will proceed to the examination of the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, and thereupon then and there give judgment and sentence, as in and by the statute in such case made and provided is directed: And we do hereby authorize and require any officer of excise to serve this summons, and to attend at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned, then and there to make a return of the execution hereof. Given under our hands at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [first] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830].

12. Formal Parts of Summons for the Recovery of a Penalty or Penalties when before one Justice for the County, &c. where Offence or Offences committed.

To C. D.

County of You are hereby to take notice, that A. B., officer of [Essex] excise, having on the day of the date of this summons, to wit. Sexhibited to and before me, E. F., Esquire, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex] at [Chelmsford], in the said county, an information, by order of the commissioners of excise, against you, for the forfeiture of the sum of [£100] for that [state the legal ground of forfeiture], and also for the forfeiture of the further sum of [£100], for that, [state the legal ground of forfeiture]: I have appointed that all parties shall be heard of and concerning the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, on the [tenthi] day of [January] now instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the said day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex]; at which time and place you are hereby required to be and appear before such of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county as shall be then and there present, and have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, then and there to make your defence in and to the matters contained in the said information; but though you fail therein, the said last-mentioned justices (at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned) will proceed to the examination of the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, and thereupon then and there give judgment or sentence as in and by the statute in such case made and provided is directed: And I do hereby authorize and require any officer of excise to serve this summons, and to attend at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned, then and there to make a return of the execution hereof. Given under my hand, at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [first] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830].

13. Formal Parts of Summons for the Recovery of a Penalty or Penalties exhibited before one Justice for the County, &c. where the Person committing the Offence or Offences is found.

To C. D.

County of You are hereby to take notice, that A. B., officer of [Essex] excise, hath, on the day of the date of this summons, at to wit. [Chelmsford], in the county of [Essex], exhibited, by order of the commissioners of excise, to and before me, E. F., Esquire, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex], wherein you, the said C. D., being the person who committed the several offences

hereinafter mentioned was found, an information against you and thereby informeth me, the said justice, that [state the grounds of the information], and that you, the said C. D. are now found in the said county of [Essex]: And you will further take notice, that I have appointed that all parties shall be heard of and concerning the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, on the [tenth] day of [January] now instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the said day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house, known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex]; at which time and place you are hereby required to be and appear before such of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex] as shall be then and there present, and have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, then and there to make your defence in and to the matters contained in the said information; but, though you fail therein, the said last-mentioned justices (at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned,) will proceed to the examination of the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, and thereupon then and there give judgment and sentence, as in and by the statute in that case made and provided is directed: And I do hereby authorize and require any officer of excise to serve this summons, and to attend at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned, then and there to make a return of the execution hereof. Given under my hand at [Chelmsford], in the said county, this [first] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830].

14. Summons upon an Information before one Justice for the Condemnation of British Spirits, with Packages, Carriage and Cattle, and the Recovery of the optional Penalty of £100, applicable to England.

To C. D. County of You are hereby to take notice, that A. B., officer of [Essex] excise, hath, on the day of the date of this summons, at to wit. [Chelmsford], in the county of [Essex], exhibited, by order of the commissioners of excise, to and before me, E. F., Esquire, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex], wherein the offence hereinafter mentioned was committed, and where the goods, commodities and chattels hereinafter mentioned were seized, an information against you for the forfeiture of certain goods, commodities and chattels; that is to say, a certain large quantity, to wit [twenty gallons of British spirits], contained in divers packages, to wit [four bottles], and a certain carriage, to wit, [a cart], and certain cattle, to wit, [one mule], used in the removal of the said spirits, and also the sum of [£100]; and thereby informeth ine that, within four calendar months last past, to wit, on the [tenth] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1831], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], one J. W., being then and there an officer of excise, did seize and arrest, as forfeited from you, the said C. D., the said spirits, contained in the said packages, and the said carriage and cattle then and there used in the removal of the said spirits; the same spirits, for that you, the said C. D., then and there knowingly had in your custody and possession the said spirits, after the same had been removed from the place where the same ought to have been charged with the duty payable in respect thereof, before either the duty to which the same was liable had been charged and paid, or secured to be paid, or such spirits had been lawfully condemned as forfeited; the said packages, for that the same then and there contained the said spirits

so forfeited as aforesaid; and the said carriage and cattle, for that the same were then and there used in the removal thereof, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, whereby, and by force of the statute in that case made and provided, the said spirits then and there became forfeited, together with the said packages containing the same, and the said carriage and cattle then and there used in the removal thereof; and you, the said C. D., being the person so offending, have forfeited and lost the said sum of [£100], the said A. B., who sues as aforesaid, having elected and thereby electing the said penalty of [100] in lieu and instead of treble the value of such spirits; and you will further take notice, that I have appointed that all parties shall be heard of and concerning the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged on the [tenth] day of [February] now instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the said day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house, known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelinsford], in the county of [Essex], at which time and place you are hereby required to be and appear before such of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county as shall be then and there present, and have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, then and there to make your defence in and to the matters contained in the said information; but, though you fail therein, the said last-mentioned justices (at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned) will proceed to the examination of the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, and thereupon then and there give judgment and sentence, as in and by the statute in that case made and provided is directed; and I do hereby authorize and require any officer of excise to serve this summons, and to attend at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned, then and there to make a return of the execution hereof. Given under my hand, at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [first] day of [February], in the year of our Lord [1830.]

