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c. 99.

the peace in and for the said county of — -, by C. D., of &c., that 39 & 40 Geo. 3,
[recite complaint No. 1, supra]: These are therefore to command you,
in her Majesty's name, forthwith to search within the hours of busi-
ness, the house, warehouse, and other place of the said E. F. so charged
as aforesaid, and suspected to have received or taken in pawn and pledge
such goods [or materials] as aforesaid, situate at aforesaid and

if the said E. F., or the occupier of the said house, &c. shall, on
request made to him to open the same by you, refuse to open the same,
and permit the same to be searched, then you are hereby authorized
to break open such house within the hours of business, and search for
the said goods [or materials], doing no wilful damage; and if the
same or any part thereof shall be found upon such search, that you
bring the said goods before me or some other justice of the peace in
and for the said county, to be dealt with according to law.
Given under my hand and seal this

our Lord

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3. Information to ground Search Warrant for Goods unlawfully Id. s. 13. pawned.]- Proceed to the asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, pp. 23, 24, and then: That the said C. D. [together with E. F. and F. G.] carried on the business of silversmiths, and that the following goods and chattels belonging to him [or them], and of which he is [or they are] the owner [or owners], that is to say, one silver milk cup, &c. [describing all the stolen goods, or goods unlawfully obtained ], have been lately, to wit, on the day of unlawfully obtained and taken from him [or them] the said C. D. [and E. F. and F. G.], at the parish of aforesaid [if known, say, by one A. B., the servant of the said C. D. [and E. F. and F. G.], and that he the said C. D. hath just cause to suspect and doth suspect that the said goods have been [by the said A. B., or by some person whose name is unknown] unlawfully pawned [or pledged, or exchanged ], and that W. P. and J. R., of in the said county, pawnbrokers, have taken to pawn and by way of pledge the said goods so obtained and taken as aforesaid, without the privity or authority of the said C. D. [E. F., F. G., or any or either of them], as such owners of the said goods; And the grounds of the suspicion of the said C. D. are [state them briefly.]

4. Search Warrant thereon.]—This will be similar to No. 2, supra, adapted to the complaint, No. 3.

5. Order to restore Pawned Goods supposed to have been Stolen or Id. unlawfully obtained and Pawned (a).

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To W. S., one of the constables of the parish of
and to W. P. and J. R., of -, in the
pawnbrokers, and whom else these may con-

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of county of

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information on oath was made

before me, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace
in and for the said county of
in the said county, by
C. D., of &c., that [&c. recite complaint No. 3, supra, to the aste-

(a) This form has been shortened and adapted from one in Paley's Sum. Conv. 4th ed. p. 651.

39 & 40 Geo. 3, risk*, and then :] And whereas the said C. D. did, on the day and c. 99. year first aforesaid, make appear to the satisfaction of me the said justice probable grounds for such the suspicion of him the said C. D., whereupon I, the said justice, did issue my warrant, directed to the constables of the said parish of commanding them to search within the hours of business the house, warehouse and other place of the said W. P. and J. R., the persons so charged as aforesaid or suspected to have received and taken in pawn and pledge the said goods as aforesaid, situate at aforesaid: And whereas W. S., a constable of the said parish of ——, afterwards, to wit, on the

Id. s. 24.

day of instaut, in pursuance of and according to my said warrant, did search the house and warehouse of the said W. P. and J. R., wherein the said goods were on oath as aforesaid charged and suspected to be; and upon such search thereof the said goods which had been so pawned and pledged as aforesaid were found in the said house and warehouse: And whereas on this day, to wit, on the day of, at ———, in the county aforesaid, the said goods last mentioned have been brought before me the said justice by the said W. S., being such constable as aforesaid, and the property of the said C. D. [E. F. and F. G.], the owner [or owners] of the said goods, being now made out to the satisfaction of me the said justice by the oath of a credible witness in the presence and hearing of the said W. P. and J. R., I do order and direct the said goods so found upon the said search, and so pawned and pledged as aforesaid, to be forthwith restored to the said C. D. [E. F. and F. G.], the owner [or owners] thereof; and I have caused the same to be restored accordingly.

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Given under my hand and seal this
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6. Award of Satisfaction to the Party injured, when Goods by Neglect, &c. are rendered of less Value than when pawned.

