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the persons employed by our said lord the king, in the administration of the government of this kingdom; and thereby to withdraw the affection and allegiance of the liege subjects of our said lord the king, from our said lord the king and his government; and also most unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously devising and intending to dissuade and discourage the liege subjects of our said lord the king from resisting and opposing the enemies of our said lord the king, in case they should make an hostile invasion into this kingdom, on

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aforesaid, wickedly, maliciously, and seditiously did publish and cause to be published a certain scandalous, malicious, and seditious libel, containing therein among other things divers, scandalous, malicious, and seditious matters of and concerning the people, nobles, ecclesiastical dignitaries, government, and constitution of this kingdom, by our said lord the king, and also of and concerning an hostile invasion into this kingdom, to be made by the said enemies of our said lord the king, against the peace, &c.

No. 12. The like for Seditious Words of the King and Royalists.

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On in the presence and hearing of divers liege subjects of our lord the king, maliciously, unlawfully, wickedly, and seditiously did publish, utter, and declare with a loud voice of and concerning our said lord the king, these words together, that is to say, [His ma jesty George the third (meaning our said lord the king) is ***** thank God for it, I, (meaning the said ) hope he, (meaning our said lord the king) will soon be no more; damnation to all royalists], against the peace, &c.

No. 13. The like for speaking Seditious Words of the King, and his Officers of his Guards.

On

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having discourse then and there with divers persons concerning our lord the king, and the army and guards of our said lord the king, and of their business, in the presence and hearing of divers liege subjects of our said lord the king, falsely, maliciously, unlawfully, wickedly, and seditiously did then and there say, assert, affirm, and pronounce, and with a loud voice declare these false, fictitious, malicious, seditious, and opprobrious English

words following, of and concerning our said lord the king, and of and concerning the colonels and the rest of the officers of the guards, that is to say, [The colonels and the rest of the officers (meaning the said colonels and officers in the said guards of our said lord the king) are a company of rogues and villains, for their business is to uphold their master, (meaning our said lord the king,) who (meaning our said lord the king,) is a villain and a rogue, and never kept his word in any thing he (meaning our said lord the king) said,] against the peace, &c.

No. 14. The like against a Dissenting Preacher, for Seditious Words in a Sermon.

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On in the presence and hearing of divers liege subjects of our lord the king, unlawfully, wickedly, maliciously, and seditiously did preach, utter, and with a loud voice publish among other things of and concerning the revolution in the government of this kingdom in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight, and the laws of this kingdom then made, these false, scandalous, and seditious words following, that is to say, [The laws (meaning the laws of this kingdom) made at that time (meaning made at the time of the said revolution) have been since abused and brought into disuse, and it particularly behoves me (meaning the said ) to speak of the present times (meaning, thereby, that the said laws were at the present time abused and brought into disuse by his said majesty's government,) against the peace, &c.

No. 15. The like for feloniously assaulting a Privy Councillor in the Exercise of his Office, under 9 Anne c. 16.

On

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with force and arms at in and upon the right honourable Sir knight, one of the privy councillors of our lord the king, and in the due exercise of his office in council then and there being, feloniously made an assault, and him the said Sir did then and there feloniously strike and wound, against the form of the statute, &c., against the peace, &c.

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No. 16. The like for administering an Oath to a Person not to inform, or give Evidence, &c. against any Member of an illegal Society for Seditious purposes, under 37 Geo.3. c. 123.

For that the said

and after the passing of a certain act of parliament made and passed, &c., to wit, on feloniously did adiminster and cause to be a certain oath and engagement,

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administered to one then and there accordingly taken by the said and which oath and engagement was then and there intended to bind the said not to inform or give evidence against any member of a certain society then and there formed to disturb the public peace, for any act or expression of his or theirs done or made collectively or individually, in or out of that or other similar societies, in pursuance of the spirit of that obligation, against the statute, and against the peace, &c.; [or that the said were aiding and assisting at the taking of a certain oath and engagement, then and there taken by the said and intended to bind the said not to give evidence against any associate in certain associations and societies of persons formed for seditious purposes] against the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c.

