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the weekly Duty which hath become due and payable to His Majesty in respect of such License [or, Licenses] contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided: Therefore We

and

Esquires, two of the Commissioners of Stamps, Do hereby authorize and direct you to distrain the said C. D. by his Goods and Chattels, and also to seize and take all or any of the Carriages, Horses, Harness and other things made subject and liable to the said Duty by the Statute in that behalf, and to levy thereon the said Sum of being the Amount of such Duty so due and payable as aforesaid; and if within the space of Five Days next after the taking of such Distress, the said Sum of

together with the reasonable costs and charges of taking and keeping such Distress, shall not be paid, then We do hereby order and direct that you shall sell and dispose of the said Goods and Chattels, Carriages, Horses, Harness and other things which shall be so distrained, seized and taken, and that you shall levy and raise thereout the said Sum of and all reasonable costs and charges

of taking, keeping and selling such Distress, rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Owner of the said Goods and Chattels; and you are to certify to the Commissioners of Stamps what you shall have done by virtue of this our Warrant.

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No. 2.

FORM of a CONVICTION on PROCEEDINGS for the Recovery

of a PENALTY.

BE it Remembered, That on the

day of

in

C. D., of &c. was duly convicted before me, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for pursuance of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of His present Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, intituled, "An Act" [Title of this Act], for that the said C. D. on the

day of

did [here state the Offence, as the case may happen to be] contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided; for which Offence I do adjudge that the said C. D. hath forfeited the Sum of

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No. 3.

FORM of a WARRANT of DISTRESS founded on the foregoing

To A. B. of, &c.

Conviction.

County [or, as the case) WHEREAS C. D. of, &c. has been duly convicted
may be of
To wit. of a certain Offence, for that [here state shortly the
Offence], whereby he hath forfeited the Sum of

of

of

[and, in case of mitigation, which hath been mitigated to the Sum over and above the Sum for the Costs and Charges of the Informer,

making together the Sum of

I command you to levy the said Sum of

] Therefore

by distraining the Goods and Chattels of the said C. D., and by seizing and taking all or any of the Carriages, Horses, Harness, and other things made subject and liable by the Statute in that behalf to be seized and taken, to satisfy the Penalty, Costs and Charges aforesaid; and if within the space of Five Days next after such Distress taken, the said Sum of

together with the reasonable costs and charges of taking and keeping such Distress, shall not be paid, then I order and direct that you shall sell and dispose of the said Goods and Chattels which shall be so distrained, seized and taken as aforesaid, and shall levy and raise thereout the said Sum of and all reasonable costs and charges

of taking and keeping and selling such Distress, rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Owner of the said Goods and Chattels; and you are to certify to me what you shall have done by virtue of this my Warrant. Given under my hand and seal the

(signed)

day of

One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace

for

No. 4.

FORM of a WARRANT of COMMITMENT for want of a sufficient DISTRESS, founded on the foregoing Conviction.

To A. B. of, &c. and to the Keeper of the Common Gaol [or, House of Correction] at

County [or, as the case] WHEREAS C. D. of, &c. has been duly convicted may be] of To wit. of a certain Offence, for that [here state shortly

the Offence] whereby he hath forfeited the Sum of

133.

K

[in

[in case of mitigation, which hath been mitigated to the Sum of

over and above the Sum of

for the Costs and Charges of the Informer, making together the Sum of ] And whereas it has been duly made to appear to me that no sufficient Distress can be found whereon to levy the said Sum of Therefore I command you the said A. B. to apprehend and take the said C. D., and safely to convey him to the Common Gaol [or, House of Correction] at and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof, toge

ther with this Warrant: And I do hereby command you the said Keeper to receive into your custody in the said Gaol [or, House of Correction] him the said C. D., and him therein safely to keep for the space of unless the said Sum of shall be

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