Whereas complaint hath been made unto me the underto wit. signed, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of -, upon the oath of C. D., of &c., that he did, on the day of -, pawn with A. B., of &c., pawnbroker, the following goods, to wit And whereas it is proved to my satisfaction upon oath that the said goods so pawned are rendered of less value than the same were at the time of pawning thereof, through the default of the said A. B., to whom the said goods were so pawned: I do, therefore, hereby award the sum of - to the said C. D., the owner of the said goods, in respect of the said damage; and I do hereby direct that the said sum shall be deducted out of the principal and interest, and allowance for warehouse room, which shall appear to be due to the said A. B., to whom the said goods were so pawned. Given under my hand and seal this our Lord at in the county aforesaid.

day of

in the year of

J. S. (L.8.)

POOR.

I. Forms as to the Removal of the Poor.
II. Other Forms.

I. FORMS AS TO THE REMOVAL OF THE POOR (a).
1. Complaint of Chargeability.

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County of C. The complaint of C. D., one of the overseers of the to wit. poor of the parish of L., in the said county of C., made on behalf of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of L., and with their assent, unto us [or me] the undersigned, two [or one] of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, at in the said county, this day of, A.D. 185-, who saith, that A. B. [the wife of C. B., who has deserted her, or is a prisoner confined in the common gaol at -], M. his wife, and their three children, namely, A. aged seven years or thereabouts, B. aged five years or thereabouts, and C. aged three years or thereabouts, have lately come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in the said parish of L., endeavouring to settle there contrary to law, [if the pauper have not, in fact, resided five years within statute 9 & 10 Vict. c. 66, s. 1, here insert, "not having resided in the said parish for five years next before this application and complaint, and"] not having gained a settlement therein, nor having produced any certificate acknowledging them to be settled elsewhere; and that, on the day of, A.d. 185—, the said A. B. and his said wife and children became chargeable to the said parish of L. [adding, where the order is to be suspended by reason of sichness, &c., in respect of relief made necessary by sickness of the said A. B., [or accident to the said A. B., as the case may be]], and from thence hitherto have been relieved by, and are now receiving relief from, the said parish [the said sickness or accident being such as will produce permanent disability, if so]; and that the parish of Y., in the county of S., is the place of their last legal settlement: The said C. D. therefore prays that the said A. B. may be duly [summoned before two of her Majesty's justices in and for the said county to be] examined as to the place of his legal settlement, and dealt with according to law. C. D., Overseer.

Exhibited before me [or us] the day

and year first above written.

J. S.

J. L.

2. Summons of a Witness.

to wit. To A. B. [or E. F.], of the parish of

labourer.

Whereas complaint hath been made before the undersigned, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of C. (one of us being of the quorum), by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of L., in the said county, that you A. B. have [or that A. B. hath] come to inhabit in the said parish, not having gained any settlement therein, and that you are for he is] actually chargeable to the said parish; and the said churchwardens and overseers requested that we would summon you to appear to give evidence

(a) Many of these forms have been taken from Mr. Archbold's Works on the Poor Laws, and his published Forms, some of them being shortened and made uniform in expression, &c.

Referred to in Form of Order, No. 11, p. 504.

7 & 8 Vict.

c. 101, s. 70.

49 Geo. 3, c. 124, s. 4.

59 Geo. 3, c. 12, s. 28.

in the proceedings to be had on the said complaint: These are therefore [&c. conclude as in the General Form No. 19, ante, p. 30].

3. Warrant on Disobedience of the Summons.]—This will be in the General Form No. 21, ante, p. 31, adapted to the Summons No. 2, supra.

4. Examinations of Witnesses.

County of C. The examinations of A. B., at present residing in the to wit. parish of L. [or in the workhouse of the N. union, at -], in the said county, E. F., of &c., and F. G., of &c., touching the last place of legal settlement of the said A. B., M. his wife, and their three children, taken on oath before us, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of C., this day of

A.D. 185-, at in the same county, upon a certain complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of L. unto us [or me], that the said A. B., M. his wife, and their three children, namely, [&c., reciting the complaint No. 1, to the asterisk *] : The said A. B. upon his oath saith [here set out the witness's evidence]. A. B. And the said E. F. upon his oath saith [here state his evidence].

