Warrant of Distress for a Penalty, under 12 Car. II. c. 14. To A. B. and C. D. Officers of Excise, and to either of them. to wit. We whose hands and seals are hereunto set, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, do, in his said Majesty's name, authorize and command you, or one of you, that you seize upon the goods and chattels of C. D. of in the county aforesaid, and levy the sum of £— of lawful English money, by us mitigated from the sum of £- -[if so], recovered against him by A. B. who prosecuted as well for our Sovereign Lord the King as for himself, for a certain offence committed by the said C. D. against the laws and statutes of excise, whereof he the said C. D. is duly convicted before us, and for the levying thereof you are to seize, take and carry away, the goods and chattels aforesaid; and if in - days [not less than four nor more than eight] next after such seizure, the said sum of £---, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said goods and chattels shall not be paid, then and in such case, after the expiration of the said days, you are to sell the same, or, so much thereof as shall be sufficient to levy the said sum of £, which when so levied you are forthwith to pay to the collector of excise of the district for the time being (or as the case may be] to be by him distributed according to the statute in that case made and provided; and if any overplus shall remain of the money arising by such sale, you are to render such overplus to the said C. D. the reasonable charges of taking, keeping, and selling the said distress being first deducted.And all constables and other peace officers of the said county are hereby required to aid and assist you in the execution hereof. But in case sufficient distress cannot be found whereon to levy the said sum of £, you are forthwith to certify the same to us, together with a return to this precept. Given under our hands and seals the day of -, 1817. J. C. S. P. Return, by Excise Officer, of want of Distress. to wit. I, A. B. one of the within-named officers of excise, do hereby certify to J. C. and S. P. Esquires, the justices within named, that by virtue of the within warrant I have made diligent search for the goods and chattels of C. D. and that I can find none whereon I could levy the sum of money within mentioned, or any part thereof; as witness my hand this day of, 1817. Commitment for want of Distress. A. B. To A. B. and C. D. Officers of Excise, and to either of them, and to the Keeper of the Common Gaol at county. in the said to wit. Whereas we whose hands and seals are hereunto set, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by warrant under our hands and seals, bearing date the day of last, did require and command you the said A. B. and C. D. or one of you, to levy the sum of therein mentioned, upon the goods and chattels of E. F. of. And whereas you the said A. B. by a return and certificate under your hand, dated the have certified to us that diligent search hath been made by you for such goods and chattels, but that you can find none whereon to levy the said sum of £- or any part thereof; We the said justices do therefore, in his said Majesty's name, require and command you the said A. B. and C. D. or one of you, to take the body of the said E. F. and him forthwith to carry to the common gaol at in the said county, and day of there deliver him to the custody of the keeper of the said gaol, together with this warrant. And we the said justices do also command you the said keeper of the said common gaol to receive into, and safely keep in your custody in the said common gaol, the body of the said E. F. until he shall pay the said sum of £ of lawful English money, by us the said justices adjudged against him upon an information exhibited against him before us by G. H. gent. as well on behalf of his said Majesty as himself, for a certain offence committed by the said E. F. against the laws and statutes of excise, whereof he stands convicted before us the said justices. And all constables and other peace officers of the said county are hereby required to aid and assist you in the due execution hereof, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant and authority. Given under our hands and seals &c. J. C. S. P. Information for obstructing an Excise Officer. to wit. Be it remembered, That on the day of [as in the preceding information], A. B. late of the parish of in the said county, on the in day of the 57th year of the reign &c. and in the year of our Lord 1817, with force and arms, at the parish of aforesaid, in and upon one C, D. the said C. D. then and there being one of the officers of his said Majesty's revenue of excise, duly constituted and appointed, and being then and there in the due execution of bis said office, unlawfully and violently did make an assault upon him the said C. D. in the due execution of his said office, then and there with force and arms, unlawfully, violently, and forcibly, did hinder, obstruct, resist, oppose, molest, and abuse, to the great damage of the said C. D. in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, and against the form of the statutes in that case made and provided, whereby the said A. B. hath, for his said offence, forfeited and lost the sum of £10. wherefore the said C. D. the now informant, prays the consideration and judgment of us the said justices in the premises, and that the said A. B. may be forthwith apprehended and brought before us the said justices, to answer and make defence to this information, and that such proceedings may thereupon be had as by the statute in that case made and provided are directed. Exhibited before us the day and A. B. year aforesaid. J..C. S. P. Information, on 9 Geo. II. c. 35, for carrying run or prohibited in the Goods. day of to wit. Be it remembered, That on the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord 1817, at in the said county, A. B. of in the said county, who prosecutes as well for the poor of the said parish of in the said county as for himself, in this behalf, in his proper person cometh before me S. P. Esq. one of the justices of our said 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 as well for the poor in the said parish of in the said county as for himself, giveth me the said justice to understand and be informed, that after the 24th day of June, 1736, to wit, on the day of, in the year of our Lord, 1817, at the parish of in the said county, one E. F. being one of His Majesty's officers of the customs [or excise], did find and seize upon and in the custody of one C. D. late of, in the said county, divers, to wit [here set forth the goods found and the value thereof, being goods, wares, and merchandize liable to the payment of the duties of customs [or excise], to and for the use of His Majesty, which had been brought from parts beyond the seas by way of merchandize, and had been unshipped and clandestinely run and imported into this kingdom, to wit, to the parish of aforesaid, without payment of the said duties for the same, and that the said C. D, was, at the time of such finding and seizing of the said goods, wares, and merchandize, at the parish aforesaid, employed in carrying the same, he the said C. D. then and there well knowing the said goods, wares, and merchandize to have been clandestinely run and imported as aforesaid, without payment of the said duties. of customs [or excise], contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, whereby and by force of the said statute the said C. D. hath forfeited the sum of £, being treble the value of the said goods, wares, and merchandize so found and seized as aforesaid, one moiety thereof to the said i A. B. the said informer, and the other moiety thereof to the poor of the parish of, being the parish wherein the said offence was committed; and the said A. B. who prosecutes as aforesaid, prays that the said C. D. may be convicted of the said offence, and that one moiety of the said forfeiture may be adjudged to the said A. B. and the other moiety thereof to the poor of the said parish of, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and that the said C. D. may be summoned to answer the said complaint and information, and to make defence thereto. Exhibited before me, to wit. made by A. B. S. P. Summons thereon. Το C. D. of A. B. Whereas information hath this day been [state the substance of the information], These are therefore to require you the said C. D. to appear before me at, the day of next ensuing, at the hour of to answer the matter of the complaint contained in the said information, and to shew cause (if any you have) why you should not be convicted of the said offence charged in the said information. Given under my hand and seal &c. Conviction. (See the general form of Conviction, under that title.) to wit. Warrant of Distress. To the Constable of in the Whereas by a certain conviction under my hand and seal, bearing date the day of, in the year of our Lord 1817, one C. D. late of the parish of said county, was and is duly convicted before me S. P. Esq. one of the justices of our Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace &c. upon the information of A, B. of in the said county, |
