PART III. OTHER PROCEEDINGS OUT OF SESSIONS. CHAPTER I. FORMS FOR USE IN SPECIAL SESSIONS MATTERS. OUTLINES OF GENERAL FORMS FOR CONVENING SPECIAL SESSIONS. 1. Justices' Precept to High Constable. To the high constable of the hundred of C., in the division of N., in the said county. County of C. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, being the to wit. majority of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of C., acting within and for the division of N. aforesaid, present at a petty session [or special sessions, or the general annual licensing meeting] for the said division, now holding at in - in and for —, in the year of our Lord one thoudo hereby require * the said division, this sand eight hundred and day of [Here insert the special matters required, as in the Forms hereafter given under the various titles.] Given under our hands the day and year and at the place above mentioned. 2. High Constable's Warrant to Petty Constables. J. S. J. L. To the petty constables and other peace officers of the parish of County of C. By virtue of a precept under the hands of the majority to wit. of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of C., acting within and for the division of N. aforesaid, present at a petty session for the said division, held at - in -, in and for the said division, on the day of instant, to me directed, I do hereby order [Here insert the special matters required to be done, as in the Forms hereafter given under the various titles.] Dated the day of A.D. 185-. W. Y. High Constable for the hundred of C. in the division of N. 3. Notice from one Justice to the other Divisional Justices of a Special Sessions. (7 & 8 Vict. c. 33, s. 7.) Division of N. I, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices division, on A.D. 185-. J. S. 4. Justice's Clerks' Notice to Justice of a Special Sessions. To J. P., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the division of N., in the county of C. We beg to give you notice that a special petty sessions [or as the act in question may term it] of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, acting in and for the said division, will be held at the in N., in and for the said division, on next, at the hour of in the forenoon, for *. [Here insert the purpose shortly.] Dated the day of A.D. 185-. the day of I. G. and B. Clerks to the justices of the said division. Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 369. ALEHOUSES. 1. Notice of Application for a new Licence. (9 Geo. 4, c. 61, s. 10.) in the of do hereby to be ensuing, for a licence to sell consumed in the house or preand which I intend to keep I (a), now residing at in the parish of [Applicant's signature.] N.B. A copy of this notice to be served upon one of the overseers of (a) State the name and the trade or occupation. (b) If in more than one place, state the different places, together with the county or counties, as the case may be. (c) If application is intended to be made to a special session, state the cause of such application in conformity to sect. 14 of the act. (d) Describe the house intended to be opened, specifying the situation of it, the person of whom rented, the present or late occupier, whether kept or used as an inn, alehouse or victualling house, within three years preceding; and if so, by whom and under what sign. the poor, and upon one of the constables or other peace officers of the parish in which is situate the house intended to be opened, and also to be affixed on the door of the house and of the church or chapel, or other conspicuous place, as required by the act. 2. Justices' Appointment of General Annual Licensing Meeting (a). Petty sessions at N., the day of 18-. (Before J. S., J. P., J. L, and J. N., Esquires.) We the above-named and undersigned, her Majesty's justices of the peace for the division of N., in the county of C., do hereby appoint Tuesday, the day of next, at the hour of in the fore noon, at N. in the said county and division, to hold the general annual licensing meeting and special session of justices for the said division, for granting licences for keeping inns, alehouses, and victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises, and for the purpose of granting billiard licenses. J. S., J. P., J. L., J. N. 3. Justice's Precept to High Constable. (Id. s. 2.)]-Proceed to the asterisk in General Form No. 1, ante, p. 341, and insert this :-you, within five days next ensuing your receiving this precept, to order the several petty constables and other peace officers within your constablewick forthwith to affix or cause to be affixed on the door of the church or chapel, and where there shall be no church or chapel on some other public and conspicuous place within their respective districts, a notice in writing that a general annual licensing meeting and special session of the justices of the peace acting for the said division will be held at the aforesaid, on the day of next, at the hour of in the forenoon, for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping or being about to keep inns, alehouses, and victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises in such licences to be specified, and for the purpose of granting billiard licences, and that such petty constables and other peace officers do also forthwith give the like notice in writing of such general annual licensing meeting to, or leave the same at the dwelling-house of, each and every justice of the peace acting for the said division, residing within their respective districts, and likewise to each and every person keeping an inn, alehouse, or victualling house, or who shall have given notice of his or her intention to keep an inn, alehouse, or victualling house, and to apply for a licence to sell exciseable liquors, to be drunk or consumed on the premises mentioned in such notice within their respective districts, or to apply thereat for such billiard licence. 4. High Constable's Warrant to Petty Constables.]