15. Notice of Hearing of Information, to be affixed on the Outside of the Excise Office, next to the Place of Seizure, when Seizure not claimed (a). To all whom it may concern. County of [Essex] to wit.

Take notice, that A. B., officer of excise, having seized, on the [first] day of [January] now instant, at [Chelmsford], in the county of [Essex], divers goods, commodities

(a) See the 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 53, s. 66. 1st. The officer of excise, by whom the seizure was made, must cause this notice to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the outside of the office of excise, next or nearest to the place where such seizure was made, during any market day after the expiration of six days from the day of seizure; and, 2nd, the time appointed in such notice for the hearing of the case must not be less than nine days from the date of such notice, which should be affixed the day it is dated. If it is doubtful which of two market towns is the next to the place of seizure, it will be prudent to request the justice to sign three notices, and to affix one on the outside of the excise office in each of such towns, and, making a memorandum thereof on the third, keep it, to produce and prove at the hearing when the others were affixed. If there is no such doubt, the justice need only be requested to sign two such notices, one to affix and one to keep to produce at the hearing, and prove when the other was affixed. If any one at the hearing claim the goods, he must, of course, be heard; and if he tenders any witnesses, they, as well as the witnesses for the crown, must be examined.

and chattels, to wit, [twenty gallons of British spirits], [three bottles], [one cart], and [one mule], by virtue of a certain act of parliament relating to the revenue of excise, and no person appearing to claim the said goods, commodities and chattels so seized as aforesaid, and an information having this day been exhibited at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], before me, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex], within whose jurisdiction such seizure was made, for the condemnation thereof, that two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of [Essex], within whose jurisdiction such seizure was made, and who have jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter of the said seizure, will, by virtue of the statute in that case made and provided, on the [seventeenth] day of [January] instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the said day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house, known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], proceed to the hearing and adjudging of the matter of such seizure, and examine into the cause thereof, and give judgment accordingly. Dated at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [eighth] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830]

16. Summons on Information before one Justice for Recovery of double the Value of Duties neglected to be paid (a).

To C. D.

County of You are hereby to take notice, that A. B., officer of [Essex] excise, having, on the day of the date of this summons, exto wit. hibited to and before me, E. F., Esquire, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of [Essex], at [Chemsford], in the said county, an information, by order of the commissioners of excise, against you, for the forfeiture of a certain large sum of money, to wit, the sum of [£100], the same being double the value of certain duties of excise charged upon and incurred by you, for that you, being before and at and after the several times, and at the place in that behalf hereinafter mentioned, a [maltster and maker of malt], did, within [four months] last past, that is to say, between the [first] day of [September] now last past, and the [twentieth] day of October then next following, to wit, at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], make divers, that is to say, [ten thousand] bushels of malt, chargeable with certain duties of excise, payable to his said Majesty, by the statutes in that case made and provided; and the same having been charged upon and incurred by you, you thereby became indebted to his said Majesty in the sum of [£50:2:8]; which (having been demanded) according to the directions of the statute in that case made and provided, you ought, before the day of exhibiting the said information, to have paid and cleared off; but you have omitted and neglected so to do, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, whereby, and by force of the statute in that case made and provided, you have forfeited double the value of the said duties; that is to say, the said sum of [100]: I have appointed that all parties shall be heard of and concerning the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged on the [tenth] day of [January] now instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the said day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex]; at which time and place you are hereby required to be and

(a) See the 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 53, s. 66, as to time and mode of service.

appear before such of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county as shall be then and there present, and have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, then and there to make your defence in and to the matters contained in the said information; but, though you fail therein, the said last-mentioned justices (at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned), will proceed to the examination of the matter and matters of fact in the said information mentioned and alleged, and thereupon then and there give judgment or sentence, as in and by the statute in such case made and provided is directed; and I do hereby authorize and require any officer of excise to serve this summons, and to attend at the time and place in that behalf before mentioned, then and there to make a return of the execution thereof. Given under my hand, at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [first] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830].

17. Summons or Subpæna for the Attendance of Witnesses to give. Evidence before Justices of the Peace (b).

To I. K. County of You are hereby required by me, E. F., Esquire, one of [Essex] his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of [Essex], to wit. personally to be and appear on the [tenth] day of [January] now instant, at [eleven] of the clock in the [forenoon] of the same day, at the house of W. R., being an inn and public-house known by the sign of the [Bell], at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], before such of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of [Essex], having jurisdiction in the mattter, as shall be then and there present, and who will then and there hear, adjudge and determine a certain information there depending, exhibited under a certain act of parliament relating to the revenue of excise, by A. B., officer of excise, who sues as well for his said Majesty as for himself, against C. D., then and there to give evidence, and then and there to testify the truth according to your knowledge of any facts alleged in such information, or touching or relating thereto; but if you fail therein, you, by the statute in that case made and provided, will forfeit [50]. Dated at [Chelmsford], in the said county of [Essex], this [first] day of [January], in the year of our Lord [1830].

III. CONVICTIONS.

18. Formal Parts of Conviction as given by the 3 Geo. 4, c. 23. County [or as the Be it remembered, that on the case may be] in the year of our Lord

of

at

day of in the [county] of A. B. of -, in the [county] of [labourer, or as the case may be], personally came before us C. D. and E. F., two of his Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county], and informed us that G. H. of in the said [county] of , on the day of at in the said [county], did [here set forth the fact for which the information is laid], contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided; whereupon the said G. H., after being duly summoned to answer the said charge, appeared before

(b) See the 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 53, s. 74.