tained for such purpose shall be suspended, and during such suspension the woman shall be delivered of a child, which would be a bastard, every such bastard shall be deemed to be settled in the same parish in which was the legal settlement of the mother at the time of the delivery; and bastards living with their mother for nurture (being under seven years of age) are to be maintained by the parish to which they belong. 1 Bott. 406. pl. 532. Examination of the Mother before Birth. to wit. The voluntary examination of M. B. of &c. in the said county, single woman, taken on oath before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, this day of in the year of our Lord 1817, who saith, that she is now with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard, and to be chargeable to the parish of in the said county, and that C. D. of &c. in the said county, is the father of the said child. M. B. Taken and sworn the day and year above written, beJ. C. fore me, this saith, That on the The like after Birth. to wit. The examination of M. B. of &c. in the said county, single woman, taken on oath before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, day of in the year of our Lord 1817, who now last past, at in the parish in the county aforesaid, she was delivered of a male [or female] bastard child, and that the said bastard child is likely to become chargeable to the said parish, and that C. D. of &c. in the said county, [labourer], did get her with child of the said bastard child. M. B. of Taken and sworn the day and year above written, before me, J. C. Warrant against the Father, before Birth. To the Constable of in the county of to wit. Whereas M. B. of &c. in the said county, single woman, hath, by her voluntary examination, taken in writing upon oath, before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, this present day, declared herself to be with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard, and to be chargeable to the parish of in the said county, and that C. D. of &c. in the said county, [labourer], is the father of the said child. And whereas E. F. one of the overseers of the poor of the parish of aforesaid, in order to indemnify the said parish in the premises, hath applied to me to issue out my warrant for the apprehending the said C. D. I do therefore hereby command you to apprehend the said C. D. and to bring him before me, or some other of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, to find security to indemnify the said parish, or else to enter into a recognizance with sufficient surety, upon condition thereunto annexed, in pursuance of the statute in that case made and provided. Given under my hand and seal, this year of our Lord 1817. --- day of Warrant against the Father, after Birth. To the Constable of - in the county of in the to wit. Whereas M. B. of &c. in the said county, single woman, hath, by her examination taken in writing upon oath before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, declared, that on the day of now last past, at, in the parish of in the county aforesaid, she was delivered of a male [or female] bastard child, and that the said bastard child is (likely to) become chargeable to the said parish, and hath charged Č. D. of &c. in the said county, [labourer], with having gotten her with child of the said bastard child. And whereas E. F. one of the overseers of the poor of the parish of aforesaid, in order to indemnify the said parish in the premises, hath applied to me to issue out my warrant for the apprehending of the said C. D. I do therefore hereby command you immediately to apprehend the said C. D. and to bring him before me, or some other of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, to find security to indemnify the said parish, or else to find sufficient surety for his appearance at the next general for general quarter] sessions of the peace, to be holden for the said county, then and there to abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made, in pursuance of the statutes in that case made and provided. Given under my hand and seal, the year of our Lord 1817. Recognizance before Birth, By 49 Geo. III. c. 68. day of in the day of to wit. Be it remembered, That on the in the 57th year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George III. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, A. B. of &c. in the county aforesaid, [smith], and C. D. of &c. in the said county, labourer], personally came before me, J. C. Esq, one of the justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace within the county aforesaid, and acknowledged themselves to owe to our said Lord the King, that is to say, the said A. B. the sum of £. — and the said C. D. the sum of £. severally, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use of our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, if he the said A. B. shall make default in the condition hereunder-mentioned. WHEREAS E. F. of &c. in the parish of in the county aforesaid, single woman, hath in and by her voluntary examination, taken in writing, and upon oath, before W. S. Esq. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, declared, that she is with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard, and to be chargeable to the said parish of, and that the abovebounden A. B. is the father of the said child. The CONDITION of this recognizance is such, that if the above-bounden A. B. do and shall appear at the next general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county, and shall abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made, in pursuance of an act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, concerning bastards born and begotten out of lawful matrimony, unless one of the justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace within the county aforesaid, shall have certified, in writing, under his hand, to such general, [or general quarter] sessions of the peace, that it had been proved before him, upon the oath of one credible witness, that such single woman had not been then delivered, or had been delivered within one month only previous to the day on which such general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace shall be holden, or unless two justices of the peace of the said county shall have certified, in writing, under their hands to the next, or where such woman shall not have been delivered as aforesaid, then to the immediately subsequent general [or general quarter sessions of the peace, that an order of filiation had been already made on the said A B. or that such order was not then requisite to be made, on account of the death of the child born a bastard, or for other like sufficient reason: Then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Recognizance after Birth. The Obligation (as before) day Whereas E. F. of &c. single woman, in and by her examination, taken in writing upon oath, before me, S. P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county of, hath declared, that on the of now last past, at, in the parish of —, in the county aforesaid, she was delivered of a male bastard child, and that the said bastard child is become chargeable to the said parish, and hath charged the within-named A. B. with having gotten her with child of the said bastard child. The CONDITION of the within-written recognizance is such, that if the within-bounden A. B. doth and shall appear at the next general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county, and shall abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made in pursuance of an act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, concerning bastards begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Warrant to apprehend the Mother of a Bastard, in order to her being sent to the House of Correction. in the said county, to wit. FORASMUCH as E.F. of yeoman, hath this day made oath before us, J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that A. B. late of single woman, on the day of in the said county, last past, was delivered of a male [or female] bastard child, at in the parish of in the said county, and that the said bastard child is now living, and chargeable to the said parish of —; These are therefore to command you, in His Majesty's name, to apprehend and bring before us, the said A. B. to answer the premises, and to be further dealt with according to law. Herein fail you not. Given under our hands and seals, the of 1817. day J.C. S. P. Commitment to the House of Correction. J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of the Justices of our Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace, within the county of to the Constable of, in the said county, and to the Keeper of the House of Correction at in the said county. to wit. 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 A. B. late of in the said county, single woman, charged before us, upon the oath of E. F. of - in the said county, yeoman, with having been delivered |