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and the said

assessors aforesaid, to

said appear before us, the said commissioners, and to bring their assessments of such rates and sums of money in writing, and we, the said commissioners, being now duly met and assembled together by virtue of the said act, on this present

day of in the year aforesaid, at the inn at aforesaid, being the time and place appointed and prefixed, and by our said warrant as aforesaid, the said

being so as aforesaid appointed assessor, makes default in his appearance, and neglects to appear before us here at the time so appointed by our said warrant for his appearance as aforesaid, not having lawful excuse made out to us by the oaths of two credible witnesses, according to the said act. And thereupon at this present meeting so holden by and before us, the said commissioners, on the in the year

aforesaid, at the

said hundred of

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witness, cometh before us, the said commissioners, and upon his oath on the holy gospel of God, to him duly administered by us, deposeth and saith, that he, the said

day of

on the

in the year aforesaid, delivered our by reason whereof and by for his said default, hath

day of to shew cause, if

said warrant to the said force of the said act, the said forfeited and lost to his majesty such sum as we, the said commissioners now present shall think fit, not exceeding the sum of 401. to be levied as in and by the said act is directed. Wherefore a day is given by us, the said commissioners here present, to the said to appear before us the in the aforesaid, at year any he hath, why he should not be fined by us, the said commissioners, or the major part of us, for his said offence, in such sum, not exceeding 401. as we, the said commissioners, or the major part of us, shall think fit, according to the directions of the said act. And now at this day, that is to say, on the day of in the year aforesaid, at aforesaid, being the time and place appointed for the said to answer for his said offence as aforesaid, the said having been duly summoned in this behalf appears we being now here met by being now in

and

before us
virtue of the said statute, and the said

formed by us, the said commissioners, of the said charge, and

having heard the said evidence of the said

our said warrant was delivered to him the said

admits that

by the

as he, the said

hath deposed; and

said being asked by us, the said commissioners here present, what he had to say why we, the said commissioners, should not fine him according to the directions of the said act, does not make out to us by the oaths of two credible witnesses, any lawful reasonable excuse for not appearing before us, according to the tenor of our said warrant, whereupon it manifestly appears to us, the said commissioners here present, that the said is guilty of the said offence; therefore it is considered by us, the said commissioners here present, and we do think fit and adjudge, that the said for his default do forfeit and lose to his majesty the sum of 57. to be levied as by the said act is directed, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. In witness whereof, we, the said commissioners as aforesaid, have set our hands and seals to this record of the conviction aforesaid at aforesaid, within the hundred of in the year aforesaid, &c.

this

and

day of

N. B. The above conviction not being upon any prosecution under a penal statute, but for the offence of disobeying the court itself who convicts, cannot (from its peculiar nature) require an information or complaint. But all the other steps are regularly and carefully stated and the precedent may be very useful whenever (as may often happen) a similar case occurs.-Bosc. 168.

No. 2. Warrant to levy the Fine imposed by the above Conviction, together with the Cost of the Distress.

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commissioners in an act of parliament made and passed in the year of his majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for granting an aid to his majesty, by a land-tax to be raised in

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ting in execution the said act, acting as such commissioners in and for the hundred of

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was duly convicted by us, the said commissioners, for that we, the said commissioners, issued out our warrant, bearing date the

day of

aforesaid, and directed the same to the said

in the year

then one

of the most able and sufficient inhabitants of the said hamlet or liberty of in the said hundred of requiring him to be one of the assessors of all and every the rates and sums imposed on the said hamlet or liberty of within the said hundred of

by virtue of the said act,

inn at

and also appointing and prefixing the day
in the year aforesaid, at the
within the said hundred of
for him, the said

