by virtue of my warrant issued at the instance and request of O. P. one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish, the said C. D. was on the day of last past, brought before me, and having refused to give security to indemnify the said parish of and having also refused to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient surety, upon condition to appear at the next general quarter sessions [or next general sessions] of the peace, to be holden in and for the said county of -, and to abide and perform such order as should 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, he the said C. D. was on the said - day of by me committed to the house of correction [or common gaol] at pursuant to the directions of an act of parliament passed in the sixth year of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the Relief of Parishes and other Places, from such Charges as may arise from Bastard Children born within the same."-And whereas, the said C. D. doth allege that it is more than six weeks since the said A. B. was delivered of the said child, and that no order hath been made in pursuance of the said act of the eighteenth year of her said late Majesty Queen Elizabeth; These are therefore, in His Majesty's name, to summon and require you the said to appear before us at in the said county, on the day of - now next ensuing, at of the clock in the -noon of the same day, to shew cause why the said C. D. should not be discharged from his imprisonment in the said house of correction, [or common gaol] as is directed by the said act of the sixth year of his said late Majesty King George the Second. Given under my hand &c. and Discharge of the Father for want of Order being made, under 18 Eliz. To the Governor or Keeper of the House of Correction at in the said county. to wit. Whereas said county, single woman, ing and upon oath, the in the A. B. of the parish of me, then and now one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and residing near to the limits where the said parish doth lie, did therein declare That she was on the day of last, delivered of a male bastard child in the said parish of, and did therein charge C. D. of with having gotten the said child on her body. And whereas the said C D. when brought before me, (by virtue of my warrant, issued upon application made to me by L. M. one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of -), did refuse to give security to indemnify the said parish, and did also refuse to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient surety, upon a condition thereunto annexed, in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided; whereupon I did by warrant under my hand and seal, bearing date the day of last past, commit the said C. D. to the house of correction at in the said county. And whereas L. M. one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of, hath this day appeared before me, pursuant to my summons, but hath not shewn any cause why the said C. D. should not be discharged from his imprisonment, as the statute doth direct; [or if the overseers do not appear to the summons, say, And whereas L. M. and N. O. overseers of the poor of the parish of, have neglected and refused to appear before me, at the time and place appointed by my summons for them to shew cause why the said C. D. should not be discharged from his imprisonment, as the statute directs, although it appears to me, upon oath, that they were duly summoned for that purpose;] and it having been duly proved before me, on oath, That it is now more than six weeks since the said A. B. was delivered of the said child, and also that no order hath been made, in pursuance of the act of the eighteenth year of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth. These are therefore, in His Majesty's name, to authorize and require you, the said governor or keeper, not to detain the said C. D. any longer in your custody, but that you do forthwith release him from thence and suffer him to go at large, provided he is charged with no other offence. Given under my hand and seal, the year of our Lord 1817. day of in the Warrant for the Mother, and to summon the reputed Father, previous to making Order of Filiation. to wit. Whereas information hath been made unto us, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, one whereof is of the quorum, and both of us residing next unto the limits of the parish church within the parish of in the said county, as well upon the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish as on the oath of A. B. of single woman, that on the last past, she the said A.B. was delivered of a male bastard child at in the said parish, and that C.D. of in the said county, is the father of the said bastard child, which bastard child is now living and is become chargeable to the said parish of day of These are therefore to command you to bring the said A. B. before us at in the said county, on the day of at the hour of ——— in the noon of the same day, to be by us further examined touching the premises; and that you give notice thereof unto the said C. D. that he may likewise be present at the time and place aforesaid to make his lawful defence: to the end that upon the examination of the cause and circumstances we may take such order therein as to right doth appertain. And what you shall do in the execution hereof, you are to make known to us at the time and place aforesaid. Given under our hands and seals, this the year of our Lord 1817. day of in Order of Filiation and Maintenance. The Order of J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the county of, one whereof is of the quorum, and both residing next unto the limits of the parish church within the parish of — in the said county, made the day of in the year of our Lord 1817, concerning a male [or female] bastard child, lately born in the parish aforesaid of the body of A. B. single woman. -, as to wit. Whereas it hath been duly made appear unto us the said justices, as well upon the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of upon oath of the said A. B. that she was delivered of a male [or female] bastard child at in the said parish, on the day of, and that the said bastard child is now chargeable to the same, and likely so to continue; and further, that C. D. of in the said county, [labourer], did beget the said bastard child on the body of her the said A. B. And whereas the said C. D. hath appeared before us, in pursuance of our summons for that purpose, but hath not shewn any sufficient cause why he, the said C. D. shall not be the reputed father of the said bastard child: [or, And whereas it hath been duly proved unto us, upon oath, that the said C. D. hath been duly summoned to appear before us the said justices, to the end we might examine into the cause and circumstance of the premises; And whereas the said C. D. hath neglected to appear before us, according to the said summons.] We, therefore, upon the examination of the cause and circumstances of the premises, as well upon the oath of the said A. B. as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him the said C. D. to be the reputed father of the said bastard child.-And thereupon we do order, as well for the better relief of the said parish of as for the susteuance and relief of the said bastard child, that the said C. D. shall and do forthwith, upon notice of this our order, pay, or cause to be paid to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of the said parish, or to some or one of them, the sum of for and towards the maintenance of the said bastard child, to the time of making this our order.-And we do also hereby further order that the said C. D. shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of the said parish of —— for the time being, or some or one of them, the sum of weekly and every week from this present time, for and towards the keeping, sustentation, and maintenance of the said bastard child for and during so long time as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the said parish. And we do further order that the said A. B. shall also pay, or cause to be paid to the said churchwardens or overseers of the poor of the said parish of for the time being, or some or one of them, the sum of weekly and every week, so long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the same, in case she shall not nurse and take care of the child herself. And we do also hereby further order that the said C. D. shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of for the time being, or to some or one of them, the sum of for the reasonable charges and expenses incident to the birth of the said bastard child: And also the further sum of - for the reasonable costs of apprehending and securing the said C. D: And also the further sum of- for the reasonable costs of obtaining our order for the filiation of the said bastard child; the said several sums of money, being the reasonable charges and expenses incident to the birth of the said bastard child, and the reasonable costs of apprehending and securing the said C. D. and of our order of filiation, duly and respectively ascertained on oath before us, in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided. Given under our hands and seals, the day and year first above written. J. C. S. P. Information against reputed Father for disobeying &c. Order of Filiation, by 49 Geo. III. of A. B. one in the said day of to wit. The information and complaint of the overseers of the poor of the parish of county, taken before me J. C. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, the 1817, who upon his oath saith that by an order under the hands and seals of [recite the order of filiation]. And that the said bastard child is living in and maintained by the said parish of, and that he the said C. D. has had due notice of the. said order, and that the said sum of money in the said order named has not yet been paid, and that demand of payment thereof hath been made upon the said C. D. but that the said C. D. háth refused to pay the same, (or if he has absconded toavoid demand, say, hath left his usual place of abode, and hath thereby avoided a demand of the said sum of, being made by him the said A.B. upon him the said C. D.] whereby the sum of is now due and owing from the said C.D. |