No. 14. Award of Satisfaction to the Party injured, when Goods by neglect and are rendered of less Value than when pledged, under the 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 99. s. 24.

County of

of

to wit.

of

Whereas complaint hath been made unto me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, upon the oath in the said county, that he did on the day of pawn with in the said county, pawnbroker, the following goods to wit, [set forth the goods pawned.] 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 to whom the said goods were so pawned. I do therefore hereby award the sum of to the said 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 to whom the said goods were so pawned. Given, &c.

the

No. 15. Commitment (in default of penalty being paid) for knowingly pawning the Goods of another without consent, under 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.99. s. 10.

County of To the governor of the House of Correction or his deputy.

to wit.

at

Receive into your custody the body of

herewith sent

you, brought before me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by and charged before me the said justice upon the oath of with having knowingly and designedly pawned, pledged, exchanged, or otherwise unlawfully disposed of [set out the goods] of the value of

the said

not being emthe owner thereof so to

ployed or authorized by the said do, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, and upon full consideration had thereon, have duly convicted him the said

I the said justice of the said offence,

and adjudged him to forfeit and pay for such offence the

sum of

and also the further sum of

being the value and being deby me the said justice, and he

of the said goods, which said sum of manded of him the said

not having forthwith paid the same, I have further adjudged and ordered the said to be imprisoned in the said House of Correction for the space of calendar months, him therefore safely keep in your said custody to hard labour for the space of time aforesaid, unless the said forfeiture shall be sooner paid, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given, &c.

No. 16. Summons to a Pawnbroker for refusing to deliver the Pawn, on Principal and Interest being tendered.

County of

to wit. said county, by at the parish of

deliver to h the said

Whereas information and complaint has been this day made before me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the that you did on the day of in the said county, unlawfully refuse to pawned with you, (h having tendered the the principal and interest due thereon, with the duplicate for the same,) contrary to the statute, &c. are therefore in his majesty's name, to will and require you you personally to be and appear before me the said justice, o'clock at noon, or before such other justice or justices of the peace as shall be then and there sitting, to answer the premises, as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal, the

at

on

next,

at

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

N.B.-You are required to bring the said pledge with you, and your book or books wherein entry is made of the same.

These

No. 17. Summons to a Pawnbroker for taking more than the legal Profit on a Pawn, in another Form.

County of

to wit.

Whereas complaint and information has been this day before me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by that you using and exercising the trade and business of a pawnbroker, at the parish of in the county, on the day of

Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
receive, and take of and from one
pledge hereinafter mentioned, the sum of
and by way of profit, for the loan of

in the

of our

on redeeming the

year did demand,

as and for,

the

shillings

same being an intermediate sum exceeding the sum of two

shillings and sixpence, and not exceeding the sum of forty shillings, thentofore (to wit) on the

day. of

in

the year aforesaid, in the parish and county last-aforesaid, lent and advanced by you to the said

in the name of

upon a certain pledge (that is to say) the same not having remained in pawn any time exceeding one calendar month the said sum of 30 demanded, received, and taken as aforesaid, being more than at and after the rate of four-pence for the loan of twenty shillings by the calendar month, including the current month in which the said pledge was redeemed; contrary to the statute, &c. These are therefore in his majesty's name, to will and require you personally to be and appear before me the said justice, at in the county

aforesaid, on

next, by

of the clock in the

noon of the same day, or before such other justice of the peace as shall be then and there sitting, to answer the said premises as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal, the

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun

dred and twenty

To Mr.

You are hereby required to produce at the hearing of the above recited information, all and every book or books containing any entry of, and also all and every note, memorandum, or duplicate relating to, the said pledges.

County of

'to wit.

No. 18. Information thereon.

in the

at

in

day of

before me

Be it remembered, that on the year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the fourth, by the grace of God, of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty in the parish of in the said county of W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's justices 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 committed within the said county of and acting as such justice near to the place where the offence hereinafter complained of was committed, parish of

in the county of

of the cometh in his proper

person, who, as well for himself as for the poor of the parish where the offence hereinafter complained of was committed, complaineth and giveth me to understand and be informed, in the year of our Lord one of the parish

day of

that on the
thousand eight hundred and twenty
of in the county of

of

aforesaid, who then and there used and exercised the trade and business of a pawnbroker, did then and there at and in the parish last aforesaid, unlawfully demand, receive, and take of and from one in the name on redeeming the pledge hereinafter mentioned, the of lawful money of Great Britain, as and for and by way of profit for the loan of being an intermediate sum exceeding the sum of two shillings and sixpence, and not exceeding the sum of forty thentofore (to wit,) on the

sum of

shillings,

shillings

the same

day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aforesaid, at the parish last aforesaid, in aforesaid, lent and advanced by the said in the name of

and twenty

the county last to the said

(that is to say)

upon a certain pledge the said pledge not having remained in

pawn, nor the said money lent any time exceeding

calendar month

the said sum of

so demanded, received, and taken as aforesaid, being more than at and after the rate of fourpence for the loan of twenty shillings by the calendar month, including the current month in which the said pledge was redeemed; contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; whereby the said hath forfeited for the said offence, such sum of money not less than forty shillings, nor more than ten pounds, as to the justice or justices before whom this information shall be heard and determined, in his or their discretion shall deem reasonable and fit; all which the said informant is ready to prove before me the said justice, when the said shall be summoned to make defence touching the same: Wherefore the informant prays judgment of me the said justice, in the premises, and that he may have one moiety of the said forfeiture, so by the said incurred as aforesaid, as by the statute in that case made and provided is directed; and that the remainder of the said forfeiture be applied as the law directs; and that I will proceed thereon according to law; and that the said may be summoned to appear before me, to answer the premises and make defence thereto.

I receive this information,

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POLYGAMY. See BIGAMY, p. 168. Vol. I.

County of

to wit.

PIGEONS.

*

Information for shooting Pigeons, under 2 Geo. 3. c. 29. Be it remembered, that of the parish of in the said county, yeoman, cometh before me W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the said county, at the said parish of in the said county, and maketh complaint and information before me the said justice, that aforesaid, labourer, within two months last day of this instant month of

of

past, to wit, on the

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and at the parish of aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, unlawfull did shoot at a certain pigeon, the property of the said with intent to kill the same without the consent and against the will of the said whereby and by force of the statute in such case made and provided, the said for his said offence aforesaid hath forfeited the sum of to the said the prosecutor in this behalf; and the said now here, at the same time and place, further maketh complaint before me the said justice, and giveth me to understand and be informed, that the said afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year aforesaid, at aforesaid in the the county aforesaid, unlawfully and against the form of the statute, did kill and take one other pigeon, the property of the said with a wilful intent to destroy the same, without

the consent and against the will of the said whereby the said hath also forfeited for his said last mentioned offence the further sum of twenty shillings to the said the prosecutor, whereupon the same said justice that the said

prayeth of me the may be forthwith summoned to appear before me the said justice, to answer the said complaint and to be further dealt with according to law, and that the

* Killing pigeons with dogs, nets, or engines, incurs the penalty of two months' imprisonment, or twenty shillings to the poor for each pigeon. 1 J. 1. c. 27.

Shooting at pigeons with intent to kill, or killing and taking by any means whatever, with a wilful intent to destroy any house-dove or pigeon, incurs a penalty of twenty shillings.