C. Certificate (a) from the Minister, &c.

WE the minister and major part of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of

of Westmorland, do hereby certify that A. I. of:

in the county

in the said

county, yeoman, is a person of good fame, and of sober life and conversation. Witness our hands, the

in the year of our Lord

day of

D. License to keep an Alehouse;

c. 143. § 7. (b)

County AT a general meeting of-S at

on stat. 48 Geo. 3.

for the

within the said

holden

on the

day of- -for the purpose of authorizing and empowering persons to keep common inns, alehouses or victuallinghouses, We- being his majesty's justices of the peace for the (as the case may be) do hereby authorize and empower A. B. at the sign of

or magistrates of·

-

in the

of in the aforesaid, to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling-house, and to utter and sell in the house in which he now dwelleth, and in the premises thereunto belonging, and not elsewhere, victuals, and all such exciseable liquors as he shall be licensed and empowered to sell under the authority and permission of any excise license which shall be duly granted by the commissioners of excise, or persons to be appointed or employed by them for that purpose, or by any collector and supervisor of excise respectively, provided that the true assize in bread, in beer, ale, cider, and all other liquors, be duly kept, and that no unlawful game or games, or any drunkenness, or other disorder, be suffered in his house, yard, garden or premises; but that good order and rule be maintained and kept therein, according to the laws of this realm in that behalf made, the authority and power hereby granted to continue in force for one whole year, from the and no longer. Signed,

day of

If he hath not been licensed the year before, then these words must be inserted, (A certificate under the hands having been first produced unto us, setting forth that is of good fame, and of sober life and convers

of

the said

ation.)

But if such person hath been licensed the year before, this certificate is not required; and therefore to insert the same in all licenses is absurd; and, if executed by the justices in such form, must be in many instances untrue.

(a) If this certificate be signed by housekeepers and inhabitants, it must be so stated.

(b) Since the stat. 48 G. 5. c. 143. for transferring the licensing to the excise, this appears to be the only form requisite, and in effect no more than a permission to have an excise license.

E. Certificate of a Justice of Peace or Magistrate for continuing the License granted at the General Licensing Day to a Person succeeding the former Occupier, in case of Death or Removal, pursuant to Stat. 48 Geo. 3. c. 143. § 6.

County of

Hunt of WHEREAS at a general meeting of his of} majesty's justices of the peace acting in

holden

and for the hundred of in the county of within the said hundred in the month of September last, for the purpose of authorizing and empowering persons to keep common inns, alehouses, or victualling houses within the said hundred, A.B. of the parish of in the said hundred, was duly authorized and empowered to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling house, and to utter and sell in the said house, known by the sign of the in the said parish of in which he then dwelt, and in the premises thereunto belonging, and not elsewhere, victuals, and all such exciseable liquors as he should be licensed and empowered to sell under the authority and permission of any excise license which should be duly granted by the commissioners of excise, or persons to be appointed and employed by them for that purpose, or by any collector and supervisor of excise respectively; provided that the true excise in bread, in beer, alc, cider, and all other liquors should be duly kept, and that no unlawful game or games, or any drunkenness or other disorder, should be suffered in his said house, yard, garden, or premises; but that good order and rule should be maintained and kept therein, according to the laws of this realm, in that behalf made: The authority and power thereby granted to continue in force for one whole year, from the 29th day of the said month of September and no longer.

And whereas it has been made appear unto me that the said A. B. duly obtained an excise license for the purposes and time aforesaid, and that the said A. B. is now removed from the said house, or dead, (as the case may be) These are to certify, that I, being one of the justices of the peace acting within the said hundred, do approve of C.D. the person to whom this certificate is given, as a fit person to be authorized and empowered to sell beer and ale by retail, cider and perry, to be drank and consumed in the said house and premises where the said A. B. carried on his trade during the residue of the term for which his license was originally granted. Given under my hand, this day

of

one thousand eight hundred and

J. P.

F. Recognizance of an Alehouse-keeper; on 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. 25. and 26 Geo. 2. c. 31.

Westmorland. BE it remembered, that on the

day of in the year of the reign of A. P. of in the county aforesaid, innkeeper, and A. S. of yeoman, and B. S. of yeoman, personally came before us esquires, justices of the peace for the said county, and acknowledged themselves to owe to our said sovereign lord the king, that is to say, the said A. P. the sum of 10. and the said A. S. and B. S. the sum of 51. each, of good

and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use of our said sovereign lord the king, his heirs and successors, if the said A. P. shall make default in the condition underwritten.

THE CONDITION of this recognizance is such, that whereas the above bounden A. P. is licensed to keep a common_inn and alehouse for one year from the 29th day of September now next, in the house where he now dwelleth at aforesaid: if

he the said A. P. shall keep and maintain good order and rule, and shall suffer no disorders or unlawful games to be used in his said house, nor in any out-house, yard, garden, or backside, thereunto belonging, during the said term, then this recognizance shall be void.

Taken and acknowledged the day and

year above written, before us,

J. P.

K. P.

G. Form of a Recognizance of a Person authorized to continue till the next General Licensing Day, a License originally granted to a former Occupier, in case of Death or Removal.

