General form of a commitment to the house of correction. (t) Commit ment of a rogue and vagabond, 2. c. 5. to house of correction. (u) Essex, (to wit.) E. F. esquire, one of the justices of our lord the king assigned to keep the peace within the said county of Essex-To the constable of, in the said county, and to the keeper of the house of correction at, in the said county. These are to command you the said constable, in his said majesty's name, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the said keeper of the said house of correction, the body of C. D, being charged before me upon oath, [or "convicted before me," or otherwise, as the case shall be: and here set forth the offence.] And you the said keeper are hereby required to receive the said C. D. into your custody, in the said house of correction, and him there safely keep until [or "for the space of " here set forth the time and the manner of punishment.] Herein fail Given you not. under my hand and seal the second day of January, in the year of our Lord 1816. E. F. [L. S.] To the keeper of the house of correction at Clerkenwell, or his deputy. Middlesex, (to wit.) Receive into your custody the body on 17 Geo. of C. D. rogue and vagabond herewith sent you, brought before me, E. F. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of Middlesex, by G. H. constable of the parish of and charged and convicted before me the said justice, upon the oath of A. B. with being a rogue and vagabond, within the intent and meaning of the statute made in the seventeenth year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, intituled, "An Act to amend, and render more effectual the laws relating to rogues and vagabonds, &c." namely, a person of evil fame, and a reputed thief, apprehended in, in the said county, on the day of, with intent then and there to commit felony. And it appearing before me the said justice, upon the oath of the said A. B. a credible witness, that the said C. D. is a person of evil fame, and a reputed thief: and the said C. D. upon the examination before me, not being able to give a satisfactory account of himself, or of his way of living; and it also appearing to the satisfaction of me the said justice, and there is just ground to believe the said C. D. was in the said as aforesaid, with such intent as aforesaid, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided: him, therefore, safely keep in your said custody* until the next general [or "general quarter"] sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county, then and there [* 66] (t) Burn, J. House of Correction. (u) Toone, 102, Burn, J. Vagrants, F. Dick. J. Vagrants. This is the usual printed form of warrant. See another form on 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 50. for poaching in the night, Burn. J. Vagrants T. 21st ed. and post 86. to be further dealt with according to law, and have you him there together with this precept, or until he shall be discharged by due course of law; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal this second day of January, in the year of our Lord 1816. To the keeper of E. F. (L. S.) Middlesex, (to wit.) Receive into your custody the body Commit. of C. D. herewith sent you by me, W. A. esq. one of his ment by a majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, view for in. justice, on and charged by me the said justice, upon the view of me, sulting him. W. A. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace, in (w) and for the said county, for indecent behaviour, by insulting me, and obstructing me in the due execution of my office as a magistrate as aforesaid, against the peace, &c. Her therefore safely keep in your said custody for want of sureties, or until she shall be discharged by due course of law, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal this day of A. D. 1791. W. Addington. (L. S.) Middlesex, (to wit.) To the keeper of his majesty's gaol Warrant by at Newgate, or his deputy. Secretary of into his cus These are in his majesty's name to authorise and require keeper of you to receive into your custody the body of C. D. herewith Newgate, sent you, charged before me upon the oath of A. B. and G. to receive H. with high treason at Savannah, in the colony of Georgia, tody, one in North America, and you are to keep him safe until he charged shall be delivered by due course of law, and for so doing with high this shall be sufficient warrant. your treason in our colonies W. Addington. (L. S.) abroad. (x) Charles, earl of Egremont, and George Dunk, earl of CommitHalifax, lords of his majesty's most honourable privy council, ment to Tower by and principal secretaries of state. These are in his majesty's Secretaries name to authorise and require you to receive into your cus- of State for tody, the body of John Wilkes, esquire, herewith sent you, being the for being the author and publisher of a most infamous author of a libel. (y) and seditious libel, intitled The North Briton, number XLV. tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government; and to keep him safe and close until he shall be delivered by due course of law, and for* so doing this shall be your warrant. Given at St. * 67] James', the 30th day of April, 1763, in the third year of his majesty's reign. (w) This form has been used at the Public Office, Bow Street. As to this general form, see 2 Barnard, 155. but see Hawk. b. 2. c. 16. s. 16. Crim. Law. Egremont, (x) See form Leach, C. L. 4th (y) This form was held good, in 2 Wils. 152. [ Commit. ment by way of detainer, for another To the Right Honourable John Lord Berkley of Stratton, constable of his majesty's Tower of London, or to the lieutenant of the said Tower, or his deputy. To the keeper of the New Prison, at Clerkenwell, or his deputy, (or, "to the keeper of his majesty's gaol of Newgate, or his deputy.") Middlesex, (to wit.) Detain in your custody the body of offence. (2) William Philipps, being further charged before me, Sir Richard Ford, knight, one of his majesty's justices of the peace, in and for the said county, on oath, with feloniously, &c. [describe the offence as directed ante 57 and as in the commitments post 67, 8, &c.] against the statute in that case made and provided, and the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity, him safely keep in your said custody, until he shall be discharged by due course of law, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal the 9th day of July, 1803. R. Ford. (L. S.) To the keeper of his majesty's gaol of Newgate, or his deputy, (or "to the governor of his majesty's gaol at Southwark, in the said county, or his deputy.") The like in Middlesex, (to wit.) Detain in your custody the body of C. D. of in the county of Middlesex, labourer, now in your custody in the said gaol, he being further charged before me, E. F. