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further space of calendar months, unless such recognizance shall
be sooner entered into."
N.B.-If the defendant enter his recognizance before he is taken
to gaol, the indorsement to that effect should be made on the
Commitment, which may be in somewhat like this: "I certify
that the within-named defendant has entered into the recog-
nizance within required of him, to take effect from the expi-
ration of the term of imprisonment firstly within mentioned."
J. S. (Justice.)

7. Assault to prevent Seamen, &c. from Working]-did unlaw- 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, fully and with force hinder one [or the said] C. D., a seaman [or s. 26. keelman, as the case may be],

[or unlawfully beat one C. D., a seaman, &c., with intent thereby
then and there to deter and hinder him the said C. D.

from working at or exercising his said lawful trade, business, and
occupation of seaman [or as the case may be] as aforesaid,]

contrary, &c.

8. Assault to prevent Sale of Corn, &c.]-did unlawfully beat one Id. [or the said] C. D., with intent thereby then and there to deter and hinder him from selling [or buying] certain wheat in the market of in the said county, contrary, &c.

9. Assault to stop Conveyance of Corn, &c.]-did unlawfully beat Id. one [or the said] C. D., he, the said C. D., then and there having the care and charge of certain wheat whilst on its way to the market town of, in the county aforesaid, with intent thereby to stop the conveyance of the said wheat, contrary, &c.

10. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Convictions, No. 41, ante, p. 39, described in forms Nos. 7, 8, 9]; Commitment, No. 48, ante, p. 44, and for Costs, No. 49–51, ante, pp. 45, 46.

BEERHOUSES.

I. Offences against the Licence.

II. Offences as to Hours.

III. Other Offences.

IV. Proceedings against Sureties of Beerhouse Keeper.

V. Proceedings on Appeal against Conviction for a Third Offence.

I. OFFENCES AGAINST THE LICENCE.

1. For mixing Drugs, &c. in Beer, &c.]— being then a beerhouse 1 Will. 4, c. 64, keeper, and duly licensed to sell beer, ale and porter by retail [not] to s. 13.

be drunk and consumed in his house and premises there situate, under

the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided,* was then
and there guilty of disorderly conduct:

[or did transgress and neglect, or was a party in transgressing and
neglecting, or did allow to be transgressed and neglected, the
conditions and provisions specified in the said licence of the
said house and premises]:

for that he the said A. B. did then and there* mix [or cause to be
mixed] a certain drug [or pernicious ingredient], to wit, - in cer-

1 Will. 4, c. 64, tain beer [or ale, porter, cyder or perry], then in a certain cask in the said house and premises, against the tenor of his said licence, and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.

s. 13.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id.

N.B. In describing the place of committing the offence, show it to be "within the division of

2. Diluting or adulterating Liquor.]—Proceed as No. 1, supra, to the second asterisk*, and then thus: fraudulently dilute [or deteriorate, or adulterate] with water [or as the case may be] certain beer [or ale, porter, cyder, or perry], to wit, one gallon of beer, against, &c. [conclude as form No. 1.]

3. Selling adulterated Liquor.] - Proceed as No. 1, supra, to the second asterisk*, and then: sell to one E. F. certain beer [or as the case may be, to wit, one gallon of beer, which had been theretofore fraudulently diluted [or deteriorated, or adulterated] by some person unknown [or by the said A. B.] mixing therewith a certain quantity of a certain drug [or as the case may be], to wit, a quart of the said A. B. then and there well knowing that the said beer had been so fraudulently diluted [or as the case may be], against, &c.

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4. Not using Standard Measure.]-Proceed as in form No. 1 to the second asterisk*, and then: in selling to one E. F. a certain quantity of beer, to wit, one gallon, use a certain measure as a gallon which was not then and there of the legal standard, but, on the contrary, was then and there less, to wit, one pint less than the legal standard, contrary, &c.

5. Permitting Drunkenness.]—Proceed as in form No. 1 to the second asterisk*, and then describe offence as in form No. 4, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 66.

6. Permitting disorderly Conduct.]-Proceed as in form No. 1 to the second asterisk, *, and then describe offence as in form No. 5, tit. Alehouses, ante, 66.

7. Suffering unlawful Games.]-Proceed to the second asterisk * in No. 1, supra, and then describe the offence as in form No. 6, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 66.

8. Suffering Gaming.]-Proceed to the second asterisk* in No. 1, supra, and then describe offence as in form No. 7, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 66.

