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ante, p. 39. for the offences described in Forms 48, 49, 50]; Commitment, No. 52 (O. 1), ante, p. 49.

Oke's Synop. 2nd edit. p. 146.

V. OTHER OFFENCES.

52. Taking Materials without Surveyor's consent. (Id. s. 47.)]—did, Id. p. 146. without the consent of the surveyor of the highways for the said parish Offence 71. of- take away certain materials, to wit, one barrowful of stone, which had been before then purchased [or gotten, dug, or gathered] for the repair and use of the highways of the said parish,

[or if for taking from a quarry, say :-certain materials, to wit, one
cart-load of granite out of a certain quarry there, which had
been before then opened [or made, or dug] for the purpose of
getting materials for the repair of the highways of the said
parish, before the surveyor of the said parish and his workmen
had discontinued working therein for the space of six weeks,
the said A. B. not then being the owner of the said quarry, or
authorized by the owner thereof, to get materials in such quarry
for the private use of such owner],

contrary, &c.

53. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction (No. 39 (I. 1), ante, p. 38]; Distress Warrant, &c., No. 53 (N. Ì)—58, ante, p. 50-52.

HORSE SLAUGHTERING.

1. Persons licensed not affixing Name, &c. to Premises. (12 & 13 Vict. c. 92, s. 7.)]-then being duly licensed for slaughtering horses under the provisions of the statute in that behalf, and keeping the same,* did not cause to be painted and affixed over the door or gate of the house [or place, or as the case may be] there situate, where he then and there carried on the business of slaughtering horses, in large legible characters, his name, together with the words "Licensed for Slaughtering Horses, pursuant to an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of his Majesty King George the Third," contrary, &c.

2. Not immediately cutting off Hair of Cattle. (Id. s. 8.)]—Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 1, then :-did not immediately upon a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat) being brought to and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, cut off [or cause to be cut off] the hair from the neck of the said horse, but did neglect so to do for days thereafter, contrary, &c. [or as in Form No. 2, tit. " Cruelty to Animals," ante, p. 102.]

3. Not Killing within Three Days. (Id.)]-Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 1, then :—did not within three days from the time of a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat) being brought and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, kill [or cause to be killed] the said horse, but neglected so to do for five days thereafter, contrary, &c.

4. Not supplying Cattle with Food. (Id.)]-Proceed to the asterisk*

in Form No. 1, then :-did not supply a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), brought and delivered at his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, with a sufficient quantity of fit and wholesome food and water before the same was killed, but neglected so to do for days, contrary, &c.

5. Employing Horse brought for Slaughter. (Id. s. 9.)]- Proceed to the asterisk in Form No. 1, then :-did then and there use and employ [or cause, or permit to be used and employed] a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), brought and delivered at [or being in and upon] his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered,

[or did permit, or suffer a certain horse (not intended for butcher's meat), brought and delivered at [or being in and upon] his premises there situate for the purpose of being slaughtered, to leave the said premises to be employed by one È. F. in certain work, to wit,

contrary, &c.

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6. Person found using Horse. (Id. s. 9.)]—was then and there found using and employing a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), theretofore sent to and delivered at the premises of one E. F. there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, contrary, &c.

7. Licensed Person not entering Cattle in Book. (Id. s. 10.)]—Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 1, ante, then :-did then and there refuse [or neglect] at the time of receiving a certain horse [or as the case may be] (not intended for butcher's meat), in his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, to make [or cause to be made] an entry in a book, in a clear and distinct manner, containing a full and correct description of the colour, marks and gender of such horse, as might clearly distinguish and identify the same, contrary, &c.

8. Refusing to produce Book. (Id.)]-Proceed to the asterisk in Form No. 1, ante, p. 131, then :-and being then and there required by J. L., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of to produce to him the said justice a certain book kept by him the said A. B., for the purpose of entering therein a full and correct description of the colour, marks and gender of every horse or other cattle received at his premises there situate, for the purpose of being slaughtered, did then and there refuse [or neglect] so to do, and hath not produced the said book, contrary, &c.

9. Refusing Inspection of Book. (Id.)]—Proceed to the asterisk * in Form No. 1, ante, p. 131, then :—and being then and there required by one J. N., constable of the said parish of [or one J. M., duly authorized in that behalf by J. L., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of -], to allow to be inspected

by him a certain book, &c. [conclude as in Form 8.]

