our said lord the king the sum of a-piece, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their goods and chattels and tenements respectively, to the use of our said lord the king, his heirs and successors, if the said shall make default on condition hereon indorsed.

Taken and acknowledged before

me,

The condition of the within-written recognisance is such, that if the within bounden shall be and appear at the

next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held at in the said county of

and then and there try his appeal

against a certain conviction under the hand and seal of whereby the said within bounden

penalty of

, and

costs, for unlawfully and furi

was convicted in the

(being a coach

ously driving a certain coach called with four wheels, and drawn by four horses, and then and there employed as a public stage coach for the

ing passengers) on the hundred and twenty county of

day of
at the parish of

and

purpose of conveyone thousand eight in the said

whereby the

on a certain turnpike road there, near the milestone between persons of the passengers then and there travelling by the said coach were endangered, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, and shall then and there abide the order, judgment, and sentence of, and pay such costs as shall be awarded by the justices at such quarter sessions, then the said recognisance to be void, or otherwise to remain in full force.

No. 18. Summons to a Stage Coach Proprietor for not having the Plates properly fixed on the Door of His Stage Coach, under 7 Geo. 4. c. 33. s. 6.

County of

to wit.

of

in

Whereas complaint and information have been this day made before me W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by that you the said county of being a person licensed to keep, use, and employ, and let out for hire, a certain carriage or vehicle for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire at separate

fares, did on the

in the said county of

day of instant, at the parish of , before using, employing, or letting out for hire such carriage or vehicle, the same being a carriage or vehicle having two doors, unlawfully neglect to fix or place upon the centre of the pannels of the doors of such carriage or vehicle, or upon each of the fore quarters of such carriage or vehicle, at the lower angle of such fore quarter, adjoining such doors respectively, the plates required by law to be so fixed or placed, contrary to the statute, &c. whereby you have forfeited for such offence the sum of

These are therefore in his majesty's name to will and require you personally to be and appear before me the said justice at aforesaid, on

next, at

o'clock at noon, or such other justice or justices of the peace as shall be then and there sitting, to answer the premises as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal the day and year above

written.

No. 33. Conviction prescribed by the statute 7 Geo. 4. c. 33.

County of

s. 21.

Be it remembered, that on the

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

at

to wit. in the county of came before me W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county where the offence hereinafter mentioned was committed, and informed me that of in the said county [set forth the fact for which the information is laid]; whereupon the said being duly summoned to answer the said charge, appeared before me, and having heard the charge in the said information, acknowledged and voluntarily confessed the faets therein stated to be true, but in his [or her] defence alleged [state the substance of the defence; or voluntarily confessed the said charge to be true, or did not make any defence against the said charge, whereupon the same was fully proved on the oath of a credible witness; or said that he [or she] was not guilty of the said offence, whereupon the same was fully proved on the oath of a credible witness, or as the case shall be; or did not appear before me pursuant to the said summons, but the said charge was proved on the oath

,

is

of a credible witness, or as the case shall be], and therefore it manifestly appearing to me that the said guilty of the offence charged in the said information, I do hereby convict him [or her] of the said offence, and do adjudge that he [or she] hath forfeited the sum of of lawful money of Great Britain for the offence aforesaid, to be distributed as the law directs, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided. Given under my hand and seal the day of one thousand eight hundred and twenty

STAMPS.

Fraudulently cutting, tearing, or getting off, or causing or procuring to be cut, torn, or got off, the impression of any stamp or die provided, made, or used for impressing or denoting any duty or duties under the care and management of the commissioners of stamps, from any vellum, paper, or parchment whatsoever, with intent to use the same for or upon any other vellum, parchment, or paper, or any instru.. ment or writing charged or chargeable with any duties, the offender, and any person knowingly and wilfully aiding, abetting, and assisting him in committing such offence, shall be guilty of felony and suffer death without benefit of clergy. 12 Geo. 3. c. 48. 55 Geo. 3. c. 184.

No. 1. Commitment for taking Stamps off Bills of Exchange to transfer them to others, under 12 Geo. 3. c. 48. [Commence in common form, title COMMITMENT, Vol. I.] For feloniously and fraudulently cutting, tearing, and getting off certain marks or stamps from [three several bills of exchange,] in respect of which certain stamp duties were payable, with intent fraudulently to use such stamps or marks upon certain other [bills of exchange] made by him the said in the city and county of the city of [a certain bill of exchange dated the thousand eight hundred and twenty on and accepted by

order for the sum of
date and indorsed by him.

day of

to wit,

one

drawn by the said and Co. payable to his pounds, payable three months after One other bill of exchange of the

same date, and also drawn, accepted, and indorsed in the

same manner for

pounds, payable three months after

pounds,

date; and one other bill of exchange of the same date, and drawn, accepted, and indorsed in like manner for payable three months after date,] with intent to defraud his majesty, contrary to the statute, &c.

form, Tit. COMMITMENT Vol. I.]

[Conclude in common

No. 2. The like, for getting Stamps off Writs to put them on others, under 13 Geo. 3. c. 48.

For fraudulently and feloniously getting off stamps in respect whereof certain duties are denoted to be paid, from pieces of parchment called writs, with intent to use such stamps for other writs, in respect whereof such duty is payable.

No. 3. The like, for transposing a Stamp from one Piece of Plate to another, under 24 Geo. 3. c. 53.

For feloniously transposing and removing, and causing and procuring to be transposed and removed, from one piece of wrought plate to another piece of wrought plate, to wit, a [cream pot], a certain mark, stamp, and impression made with a certain mark or stamp, used by the company of goldsmiths in London, and with selling the said [cream-pot] with the said transposed mark, stamp, and impression, well knowing the same to have been transposed as aforesaid, against the statute, &c.

For forging Stamps see Title FORGERY, vol. I,

No. 4. Conviction under 26 Geo. 3. c. 82. s. 5.

[or, be

as it shall

majesty's justices of the peace for the county of

fore us W. R. and E. R. M. esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of

happen to be], in pursuance of an act passed in the year of the reign of

day of

for that the said

on the

now last past, did [state the offence against the act, as it shall happen to be], contrary to the form of the

hath

of lawful money

statute in that case made and provided; and I [or we, as it may be] do declare and adjudge that he the said forfeited for his said offence the sum of of Great Britain, which sum of I [or we, as it may be] do hereby mitigate to the sum of [state the mitigated penalty, if necessary] to be distributed as the law directs. This is the first, [second, or other] offence [as it shall happen to be.] Given under my hand and seal [or our hands and seals, as the case may require] this

day of

Which conviction must be filed by a clerk of the peace.

STOLEN GOODS.

No. 1. Commitment for feloniously buying stolen Goods, joining the original Offencer.

Commence as forms, Title COMMITMENT, Vol. I.]

[After stating the facts against the principal, as the case may be] And also for that the said hath feloniously bought and received the said [silver spoons], knowing the same to have been feloniously stolen.

No. 2. The like, for feloniously receiving Bank Notes taken out of a Letter by a Person employed in the Post Office, under 42 Geo. 3. c. 81.

With feloniously and with a fraudulent intention buying or receiving, in the county of of a letter carrier employed in business relating to the post office, a certain bank note of the value of which at the time of buying or receiving knew to have been contained in a certain

he the said

letter which had been secreted or embezzled by the said as such letter carrier, contrary to the statute, &c.

No. 3. The like, in another form.

On suspicion of feloniously receiving, with a fraudulent intention, certain promissory notes for payment of money of [Chichester] bank, well knowing the said promissory notes to have been contained in a certain letter sent by the post, and to have been stolen or unlawfully taken out of the said letter by