To D. General form of summons. of the parish of in the county of Stafford. County of WHEREAS information and complaint hath been Stafford made before us two [describe the commissioners, Jo to wit. or one commissioner being a justice, as in the information] of the commissioners for executing an act made and passed in the 52d year of the reign of his late majesty, G.3. intituled "An act for granting to his majesty certain new and additional duties of assessed taxes, and for consolidating the same with the former duties of assessed ," and also the several acts relating to the said duties of assessed taxes, appointed to act as such commissioners [as before,] in the that you on the -day of, at the parish of in the said county, did [here insert the whole of the information in the past tense.] taxes, ·of -at the These are to require you the said A. O. to appear before us at in the said county of Stafford, on the day of house of -in the- -noon of the same day [to answer to the said information and complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law]: [if the summons is to a witness, omit the words in brackets, and introduce" to give evidence touching the matters contained in the said information, on the part of the said A. B. (the informant), or of the said A. O. the defendant," as the fact is.] Given under our hands and seals this the year of our Lord 18—. day of E. Conviction for killing game without a lawful certificate. See 52 G. 3. c. 93. Sch. (L.) Rule XV. ante, 529. F. Distress warrant for killing game without a certificate, under 52 G. 3. c. 93. County of Stafford To the constable of▬▬▬▬▬ in the said county. to wit. in the &c. at WHEREAS A. O. of in the said county, labourer, &c.], is this day convicted before me S. P. esq. [or us, &c.] one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, [and, if it be so, also one of the commissioners, &c.] upon the oath of A. B. a credible witness, for that he the said A. O. on the day ofyear of the reign of his majesty king George the in the said county, did use a certain dog [net or engine, as the fact is] for the taking or destruc tion of game, and did thereby and therewith take, kill, and destroy a hare [or as the case may be], without having such certificate as required by law for that purpose, whereby the said A. O. hath for feited the sum of 201. These are therefore in his said majesty's name to command you to levy the said sum by distress of the goods of hum the said A. Ổ. and if within the space of (four) days next after such distress by you taken, the said sum shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods so by you distrained, and out of the money arising by such sale you do pay the sum of to A. B. ofin the said county, one of the collectors of assessed taxes for the parish of aforesaid, for the use of his majesty; returning the overplus (if any) on demand unto him the said A. O. And if sufficient distress cannot be found of the goods of the said A. O. whereon to lery the said sum of 201. that then you certify the same to me, together with the return of this precept. Given under my hand and seal, the day of &c. G. Commitment for want of distress. County of Stafford to wit. To the constable of. WHEREAS A. O. of was on the in the said county, and to the keeper of the house of correction at in the said county. in the said county, labourer, [&c.] in the day of convicted before [as in the information], upon the oath of year of A. B. a credible witness, for that he the said A. O. on the day of in the year aforesaid, at in the said county, did use a certain dog, [net, or engine, as the fact is] for the taking or destruction of game, and did thereby and therewith take, kill, and destroy a hare [or as the fact is], without having such certificate as is required by law for that purpose, by virtue whereof he the said A.O. hath forfeited the sum of 201.: and whereas on the said day of in the year aforesaid I did issue my warrant to the constable of to levy the said sum of 201. by distress and sale of the goods of him the said A. O. and to apply the same according to law; and whereas it duly appears to me, as well on the oath of the said constable, as otherwise, that he the said constable hath used his best endeavours to levy the said sum of 201. on the goods of him the said A. O. as aforesaid, but that no sufficient distress can be had whereon to levy the same. These are therefore to command you the said constable of aforesaid, to apprehend the body of the said A. O. and him safely to convey to the house of correction at in the said county, 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 house of correction, to receive into your custody in the said house of correction the said A. O.; and him there safely to keep for the space of six calendar months, unless such penalty shall be sooner paid; and for so doing this shall be your suffiGiven under my hand and seal the cient warrant. &c. day of H. Warrant to search for dogs and engines; on stat. 22 & 23 C. 2. c. 25. § 2. WE Westmorland. To HEREAS complaint hath been made unto me J. P. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, upon the oath of A. I. of- in the said county, yeoman, that he the said A. 1. hath good ground to suspect and doth suspect that A. O. of aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, yeoman, being a person in no respect qualified by the laws of this realm so to do, hath and keepeth in his custody a greyhound [gun, nct, &c.] to kill and destroy the game; These are therefore to command you in his majesty's name to enter into and search in the day time the houses, out-houses, and other places of him the said A. O. at said, and if you there find any greyhound, &c. that you seize and aforekeep the same for the use of A. L. esquire, lord of the manor of in which manor the said houses, out-houses, and other places are situate and do lie, [or if net, gun, &c. that you cut in pieces or destroy the same]. day of in the Given under my hand and seal the year, &c. N. B. Though this warrant is drawn in the terms of the act, a justice of peace will do well (except he has very strong grounds for extending it) to confine the search and cutting to hays, trammels, lowbels, harepipes, and snares. I. Information against a person for keeping and using dogs, or engines to destroy game, not being qualified, on stat. 5 Ann. c. 14. § 4. County of Stafford to wit. year of the reign of his present ma jesty George the--by the grace of God, of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, at -- in the said county of Stafford, A. I. of in the said county of Stafford, in his proper person cometh before me J. 