10. The Conviction for the above described offences is given by s. 23 of the statute, and will be found under the tit. " Cruelty to Animals," No. 1, ante, p. 101.

11. General Forms to be used in enforcing such Conviction]; Commitment, &c. No. 48 (P. 1)-51, ante, p. 46-48, where imprisonment only

adjudged under s. 18; or Commitment, No. 52 (O. 1), ante, p. 49, where a penalty adjudged.

12. Making false Entry in Book. (26 Geo. 3, c. 71, s. 10.)]-Pro- Oke's Synop. ceed to the asterisk in Form No. 1, ante, and then :-did wilfully make 2nd ed. p. 148. [or cause to be made] a false entry in the book required by the statute Offence 8. in that case made and provided to be kept by the said A. B., to wit, [describe the entry], contrary, &c.

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13. Slaughterman refusing to pay the Expenses of advertising Cattle supposed to be stolen. (Id. s. 5.)]-Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 1, ante, p. 131, then :-did then and there refuse to pay the sum of being the expense of an advertisement [or advertisements] inserted. in the Cambridge Chronicle [the paper circulated in the county], incurred by one C. D., the inspector of houses and places for slaughtering horses for the parish of , in the said county, pursuant to the directions of the statute in that case made and provided, contrary, &c.

14. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction, No. 39 (I. 1), ante, p. 38, for the above described offences,]-Distress Warrant, &c. No. 53 (N. 1)-58, ante, p. 50-52.

15. Lending a Slaughtering House. (Id. s. 13.)]—did then and there Id. Offence 11. [or on divers times since] occasionally lend a certain house [or barn, stable, or as the case may be,] of him the said A. B. there situate, for the purpose of slaughtering horses [or of slaughtering cattle for other purposes than for butcher's meat], without a licence for that purpose first obtained, according to the statute in that behalf, contrary, &c.

16. General Form to be used in enforcing the Conviction No. 40, (I. 2), ante, p. 39, for the last described offence]; Commitment, No. 52, (0.1), ante, p. 49.

INCLOSURES.

[The Forms of describing the offences under this title may be easily Id. p. 148. framed from the Form No. 5, under the title "Malicious Injuries," post.

JURORS.

[The Forms under this title are so seldom required, that it is deemed Id. unnecessary to give them.]

JUVENILE OFFENDERS (a).

1. Persons not exceeding Fourteen Years of Age committing, &c. cer- Id. p. 150. tain Indictable Offences. (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82, s. 1.)]—then and there Offences 1, 2. being under the age of fourteen years, to wit, of the age of twelve years,

did then and there feloniously steal, take and carry away, *

(a) The Forms under this title have been taken and adapted from those in Greaves' edition of the Juvenile Offenders Act (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82)-those given in this Collection are all that are necessary under that statute, and those in the work alluded to, which are omitted, are already given in Chap. I. and provided by Jervis's Act (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43).

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 150.

Id. Offence 3.

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 29.

Id. s. 26.

Id.

Id. ss. 5, 2.

Id. s. 36.

Id. s. 37; and 2 & 3 Vict.

c. 58, s. 10. Cornish Mines.

[or did then and there unlawfully attempt and endeavour then and there feloniously to steal, take and carry away *], [here describe the particular offence as in the statements of offences underneath, contrary, &c.

2. Aiding or Abetting, or Counselling or Procuring.]-These offences may be described as in the General Forms Nos. 6 and 7, ante, p. 26, with the variation as to age above.

*

Statements of Offences within the Statute (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82), each of which will proceed from either of the asterisks in Form No. 1, supru, and then as below.

3. For Simple Larceny.]—one coat, of the value of

one hat, of

the value of and three pieces of the current gold coin of this realm called sovereigns, of the value of three pounds, of the goods, chattels and monies of one [or the said] C. D.

4. Assaulting Deer Keepers.]—did unlawfully and feloniously assault and beat [or wound] the said C. D., the said C. D. being then and there a person intrusted with the care of the deer then and there usually kept, and being within certain inclosed [or uninclosed] land there situate, and in the due execution of his duty as keeper of the said deer, and in execution of the powers given to him in that behalf by the statute in that case made and provided, contrary, &c.

