No. 3. Information for disturbing a licenced Dissenter's County of Meeting. day of Be it remembered, that on the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty at of in the said county, and in the to wit. said county of in the county aforesaid, severally came before me W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, and upon their several corporal oaths gave me the said justice to understand and be informed, that on Sunday last being the day of instant, one of wilfully, willingly, and of purpose did contemptuously come into a certain chapel of his majesty's protestant subjects dissenting from the church of England permitted by act of parliament, and duly licensed and registered according to law, situate at in the said county, and by [shouting with a loud voice, or as the fact may be] did disquiet and disturb the congregation therein assembled; therefore the said and pray of me, that such proceedings may thereupon be for the said offence, as the statute had against the said in that behalf made doth require. Exhibited, &c. No. 4. Commitment for want of Sureties. County of To the constable of in the county of and to the keeper of the common in the said county. Whereas it hath been this day duly proved before me W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by of, &c. on the of, &c. and of, &c. that instant, wilfully, willingly, and of purpose, [as in the information]. And whereas the said in pursuance of the said statute is now required by me the said justice, to find two sureties to be bound in a recognizance in the penal sum of fifty pounds, conditioned for his personal appearance at the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held in and for the said county to answer for the said offence, but in as much as the said hath not found such sureties these are therefore to require you the said constable forthwith to convey and deliver the said together with this my warrant into the cus tody of the keeper of the said gaol at aforesaid, and you the said keeper are hereby also required to receive the said into your custody in the said gaol, and him there safely keep until the next general quarter sessions of the peace to be held in and for the said county, or until he shall be from thence discharged by due course of law. Given, &c. See title DEPOSITORS, ante. RAPE. No. 1. Warrant for a Rape. and to all other constables and peace officers in and for the said county of to wit. Whereas of in the said county, single woman, hath this day made information and complaint upon oath, before me, W. R., esquire, one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that in the said county [labourer] on the stant, at day of of in in the said county, did violently and feloniously make an assault upon her the said and her the said then and there violently and against her will, did ravish and carnally know, against the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. These are therefore to command you in his majesty's name, forthwith, to apprehend and bring before me, or some other of his majesty's justices of the peace, in and for the said county, the body of the said to answer unto the said complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law. Herein fail you not. Given, &c. No. 2. The like, for carnally knowing and abusing a Female Child under the age of Ten Years. That of, &c. [labourer] on the day of at, &c. did violently and feloniously make an assault upon one spinster, an infant, under the age of ten years, and her the said then and there feloniously did carnally know and abuse, against the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. These are therefore, &c. No. 3. The like, for an Assault, with intent to commit a Rape. 1 did make an assault upon one spinster, then and there did beat, wound, and and her the said ill-treat, with intent her the said violently, and against her will then and there feloniously to ravish and carnally know, against the peace, &c. These are therefore, &c. No. 4. The like, with intent to carnally know a Child under Ten Years of Age, [see No. 9. p. 377. post.] did make an assault upon one an infant, under the age of ten years, to wit, of the age of nine years, and then and there did beat, wound, and ill-treat, with intent her the said then and there feloniously and unlawfully carnally to know and abuse, against the statute and against the peace, &c. These are therefore, &c. No. 5. Warrant of Commitment thereon. W. R. esquire, one of the justices of our lord the king, assigned to keep the peace in the said county, and to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors, in the said county committed. To the keeper of the gaol of our said lord the king at in the said county, and to his deputy there and to each of them: County of to wit. These are in his majesty's name, to charge and command you, that you receive into your custody in the said gaol the body of constable of of, &c. [labourer] taken by in the said county, and by him brought before me and charged of, &c. spinster, for that he the said by one the day of in the said county of instant, at the parish of on did violently and feloniously make an assault upon her the said then and there violently and against her will did ravish and carnally know against her will and consent, [or as the fact is] against the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. and that you safely keep the said in your said custody in the said gaol until the next general gaol-delivery for the said county [if not bailable, but if bailable, then say] until he shall be thence delivered by due course of law. And for your so doing, this shall be to you, and every of you, a sufficient warrant of authority. Given, &c. No. 6. Another Form for an Assault with an intent to commit a Rape. For a certain trespass and assault upon one with an intent her the said will and consent. spinster, carnally to know against her No. 7. For forcibly taking away and defiling a Woman of Substance, under 3 H. 7. c. 2. No. 8. The like, for an Assault on a Married Woman, with intent to commit a Rape. did make an assault upon the said wife of one with an intent then and there violently and feloniously, and against her will, to abuse, ravish, and carnally know, against the peace, &c. No. 9. The like, for carnally knowing and abusing a Female Child, under the age of Ten Years, [see No. 4. p. 376.] the In and upon one spinster, a woman child, * under age of ten years, to wit, of the age of nine years and up * Sometimes these words are omitted, but it seems to be better to follow the words of the statute. wards, then and there being feloniously did make an assault, and her the said then and there wickedly, unlawfully, and feloniously did carnally know and abuse, against the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. No. 10. The like, of Two persons, for assaulting a Married Woman, with intent that one of them should Ravish. and her the said should then and there feloniously, and against the will of the said No. 11. The like, for a Misdemeanor, in assaulting an Infant under Ten Years of Age, with intent to ravish. For that the said in and upon the said at aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, a female child, under the age of ten years, to wit, of the age of nine years, did make an assault, and he the said then and there did beat, wound, her the said and ill-treat, with an intent then and there unlawfully, feloniously, carnally to know and abuse, against, &c. No. 12. The like, for Felony, in taking a Woman having Substance, &c. against her Will, under 3 H. 7. c. 2. For that the said at, &c. in and upon the said then and yet being under the age of fourteen years, and a maid, and only daughter and heir of ceased, she the said esquire, then lately de then and there having substance of lawful money of in moveable goods to the value of Great Britain, and in lands and tenements to the value of by the year of like lawful money,* did make an assault, and her the said then and there did put in great danger of her life, and with force and arms at the parish aforesaid, &c. unlawfully, feloniously, and against her will, violently did take, force, and convey away, with intention that he the said * This allegation is necessary. Cro. Car. 484. |