FORM OF JUSTICE'S CERTIFICATE to be given to the MASTER of an Apprentice. of Day of One of Her Majesty's Justices of certify, That the came before me at and made Oath that he was by Trade a and that was bound to serve as an Apprentice to Day of for the Term of abscond and quit the Service of the said Years; without his Consent, and that to the best of his Knowledge and Belief the said Apprentice is aged about Years. FORM of DECLARATION of ATTESTATION of a COMMISSARY'S I ACCOUNTS. do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I have not applied any Monies or Stores or Supplies under my Care or Distribution to my own Use, or to the private Use of any other Person by way of Loan to such Person or otherwise, or in any Manner applied them, or knowingly permitted them to be applied, to any other than public Purposes, according to the Duty of my Office; and I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, Chapter 62, for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths, and for substituting Declarations in lieu thereof. Declared before me by the within-named Day of this It is important for the Public Service, and for the Interest of the Deserter, that this Part of the Return should be accurately filled up, and the Details should be inserted by the Magistrate, in his own Handwriting, or, under his Direction, by his Clerk. I do hereby certify that the Prisoner has been duly examined before me as to the Circumstance herein stated, and has declared in my Presence that he † a Deserter from the above-mentioned Corps. Signature and Address of Magistrate. Signature of Prisoner. Signature of Informant. + Insert "is" or "is not," as the Case may be. I certify that I have inspected the Prisoner, and consider him for Military Service. Signature of Mi litary Medical Officer, or of Private Medical Practitioner. Insert "fit" or "unfit," as the Case may be; and if unfit, state the Cause of Unfitness. 36 G. 3. c. 7. 57 G. 3. c. 6. CAP. XII. An Act for the better Security of the Crown and Go- 6 Provisions of the last-recited Act extended to Ireland: And whereas it is 'expedient to repeal all such of the Provisions made perpetual by the last-recited Act as do not relate to Offences against the • Person of the Sovereign, and to enact other Provisions instead thereof applicable to all Parts of the United Kingdom, and to extend to Ireland such of the Provisions of the said Acts as are not hereby repealed:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That After passing from and after the passing of this Act the Provisions of the said of this Act, Act of the Thirty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the 36 G. 3. c. 7. Third, made perpetual by the said Act of the Fifty-seventh Year and 57 G. 3. c. 6. of the same Reign, and all the Provisions of the last-mentioned repealed, except Act in relation thereto, save such of the same respectively as relate to the compassing, imagining, inventing, devising, or intending Death or Destruction, or any bodily Harm tending to Death or Destruction, Maim or Wounding, Imprisonment or Restraint of the Person of the Heirs and Successors of His said Majesty King George the Third, and the expressing, uttering, or declaring of such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions, or any of them, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. as to Offences Person of the II. And be it declared and enacted, That such of the said So much of recited Provisions made perpetual by the said Act of the Fifty- 36 G. 3. c. 7., made perpetual seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third as are not by 57 G. 3. c. 6., hereby repealed shall extend to and be in force in that Part of as is not rethe United Kingdom called Ireland. pealed,extended to Ireland. Offences de clared Felonies by this Act to be punishable by Transporta tion or Impri III. And be it enacted, That if any Person whatsoever after the passing of this Act shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our most Gracious Lady the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, from the Style, Honour, or Royal Name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of Her sonment. Majesty's Dominions and Countries, or to levy War against Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, within any Part of the United Kingdom, in order by Force or Constraint to compel Her or Them to change Her or Their Measures or Counsels, or in order to put any Force or Constraint upon or in order to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any Foreigner or Stranger with Force to invade the United Kingdom or any other Her Majesty's Dominions or Countries under the Obeisance of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, and such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions, or any of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any Printing or Writing, or by open and advised Speaking, or by any overt Act or Deed, every Person so offending shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be im prisoned Time within which Prose cution shall be commenced, &c. prisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without hard Labour, as the Court shall direct. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no Person shall be prosecuted for any Felony by virtue of this Act in respect of such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or IntenWarrant issued, tions as aforesaid, in so far as the same are expressed, uttered, or declared by open and advised Speaking only, unless Information of such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, and Intentions, and of the Words by which the same were expressed, uttered, or declared, shall be given upon Oath to One or more Justice or Justices of the Peace, or to any Sheriff or Steward, or Sheriff Substitute or Steward Substitute, in Scotland, within Six Days after such Words shall have been spoken, and unless a Warrant for the Apprehension of the Person by whom such Words shall have been spoken shall be issued within Ten Days next after such Information shall have been given as aforesaid, and unless such Warrant shall be issued within Two Years next after the passing of this Act; and that no Person shall be convicted of any such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions as aforesaid, in so far as the same are expressed, uttered, or declared by open or advised Speaking as aforesaid, except upon his own Confession in open Court, or unless the Words so spoken shall be proved by Two credible Witnesses. In Indictments more than one overt Act may be charged. Nothing herein to affect Provisions of 25 Edw. 3. c. 2. Indictments for Felony under this Act valid, though the Facts may amount to Treason. As to the Accessaries before and V. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful, in any Indictment for any Felony under this Act, to charge against the Offender any Number of the Matters, Acts, or Deeds by which such Compassings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions as aforesaid, or any of them, shall have been expressed, uttered, or declared. VI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall lessen the Force of or in any Manner affect any thing enacted by the Statute passed in the Twenty-fifth Year of King Edward the Third, A Declaration which Offences shall be adjudged Treason. VII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if the Facts or Matters alleged in an Indictment for any Felony under this Act shall amount in Law to Treason, such Indictment shall not by reason thereof be deemed void, erroneous, or defective; and if the Facts or Matters proved on the Trial of any Person indicted for any Felony under this Act shall amount in Law to Treason, such Person shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Felony; but no Person tried for such Felony shall be afterwards prosecuted for Treason upon the same Facts. VIII. And be it enacted, That in the Case of every Felony Punishment of punishable under this Act, every Principal in the Second Degree and every Accessary before the Fact shall be punishable in the same Manner as the Principal in the First Degree is by this Act punishable; and every Accessary after the Fact to any such Felony shall on Conviction be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Two Years, after the Fact. IX. Pro |