5. Coursing Deer in inclosed Places.]-unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously course, kill and carry away one fallow deer, the property of C. D., then and there kept, and being in certain inclosed land there situate, belonging to [or in the occupation of] the said C. D., wherein deer had been and then were usually kept, contrary, &c.

6. The like, in uninclosed Places, after a previous Conviction.]— unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously course, kill and carry away [or kill or wound] one fallow deer then and there kept, and being in a certain uninclosed part of a certain forest [or chase or purlieu] there situate, called -, contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having been previously convicted of having coursed, killed and carried away [or wounded] a certain other deer kept in the uninclosed part of the said forest.

7. Larceny of a valuable Security.]—one promissory note for the payment of five pounds, and of the value of five pounds, the property of [the said] C. D., the said sum of five pounds thereby secured and made payable being then and there due and unsatisfied to the said C. D., contrary, &c.

8. Stealing Oysters.]-fifty oysters, of the value of fivepence, from a certain oyster bed called there situate, the property of C. D., and sufficiently [marked out and] known as the property of the said C. D., contrary, &c.

9. Stealing Ore from Mines.]-[or sever, with intent then and there to steal, take and carry away] fifty pounds weight of tin ore, the property of C. D. and others, in a certain copper mine of the said A. B. and others there situate, called Wheal Vor, contrary, &c.

[or if from a mine in Cornwall, say, and the said A. B. being then and there employed in and about a certain iron mine called Restormel there situate, the property of C. D. and others, did

feloniously take [or remove, or conceal] fifty pounds weight of
iron ore [or as the case may be] found in the said mine, with
intent then and there to defraud the said C. D. and others [or
one E. F., an adventurer in the said mine; or one F. G., a
workman and miner employed in the said mine], contrary, &c.

10. Stealing or cutting Trees, &c. in a Park, &c. value above 11.]-[or fe- 7 & 8 Geo. 4, loniously cut, with intent then and there to steal, take and carry away] from c. 29, s. 38. a certain park [or as the case may be] of C. D. there situate, one ash tree, of the value of 11. and upwards, to wit, of the value of 21., the property of the said C. D., in the said park then and there growing [or if for cutting, thereby doing injury to the said C. D. to the amount of 17. and upwards, to wit, the sum of 21.], contrary, &c.

11. The like, elsewhere, if Value above 51.]—from a certain close [or as Id. the case may be] of one C. D. there situate, called one ash tree, of the value of 5. and upwards, to wit, of the value of 61., the property of the said C. D., then and there growing [or if cutting, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c.

-one Id. s. 39.

12. The like, Value 1s. at least, after Two previous Convictions.]— ash tree, of the value of 1s. at the least, to wit, 2s., the property of C. D., then and there growing [or if for cutting, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having previously been twice convicted of the like offence.

13. Stealing in Gardens, &c., after a previous Conviction.]-from a Id. s. 42. certain orchard [or as the case may be] of the said C. D. there situate, ten apricots, the property of the said C. D., and then and there growing [if for damaging, say as directed in No. 10], contrary, &c., he the said A. B. having been before convicted of the like offence.

14. Stealing, cutting, &c. Metal, &c., fixed to Houses, &c.]-feloniously Id. s. 44. steal, take and carry away [or rip, cut or break, with intent then and there to feloniously steal, take and carry away] certain glass [or wood work] belonging to a certain building of C. D. there situate [or fifty pounds weight of lead, then and there being fixed to a certain building, to wit, the property of C. D.; or one leaden statue, and fifty pounds weight of lead, the property of C. D., then and there being fixed in certain land which was then private property, to wit, in a garden of C. D. [or in a certain square, called Square, there situate], contrary, &c.

15. Larceny by Tenants or Lodgers.]—If a chattel, this Form will be Id. s. 45. the same as for simple larceny, Form No. 3, ante, p. 134; and in the case of a fixture, it may be described as in the first offence in No. 14, supra.

Other Forms.

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16. Recognizance for appearance at Petty Sessions. (10 & 11 Vict. c. 82, s. 5.)]—This will be the same as the General Form No. 13 (E.), ante, p. 28, adding, after the words as may then be there," in the condition, these words, "in petty sessions assembled, at the usual place, and in open court."

17. Enlargement of Recognizance. (Id. s. 5.) Be it remembered, that on this

day of

in the year
the within

to wit. of our Lord, at N., in the [county] of

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