-Proceed to the asterisk in General Form No. 2, ante, p. 341, and insert this :-that you forthwith affix or cause to be affixed on the door of the church or chapel, and where there shall be no church or chapel on some other public and conspicuous place within your parish, a notice in writing that a general annual licensing meeting and special session of the justices of the peace acting for the said division will be held at the aforesaid, on the day of next, at the hour of in the forenoon, for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping, or being about to keep, inns, alehouses, and victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises in such licences to be specified, and for the purpose of granting billiard licences; and that you do also (a) This appointment should be written in a separate book, called "The Special Sessions Book," and signed, as well as all other proceedings, at or previous to any special sessions. Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 369. Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 369. forthwith give the like notice in writing to, or leave the same at the dwelling-house of, each and every justice of the peace in your parish, acting for the said division, and likewise to each and every person in your parish keeping an inn, alehouse or victualling house, or who shall have given notice of his or her intention to keep an inn, alehouse or victualling house, and to apply for a licence to sell exciseable liquors to be drunk or consumed on the premises mentioned in such notice, or to apply thereat for such billiard licence. 5. Notice from the Petty Constable to Alehouse Keepers or Persons applying for Licences, and to Justices, of Licensing Day. Division of N. day of Take notice, that a general annual licensing meeting and special session of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Cambridge, acting in and for the said division, will be held at the, in N., in and for the said division, on the next, at the hour of in the forenoon of the same day, for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping or being about to keep inns, alehouses and victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises in such licences to be specified, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, and for the purpose of granting billiard licences, at which general annual licensing meeting and special sessions the said justices will also grant billiard licences to such persons as they the said justices shall in their discretion deem fit and proper to keep billiard tables and bagatelle boards, or instruments used in any game of the like kind, and who shall have given due notice of their intention to apply thereat for such billiard licence. Dated the of, A. D. 185-. To Mr. G. S., (Crown Inn), S-, or J.S., Esquire, jus tice of the peace. W. T. Constable for the parish of day in the hundred of E., in the said division. 6. Notice of Licensing Meeting for Church Door. Division of N., Cambridgeshire. Notice of sessions for granting alehouse and billiard licences. Take notice, that [&c. this will be the same as the notice No. 5, supra, except that it is not directed to any person.] 7. Alehouse Licence. (Form in act 9 Geo. 4, c. 61, s. 13.) At the general annual licensing meeting [or an adjournment of the general annual licensing meeting] of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting for the division [or liberty, &c. as the case may be], of N., in the county of C., holden at the in N., in the said county, on the in the year one thousand eight hundred and licences to persons keeping day of for the purpose of granting inns, alehouses and victualling houses, to sell exciseable liquors by retail, to be drunk or con sumed on the premises. We, being of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting for the said to sell by retail therein, and in the premises thereunto belonging, all such Oke's Synop. exciseable liquors as the said C. D. shall be licensed and empowered to sell under the authority and permission of any excise licence, and to permit 2nd ed. p. 369. all such liquors to be drunk or consumed in his [or her] said house or in the premises thereunto belonging: Provided that he [or she] do not fraudulently dilute or adulterate the same, or sell the same knowing them to have been fraudulently diluted or adulterated; and do not use in selling thereof any weights or measures that are not of the legal standard; and do not wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness or other disorderly conduct in his [or her] house or premises; and do not knowingly suffer any unlawful games or any gaming whatsoever therein; and do not knowingly permit or suffer persons of notoriously bad character to assemble and meet together therein; and do not keep open his or her] house except for the reception of travellers, nor permit or suffer any beer or other exciseable liquor to be conveyed from or out of his [or her] premises during the usual hours of the morning and afternoon divine service in the church or chapel of the parish or place in which his [or her] house is situated, on Sundays, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, but do maintain good order and rule therein; and this licence shall continue in force from the tenth day of October next until the tenth day of October then next ensuing, and no longer: Provided that the said C. D. shall not in the meantime become a sheriff's officer, or officer executing the process of any court of justice, in either of which cases this licence shall be void. Given under our hands and seals on the day and at the place first above written. [Justices' signatures and seals.] NOTE. By the 11 & 12 Vict. c. 49, s. 1 (passed on the 14th of This note is not 8. Form of entering Licences granted in " The Special Sessions Book” (a). County of C. to wit, Division of N. At the general annual licensing meeting of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting for this division, holden on the day and at the place above mentioned, for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping or being about to keep inns, alehouses and victualling houses to sell exciseable liquors by retail, and also for the purpose of granting billiard licences. |