ble witness [if only one is required, or more, as the case may be], to wit, of yeoman, cometh [or, came] before me the said justice, and before me upon his oath on the holy gospels of God to him then and there in the presence of the said duly administered, deposeth and sweareth, and in upon his oath aforesaid affirmeth

of

the

day aforesaid,

the presence of the said and saith, that that he the said of aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, at in the county aforesaid [set out fully and particularly the evidence, according to the fact] and the said doth not produce or prove to me the said justice any sufficient evidence to answer or contradict the said charge; and the said evidence so given as aforesaid, and thereupon all and singular the premises being duly considered by me the said justice, it manifestly appears to me that the said is guilty of the premises above in the said information laid to his charge in manner and form aforesaid; whereupon he the said on this day of in the year aforesaid by and before me the said justice, by the oath of one credible witness aforesaid, according to the form of the statute aforesaid, is convicted of the offence above charged against him. It is therefore adjudged by me the said justice that the said for his offence aforesaid hath forfeited the sum of twenty shillings of the lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to the trustees or to their clerk or treasurer, and applied to the purposes of the said act, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. In witness whereof [Conclude as in the last form].

now

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

No. 1. Appointment of Inspector of Weights, Balances, and Measures, under the 35th, 37th, and 55th Geo. 3. and 5th Geo. 4. c. 74.

Middlesex,

At a petty sessions held at the

to wit. S parish of

in the

in the county of Middlesex, by us whose names and seals are hereunto set and affixed, being justices of the peace for the said county, on

day of

the

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun

dred and twenty

you

of the parish of

we do hereby nominate and appoint in the county of Middlesex,

gentleman, examiner of weights, balances, and measures, within the hundred, division, or district of

in the said county of Middlesex for the year ensuing, according to the provisions of the statutes made and passed in the 37th and 55th years of the reign of his late majesty king George the third: And you the said examiner are faithfully and truly to execute the said office according to the tenor of the oath this day administered to you according to the directions of the statutes passed in the 35th,* 37th, † and 55th years of the reign of his said late majesty king George the third, and the 5th year of his present majesty king George the fourth. I Given under our hands and seals the day and year above mentioned.

No. 2. Conviction under the 55 Geo, 3. c. 43.

County of Be it remembered, that on the

in the year of our Lord session holden at

for

day of

at a petty before us

W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, justices of the peace acting in and for the said

of

in the said

now last past, at

was

duly convicted before us the said justices, for that he the said

on the

the said

day of

in contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided [state the offence against this act]; and we, the said justices, do declare and adjudge that the said hath for such offence forfeited the said [several] measures [ ] and hath also forfeited the sum of lawful money of Great Britain, to be applied as the law directs: and the further sum of of like lawful money, for the reasonable costs and charges attending this conviction. under our hands and seals on the day and in the year first mentioned.

of

Given

Chap. 102. intituled, "An Act for the more effectual prevention of the use of defective weights, and of false and unequal balances.” (Passed 22d June, 1795.)

+ Chap. 143. intituled, "An Act to explain and amend an act made in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of the present majesty, intituled, An Act for the more effectual prevention of the use of defective weights and of false and unequal balances. (Passed 20th July, 1797.)

Intituled, "An Act for ascertaining and establishing uniformity in weights and measures."

No. 3. Information for selling by Weights, &c. contrary to the Statutes 35 Geo. 3. c. 102. 37 Geo. 3. c. 143. 55 Geo. 3. c. 43.

County of

to wit.

'The information and complaint of the parish of in the county of

of

being a person duly appointed and sworn to examine the weights and balances within the division of in the said county, preferred at a petty sessions held for the said division, at in the said county, before us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, justices of the peace for the said county, acting for the said division, whose names are hereunder written, this

day of

in the year of our

who on his

Lord one thousand eight hundred and oath saith, that in pursuance of the directions given him by the justices of the said division, he on the day of did enter into the shop [mill, outhouse, &c. as it may be] of and belonging to in the said county, he the said being a person who sells by retail and weight, goods, wares, and merchandises, to search for, view, and examine his weights and balances there, and the said then and there

at

had in his possession in his said shop [mill, &c.] [describe the weights or balances defective] which were not according to the standard in the exchequer, contrary to the form of the statutes in that case made and provided, whereby he hath incurred the forfeiture imposed by the said act of parliament for the said offence.

Exhibited before us the day of

The information, &c. for having false and deficient measures may be in the same form, mutatis mutandis, as the last; the form of conviction is given by the statute.

No. 4. Summons thereon.

County of

Το

to wit.

Whereas

of

in the said county, a person duly

appointed to examine the weights and balances within the di

hath this day

vision of in the said county of preferred an information against you, for having on the day of defective weights and a false balance, the same not being according to the standard in the exchequer, found in your shop [mill, outhouse, &c. as it may be,] at

in the

said county, upon search by him made, viz. [describe the weights or balances defective, as in the information], contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; whereby you have incurred the forfeitures mentioned in the said statute.

These are therefore to require you personally to appear before us, or such other of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, as shall be present at the petty sessions to be holden at in the said county, on o'clock in the forenoon, answer the premises. Herein fail not.

at

hands and seals this

day of

Lord one thousand eight hundred and

the day of then and there to

Given under our

in the year of our

No. 5. Conviction under 37 Geo. 3. c. 143.

County of

to wit.

or district] of

Be it remembered, that on the

in the year of our Lord

petty sessions holden for the [division in the said [county, riding, or division,] before W. R. and E. R. M., esquires, justices of the peace acting in and for the said

he the said

on the

in the said

day of

of

in the said was duly convicted before us the said justices, for that now last past, at contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, [here state the offence against the act]; and we the said justices do declare and adjudge that the said hath forfeited the sum of of lawful money of Great Britain for the offence aforesaid, to be applied as the law directs and also the further sum of

:

of like lawful money, for the reasonable costs and charges attending this conviction. Given under our hands and seals on the day and in the year first mentioned.

No. 6. Order for Payment of Penalty.

County of Το

of the parish of

county of

to wit.

in the said

Whereas you are this day duly convicted before W. R.

at

and E. R. M. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, for that you, being a person who sell by retail and weight, goods, wares, and merchandises, on the day of one thousand eight hundred and in the said county, contrary to the form of the statutes in that case made and provided, had in your shop [mill, outhouse, &c. as it may be] defective weights and a false balance, viz. [as in the conviction], whereby you have forfeited the sum of for the said offence, and also the further sum of for the reasonable costs and charges attending the said conviction.

We do therefore hereby order you the said

of

to pay to

, being a person duly appointed to examine weights and balances within this division of the said several sums of and to be by him paid and applied Given under our hands and seals this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

as the law directs. day of

No. 7. Warrant of Distress for Selling Weights or Measures contrary to the Statute, under 37 Geo. 3. c. 143.

County of

To the constable of

to wit.

in the said county, and to all others his majesty's officers of the peace for the said county.

day of

in

Be it remembered, that on the the year of our Lord one thousand, &c. at a petty sessions holden for the division of in the said county, before us W. R. and E. R. M., esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, in the said county, being a person who sells by retail and weight, goods, wares, and merchandises, was duly convicted before us the said justices, for that he the said

now last past, at

of

on the day of in the said division and county had in his possession in his shop, [mill, outhouse, &c. as it may be,] defective weights and a false balance [describing them as in the conviction,] contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; and we the said justices do declare and adjudge, that he the said hath forfeited the sum of of lawful money of Great Britain, for the offence aforesaid, to be applied as the law directs and also the further sum of of like lawful mo

ney, for the reasonable costs and charges attending this con