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workmen had discontinued working therein for the space of
six weeks, the said A. B. not then being the owner of the
said quarry, or authorized by the owner thereof to get ma-
terials in such quarry for the private use of such owner],

contrary, &c.

54. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction (No. 39), ante, p. 39)]; Distress Warrant, &c., Nos. 53-58, ante, p. 48-51.

HORSE SLAUGHTERING.

1. Persons licensed not affixing Name, &c. to Premises]-then 12 & 13 Vict. being duly licensed for slaughtering horses under the provisions of the c. 92, s. 7. statute in that behalf, and keeping the same,* did not cause to be painted and affixed over the door or gate of the house [or place, or as the case may be] there situate, where he then and there carried on the business of slaughtering horses, in large legible characters, his name, together with the words "Licensed for Slaughtering Horses, pursuant to an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of his Majesty King George the Third," contrary, &c.

2. Not immediately cutting off Hair of Cattle.]-Proceed to the Id. s. 8. asterisk* in form No. 1, then: did not immediately upon a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat) being brought to and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, cut off [or cause to be cut off] the hair from the neck of the said horse, but did neglect so to do for days thereafter, contrary, &c. [or as in form No. 2, tit. “Cruelty to Animals," ante, p. 105.]

3. Not Killing within Three Days.]-Proceed to the asterisk* in Id. form No. 1, then: did not within three days from the time of a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat) being brought and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, kill [or cause to be killed] the said horse, but neglected so to do for five days thereafter, contrary, &c.

4. Not supplying Cattle with Food.]-Proceed to the asterisk* in Id. form No. 1, then: did not supply a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), brought and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, with a sufficient quantity of fit and wholesome food and water before the same was killed, but neglected so to do for days, contrary, &c.

*

5. Employing Horse brought for Slaughter.]-Proceed to the aste- Id. s. 9. risk in form No. 1, then: did then and there use and employ [or cause, or permit to be used and employed] a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), brought and delivered at [or being in and upon] his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered,

[or did permit, or suffer a certain horse (not intended for butcher's meat) brought and delivered at [or being in and upon] his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, to leave the said promises to be employed by one E. F. in certain work, to wit, -],

contrary, &c.

12 & 13 Vict. c. 92, s. 9.

Id. s. 10.

Id.

Id.

26 Geo. 3, c. 71, B. 10.

Id. s. 5.

6. Person found using Horse]-was then and there found using and employing a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), theretofore sent to and delivered at the premises of one E. F. there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, contrary, &c.

7. Licensed Person not entering Cattle in Book.]—Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 139, then: did then and there refuse [or neglect] at the time of receiving a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat) in his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, to make [or cause to be made] an entry in a book, in a clear and distinct manner, containing a full and correct description of the colour, marks and gender of such horse, as might clearly distinguish and identify the same, contrary, &c.

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8. Refusing to produce Book.] - Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 139, then: and being then and there required by J. L., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of to produce to him the said justice a certain book kept by him the said A. B. for the purpose of entering therein a full and correct description of the colour, marks and gender of every horse or other cattle received at his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, did then and there refuse [or neglect] so to do, and hath not produced the said book, contrary, &c.

9. Refusing Inspection of Book.]—Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 139, then: and being then and there required by one J. N., constable of the said parish of [or one J. M., duly authorized in that behalf by J. L., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of -], to allow to be inspected

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by him a certain book, &c. [conclude as in form 8.]

10. The Conviction for the above-described offences is given by s. 23 of the statute, and will be found under the tit. "Cruelty to Animals," No. 1, ante, p. 104.

11. General Forms to be used in enforcing such Conviction.-Commitment, &c., Nos. 48-51, ante, p. 44-46, where imprisonment only adjudged under s. 18; or Commitment, No. 52, ante, p. 48, where a penalty adjudged.

12. Making false Entry in Book.]-Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 139, and then: did wilfully make [or cause to be made] a false entry in the book required by the statute in that case made and provided to be kept by the said A. B., to wit [describe the entry], contrary, &c.

