ments thereto belonging, by journeymen, labourers, servants, ar ap- 3G.4. c.77. prentices; nor knowingly introduce, permit, or suffer any bull, bear, or badger-baiting, cock-fighting, or other such sport or amusement in any part of his, her, or their premises; nor shall knowingly or designedly, and with a view to harbour and entertain such, permit or suffer men or women of notoriously bad fame, or dissolute girls and boys to assemble and meet together in his, her, or their house, or any of the premises thereto belonging; nor shall keep open his, her, or their house, nor permit or suffer any drinking or tippling in any part of his, her, or their premises during the usual hours of divine service on Sundays; nor shall keep open his, her, or their house or other premises during late hours of the night, or early in the morning, for any other purpose than the reception of travellers, but do keep good rule and order therein according to the purport of a licence granted for selling ale, beer, or other liquors by retail in the said house and premises for one whole year, commencing on the tenth day of October next; then this recognizance to be void, or else to remain in full force.

Schedule (B.) ante 6.

AT a general meeting of his majesty's justices of the peace, acting Form of Liin and for the division in the county of

at

said

in

holden cence.

at the

within the said division, on the --day of one thousand eight hundred and for the purpose of authorising and empowering persons to keep common inns, alehouses, or victualling houses, we, being of his majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the said division and county assembled at the said meeting, do hereby authorise and empower sign of the in the division and county aforehaving produced the certificate required by law to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling house, and to utter and sell in the said house wherein now dwelleth, called or known by the sign of the and in the premises thereunto belonging, and not elsewhere, victuals, and all such exciseable liquors as shall be licensed and empowered to sell, under the authority and permission of any excise licence, which shall be duly granted by the commissioners of excise, or persons to be appointed or employed by them for that purpose; provided that the true assizes in bread, beer, ale, cyder, and all other liquors, be duly kept; and that the said do not fraudulently dilute or adulterate the same, or sell the same knowing them to have been fraudulently diluted or adulterated, and do not use, in uttering and selling thereof, any pots or other measures that are not of full size, and do not wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness or tippling, or get drunk in house, or other premises, nor knowingly suffer any gaming with cards, draughts, dice, bagatelle, or any other sedentary game, in house, or any of the outhouses, appurtenances, or easements thereto belonging, by journeymen, labourers, servants or apprentices; nor knowingly introduce, permit, or suffer any bull, bear, or badgerbaiting, cock-fighting, or other such sport or amusement, in any part of -premises; nor shall knowingly and designedly, and with a view to harbour and entertain such, permit or suffer men or women of notoriously bad fame, or dissolute girls and boys, to assemble and meet together in house, or any of the premises

₹

thereto belonging; nor shall keep open

house, nor permit

or suffer any drinking or tippling in any part of premises, during the hours of divine service on Sundays; nor shall keep open house or other premises during late hours of the night or early in the morning, for any other purpose than the reception of travellers, but that good order and rule be maintained and kept therein; the authority and power hereby granted to continue in force for one whole year from the tenth day of October next, and no longer.

Signed.

Form I.

Information against an Alehouse-keeper on stat. 3 Geo. 4. c. 77. § 9. 12. & 20., and 3 Geo. 4. c. 23. § 2. post, title “Conviction."

County of BE it remembered that on the

of}

at

and
the county of

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred in the said county of·

A. I. of

in

labourer, who prosecutes as well for our sovereign lord the king as for himself in this behalf, in his proper person comes before me J. P. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of and on his oath gives me the said justice to understand and be informed, that one A. O. of the parish of in the county of being an alehouse-keeper, victualler, and retailer of ale or beer, did in his house [or other premises] at

day of

aforesaid, on the instant, sell one quart of ale which was fraudulently diluted, [or, adulterated, as the case may be,] he the said A.Ọ. then and there well knowing the same to be so, or, use in selling ale, a pot or measure not of full size; knowing the same to be so; or, wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness or tippling; or, get drunk, or knowingly suffer gaming with cards, draughts, dice, bagatelle, [or, as the case may be] by journeymen, labourers, servants, or apprentices, [as the case may be] or bull, bear, or badger-baiting, cock-fighting, or other such sport or amusement in any part of the premises; or, knowingly and designedly, with a view to harbour and entertain such, permit or suffer men or women of notoriously bad fame, or dissolute girls and boys, to assemble and meet together in his house, or any of the premises, or keep open his house, or permit or suffer drinking or tippling in part of his premises during the hours of divine service on Sunday day of or keep open his house or other mises during late hours of the night, or early in the morning for other purpose than the reception of travellers, [or, as the case may be] contrary to an act passed in the third year of the reign of king George the 4th, intituled " An act for amending the laws for regulating the manner of licensing alehouses in that part of the U. K. called England, and for the more effectually preventing disorders therein;" whereby and by force of the said statute, the said A. O. has forfeited the sum of 51., being his first offence, [or, 101. being his second offence, or 1001. being his third offence, as the case may be], one moiety thereof to the use of his majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the said A. I. [but if the information be laid for not using standard measures, then say, in the words of the

the

pre

to

§ 20. stat. 3 Geo. 4. c. 77., one-half thereof to be paid to the said A. I. who prosecutes or sues for the same, and the other half to the poor of the said parish of where the offence was committed,] who prays that the said A. O. may be summoned before two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county ofanswer the said information and make his defence thereto. [If however the information be for the third offence, the conclusion should be who prays that the said A. O. may be summoned to appear at the next general or quarter sessions of the peace for the said county, [or, as the case may be] to be held at and there to answer the matter of such complaint.]

