Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 256.

deliver up to the said C. D. all his clothes and wearing apparel now in the
possession and under the control of the said A. B., or in case the said A. B.
shall refuse to deliver up the same, then that the said A. B. shall
pay unto
the said C. D. the sum of. And we the said justices do further order
and adjudge that the said A. B. shall forthwith pay unto the church-
wardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of - aforesaid (to which
parish the said C. D. doth belong), or to some or one of them, the sum
of to be by them, or some or one of them, applied for the again
placing and binding out the said C. D. or otherwise, as by an order in
that behalf, to be hereafter made, they shall be ordered and directed, in
pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided: And if the
said several sums be not paid forthwith, [follow to the end of form No.
44, ante, p. 42.]

20. Distress Warrant thereon.]-Same as Form No. 15, ante, p. 75.

21. Commitment in Default.]—Same as Form No. 16, ante, p. 75.

22. Forms to be used in enforcing the Money Penalty under 33 Geo. 3, c. 55, s. 1.]—Same as No. 17, ante, p. 75.

23. Application of Master previous to Discharge of Parish Apprentice where Master is insolvent, &c. (32 Geo. 3, c. 57, s. 8).]-that one A. B. of, was, on the -day of in the year of our Lordbound an apprentice to this complainant the said C. D., in his trade of a by the parish of -, in the [county] of aforesaid, and now is such apprentice, and that he the said C. D. has lately become insolvent [or is so reduced in his circumstances as to be unable to employ and maintain the said apprentice A. B.] and therefore he, the said C. D., requests that the said A. B. be discharged from his apprenticeship,

24. Discharge of Apprentice thereon. (Id.)]—Proceed by reciting application No. 23, then: And we J. L. and J. P., Esquires, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the said [county] of at in the same [county], this day of in the year

of our Lord having duly inquired into the matters of the said al-
legations in the said application of the said C. D. the said master, and
finding the same to be true, do hereby adjudge that the said A. B. be
forthwith discharged from his apprenticeship to the said C. D., and from
the indentures in that behalf between them; and we the said justices do
by this our warrant discharge him the said A. B. accordingly.
Given under our hands and seals this
day of
at in the [county] aforesaid.

our Lord

in the of

year

J. L. (L. s.)
J. P. (L. s.)

25. Recognizance of Overseers of the Poor to prosecute by Indictment a Master for Illtreatment of a Parish Apprentice. (32 Geo. 3, c. 57, s. 11.)]-Proceed in the General Form No. 13, (E.), ante, p. 28, the condition being: The condition of the within-written recognizance is such, that whereas C. D. of &c. hath this day made complaint on oath before us, that A. B. of &c. [here state the complaint of illtreatment by the master], if therefore they the said E. F. and G. H., as such overseers as aforesaid, do and shall produce the said C. D. or other material evidence, and ap

pear at the next court of oyer and terminer or general gaol delivery, [or Oke's Synop. court of general quarter sessions of the peace,] and there prefer or 2nd ed. P. 256 cause to be preferred a bill of indictment for the offence aforesaid against the said A. B., and there also duly prosecute such indictment, then the said recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

26. Master wilfully abandoning a Parish Apprentice and removing 1 Arch. J. P. above 40 Miles. (56 Geo. 3, c. 139, s. 8.)]-being a person to whom a 4th ed. p. 104. child named J. Y. had been before then bound apprentice by the overseers of the poor of the parish of -, and whilst the said J. Y. was so bound to him as aforesaid, did on the day of last past, and within three calendar months next before the information in this behalf was exhibited, remove his residence to M. in the county of N., being forty miles and upwards from the parish wherein he the said A. B. resided when the said J. Y. was so bound apprentice as aforesaid, and took the said J. Y. to M. aforesaid, without an order in that behalf being made by two justices of the peace, either for the continuance of the said apprentice with the said A. B., or for the discharge of such apprentice, or for the binding or assigning of such apprentice to any other person [or did wilfully abandon and leave the said J. Y. without giving a written notice to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of the said parish in which the said J. Y. then resided, of his the said A. B.'s intention to remove his residence or establishment of business, pursuant to the statute in that case made and provided,] contrary, &c.

27. Neglecting to perform Conditions of Indenture inserted by Poor Oke's Syn. 2d Law Commissioners. (7 & 8 Vict. c. 101, s. 12.)]-being a person to whom ed. a child named J. Y. had been before then duly bound apprentice by in- Offences 1, 2. p 84. dentures by the guardians of the N. union, in the counties of C. and S. pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, did then and there wilfully refuse [or neglect] to perform certain terms [or certain conditions] inserted in the said indentures, under and by virtue of a certain order of the Poor Law Commissioners prescribed in that behalf to be inserted in indentures for binding out poor children, by then and there [here negative the condition or terms], contrary, &c.

28. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction. (No. 39, (I. 1), ante, p. 38; for the offences described in Forms No. 26, 27]; Distress Warrant, &c. No. 53 (N. 1)—58, ante, pp. 50-52.

ASSAULT.

1. Common Assault or Battery. (9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 27.)]-unlawfully Id. Offence 1. assault and beat [or assault only] one [or the said] C. D., contrary, &c.

2. Certificate of Dismissal of Complaint.]—This would be as the general form No. 32 (M.), ante, p. 34, but in the plural number, and adding at the conclusion: as we deemed the offence not proved, [or we found the assault and battery to have been justified, or we found the assault to have been so trifling as not to merit any punishment.]

3. General Form to be used in enforcing the Conviction. (No. 40, (I. 2), ante, p. 39]; Commitment, Form No. 52, (O. 1), ante, p. 49.

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 84. Id.Offences 2,3.

Id. Offence 4.

Id. Offence 5.

1d. Offence 6.

4. To prevent Seamen, &c. from Working. (Id. s. 26.)]—unlawfully and with force hinder one [or the said] C. D., a seaman, [or keelman, as the case may be,]

[or unlawfully beat one C. D. a seaman, &c. with intent thereby then and there to deter and hinder him the said C. D.

from working at or exercising his said lawful trade, business, and occupation of seaman [or as the case may be] as aforesaid,]

contrary, &c.

5. To prevent Sale of Corn, &c. (Id.)]—unlawfully beat one [or the said] C. D., with intent thereby then and there to deter and hinder him the said C. D. from selling [or buying] certain wheat in the market of in the said county, contrary, &c.

6. To stop Conveyance of Corn, &c. (Id.)]—unlawfully beat one [or the said] C. D., he the said C. D. then and there having the care and charge of certain wheat whilst on its way to the market town of in the county aforesaid, with intent thereby then and there to stop the conveyance of the said wheat, contrary, &c.

一,

7. General Forms to be used in enforcing the Convictions.]—No. 41, (I. 3), ante, p. 39, described in Forms Nos. 4, 5, and 6; Commitment, No. 48 (P.), ante, p. 46, and for Costs, No. 49-51, ante, p. 46-48.

8. Assault on Board a Ship. (7 & 8 Vict. c. 112, s. 44.)]—On &c. at in the kingdom of did unlawfully assault and beat [or assault only] one [or the said] C. D., the said C. D. then and there being on board a certain ship belonging to one E. F., a subject of her Majesty, and now arrived [or touched] at the port of - —, in the territory of near which I the said justice reside, contrary, &c.

9. General Form to be used in enforcing the Conviction. (No. 40 (I. 2), ante, p. 39]; Commitment, No. 52 (O. 1), ante, p. 49.

BEERHOUSES.

P. 86.

Offence 1.

I. Offences against the Licence.

II. Offences as to Hours.

III. Other Offences.

IV. Proceedings against Sureties of Beerhouse Keeper.

V. Proceedings on Appeal against Conviction for a Third Offence.

I. OFFENCES AGAINST THE LICENCE.

1. For mixing Drugs, &c. in Beer, &c. (1 Will. 4, c. 64, s. 13.)]— being then and there a beerhouse keeper, and duly licensed to sell beer, ale and porter by retail [not] to be drunk and consumed in his house and premises there situate, under the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided,* was then and there guilty of disorderly conduct: [or did transgress and neglect, or was a party in transgressing and neglecting, or did allow to be transgressed and neglected, the conditions and provisions specified in the said licence of the said house and premises]:

for that he the said A. B. did then and there mix [or cause to be

mixed] a certain drug [or pernicious ingredient, to wit in certain
beer [or ale, porter, cyder or perry], then and there being in a certain
cask in the said house and premises so licensed as aforesaid, against the
tenor of his said licence, and contrary to the form of the statute in such
case made and provided.

N. B. In describing the place of committing the offence, show it to
be" within the division of —.”

2. Diluting or adulterating Liquor. (Id.)]—Proceed as No. 1, supra, Id. Offence 2. to the second asterisk*, and then thus: fraudulently dilute [or deteriorate, or adulterate] with water [or as the case may be,] certain beer [or ale, porter, cyder, or perry], to wit, one gallon of beer, against, &c. [conclude as form No. 1.]

3. Selling adulterated Liquor. (Id.)]—Proceed as No. 1, supra, to the Id. Offence 3. second asterisk*, and then : sell to one E. F. certain beer [or us the case may be], to wit, one gallon of beer, which had been theretofore fraudulently diluted [or deteriorated, or adulterated,] by some person unknown [or by the said A. B.], mixing therewith a certain quantity of a certain drug [or as the case may be], to wit, a quart of he the said A. B. then and there well knowing that the said beer had been so fraudulently diluted [or as the case may be], against, &c.