County of BE it remembered, that on the [of }

day of

in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, C. D. of in the said in the said county of· of the justices of our said lord the

county of

and

personally came before

pounds,

of

king, assigned to keep the peace in and for the said county of and acknowledged themselves to owe to our said lord the king, to wit, the said the sum of 10l., and the said the sum of - of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be respectively made and levied of their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of our said lord the king, his heirs, and successors, in case default shall be made in performance of the condition hereunder written.

in

THE CONDITION of this recognizance is such that, whereas A. B. of in the said county, victualler, was, at the last general licensing day, in September, duly authorized and empowered to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling-house, at the sign of the aforesaid, for the space of one year, from the 29th day of September last, and whereas the said A. B. duly obtained an excise license for that purpose, which said alehouse, together with the license, and all interest therein, he the said A. B. hath assigned to the above bounden C.D. (or is now possessed of, in consequence of the death of the said A. B. or otherwise as the case may be), and whereas the said C. D. is duly authorized to continue open the said common inn, alehouse, or victualling-house, under and by virtue of the said license, until the expiration thereof. Now, if he, the said C. D. shall keep and maintain good order and rule, and suffer no disorder or unlawful games to be used in his said house, nor in any outhouse, yard, garden, or backside thereto belonging, then the said recognizance shall be void; or else remain in full force.

Taken and acknowledged the day and
year above written before

H. Form of Assignment, to be indorsed upon the back of the Excise License.

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County of the within-named A. B. do hereby assign this Hundred of-S license and all my interest therein to J. D. of in the said county of· Witness my hand this

day of

1.

Witness

A. W.

one thousand eight hundred and

A. B.

Information for selling Ale without a Magistrate's License; on the 35 Geo. 3. c. 113.

County of BE it remembered, that on the

}

in the

lord George the third, by the
of our Lord
of

at

in the county of·

day of

year of the reign of our sovereign grace of God, &c. and in the year in the said county of

—, A. I. gentleman, who prosecutes as well in the said county of

for the poor of the parish of as for himself, in this behalf, in his proper person, cometh before me I. P. esquire, one of the justices of our said lord the king, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king, in and for the said county of and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, and as well for the poor of the said parish of · in the said county of

day of eight hundred and.

in

as for himself, giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that after the 20th day of September 1795, and within six months next before the day of exhibiting the said information, to wit, on the in the year of our lord one thousand at the parish of in the said county of one A. O. of the parish of – in the county of: yeoman, did sell ale, (or beer, or any other exciseable liquors), [particularizing which of them, as the case shall happen to be,] by retail in the house (or other place, as it may be), of him the said A. O. situate, standing and being in the said parish of the said county of without being licensed thereto, according to law; whereby, and by force of the statute in such case made and provided, the said A. O. hath forfeited for his said offence the sum of 201., and also the costs and expences, attending the convicting the said A. O. of the said offence, one moiety of the said penalty of 20l. to him the said A. I. and the other moiety thereof to the use of the poor of the said parish of (being the parish in which the said offence was committed); and that A. W. of the parish of in the county of — yeoman, is a materia! witness to be examined concerning the premises: and the said A. I. who prosecutes as aforesaid, prayeth that the said A. O. may be convicted of the said offence, and that one moiety of the said penalty of 201. may be adjudged to him the said A. I., and the other moiety thereof to the use of the poor of the said parish of -according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided; and that the said A. Ö. may be summoned to answer the said information, and make his defence thereto, and the said A. W. to testify his knowledge therein, before me the justice aforesaid.

K. Summons thereupon.

County of To A. O. and to the constable of — in the said of

of

county.

WHEREAS an information hath been this day exhibited by A. I. in the county of -- gentleman, who prosecutes as well for the poor of the parish of as for himself, in this behalf, before me I. P. esquire, one of the justices of our said lord the king assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king, in and for the said county of· and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, setting forth, that after the 20th day of September 1795, and within six months next before the day of exhibiting the said information, to wit, on the in the year of our in the said county of in the county of

day of

yeoman,

Lord -, at the parish of you A. O. of the parish of did sell ale, (or beer, or any other exciseable liquors), [particularizing which of them, as the case shall happen to be], by retail, in the house, (or other place as it may be), of you the said A. O. situate, standing and being in the said parish of in the said county of- without being licensed thereto according to law; whereby, and by force of the statute in such case made and provided, you the said A. O. have forfeited for your said offence the sum of 20l. and also the costs and expences attending the convicting you thereof, one moiety of the said penalty of 20l. to him the said A. I. and the other moiety thereof to the use of the poor of the said parish of (being the parish in which the said offence was committed), and praying that you the said A. O. may be convicted of the said offence, and that one moiety of the said penalty of 201. may be adjudged to him the said A. I. and the other moiety thereof to the use of the poor of the said parish of according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided: These are therefore to require you the said A. O. to appear before me on the ensuing, at the hour of in the forenoon of the same day, at the house ofin the said county of to answer the matter of complaint contained in the said information, and to shew cause, if any you have, why you should not be convicted of the said offence charged in the said information; and I do authorize you the said. A. C. to serve this my summons, and do require you the said A. C. to attend me at the time and place last above-mentioned, then and there to make a return to me of the execution of this my summons. Herein you the said A. C. fail not. Given under my hand and seal, at in the county of

the

situate in

day of

in the

day of

next

year of the reign of our said sovereign lord the now king, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Note. A summons for a witness, in behalf of either of the parties, may easily be extracted from the premises; or may be inserted in the above summons of the offender, by adding after the words, "This my summons;" And you the said constable are hereby further required to summon A. W. of. - in the said county of- to appear before me at the time and place aforesaid, to testify his knowledge in and concerning the premises. Herein, &c.