CO129-109 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 151

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46.

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In summary cases substitute for the words between the asterisks

** the following :-

And the hearing of the said charge is adjourned [or cannot be at ouce proceeded with,] and it is necessary that the said 4.B. should in the meantime be kept in safe custody.

45.

Recognizance of Buil instead of remand on an adjournment of preliminary examination, or for surrender for trial, or (in sum- mary cases) on adjournment of hearing, or where hearing is not at once proceeded with.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]

[Thursday] the

day of

[labourer,] L.M., of

18

Notice of Recognizance to be given to Accused and each of his

Sureties,

In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]

[Thursday], the

To A.B., of

[grocer,] and N.O., of

day of

18

[labourer], L.M. of

[butcher].

and

You A.B, are bound in the sum of

your sureties, L.M. and N.O., in the sum of

each, that you A.B. appear before* this Court on the

day of

at [ o'clock], at [

to answer [further] to the charge made against you by C.D., and to

he [further] dealt with according to law*; and unless you A.B. do so, the recognizance entered into by you, A.B., L.M., and N,O, will be forthwith levied on your respective goods.

(Seal.)

[Where the recognizance is for surrender for trial, substitute for the words between asterisks * words corresponding to the terms of the condition.]

47.

We, A.B., of

[grocer,] and N.O., of

[butcher,] come personally before this Court, and severally acknowledge ourselves. to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the several sums following, namely, the said A.B., the sum of

the said L.M. and N.O. the sum of

3

and each,

to be levied on our several goods if the said A.B. fails in the condition hereon indorsed.

Condition indorsed,

A.B. L.M.

NO.

(Scal.)

The condition of the within-written recognizance is as follows:-- The within-bounden 4.B. has been charged before this Court for that [&e, as in summons].

Ľ

If therefore the said A.B. appears* before this Court on

], at [ o'clock,] at [

], to

answer [further] to the said charge, and to be [further] dealt with according to law, then the said recognizance shall be void, and otherwise shall remain in full force.

the

[Where the recognizance is for surrender for trial, substitute for words between asterisks * the following:-1 before

], ou [

], at [ o'clock],

at [

, and then and there surrender himself into prison there,

the custody of the keeper of the [

and plead to such indictment as may be preferred against him for the offence aforesaid, and take his trial thereon, and not depart from the Court without leave.

Warrant of Commitment of Accused for trial. In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]

[Thursday the

day of

18

To XY, Police Officer of this Court, and to the keeper of [Her Britannic Majesty's Consular] prison at [

]. A.B. stands charged before this Court on the oath of C.D., of

[labourer,] and others for that [§c, as in

1

summons].

Therefore you are hereby commanded in Her Majesty's name,-yOL the above-mentioned X. P., to convey the said A.B. to the above- mentioned prison, and there to 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 safely keep him till he is thence delivered in due course

of law.

48.

(Seal.)

Summary Conviction where the Punishment is Imprisonment and no Penalty.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]

[Thursday] the

A.B. of

day of

18

[labourer] is this day convicted before this Court for that [&c. state the offence and the time and place when and where committed.]

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