13. Slaughterman refusing to pay the Expenses of advertising Cattle supposed to be stolen.]-Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 139, then: did then and there refuse to pay the sum of being the expense of an advertisement [or advertisements] inserted in the Cambridge Chronicle [the paper circulated in the county], incurred by one C. D., the inspector of houses and places for slaughtering horses for the parish of -, in the said county, pursuant to the directions of the statute in that case made and provided, contrary, &c.

14. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction, No. 39,

ante, p. 39, for the above-described Offences.]—Distress Warrant, &c., Nos. 53-58, ante, p. 48-51.

15. Lending a Slaughtering House]-did then and there [or on 26 Geo. 3, c. 71, divers times since] occasionally lend a certain house [or barn, stable, s. 13.

or as the case may be] of him the said A. B. there situate, for the purpose of slaughtering horses [or of slaughtering cattle for other purposes than for butcher's meat], without a licence for that purpose first obtained, according to the statute in that behalf, contrary, &c.

16. General Form to be used in enforcing the Conviction (No. 40, ante, p. 39) for the last-described Offence]; Commitment, No. 52, ante, p. 48.

INCLOSURES.

[The forms of describing the offences under this title may be easily framed from the form No. 5, under the title "Malicious Injuries," post.]

JURORS.

[The forms under this title are so seldom required, that it is deemed unnecessary to give them.]

JUVENILE OFFENDERS (a).

1. Persons not exceeding Sixteen Years of Age committing, &c. 10 & 11 Vict. certain Indictable Offences]-then and there being under the age of c. 82, s. 1, and sixteen years, to wit, of the age of twelve years, did then and there feloniously steal, take and carry away,*

c. 37, s. 1.

13 & 14 Vict. [or did then and there unlawfully attempt and endeavour then and there feloniously to steal, take and carry away*], [here describe the particular offence as in the statement of offences underneath], contrary, &c.

2. Aiding or Abetting, or Counselling or Procuring.]-These offences may be described as in the general forms Nos. 6 and 7, ante, p. 26, with the variation as to age above.

Statements of Offences within the Statute (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82), each of which will proceed from either of the asterisks * in form No. 1, supra, and then as below.

3. Simple Larceny]-one coat, of the value of one hat, of the value of, and three pieces of the current gold coin of this realm called sovereigns, of the value of three pounds, of the goods, chattels and monies of one [or the said] C. D. against the peace, &c.

(a) Many of the Forms under this title have been taken and adapted from those in Greaves' edition of the Juvenile Offenders Act (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82). Those given in this Collection are all that are necessary under that statute or the 13 & 14 Vict. 37, and those in the work alluded to, which are omitted, are already given in Chap. I. and provided by Jervis's Act (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43).

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 29.

Id. s. 26.

Id.

Id. ss. 5, 2.

Id. s. 36.

Id. s. 37; and 2 & 3 Vict.

4. Assaulting Deer Keepers]-did unlawfully and feloniously assault and beat [or wound] the said C. D., the said C. D. being then a person intrusted with the care of the deer then usually kept, and being within certain inclosed [or uninclosed] land there situate, and in the due execution of his duty as keeper of the said deer, and in execution of the powers given to him in that behalf by the statute in that case made and provided, contrary, &c.

5. Coursing Deer in inclosed Places]-unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously course, kill, take and carry away one fallow deer, the property of C. D., then kept, and being in certain inclosed land there situate, belonging to [or in the occupation of] the said C. D., wherein deer had been and then were usually kept, contrary, &c.

5. The like, in uninclosed Places, after a previous Summary Conviction]-unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously course, kill and carry away [or kill, or wound] one fallow deer then kept and being in a certain uninclosed part of a certain forest [or chase, or purlieu] there situate, called

-, contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having been previously convicted of having coursed, killed and carried away [or wounded] a certain other deer kept in the uninclosed part of the said forest.

7. Larceny of a valuable Security]-one promissory note for the payment and of the value of five pounds, the property of [the said] C. D., the said sum of five pounds thereby secured and made payable being then due and unsatisfied to the said Č. D., contrary, &c.

