Mr: Burdns
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was pleased to give Judgement of Conviction against your Petitioner for the
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said Offence And that your Petitioner should forfeit the Sum of five pounds
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of lawful Money of Great Britain One Moiety thereof to the use of the sd.
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Alledged of have been Committed
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Wherefore and in Regard your Petitioner thinks himself
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Aggreived by the sd. Judgement of Conviction given agt. him as aforesd.
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Soll
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:
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for the Appellant.
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Your Petitioner therefore most humbly Appeals
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from the sd. Judgement of Conviction to your Worships in
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this present General Quarter Session of the Peace
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Assembled (being the next General Quarter Session of
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the Peace held for the
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after the sd.
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Conviction) And your Petitioner humbly prays that your
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Worships will be pleased to reverse the sd. Judgement of
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Conviction given agt. your Petitioner as aforesaid and
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Acquit your Petitioner thereof And Also Award to your
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Petitioner according to the Directions of the sd. Act of
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Parliament such reasonable Costs to be paid by the sd.
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upon whose Information Prosecution
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the sd. Conviction was founded or made As to your
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Worships in your Discretion shall seem meet
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And your Petitioner (as in duty bound) shall Ever pray Etc.
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