104
And it is in and by the said conviction adjudged that the said A.B. should for his said offence forfeit and pay [&c. as in conviction], and should also pay to the said C. D. the sum of
for his costs in that behalf.
And that if the said sums should not be paid forthwith [or ou or before the
day of
the said A. B. should be imprisoned in the above-mentioned prison [and be there kept to hard labour] unless the same [and the costs and charges of the conveying of the said A.B. to the said prison] should be sooner paid.
And the said A.B. being required to pay the said sums according to the said conviction has not done so.
Therefore you are hereby commanded in Her Majesty's name, you the above named X. Y., to take the said A. B. and convey him to the said prison, and there deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant, and you the said keeper of the said prison to receive the said A.B. into your custody in the said prison, and there to imprison him [and keep him to hard labour] for the space of [
unless the said several sums (and the cosis and charges of the conveying of him to the said prison, amounting to the further sum of
] be sooner paid.
(Seal.)
105
the said A.B., and that if no such distress can be found then you certify the same to this Court in order that further proceedings may be had according to law.
(Seal.)
[Where the person convicted is to pay costs but no penalty, omit the words between asterisks * *, and for the word "sums" murked †, substitute “sum.”]
53.
Officer's Return, if no sufficient Distress, to be indorsed on Warrant. In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]
[Thursday] the
day of
18
•
I, XX of
Police Officer of this Court, do hereby certify to this Court that by virtue of the within written warrant, I have made diligent search for the goods of the within named 4.B., and that I can find no sufficient goods of the said A.B. whereon the sums within mentioned can be levied.
X.X.
54.
52.
Warrant of Distress upon Conviction for a Penalty, or where the Person convicted is to pay Costs but no Penalty.
In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]
[Thursday] the
To .X.X
A.B. of
day of
Police Officer of this Court.
18
[labourer] stands convicted before this Court by a conviction dated the
day of
that [c. as in conviction].
for
And it is in and by the said conviction adjudged that the said 4.B. should,* for his said offence, forfeit and pay [&c. as in convic- tion, and should also pay to the said C.D. the sum of
*****
for his costs in that behalf.
before the
And that if the same should not be paid forthwith [or on or
day of
the same should be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the said A.B.
And the said A.B., although required to pay the same according to the said conviction, has not paid the same.
Therefore you are herchy commanded, in Her Majesty's name, that you forthwith make distress of the goods of the said A.B., and if within the space of days next, after the making of such
distress, the said sums † together with the reasonable charges of the making and keeping of the said distress he not paid, then that you self the said goods by you distrained, and pay the money arising thereby into this Court, in order that it may be applied according to law, and that the overplus, if any, may be rendered on demand to
Warrant of Commitment for Want of Distress. In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]
[Thursday] the
day of
18
To X. F., Police Officer of this Court, and to the keeper of [
] prison at [
J. [Proceed as in warrant of distress (Form 52) down to the com- mencement of the commanding part, and then thus :— -]
And on the
and
18
,
day of
thie Court issued a warrant to you, the above-named X.F., commanding you to levy the said sum of
, for the said sum of for costs] by distress and salo of the goods of the said A.B. And it now appears to this Court, as well by the return of you the said X. F. to the said warrant as otherwise, that you have made diligent search for the goods of the said A.B., but that no sufficient distress whereon the said sums could be levied could be found.
Therefore you are hereby commanded in Her Majesty's name, you the said X. F, to take the said A.B. und convey him safely to the above-mentioned prison, and there deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant, and you the said keeper of the said prison to receive the said A.B. into your custody in the said prison, and there to imprison him [and keep him to hard labour] for the space off
unless the said sums [or sum] and all the costs and charges of the said distress [and of the commitment and conveying to the said prison of the said A.B.] amounting to the further sum of
be sooner paid.
(Seal.)
151
}