No. 99. The like of a Bow Street Warrant, by a Magistrate Kent, to wit. of Kent. To all constables and others his majesty's officers of the peace for the said county, whom these may concern. Let this warrant be executed in the said county, proof upon oath having been made before me of the signing thereof by the within named magistrate. Given under my hand and seal this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty See tit. SEARCH WARRANT. WATCH. No. 1. Warrant for keeping of Watch. County of To the constable of the hundred of to wit. the said county. in At a general quarter sessions of the peace holden at in and for the said county before us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, justices of our lord the king, assigned to keep the peace within the said county, and also hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, you are hereby required forthwith to issue your warrants to the several petty constables within your said hundred, that they do cause watch to be kept by night, and ward by day, with able men, within and throughout their respective constablewick, from the next ensuing, unto the ing; and that they do apprehend or cause to be apprehended all rogues, vagabonds, and other wandering, idle, and disorderly persons, and carry them before some of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, to be further dealt withal according to law. Given under our hands and seals the day and year first above written. day of now day of No. 2. Commitment of a Person apprehended by the Watch. County of To the constable of and to the kepeer of the house of correction at to wit. Whereas was yesterday in the night taken by the watch set by the constable of wandering abroad, and lodging in barns, outhouses, or in the open air, and is this day brought before me W. R. esquire, one of the justices of our lord the king assigned to keep the peace within the said county, and doth not now give a good account of himself before me: These are to require you the said constable of to convey the said to the said house of correc tion at aforesaid, and to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant. And I do hereby require you the said keeper of the house of correction aforesaid to receive the said into your custody in the said house of correction, and him there safely to keep until the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be holden in and for the said county; and have you him then there, together with this precept. Given under my hand and seal, at in the said in the year of the reign of county, the day of No. 3. The like for striking a Watchman in the Executiion of his Office. [Commence in common form.] With assaulting and striking one while in the execu tion of his duty as one of the watchmen of the parish aforesaid, and for which offence I the said justice have and do hereby adjudge him to forfeit the sum of pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, and which said sum hath been demanded of and from him the said tice, but which he has refused to pay, &c. by me the said jus No. 4. The like for Night-walking. For that the said was yesterday in the night taken by the watch set by the constable of wandering abroad and lodging in barns, outhouses, or in the open air. No. 5. The like against a Prostitute for walking the Streets. upon the oath of Receive, &c. a constable, with being a person of evil fame, viz. a common prostitute, apprehended at unreasonable hours in the night picking up men for bawdy purposes, and him, &c. WATERMAN. No. 6. Conviction* for towing a Barge on the Thames for hire, not having served as a Waterman, under 11 & 12 W. 3. c. 21. County of Middlesex, Be it remembered, that on the , day of in the year of our Lord 182 at [Old to wit. Brentford] in the county of Middlesex, and of the [city of London, waterman, two of the rulers and overseers of the company or society of watermen, wherry.. men, and lightermen, came before me W. R., esq. one of the justices of our lord the king, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king, in and for the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, and gave me the said justice to understand and be informed, that of the parish of in the said county of Middlesex, labourer, within one month next before the exhibiting this information †, to wit, on the day of aforesaid, not having served for the space of seven years to any waterman, lighterman, or wherryman, and not being a Trinity man, fisherman, ballast man, or person employed in rowing or any ways navigating a western barge, mill-boat, chalk-hoy, faggot or wood lighter, dung-boat, or gardener's boat, in such manner as had been accustomed before the passing of a certain act of parliament made in the 11th and 12th years of the reign of king William the third, intituled, " An Act for the explanation and better execution of former acts made touching watermen and wherrymen rowing on the river of Thames, and for the better ordering and governing the said watermen, wherrymen, and This conviction was removed by certiorari into the K. B, and confirmed without argument. + The information and summons may be easily drawn from this form of conviction. lightermen, upon the said river between Gravesend and Windsor," and in such manner as allowed and reserved by the said act at [Old Brentford] aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, upon the river Thames there, between Gravesend in the county of Kent and Windsor in the county of Berks, did for hire and and gain, row and work, and cause to be rowed and worked, a a certain vessel, to wit, a barge, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided; and afterwards, to wit, on the day of aforesaid, at [Old Brentford] aforesaid, in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, the said after being by me summoned to appear before me the said justice, in order to make his defence against the said charge in the said information contained, and having heard the same, is asked by me the said justice if he can say any thing why he should not be convicted of the premises therein contained; whereupon the said pleadeth that he is guilty of the premises in the said information contained, and the said moreover before me saith that he works for [the Grand Junction Canal Company] upon the river Thames, and has [two guineas] a week wages; and thereupon I the said justice do adjudge that the said is guilty of the premises in the said information contained, in manner and form as in the said information contained; and he is accordingly by me convicted thereof; and I do adjudge that he hath forfeited the sum of pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, to the rulers and overseers of the said company or society of watermen, wherrymen, and lightermen, to be disposed of according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided: In witness whereof, I the said justice to this present record of conviction at [Old Brentford] aforesaid, in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, have set my hand and seal the day of aforesaid, in the year aforesaid. No. 2. Conviction of a Wherryman for ferrying over a Passenger within 500 Yards of a Bridge built over the Severn, under 16 Geo. 3. c. 17. (Local.) } Be it remembered,. that on at Salop, to wit. clerk to the trustees duly appointed and admitted under and by virtue of an act of parliament made in the 16th year of the reign of his late majesty George the third, intituled, "An Act for carrying on, building, completing and maintaining, at their own proper costs and one side in charges, a bridge of cast iron, stone, brick or timber across the said river at or near a house at the time of the making of that act in the occupation of S. B. at B. in the county of Salop, to the opposite shores near the house there of T. C. at M. W. in the said county, and for making and keeping in good and sufficient repair proper roads and avenues to and from the same," in his proper person cometh before me W. R. esquire, one of the justices, &c. [as in the last form] and giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that after the last day of April 1766, and after the said bridge in the said act of parliament mentioned was built, to wit, on the day of in the year of our Lord of the parish of in the said county, fisherman, not regarding the said statute, nor fearing the penalties therein contained, did use and employ a boat to ferry a person, to wit, across the said river Severn, and did then and there in the said boat ferry over the said across the said river, in the said act mentioned, within the distance of five hundred yards of the said bridge, and across from the the said county, to the opposite shore at aforesaid in the said county, in order to avoid the payment of the tolls by the said act granted, to wit, at aforesaid, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, whereby and by force of the said statute the said for his said offence hath forfeited the sum of twenty shillings, to be paid to the said trustees, their clerk or treasurer, and applied to the purposes of that act; and the said the said informant, prays that the said may be convicted of the said offence above laid to his charge, whereupon afterwards, upon the in the year aforesaid, at aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, he the said having been duly summoned before me, in order to make his defence against the charge contained in the said information, appeareth and is present [or, if on a day prior to that of the conviction, appeared and was present] for that purpose, and having heard and fully understood the said charge contained in the said information, he the said is now here [or, was then] asked by me the said justice if he can [or, could] say any thing for himself why he the said should not be convicted of the premises above charged upon him in form aforesaid, who pleadeth [or, pleaded] that he is [or, was] not guilty of the said offence so charged upon him; nevertheless, on the aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, at day of day of aforesaid, one credi |