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viction and whereas due demand of the said sum of hath been made of him the said

pay the same.

but he hath refused to

and if within

These are therefore to require you forthwith to make distress of the goods and chattels of him the said the space of

days next after such distress by you taken, the said sum of together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained; and out of the money arising by such sale, that you detain the said sum of and also the reasonable charges of taking, keeping, and selling the said distress, rendering to him the said the overplus on demand: and if no such distress can be made, that then you certify the same unto us, to the end that such further proceedings may be had therein as to the law doth appertain. Given under our hands and seals this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

day of

No. 8. Justices' Return of Penalties, under 37 Geo. 3. c. 143. and 55 Geo. 3. c. 43.

A Return of Forfeitures levied by the Justices of the Peace in the county of acting within the division of in the said county, in pursuance of the several Acts of Parliament, made for the more effectual prevention of the use of defective weights and false and unequal balances, or false and deficient measures. Between the day of , 182 and the

day of

following; viz.

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No. 9. Information for refusing to serve the Office of one of the Inspectors of Balances, Weights and Measures, under 50 Geo. 3. (Local.)

Middlesex,

of

Be it remembered, that on the

day

to wit. in the year of the reign, &c. and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, at the parish of in the county of one in his own proper person cometh before me, W. R., esquire, one of the justices of, &c. [set forth the title of the justices,] and now here exhibited before me the said justice, a certain complaint and information, and giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that heretofore and after the passing of a certain act of parliament made and passed in the fiftieth year of the reign of his late majesty king George the third, intituled "An act for making more effectual the provisions for lighting, watching, paving, cleansing, regulating, and improving the streets and other public places in the parish of St. Luke, in the county of Middlesex," to wit, on the day of year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty at the parish last aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, one was and still is a householder residing within the said parish of St. Luke, in the county of Middlesex, and was and still is liable to serve and fully qualified for serving the office of one of the inspectors of balances weights and measures within the said parish of St. Luke in the county of Middlesex. And that on the same day and in the year last aforesaid, at an adjourned meeting of

in the

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trustees for lighting, watching, cleansing, and paving the parish of St. Luke in the county of Middlesex, duly held at the workhouse of the parish last aforesaid, in the said county, in pursuance of the said act, a list was made in writing of forty-eight householders residing within the parish last aforesaid, whom they the said trustees thought fitly qualified for serving the office of inspectors of balances, weights, and measures within the parish last aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, in which said. list the name of the said was included as a householder

residing in the parish last aforesaid, and so qualified as aforesaid, and the said trustees at the said meeting did direct their clerk to issue written or printed summonses as signed by the said clerk, requiring the several inhabitants of the parish last aforesaid named in the said list, being householders, to be and appear before the said trustees in the committee room at the

workhouse of the parish last aforesaid in the City Road, on then next being the day of in the year last aforesaid, at o'clock in the afternoon, precisely to shew

cause why they should not be sworn into the said office of inspectors of balances, weights, and measures within the parish last aforesaid. And afterwards, to wit, on the

day of in the year aforesaid, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, , gentleman, then being clerk to the said trustees did duly issue summonses signed by him to the said and the other householders named in the said list, being inhabitants of the parish last aforesaid, requiring them to appear before the said trustees at the time and place in such summonses mentioned, that is to say, at the committee room at the workhouse of the parish last aforesaid, in the City Road, in the county aforesaid, on then next being the day of in the year last aforesaid, at the afternoon precisely, to shew cause as aforesaid. one of the said summonses so issued as aforesaid, and signed by the said clerk on the said last aforesaid, at the parish last aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, was duly served on the said he the said

aforesaid, at

day of

day of

o'clock in

And that

in the year

there being a householder residing in the parish last aforesaid, and fitly qualified as aforesaid; yet the said his duty in that behalf not regarding, afterwards, to wit, on the said day of in the year last aforesaid, at the parish last aforesaid, in the county last aforesaid, unlawfully and contemptuously did neglect and refuse to appear before the said trustees at the time and place in the said summonses mentioned, to wit, in the committee room at the workhouse of the parish last aforesaid, in the City Road, in the county aforesaid, on the said the in the year last o'clock in the afternoon precisely, as by the was directed and required to do, against the form of the statute in that case made and provided: Whereby and by form of the statute the said the said offence hath forfeited the sum of ten pounds, to be disposed of and applied as by the said statute is directed: All is ready to prove before me the said justice by credible witnesses, when the said shall be summoned to answer and make his defence touching the same. Whereupon the said prays judgment in the premises, may forthwith be summoned to an

said summons he the said

which the said

and that the said

swer the same.

for

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in the county of

Whereas information and complaint have been this day made before me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by in and by which information and complaint it is alledged and charged, that heretofore and after passing of a certain act of parliament made and passed, &c. [set forth the title of the act as in the information,] to wit, on the last, was a householder residing in the said parish, and liable to serve, and fitly qualified for serving the office of one of the inspectors of balances, weights, and measures within the said parish, and that at a meeting of the trustees for lighting, watching, cleansing, and paving the said parish, duly held at the workhouse of the said parish in pursuance of the said act, on the day of a list was made of forty-eight householders residing in the said parish, whom the said trustees thought fitly qualified for serving the said office of inspector of balances, weights, and measures, in which your name was included as a householder residing in the said parish so qualified as aforesaid, and that the clerk to the said trustees did by their directions duly issue summonses signed by him to you and the other householders named in the said list, requiring you and them to appear at the time and place on the said summonses mentioned, that is to say, in the committee room at the said workhouse, on the then next, to shew cause why you should not be sworn into the said office; and that one of the said summonses so issued as aforesaid, and directed to you the said day of last, duly served on you; yet that you, your duty in that. behalf not regarding, afterwards, on the day of last, did neglect and refuse to appear before the said trustees at the time and place in the said summons mentioned, as by the said summons you were directed and required to do, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, whereby and by force of the said statute, you have forfeited for the said offence the sum of ten pounds, to be disposed of and applied as the statute directs. These are there

fore, &c.

day of

was on the

588.

WOOD.

Warrant to Search for Stolen Wood; on the 15 Car. 2. c. 2. (see WARRANT, No. 7. p. 561. ante.)

No. 1. Order for Satisfaction to the Owner; on the 15 Car. 2. c. 2.

County of

to wit.

at

Whereas of

yeoman, on the

in the parish of

in the said county,

day of

now

day of

last past, did make oath before me W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, that on or since the now last past, a certain quantity of wood, the property of him the said in the county aforesaid was cut and spoiled, and from thence taken and carried away; and that he had just cause to suspect, and did suspect, that in the said county, labourer, did cut, And whereas the said now last past apin the said county,

of

spoil, take, and carry away the same:

was on the

prehended by

place) of the said the said

day of

constable of

at

carrying wood, suspected to be stolen by him the said [or, whereas a certain quantity of wood, to wit, (here specifying the same), suspected to be stolen, was this day by virtue of my warrant for that purpose directed to the constable of in the said county, found in the house (or other aforesaid]; And whereas being now brought before me hath not given to me any satisfactory account how he came by the said wood, nor can produce the party of whom he bought the same, nor any credible witness to testify upon oath the sale thereof; therefore the said is convicted by me of cutting, spoiling, taking, and carrying away the said wood; And whereas also it is duly proved before me that aforesaid, yeoman, was and is the owner of the said wood, and that the said offence was committed at aforesaid, in the parish in the said county; I do therefore hereby order within the space of days

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in recompense and satisfaction for damages done unto him the in cutting, spoiling, taking, and carrying away the said wood; and I do also hereby order the said within the space of days now next en

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