8. Stealing Oysters]-fifty oysters, of the value of fivepence, from a certain oyster bed called, there situate, the property of C. D., and sufficiently [marked out and] known as the property of the said C. D., contrary, &c.

9. Stealing Ore from Mines]-[or sever, with intent then and there to steal, take and carry away] fifty pounds weight of tin ore, the property of C. D. and others, in a certain tin mine of the said A. B. and Cornish Mines. others there situate, called Wheal Vor, contrary, &c.

c. 58, s. 10.

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 38.

Id.

[or if from a mine in Cornwall, say, and the said A. B. being then and there employed in and about a certain iron mine called Restormel there situate, the property of C. D. and others, did feloniously take [or remove, or conceal] fifty pounds weight of iron ore [or as the case may be] found in the said mine, with intent in so doing then and thereby to defraud the said C.D. and others [or one E. F., an adventurer in the said mine; or one F. G., a workman and miner employed in the said mine], contrary, &c.

10. Stealing or cutting Trees, &c. in a Park, &c. Value above 11.]— [or feloniously cut, with intent then to steal, take and carry away] from a certain park [or as the case may be] of C. D. there situate, one ash tree, of the value of 17. and upwards, to wit, of the value of 2., the property of the said C. D., in the said park then growing [or if for cutting, thereby then doing injury to the said C. D. to the amount of 17. [or to an amount exceeding the sum of one pound, to wit, the sum of -], contrary, &c.

11. The like, elsewhere, if Value above 51.]-from a certain close [or as the case may be] of one C. D. there situate, called

one ash

c. 29.

tree, of the value of 51. and upwards, to wit, of the value of 67., the 7 & 8 Geo. 4, property of the said C. D., then growing [or if cutting, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c.

12. The like, Value 1s. at least, after Two previous Summary Con- Id. s. 39. victions]-one ash tree, of the value of 1s. at the least, to wit, 28., the property of C. D., then growing [or if for cutting, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having previously been twice convicted of the like offence.

13. Stealing in Gardens, &c. after a previous Summary Conviction] Id. s. 42. -from a certain orchard [or as the case may be] of the said C. D. there situate, ten apricots, the property of the said C. D. and then and there growing [if for damaging, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having been before convicted of the like offence.

14. Stealing, cutting, &c. Metal, &c. fixed to Houses, &c.]-felo- Id. s. 44. niously steal, take and carry away [or rip, cut, or break, with intent then and there to feloniously steal, take and carry away] certain glass [or wood work] belonging to a certain building of C. D. there situate or fifty pounds weight of lead, then and there being fixed to a certain building, to wit, the property of C. D.; or one leaden statue, and fifty pounds weight of lead, the property of C. D., then and there being fixed in certain land which was then private property, to wit, in a garden of C. D., or in a certain square, called situate], contrary, &c.

square, there

15. Larceny by Tenants or Lodgers.]—If a chattel, this form will Id. s. 45. be the same as for simple larceny, form No. 3, ante, p. 141; and in the case of a fixture, it may be described as in the first offence in No.

14, supra.

Other Forms.

16. Recognizance for Appearance at Petty Sessions.]-This will 10 & 11 Vict. be the same as the general form No. 13, ante, p. 28, adding after the c. 82, s. 5. words "as may then be there," in the condition, these words, "in petty sessions assembled, at the usual place, and in open court."

17. Enlargement of Recognizance.]
Be it remembered, that on this

day of

in the Id.
the

to wit. year of our Lord at N., in the [county] of
within recognizance is enlarged by me J. S., Esquire, one of her Ma-
jesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county], until the petty
sessions, to be holden at N., in the said [county], before two or more
of her said Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county],
on the day of next, at

o'clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand and seal the day and year first above men-
tioned, at aforesaid.

J. S. (L.S.)

18. Recognizance of a Witness to give Evidence.]-The form No. Id. s. 7. 13, ante, p. 28, may be adapted to one person, stating the condition thus: the condition of the within-written recognizance is such, that whereas A. B. of &c. hath been charged before me, the within-mentioned justice [or as the case may be], for that, &c. [state offence as in

the information]; and the day of next, at

having been duly appointed for the hearing of the said charge, and it appear

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