4. Not using Standard Measure. (Id.)]—Proceed as in form No. 1 to Id. Offence 4. the second asterisk*, and then:] in selling to one E. F. a certain quantity of beer, to wit, one gallon, use a certain measure as a gallon which was not then and there of the legal standard, but, on the contrary, was then and there less, to wit, one pint less than the legal standard, against, &c.

5. Permitting Drunkenness. (Id.)]-Proceed as in form No. 1 to the Id. Offence 5. second asterisk*, and then describe offence as in form No. 4, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 66.

6. Permitting disorderly Conduct. (Id.)]—Proceed as in form No. 1 to the second asterisk*, and then describe offence as in form No. 5, tit. Alehouses, ante, 67.

7. Suffering unlawful Games. (Id.)]-Proceed to the second asterisk* Id. Offence 6. in No. 1, supra, and then describe the offence as in form No. 6, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 67.

8. Suffering Gaming. (Id.)]-Proceed to the second asterisk in No. 1, supra, and then describe offence as in form No. 7, tit. Alehouses, ante, p.

67.

9. Permitting Persons of notoriously bad Character to assemble. (Id.)] Id. Offence 7. -Proceed to the second asterisk* in Ño. 1, and then describe offence as in No. 8, tit. Alehouses, ante, p. 67.

10. Not maintaining good order. (Id.)]-Proceed to the second aste- Id p. 88. risk* in No. 1, and then describe the offence as in either of the forms No. Offence 8. 11 and 15, tit. Alehouses, ante, pp. 67, 68.

11. Summons to Defendant.]—This would be in the usual form No. 8 (A), ante, p. 26. By sect. 10 of 4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 85, the justice may require the party to produce his licence for the aforegoing offences: there might be added at the end of the summons these words: "And have you

Oke's Synop. then and there your said licence to be by you produced at the hearing of the said information."

2nd ed.

12. Forms to be used in enforcing the Conviction.]-No.39 (I. 1), ante, p. 38; Distress Warrant, &c. No. 53 (N. 1)—58, ante, pp. 50-52, to be issued after seven days from conviction. The conviction should show it to have taken place before the justices "acting in petty sessions in and for the division of in the same county;" and if a second or third offence, the averment of the previous conviction, as shown in the general consolidated form, No. 42, ante, p. 40.

13. Adjudication disqualifying Offender from selling Beer, &c. for Two Years, on conviction for a Third offence. (1 Will. 4, c. 64, s. 13.)] Proceed in the usual manner in the conviction No. 39 (I. 1), ante, p. 38, with the adjudication of the penalty and its recovery, then add: And we the said justices do hereby further adjudge that the said A. B. shall be disqualified from selling beer, ale, porter, cyder and perry by retail, for the space of two years next ensuing the date hereof. [If the justices think fit]: And also we do hereby further adjudge that no beer, &c. shall be sold by retail by any person or persons whomsoever in the house and premises mentioned in the said licence of the said A. B.

II. OFFENCES AS TO HOUrs.

14. Keeping open after Eleven o'clock at Night within the Bills of Mortality. (3 & 4 Vict. c. 61, s. 15.)]-Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 78, and then thus: did keep open his said house and premises so licensed as aforesaid for the sale of beer after the hour of eleven of the clock at night, to wit, at o'clock at night, in the said parish of and the said house and premises not being within the cities of London or Westminster, or within the boundaries of any of the boroughs of Marylebone, Finsbury, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth or Southwark, as defined by the statute in that behalf, but being within the bills of mortality, against, &c.

15. The like, within a Town Corporate or Place containing a Population exceeding 2500. (Id.)]-Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, p. 78, then to the second asterisk* in form No. 14, supra, and then thus: but being within the town corporate [or city, cinque port, or parish] of, the population of which, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeds two thousand five hundred persons, against, &c.

16. The like, within a country parish containing a Population exceeding 2500. (Id.)]-Proceed to the first asterisk • in form No. 1, ante, p. 78, then to the second asterisk* in form No. 14, supra, and then thus: but the said parish of —, having a population, according to the last parliamentary census, exceeding two thousand five hundred persons, against, &c.

17. The like, within a Mile from a Polling Place for a Town having 2500 Inhabitants. (Id.)]-Proceed to the first asterisk* in Form No. 1, ante p. 78, then to the second asterisk* in Form No. 14, supra, and then thus but the said house and parish being within one mile, measured as directed by the statute in such case made and provided, from a certain polling place, to wit, --, used at the last election for the [town] of the same [town] having a population which, according to the last par