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, upon the oath of A. B. of - - in the said county, yeoman, with, &c. [here state offence as directed ante 57] and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. E. F. (L. S.) FOR OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION, MORALITY, &C. For disturb. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for that he ing the Con the said I. K. together with divers other evil-disposed pergregation in a Parish sons on Sunday last, being the day of in this preChurch. (b) sent month of wilfully and of purpose did contemptuously come into the said parish church, situate in the said parish of in the said county of Middlesex, during the [68] time of divine service, and did disquiet and disturb* the congregation by, &c. [here the mode of disturbance was stated, but this seems unnecessary.] in the said parish church, and did by other noises and disturbances prevent one A. B. the then officiating minister of the said parish church, from proceed (z) This is the form used at (b) See precedents and notes, This ante 2nd Vol. 24 to 34. 18. See also Toone, 358, and ante 63, ing in the celebration of Divine service there, contrary to the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with hav- The like for ing on, &c. willingly, maliciously, and contemptuously come disturbing the congre. into Tavistock chapel, in Broad Court, in the parish of, &c. gation in an within the said county, city, and liberty of Westminster, episcopal and disturbed the congregation there assembled, contrary to chapel. the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with wil-The like for lingly and of purpose, maliciously, and contemptuously com- a congrega disturbing ing into a certain congregation permitted by law, in a room, tion of Dis near the George, at Uxbridge, in the said county, on Sunday senters. the 1st instant, and disquieting, and disturbing the same, contrary to the statute, &c. For keeping disorderly [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with keeping and maintaining certain disorderly houses, respectively in houses. (c) Bennett's court, in the said parish, against the peace, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for that the For keeping said G. H. keeps a house of ill fame, and that lewd women a bawdy frequently resort thither with men of dissolute lives to the house. (d) great scandal of the neighbourhood, the encouragement of vice and debauchery, and against the king's peace. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with hav- For digging ing been guilty of a certain misdemeanour in unlawfully and UP and tak ing away a wilfully conveying and taking away the dead body of a cer- dead body. tain man, from the vault belonging to the church of St. Mary (e) Islington, in the said county, for the purpose of dissection, against the peace, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with being For inde guilty of a misdemeanour in endeavouring to excite each cent pracother by certain filthy and indecent practices to the commission of the crime of buggery, against the peace, &c. tices incit ing to the commission, of an unnatural crime (ƒ) [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for assault- For taking ing, ill-treating, and taking indecent liberties with him, with indecent intent to commit the detestable vice of buggery on, &c. instant, at, &c. against the peace, &c. liberties with a man with intent to commit an unnatural crime (g) tical prac [Commencement* and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with un- For sodomilawfully and wickedly meeting and coming together at a cer- tices. tain house, known by the sign of the Swan, in Vere Street, Clare Market, at the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the said county, for the purpose of committing with each other, and (c) See precedent and notes, 2d Vol. 38, 9, 40. (d) See precedent and notes, ante 2 Vol. 38, 9, 40. (e) See precedents and notes, 2d Vol. 35. (f) See precedent and notes, ante 2 Vol. 50.. (g) See precedent and notes, ante 2 Vol. 50. [* 69] then and there wickedly committing and perpetrating with each other divers filthy, lewd, nasty, and sodomitical acts and practices, contrary to the order of nature, to the great scandal of mankind, and against the peace, &c. On suspicion [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] On susof buggery sion of feloniously, and diabolically, against the order of (h) nature, committing and perpetrating the horrid and detestable crime of buggery upon the body of L. K. against the form, &c. The like in a different form. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] on suspicion of having been guilty of an unnatural crime, they having apprehended him last night in the mews in Spring Gardens, in company with another man, who escaped, both of whose breeches were unbuttoned at the time, against the peace, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] with assaulting him the said A. B. last night, at, &c. with intent commit bug- to commit the detestable crime of buggery with him the said A. B. against the form, &c. For an assault with intent to gery For an unna in a fuller form. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] for that the tural crime said C. D. being moved and seduced by diabolical instigation, on, &c. at, &c. in and upon one A. B. then and there being, did violently and feloniously make an assault, and then and there the said A. B. did wickedly, diabolically, feloniously, and against the order of nature, carnally know, and a venereal affair in the fundament of the said A. B. then and there had, and him the said A. B. then and there carnally did know, and that sodomitical, detestable, and abominable sin, called buggery, then and there with the said A. B. wickedly, diabolically, feloniously, and against the order of nature, committed and perpetrated to the great disgrace of all human kind, against the peace of our lord the king, his crown, and dignity, and also against the form of the statute in such case made and provided. For singing obscene songs. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] Being persons of evil fame, viz. singing obscene and bawdy ballads in the parish of St. Ann, Soho, to corrupt the minds and morals of the liege subjects of our lord the king. On suspicion FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE KING AND GOVERNMENT. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] being susof high trea pected of the crime of High Treason. son (i) The like for [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] being sushigh treason pected of the crime of High Treason, committed by him in in America. his majesty's colony of Pennsylvania, in America. [* 70] (h) See notes, 2 vol. 48, 9. in general is good, ante 1 vol. 111. 7 T. R. 736. Hawk. b. 2. c. 16. s. 16. No overt act need be stated. 1 Stra. S, 4. |