E. F.

And the said F. G. upon his oath saith, [proof of identity of pauper, with certificate of chargeability, as-I am master of the workhouse [or relieving officer] of the N. union, in the counties of C. and S.] The parish of L., in the county of C., forms part of the said union. I produce a certificate of the board of guardians of the poor of the said union, bearing date the day of instant, as to the chargeability of A. B., M. his wife, and their three children, which I received from Mr. G. H., the clerk to the said board of guardians, on . A. B., the pauper now present, and who has now been examined as to his settlement, is the same A. B. who is named in the said certificate: he with his said wife and children are inmates of the said workhouse [or now reside in the said parish of L.]

The above depositions of A. B., E. F. and F. G. were sworn before us at -, in the said county of C., on the

A.D. 185-.

F. G. taken and

day of

J. L.
J. S.

5. Jurat, &c. where Pauper is ill and his Examination is taken by one Justice, and by him reported to another.]-The above deposition of A. B. was taken and sworn before me, at aforesaid, on the day and year first above mentioned: And I certify that the said A. B. is by illness unable to be brought up to the petty sessions to be examined as to his settlement.

J. L. This examination was reported by me to J. S., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county of C., this day of J. L. 6. Examination of a Prisoner upon the Removal of his Wife or

County of C.

to wit.

185

Family.

The examination of A. B., late of the parish of L., in the said county of C., labourer, now being a prisoner in the common gaol of the same county, situate at C. in the said county, and having a wife and children, touching the last place of legal settlement of him the said A. B., taken on oath before us

Esquires,

two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county afore-
said, this
day of
A.D. 185-, at the gaol aforesaid:
The said A. B. upon his oath saith [before giving the facts as to the
settlement, let the prisoner state when he was committed, and for what
term, or otherwise].

The above deposition of A. B. was taken and sworn before us at the gaol aforesaid, on the day and year first above mentioned.

7. Proof of the Prisoner's Examination, and that he is still a
Prisoner. (See R. v. Widdecombe in the Moor, 16 Law J., M. C.
44.)]---This will follow the depositions of the other witnesses taken
before the removing justices:-The said N. O. upon his oath saith: I
produce the written examination of A. B., a prisoner in the common
gaol of C., at, in the county of C., which was taken on oath in
my presence at the said gaol, on the
day of
instant, before
Esquires, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for
the said county of C., who, as well as the said A. B., signed the same
in my presence: The said A. B. is still a prisoner in the said gaol.

N. O.
8. Caption of Examination where the Party is a Soldier or a
Sailor.
The examination of A. B., a private soldier in her
Majesty's [ Regiment of Foot, or in the permanent
Militia], [or a marine in the Division of the Royal

County of C. to wit.

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Marine Forces], now billeted [or quartered on shore] in the parish of
L., in the said county of C., and having a wife [or child], touching
the place of the last legal settlement of him the said A. B., taken upon
oath before me J. S., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace
in and for the county aforesaid, this
day of A.D. 185-, at

in the parish of aforesaid.

The said A. B. upon his oath saith [&c. &c.]

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A. B.

The above deposition of A. B. [&c., as in the Jurat to form No. 6,

supra].

J. S.

Annual Army and Navy Mutiny Acts.

9. Certificate of Chargeability of Paupers (being Schedule C. to 7 7 & 8 Vict. & 8 Vict. c. 101.)]-The board of guardians of the poor of the

union [or parish of -], do hereby certify, that on the

day of A. B. and his wife C. B. and his child E. B. became chargeable to the parish of, in the said union [or to the said union]. In testimony whereof the common seal of the said guardians is hereunto affixed, at a meeting of their board, this - 18-. (L.S) (Signed) W. J., Presiding Chairman of the said

Board.

day of

(Countersigned) C. D., Clerk [or acting as Clerk to the
Board of Guardians of -].

10. Exhibit to be written at the Foot or on the Back of a Certificate
of Chargeability, or other Document produced in Evidence.
This certificate [or as the document may be called] was exhibited to
and received in evidence by us, two of her Majesty's justices of the
peace in and for the county of C., on the day of

c. 101, s. 69.

18-, on

the examination of F. G. in the matter of the removal of the above [or within] named A. B., his wife and three children, as paupers.

J. L.

J. S.

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