Before me,
J. P.

&c. then

A. I.

Form II.

Summons thereon.

in the county of,

WHEREAS information and complaint upon oath have been made before me, J. P. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by A. I. of in the county of labourer, who prosecutes as well for our sovereign lord the king as for himself in this behalf, [or if the complaint should be for not using standard measures, the summons should be conformable to the information,] that one A. O. of the parish of an alehouse-keeper, victualler, and a retailer of ale or beer, did [here state the offence as in the information]: These are therefore to require you to summon the said A. O. [if it be the first or second offence] to appear before me and such others of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county shall be present at in the said county, on day of o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to answer to the matter of complaint contained in the said information, [or if it be the third offence, against the tenor of the licence or recognizance, say to appear at the next general or quarter sessions of the peace for the county, riding, liberty, town corporate, or place to be held at on the then and there, &c.] Herein fail not, as also to make a due return of the execution of this summons. Given under my hand and seal this day ofin the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

of

the

as

day of

next at

J. P. (L. S.)

[N. B. For the Form of Conviction, vide ante, p. 14. which being by two justices, a copy of it should be served on the offender, if not present at the time of conviction, and oath made of the refusal to obey it.]

III. Commitment on Non-payment of the Penalty within 14 days, if the First Offence, and 7 days if the Second. (This may be by one justice, according to the 3 Geo. 4. c. 23. §2.)

County of To the constable of

of } to the keeper of

in the said county, and

WHEREAS by a certain conviction under the hands and seals of J. P. and K. P. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and bearing date the

besides

on the

day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and A. O. ofin the said county, victualler, was duly convicted before them the said justices of the peace, on the oath of A. W. a credible witness, [or, on his own confession, as the case may be], for that he the said A. O. did [here follow the words of the information,] whereby he the said A. O. has forfeited the sum of 51. being his first offence, [or, as the case may be,] but which penalty was, by them the said justices, mitigated to — the sum of- -for the costs and expenses of convicting the said offender; and whereas it appears unto me L. P. one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of oath of J. C. constable of that the said A. O. on the day of had due notice of the said conviction, but has hitherto for the space of 14 days [or, if it be the second offence, say seven days], altogether neglected and refused to pay the said penalty with the costs and expenses of conviction as aforesaid, or any part thereof respectively: These are therefore to command you the said constable to apprehend the said A. O. and him safely to convey to the said aforesaid, and there deliver him to the said keeper thereof, together with this precept. And I do hereby command you the said keeper of the said the said A. O. into your custody in the said safely to keep for the space of one month, [or, if it be the second offence, say two calendar months,] unless he shall sooner pay the said penalty and the said costs, charges and expenses; and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal at in the county of the "

at

to receive and him there

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

day of

L. P.

IV. Recognizance to bind the Informer, &c. to appear at the

Quarter Sessions.

County of BE it remembered that on the

in the

in

day of year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the 4th, of the U. K. of Great Britain and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, A. I. of the county oflabourer, came before me, J. P. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of· -, and acknowledged to owe to our said lord the king the sum of — of Great Britain, to be levied of his goods and

・of lawful money chattels, lands and

tenements, to the use of our said lord the king, his heirs and successors, if he the said A. I. shall make default in the condition following:

Whereas the above bound A. I. on the day of instant, came before me the said justice, and on his oath gave me to understand and be informed that one A. O., [here follow the words of the information,] whereby he has forfeited the sum of 100l., being for his third offence: Now the condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bound A. I. shall appear at the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held at -in and for the said county, [riding, city, liberty, town corporate, or place, as the case may be,] then and there to give evidence against the said. A. O. so complained of and informed against, and not depart without leave of the court, then this recognizance to be void.

Acknowledged before me,

J. P.

V. Information against a Witness on stat. 3 G. 4. c. 77. § 13. for neglecting or refusing to appear to give Evidence.

County of BE it remembered that on the

dred and

}

at

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hunin the said county of, A. I. of in the county of- -, farmer, in his proper person comes before me, J. P. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, and then and there giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that A. W. of the said county, labourer, was on the -day of duly summoned as a witness to give evidence before J. P. and K. P. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the said county, [or, as the case may be,] at

the day of

in

instant,

in

instant,

in the said county, on at the hour of eleven in the forenoon of the same day, touching a complaint against B. A. of in the said county, alehousekeeper, victualler, and retailer of beer and ale, [or, as the case may be,] for selling one quart of ale which was fraudulently diluted, [or, adulterated, as the case may be,] knowing the same to be so, [or, as the case may be,] contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided; but that the said A. W. did wilfully neglect and refuse to appear at such time and place as aforesaid*, and did not assign a reasonable excuse for such his neglect and refusal: Whereby and for which neglect and refusal he hath forfeited the sum of 40s., one moiety thereof to the use of his majesty, his heirs and successors, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, and the other moiety to the said A. I. who prosecutes and sues for the same, and who prays that the said A. W. may be summoned to appear before two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of to answer to the said information,

and to make his defence thereto. Before me,

A. I.

J. P.

Qu. Ought not the witness to receive his expenses when summoned, before he can be subjected to a penalty for not appearing? It would, at all events, be prudent to tender them, in order to obviate all doubt. Ed.