9. Permitting Persons of notoriously bad Character to assemble.] -Proceed to the second asterisk* in No. 1, and then describe offence as in No. 8. tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 66.

10. Not maintaining good Order.]--Proceed to the second asterisk* in No. 1, and then describe the offence as in either of the forms Nos. 11 and 15, tit. Alehouses, ante, pp. 66, 67.

11. Summons to Defendant.]-This would be in the usual form No. 8, ante, p. 26. By sect. 10 of 4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 85, the justice may require the party to produce his licence for the aforegoing offences. There might be added at the end of the summons these words: "And have you then there your said licence to be by you produced at the hearing of the said information."

12. Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction.]-No. 39, ante, p. 39; Distress Warrant, &c., No. 53-58, ante, pp. 48–51, to be issued after seven days from conviction. The conviction should show

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it to have taken place before the justices "acting in petty sessions in
and for the division of
in the same county;" and describe the
parish where the offence was committed to be "in the said county
of -, and within the said division." Also in the adjudication of
the time of payment, say, instead of forthwith, &c., within seven
days after this conviction." If a second or third offence, insert an
averment of the previous conviction, as shown in the general form,
No. 43d, ante, p. 42.

13. Adjudication disqualifying Offender from selling Beer, &c. for 1 Will. 4, c. 64, Two Years, on Conviction for a Third Offence.]—Proceed in the s. 13. usual manner in the conviction No. 39, ante, p. 39, with the adjudication of the penalty and its recovery, then add: And we the said justices do hereby further adjudge that the said A. B. shall be disqualified from selling beer, ale and porter by retail, for the space of two years next ensuing the date hereof. [If the justices think fit]: And also we do hereby further adjudge that no beer, &c. shall be sold by retail by any person or persons whomsoever in the house and premises mentioned in the said licence of the said A. B.

II. OFFENCES AS TO HOURS.

14. Keeping open after Eleven o' Clock at Night within the Bills 3 & 4 Vict. of Mortality]-being then a beerhouse keeper, and duly licensed to c. 61, s. 15. sell beer, ale and porter by retail [not] to be drunk and consumed in his house and premises, there situate, under the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided,"

did keep his said house and premises so licensed as aforesaid open for the sale of beer after the hour of eleven of the clock at night, to wit, at o'clock at night of the same day, in the said parish of and the said house and premises * being within the bills of mortality, contrary, &c.

15. The like, within a Town Corporate or Place containing a Popu- Id. lation exceeding 2500.]-Proceed to the second asterisk * in form No. 14, supra, and then thus: being within the town corporate [or city, cinque port, or parish] of the population of which, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeds two thousand five hundred persons, contrary, &c.

16. The like, within a Country Parish containing a Population Id. exceeding 2500.]-Proceed to the second asterisk* in form No. 14, supra, and then thus: the said parish of having a population, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeding two thousand five hundred persons, contrary, &c.

17. The like, within a Mile from a Polling Place for a Town Id. having 2500 Inhabitants.]-Proceed to the second asterisk* in form No. 14, supra, and then thus: the said house and parish being within one mile, measured as directed by the statute in such case made and provided, from a certain polling place, to wit, used at the last election for the [town] of, the same [town] having a population which, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeding 2500

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3 & 4 Vict. c. 61, s. 15.

Id.

Id.

Id.

11 & 12 Vict.

c. 49, and 18 & 19 Vict. c. 118.

3 & 4 Vict. c. 61, s. 13.

1 Will. 4, c. 64,

persons, and returning a member [or members] to serve in parliament, against, &c.

18. Keeping open after Ten o'Clock at Night in other Places.]— Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 14, supra, and then: did keep his said house and premises open for the sale of beer, after the hour of ten o'clock at night, to wit, at o'clock at night of the same day, the said parish of --, and the said house and premises, not being within the bills of mortality, nor within any city, cinque port, town corporate, parish or place, the population of which, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeds 2500 persons, and not being within one mile, measured as directed by the statute in such case made and provided, from any polling place used at the last election for any town having the like population, and returning a member or members to serve in parliament, contrary, &c.

19. Selling or retailing Beer during the Times mentioned in Forms No. 14 to 18, supra.]-Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 14, ante, p. 81, and then: did sell to one E. F. a certain quantity of beer [or as the case may be], to wit, one quart, after [or before] the hour, &c. [conclude as either of those forms, or form No. 20, infra.]