SEDITIOUS MEETINGS. See RIOT, &c. p. 104.

No. 17. Warrant of a Secretary of State to search for a Seditious and Treasonable Paper, called "The North Briton, No. 45."

George Montague Dunk, Earl of Halifax, Viscount Sunbury, and Baron Halifax, one of the lords of his majesty's most honourable privy council, lieutenant-general of his majesty's forces, and principal secretary of state: These are in his majesty's name, to authorize and require you, taking a constable to your assistance, to make strict and diligent search for the authors, printers, and publishers of a seditious and treasonable paper, intitled "The North Briton, number XLV. Saturday, April 23, 1763, printed for in Ludgate Street, London," and them or any of them having found, to apprehend and to seize, together with their papers, and to bring in

safe custody before me to be examined concerning the premises and further dealt with according to law; and in the due execution thereof, all mayors, sheriffs, justices of the peace, constables, and all his majesty's officers, civil and military, and loving subjects whom it may concern, are to be aiding and assisting to you as there shall be occasion; and for so doing this shall be your warrant. Given at St. James', the 26th day of April in the third year of his majesty's reign.

To W. C., I. M., I. W., and R. B., four of his majesty's messengers in ordinary.

SERVANTS.

No. 1. A Summary Form of Conviction for pretending to have served in a Service, in which the party had not served, (prescribed by stat. 32 Geo 3. c. 36.)

County of

to wit.

Be it remembered, that on the

day

of
in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty

is convicted before us, W. R., and E. R. M., esquires, two of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county

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on the

instant, [or last past] at the parish of

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day of in the

esq.,

said county of knowingly and wilfully, and against the form of the statute, did falsely pretend to one to whom the said then and there offered himself as a servant, that he the said had served in the service of esq., whereas the said had not, or at any

one

time or in any manner actually served in the service of the said Given under our hands and seals at

in the said county, the day and year first above written.

The informer in this case is a competent witness..

No. 2. Warrant to apprehend a Person for a Misdemeanor, for soliciting a Servant to rob his Master.

County of

to wit.

said

[Commence in common form,] that

on

at

did falsely,

late of wickedly, and unlawfully, solicit, and incite the a servant of the said to take, embezzle

and steal a quantity of [twist] of the value of [three shil lings] of the goods and chattels of the said

master, against the peace, &c.

These are therefore in his majesty's name, &c.

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The commitment may be easily drawn from the above warrant.

No. 3. Conviction for Fraud committed by a Person employed in the making of Hats, 22 Geo. 2. c. 27. s. 1,2. 17 Geo. 3. c. 56. s. 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Be it remembered, that on the

in the

day of

year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the fourth, king of in the parish of

in the

in the

Great Britain, &c. at said county, of the parish aforesaid [feltmonger] in his proper person comes before me W. R. esquire, one of the justices of our said lord the king assigned to keep the peace, &c. and gives me the said justice to understand and be informed, that the said on the day of year aforesaid, and long before, was and from thenceforth hitherto hath been and still is a master hatter; and that he the said within the time aforesaid and after the 24th day of June, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine, to wit, on the

in the

day of

year aforesaid, and on divers other days day of

and times before the said

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and the said

aforesaid, in the

of the

day of said county of hired and employed one parish of aforesaid, hatter, in the way of his trade as a journeyman hatter, to make certain hats for the said and then and there delivered to the said several parcels of fur, to wit, beaver, coney-wool, and goats' hair, for the making of the said hats therewith, and intrusted him with the same for the purpose aforesaid, the same then and there being materials for and proper for that purpose, to be used, employed, and manufactured in the making of the said hats; and that after the said several parcels of fur, to wit, beaver, coney-wool, and goats' hair had been delivered to him the said the purpose aforesaid, and after the said had been so intrusted therewith as aforesaid, and before the same were manufactured or made into hats, and after the said twenty-fourth

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