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RULES OF SUPREME COURT
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And that if the said sums should not be paid forthwith [or on or before the
day of
[the sid 4.B. should be imprisoned in the above-mentioned prison fand 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 suns 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 costs and charges of the conveying of him to the said prison amounting the further sum of
] be sooner paid. (Seal.)
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. Y.
A.B. of
day of
18
Police Officer of this Court.
Court by a conviction dated the
that [&c., as in conviction].
[labourer] stands convicted before this
day of
for
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 same should not be paid forthwith [or on or before the
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 hereby 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 sumst together with the reasonable charges of the making and keeping of the said distress be not paid, then that you sell 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 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" marked †, sub- stitute "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
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