20. Keeping open before Five o' Clock in the Morning.] - Proceed to the first asterisk in the form No. 14, ante, p. 81, and then: did keep his said house and premises open for the sale of beer before the hour of five o'clock in the morning, to wit, at o'clock, contrary, &c.

21. Keeping open during the Time Alehouses closed (i. e. now the Afternoon Divine Service).]- Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 14, ante, p. 81, and then describe the offence as in form No. 9, tit. Alehouses, ante, 66.

22. Opening House or selling before Half-past Twelve o' Clock on Sunday Morning; or opening for the Sale of any other Articles; or refusing to admit or not admitting the Constable; or opening between Three and Five or after Eleven on Sunday Night.]—Proceed in each case to the first asterisk* in form No. 14, ante, p. 81, and then describe the offence as in either of the forms Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 22a, 226, 22c, 22d, tit. Alehouses, ante, pp. 68, 69.

22a. Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction (No. 39), ante, p. 39, in either of the foregoing Cases.]-Same as No. 12, ante, p. 81.

III. OTHER OFFENCES.

23. Selling without Licence]-did, in a certain house and premises there situate, sell and retail a certain quantity of beer [or cider], to wit, one pint of beer, to E. F. [or to a person unknown] [not] to be consumed in or upon the said house and premises, the said A. B. not then and there having an excise retail licence in force authorizing him so to do, contrary, &c.

24. Not having a descriptive Board over Door.]-Proceed to the s. 6, and 4 & 5 first asterisk* in form No. 14, ante, p. 81, and then: did not then and there, and whilst he continued so licensed as aforesaid, cause to be

Will. 4, c. 85,

s. 18.

painted [and preserved and kept] in letters three inches at least in length, in white upon a black ground, or in black upon a white ground, publicly visible and legible, upon a board placed over the door of the house or premises of the said A. B., in which he the said A. B. was then licensed to sell beer by retail, the christian and surname of the said A.B., together with the words "licensed to sell beer and cider by retail [not] to be drunk on the premises," contrary, &c.

25. Overseer refusing to grant Certificate of rating, &c.]-being 3 & 4 Vict. then one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of

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did then and there refuse to grant to the said C. D. a certificate in
writing, as required by the statute in that behalf made and provided *,
of the rating or assessment of a certain house and premises at
the parish of aforesaid, occupied by the said C. D., and rated to
the poor's rate of the said parish in the last sum or rate made and
allowed in the said parish, on the same being then and there demanded
by the said C. D., contrary, &c.

c. 61, s. 5.

26. The like, of newly-erected Houses.]-Proceed to the second Id. asterisk* in form No. 25, and then :-of the said C. D. having claimed to be rated in respect of a newly-erected house and premises at in the parish of aforesaid, occupied by the said C. D., and not yet then rated to the poor's rate of the said parish, on the same being then and there demanded by the said C. D., contrary, &c.

27. Overseer falsely certifying House to be rated.]-Proceed to the Id. first asterisk* in form No. 25, and then-did then and there certify in writing that a certain house, to wit, a house occupied by one E. F., at, in the parish of aforesaid, to be rated to the poor's rates of the said parish, according to the last sum or rate made and allowed in the said parish [or township, &c.] for the relief of the poor, whereas the said certificate was and is false and contrary to the fact, for that he the said E. F. was not and is not so rated as in the said certificate alleged, contrary, &c.

28. Overseer or other Person falsely certifying a Person to be resi- Id. dent]-being then one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish [or township] of

[or an inhabitant householder of a certain extra-parochial place,

situate in the parish of

aforesaid],

called did then and there certify in writing that one E. F., of the parish of aforesaid, was the real resident holder and occupier of a certain house and premises in the same parish sought to be licensed as a beerhouse under the provisions of the statutes in that behalf; whereas the said certificate was and is false and contrary to the fact, for that he the said E. F. is not, nor was he, the real resident holder or occupier of the said house, but that one M. N. is and was, on the day and year last aforesaid, the real resident holder and occupier thereof, contrary, &c.

29. The like, of Rent, or Annual Value.] - Proceed as in form No. Id. 28, supra, to the asterisk*, and then :-certify in writing that the true rent or annual value at which [or the rent paid for, or the annual value of] a certain dwelling-house and premises was [or intended to be rated] then and there rated in one rating to the poor's rates, according to the last sum or rate made and allowed in the said parish of for the relief of the poor, was the sum of --, whereas the said certificate is false, for that the said house and premises are not rated as

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