as aforesaid, hath again committed an offence against the intent and meaning of the said act passed in the fifth year aforesaid, and is now liable to be deemed an incorrigible rogue within the intent and meaning of the said act, that is to say, for that he the said atter having been so convicted and adjudged, punished and discharged as aforesaid, he the said on the day of , in the year aforesaid, at the parish of in the said county of was apprehended, having upon him at the time of his apprehension,* seven picklock keys, one crow bar, and one bit, &c. with an intent + feioniously and burglariously to break and enter into a certain dwelling-house there situate, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, for which said offence, the said is ordered to be comaforesaid in the mitted to the house of correction at county aforesaid, there to remain until the next general [or quarter] sessions of the peace, to be holden in and for the said county. Given under my hand and seal, the day, year, and at the place first above mentioned. W. R. No. 15. Conviction of a reputed Thief, under 5 Geo. 4. c. 83. S. 4. County of Be it remembered, that on the in the year of our Lord, 182 to wit. day of is brought before me, W. R., esquire, one, &c. for the said county, and charged before me the said justice with being a rogue and vagabond, he the said apprehended on the called day of , in the parish of having been in a certain in the said county [or city, &c.] and it appearing to me, the said justice, on the oath a credible witness, the said is a person of of evil fame, and a reputed thief, and that the said on his examination before me not being able to give a satisfactory account of himself, or his way of living, and it also appearing to the satisfaction of me the said justice, that there is just ground to believe that the said was in such * The conviction of this instance of vagrancy must.state that these specified implements, or some of them, were found upon the prisoner at the time of his apprehension. Rex v. Brown, 8 T. R. 26. + The intent in this instance, like most others, must be a conclusion of the fact from the evidence, but the possession of the instruments named, if unexplained, is presumptive proof of the intention. aforesaid, with intent to commit felony on the persons or property of his majesty's subjects there being, I do therefore in pursuance of the act passed in the fifth year of the reign of king George the fourth, intituled, "An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, and rogues and vagabonds, in that part of Great Britain called England," convict him the said of the said offence, and adjudge him to be a rogue and vagabond, within the intent and meaning of the said statute, and for which said offence, the said is ordered to be committed to the house of correction at for the said county, there to be kept to hard labour for the space of [not exceeding three calendar months] or until the next general or quarter sessions. Given, &c. No. 16. Form of a Recognizance to appear at the Sessions to give Evidence against a Person committed as an idle and disorderly Rogue and Vagabond and incorrigible Rogue, under 5 Geo. 4. c. 83. County of ral to wit. sum of G. W. a constable belonging to the [Public Office Bow-street, acknowledges himself to be indebted to our sovereign Lord the king, in the J. P. the same, acknowledges,&c. acknowledges, &c. twenty pounds, twenty pounds, twenty pounds, upon condition that they do severally appear at the next genesession of the peace to be held for the said county, at the session house [Clerkenwell green,] then and there to give evidence against touching a certain offence of which he was this day convicted before me W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in the said county, to wit, of being an idle and disorderly person, [or, rogue and vagabond, [or, incorrigible rogue, as it may be] against the statute, &c.; then this recognizance to be void, or else to remain in full force. No. 17. Another Form of Recognizance to prosecute a Vagrant at the Sessions, under 5 Geo. 4. c. 83. s. 9. County of Be it remembered, that on the in the day of year of the reign of our to wit. lord George the fourth of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith of in the said county of personally came before me W. R., esquire, one of the justices of our said lord the king assigned to keep the peace in and for the said county, and acknowledged himself to owe to our said lord the king the sum of pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of his goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of our said lord the king, his heirs and successors, if he the said shall fail in the condition underwritten. The condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bounden shall personally appear at the next general [or, quarter] sessions of the peace to be holden at in and for the said county, and then and there prosecute and give evidence against for [here state the act of vagrancy for which the offender is committed, as in the committal or conviction] and shall not depart the court without leave thereof, then the above written recognizance to be void, or else to remain in its full force. Taken and received the day and year} first above written before me, No. 18. Commitment of an Idle and Disorderly Person for Begging, under 5 Geo. 4. c. 83. s. 3. County of To the constable of to wit. Whereas in the said county, and to the keeper of the house of correction, was this day duly convicted before me one of his majesty's justices of our 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, of being an idle and disorderly person, for that he, on in the year of our Lord at in the said county, did go about from the day of in the parish of door to door, and did place himself in streets, highways, and passages to beg and gather alms in the said parish in which the said then dwelt [or, as the case may be,] contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and was by me adjudged to be committed for the said offence to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for one month, according to the form of the said statute: These are therefore to command you the said constable, to carry the said to the said house of correction, and him to deliver to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant. And I do hereby command you the said keeper, to receive the said into your custody, in the said house of correction, and him there safely keep to hard labour for one month. And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal at the reign of his present majesty king George the fourth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and this day of in the year of No. 19. Form of Commitment of an Idle and Disorderly Person trading without a Licence, under 5 Geo. 4. c. 83. County of to wit. To the governor of the house of correction at , or his deputy. Receive into your custody the body of parish of in the said county of late of the herewith sent you, constable of on the day of in the said county of brought before me W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by the parish of in the said county, and charged and convicted before me the said justice, upon the oath of the said a credible witness, of being an idle and disorderly person, for that he the said instant, at the parish of unlawfully wander abroad and trade without being duly licensed or otherwise authorized by law, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided; him therefore safely keep in your said custody, in the said house of correction, to hard labour for the space of one calendar month, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal, this thousand eight hundred and twenty day of did one No. 20. Another Form of Commitment of a Rogue and Vaga bond, under 5 G. 4. to wit. Whereas c. 83. in the said county, and to the keeper of the house of correction in the said county. at was this day duly convicted before me W. R., esq., one of the justices of our lord the king, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king in and for the said county of , as a rogue and vagabond, [or, of being an idle and disorderly person, as the case may be,] for that he on the day of the said one thousand eight hundred and at in the year of our Lord in the parish of in the said county did [here state the act of vagrancy of which the offender is convicted. See the conviction, form No. 11. ante, p. 546.] contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided; and was by me adjudged to be committed for the said offence to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for the space of These are therefore to command you the said constable to convey the said to the said house of correction, and him to deliver to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant. hereby command you the said keeper to receive the said into your custody in the said house of correction, and him there safely keep to hard labour for the space of ; [if the commitment be to the next sessions say, "until the next general or quarter sessions of the peace to be holden at in and for the said county of And I do shall then and there to be further dealt with according to law, and have you him there, together with this precept;" or, " until he the said be discharged by due course of law;"] and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and in the said county of this day of in the year of the reign of his present majesty king George the fourth, and in the year of our Lord 182 seal at *If the offender be an idle and disorderly person, he may be committed for any time not exceeding one calendar month; if a rogue and vagabond, for any time not exceeding three months, nor less than one month, to be kept to hard labour, or until the next general or general quarter sessions of the peace. |