vagabonds, and one justice may by warrant authorize to be broken open doors of a house where such little goes are kept, and seize offenders, as in s. 37 of last recited act. s. 4. No person shall agree to pay any sum of money or deliver any goods, or do or forbear to do any thing on any event or contingency relative to the drawing of any ticket or number in the lottery, under penalty of £100. for each offence. s. 5. offenders may be apprehended on the spot and conveyed before any justice residing near; such justice on due proof of the offence may give judgment, and if the penalty awarded is not immediately paid, he may commit the offender to prison without bail and without appeal, for not more than six calendar months, nor less than one month, or until the penalty is paid; such penalty to be one-third to the King, one-third to the informer, and one-third to the person apprehending and securing the offender. s. 6. Notice by two Inhabitants to the Constable to ground a Prosecution, under 25 Geo. II. c. 36. To A. B. Constable of the parish of in the county of We C. D. and E. F. two of the inhabitants of the said parish of, paying scot and bearing lot therein, do hereby give you notice that G. H. of the said parish of innkeeper, doth keep a bawdy-house, gaming-house and disorderly house, to wit at his dwelling house in the said parish, known by the name or sign of the And we do hereby also require you the said constable forthwith to go with us Y before some one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of, to the intent that such proceedings may be had for the prosecution of the said G. H. for the said offence as by law is required. Witness our hands the day of 1817. C. D. E. F. Affidavit of the truth thereof. to wit. C. D. and E. F. of severally make oath and say that they severally believe the contents of the notice hereto annexed (a copy of which they have caused to be served on A. B. constable of the parish of in the said county,) to be true in substance and matter of fact. Sworn &c. C. D. E. F. Recognizance to give Evidence. to wit. and E. F. of our Lord 1817, at Be it remembered, That C. D. of - in the year of in the county aforesaid, came before me S. P. Esq, one of His Majesty's justices &c. and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Sovereign Lord the King the sum of £20. each. Whereas the above bounden C. D. and E. F. have given notice in writing to A. B. constable of the said parish of, that one G. H. of aforesaid, innkeeper, doth keep a bawdy-house, gaming-house and disorderly house. Now the condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden C. D. and E. F. shall give or produce material evidence against the said G. H. for the said offence, at the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be holden in and for the said county, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise of force. Taken &c, Constable's Recognizance to Prosecute. to wit. Be it remembered, [as in last precedent, stating the penalty £30. instead of £20.] Whereas C. D. and E. F. two of the inhabitants of the said parish of, have given notice in writing to the above bounden A. B. constable of the said parish of, that G. H. of aforesaid in the county aforesaid, innkeeper, doth keep a bawdy-house, gaming-house and disorderly house, to wit in the said parish of and county aforesaid; and having severally made affidavit of their belief in the truth of the contents of the said notice, and also severally entered into recognizance in the penal sum of £20. each, before me the undersigned justice, on condition that they do give and produce material evidence against the said G. H. for the said offence. Now the condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bounden A. B. do and shall prosecute with effect the said G. H. for the said offence, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise of force. Taken &c. Warrant against the Keeper of a Disorderly House. To the Constable of the parish of in the county of to wit. Whereas C. D. and E. F. two of the inhabitants of the parish of in the county of, paying scot and bearing lot within the said parish, have given notice in writing to A. B. constable of the said parish, that G. H. of the said parish, innkeeper, doth keep a bawdy-house, gaming-house and disorderly house in the said parish of and have also this day severally made oath before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace &c. that they believe the contents of the said notice to be true, and have also severally entered into recognizance in the penal sum of £20. each on condition to give and produce material evidence against the said G. H. These are therefore to command you forthwith to bring the said G. H. before me at this place, to be bound over to appear at the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held in and for the said county, there to answer to such bill of indictment as shall be found against him for such offence. Given under my hand and seal &c. Allowance, by two Justices, of Constable's Expenses in the Prosecution, and Order on Overseers to pay them. to wit. Whereas A. B. constable of the parish of in the said county, hath this day made oath before us J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of His Majesty's justices &c. that he hath truly and bona fide expended the sum of — in the prosecution of one G. H. for keeping a bawdy-house, gaminghouse and disorderly house at aforesaid, in pursuance of the recognizance entered into by him the said A. B. Now we the said justices do hereby ascertain and allow the said A. B. the said sum of £- as and for the reasonable expenses of the said prosecution. And we do hereby require the overseers of the poor of the said parish of forthwith to pay the said A. B. the said sum of In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at aforesaid, this day of, 1817. J. C. S. P. GAOLS. Justices on presentment of the grand jury at the assizes or sessions may contract for the building, finishing, or repairing county gaols. 11 and 12 Wm. c. 19. and the charges to be paid by the county treasurer, out of the county rate. 12 Geo. II. s. 29. By 24 Geo. III. c. 54, power is given to the justices at their general quarter sessions, on presentment by the grand jury, to build, re-build, enlarge, &c. any county gaol. s. 1. and to purchase houses or lands for that purpose. s. 5. Justices may be appointed or may voluntarily visit and inspect gaols, and report to the sessions the state thereof. 31 Geo. III. c. 46, s. 5. Murderers and felons are to be imprisoned in common gaols. 11 and 12 Wm. III. c. 19. Justices may commit persons convicted before them in a summary way, to the house of correction in lieu of the common gaol. 24 Geo. III. c. 11. By stat. 31 Geo. III. c. 46, justices in sessions may order such sums as they think necessary for the relief of poor prisoners, to be paid out of the county rate; and by 53 Geo. III. c. 113, treasurers of every county named in the schedule of this act, to pay yearly out of their respective county rates the several sums specified in the said schedule, for relief of prisoners in the King's Bench, Marshalsea, and Fleet Prisons, under the regulations prescribed by the said act; and justices in sessions are empowered to make further regulations in addition to those by this act prescribed, s. 2, 16, By stat. 24 Geo. III. c. 40, no license shall be granted for the sale of spirituous liquors in gaols, &c. justices having information of such, may cause the same to be seized and destroyed; no person to bring distilled spirits into any prison, under a penalty of from £10. to £20. gaoler may apprehend such person, and take him to a justice, who shall fine him as above; and if not paid, commit the offender for not more than three months, one half of the penalty to the informer and the other to the poor of the gaol. c. 15, every gaoler shall cause a copy of these clauses, printed or legibly written, to be hung in the most |