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, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors done and committed in the said county, and now giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that one A. O. of the parish of · in the said county, within three months now in the said day of last past (that is to say) on the year of the reign of our said sovereign lord the king that now is, the said A. O. being a person not then having lands or tenements or any other estate of inheritance in his own right or in his wife's right of the clear yearly value of one hundred pounds per annum, or for term of life, nor then having lease or leases of ninety-nine years or for any longer term of the clear yearly value of one hundred and fifty pounds, nor then being the son and heir apparent of an esquire or other person of higher degree, nor then being the owner or keeper of any forest, park, chase, or warren, being stocked with deer or conies for his necessary use in respect of such forest, park, chase, or warren, nor then being lord of any manor, lordship, or royalty, nor then being gamekeeper of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty, duly made, constituted, or appointed by writing under his or her hand and seal to take, kill, or destroy the game or any sort of game whatsoever in or upon any lordship, manor, or royalty, nor then being a person duly appointed and deputed by any lord or lady of any manor to be a gamekeeper to any manor, with authority as gamekeeper to kill game within any manor for the use of such lord or lady, or for his own use, or for the use of any other person or persons whatsoever, nor then being a person in any manner whatsoever duly qualified, empowered, or autho rized by the laws of this realm either to take, kill, or destroy any sort of game whatsoever, either for himself or for any other person or persons whatsoever, or to keep or use any greyhounds, lurcher, &c. (as the case may be) for that purpose, unlawfully did at the parish of in the county of Stafford aforesaid, keep and use a lurcher, (or as the case may be) to kill and destroy the game, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided: whereby he hath for feited the sum of 51.; and thereupon he the said A. I. prayeth the judgment of me the said justice in the premises, and that he may have one moiety of the said forfeiture according to the form of the statute in that case made, and that the said A. O. may be summoned to answer the premises before me the justice aforesaid. Taken before me J. P. A. I. Stafford K. Summons thereupon. To the constable of, in the county of Stafford. County of WHEREAS information and complaint hath been made before me J. P. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, that A. O. in the said county, within three months now last past (that is to say), on the day of- in the year of our to wit. of Lord one thousand eight hundred and the said A. O. being a person not then having lands or tenements, or any other estate of inheritance in his own right or in his wife's right, of the clear yearly value of one hundred pounds per annum or for term of life, nor then having lease or leases of ninety-nine years or for any longer term, of the clear yearly value of one hundred and fifty pounds, nor then being the son and heir apparent of an esquire or other person of higher degree, nor then being the owner or keeper of any forest, park, chase, or warren being stocked with deer or conies for his necessary use in respect of such forest, park, chase, or warren, nor then being lord of any manor, lordship, or royalty, nor then being gamekeeper of any lord or lady of any lordship, manor, or royalty, duly made, constituted, or appointed by writing under his or her hand and seal to take, kill, or destroy the game, or any sort of game whatsoever in or upon any lordship, manor or royalty, nor then being a person duly appointed and deputed by any lord or lady of any manor to be a gamekeeper to any manor, with authority as gamekeeper to kill game within any manor for the use of such lord or lady, or for his own use, or for the use of any other person or persons whatsoever, nor then being a person in any manner whatsoever duly qualified, empowered, or authorized by the laws of this realm, either to take, kill, or destroy any sort of game whatsoever, either for himself, or for any other person or persons whatsoever, or to keep or use any greyhound, lurcher, &c. unlawfully did, at the parish of in the county of Stafford aforesaid, keep and use a lurcher, (or as the case may be) to kill and destroy the game, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided: whereby he hath forfeited the sum of 51., to be applied as the act directs. These are, therefore, to require you forthwith to summon the said A. O. to appear before me at said county, on in the the in the day of at the hour of noon, to answer to the said information and complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law; and be you then there, to certify what you shall have done in the execution hereof. Herein fail not. Given under my hand and seal, this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred day of and J. P. (L. 6.) L. Conviction for keeping greyhounds, and coursing hares Wiltshire to wit. } BE not being qualified. E it remembered, that on the 25th day of September, in the ninth year of the reign of his majesty king -, of Great Britain, &c. at Enford in the county of Wilts, Thomas Butt, of Everly, in the said county of Wilts, George the Ante, p. 566. yeoman, in his proper person cometh before us, W. Beach, Edw. |