of

aforesaid,

to be the day and place assessor as aforesaid, to appear before us, the said commissioners, and to bring in his assessments of such rates and sums of money in writing, yet the said made default in his appearance, and neglected to appear before us at the time so appointed for his appearance by our aforesaid warrant, not having lawful excuse made out by the oaths of two credible witnesses, according to the said act, by reason whereof, and by force of the said act, the said for his said default, forfeited and lost to his majesty such sum as we the said commissioners present at the said meeting, or the major part of us, should think fit, not exceeding the sum of 407. to be levied as in and by the said act is directed: whereupon we the said commissioners, present at that meeting aforesaid, thought fit and adjudged that the said for his said default, should forfeit and lose to his majesty the sum of 51. to be levied as by the said act is directed, as by the record of the said conviction under our hands and seals (relation being thereunto had) more fully appears. These are therefore in his majesty's name to authorize and require you the said collectors, or either of you, to demand the said sum of 51. of the said if he can be found, or else to demand the same at the last place of abode of him the said and in case he shall not pay the same on demand, then to levy the said 51. upon the goods and chattels of the said

by distress and sale thereof; and the said goods and chattels so taken by distress to keep by the space of four

and if the

days, at the costs and charges of the said said do not pay the sum of 57. the money so distrained for, within the said space of four days, that you then cause the said distress to be appraised by two or more of the inhabitants where the same shall be taken, or other sufficient persons, and to be sold for payment of the said 51. and the overplus coming by such sale (if any be) over and above the said 51. and the charges of taking, keeping, and selling the said distress, you return to the said and that out of the money arising from such distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said you do pay the said 57. to his majesty's receivergeneral of the said land-tax for the county of

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to his lawful deputy, for the use of his majesty, as the said act directs, and certify to us what you shall have done in the

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LARCENY.

No. 1. Information against a Servant for embezzling a Bill of Exchange, under the 39 Geo. 3. c. 85.

County of

to wit.

The information and complaint of
of, &c. [In common form.]

day of

at

This complainant on his oath saith, [that R. late of labourer, on the was clerk [or servant, as it may be] to A. and B. bankers, and was employed by them to receive money, bills, notes, and other valuable securities for them, did by virtue of such employment receive and take into his possession a certain bill of exchange for the payment of 451., of the value of 45l., for and on account of the said A. and B. his masters and employers, and having so received and taken the said bill of exchange into his possession for and on account of his said masters and employers, did afterwards fraudulently and feloniously steal, embezzle, secrete and make away with the said bill of exchange, for whose use and account the same was received and taken into the possession of the said R. as such clerk [or servant, as it

may be] as aforesaid, the said bill of exchange then being the property of the said A. & B. and the said sum of money payable and secured by and upon the said bill of exchange being then due and unsatisfied to the said A. and B. the owners thereof,] against the form of the statute, &c. And therefore the said complainant prays for justice in the premises. Sworn, &c.

The warrant and commitment may be readily drawn from the above information, taking the substance from within the brackets.

The forms may be varied as the fact may be, whether clerk

or servant.

No. 2. The like, for a Misdemeanor (in a banker, broker, agent, &c. for embezzling a Bill, under 52 Geo. 3. c. 63. [Commence in common form.]

This complainant on day of

his oath saith, that on the he, the said A., [did deposit a certain bill of exchange for the payment of money, that is to say, the sum of 307. the same being a security for monies the property of him the said G. and of the value of 307., with one B., as agent for him the said A., to procure the said bill of exchange to be discounted for and pay the proceeds thereof to him the said A., and that the said B. hath unlawfully negociated and applied the said bill of exchange to his own use and benefit, with intent to defraud the said A., the owner of the said bill of exchange], against form of the statute, &c. And therefore, &c.

No. 3. Information for unlawfully receiving stolen Lead, under 29 Geo. 3. c. 34. s. 1.

[Commence in common form.] on the

the parish of

buy and receive

day of

That

late of

now last past, at in the said county, unlawfully did pounds weight of lead [or bell metal, of the goods and chat

as it may be] of the value of tels of

then lately before feloniously stolen, taken, and

and he the said

well

carried away by one knowing the same to have been stolen and unlawfully come by, against the form of the statute, &c.

[or unlawfully and unjustly in a clandestine manner, at under prices and value, did buy and receive from the aforesaid

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