N.B. An information under this Act could only be tried by the Attorney-General, or some other officer of the Crown, before the Court of Stamps; but now any person may bring the information before a Justice of the Peace, by 7 Geo. 4. c. 3. s. 22.

No. 2. Summons thereon.

County of

Το

of

to wit.

Whereas information and complaint have been made before me W. R., esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of of in the county aforesaid, did on the day of parish of

that

in the year aforesaid, at the , aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, [then and there use, &c., precisely as in the foregoing information, as far as then and there.] These are therefore to require you personally to appear before me at in the said county, instant, at the hour

on

of

the

day of

of the clock, in the forenoon of the same day, to answer the said information and complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law, Given under my hand and seal,

day of

in the

year

of our

N. B. For Summons of a Witness, see title WITNESS, post

The following form of the conviction being prescribed by the statute, that form must be strictly followed, filling up the blanks agreeably to the information.

No. 3. Conviction under the 25 Geo. 3. c. 68. (prescribed by the Statute.) See 44 Geo. 3. c. 98.

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

, at

in the county of labourer, came before me W. R., esq., one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, residing near the place where the offence was committed, and informed me, that

now last past, at

, in the said

day of county, did [here set forth the fact as in the information]. whereupon the said after being duly summoned to an

swer the said charge, appeared before me on the

, at

day of

in the said county, and having heard the charge contained in the said information, declared he was not guilty of the said offence, [or, as the case may happen to be, did not appear before me, in pursuance of the said summons, or did neglect or refuse to make any defence against the said charge, but the same being fully proved upon the oath of a credible witness, or as it may be; or, the said appeareth and voluntarily confesseth the said charge to be true]; whereupon it manifestly appears to me, the said justice, that the said is guilty of the offence charged upon him in the said information. I do therefore hereby convict him of the offence aforesaid, and do declare, and adjudge, that he the said hath forfeited the sum of , of lawful money of Great Britain for the offence aforesaid, to be distributed as the law directs, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Given under my hand and seal, the

of

182 .

day

No. 4. Information for carrying more Outside Passengers than allowed, and luggage, under 50 Geo. 3. c. 48.

County of

to wit.

parish of

of

Be it remembered, that on the

twenty

day

, one thousand eight hundred and

, in the county of

of

, in the inspector of hawkers' and pedlars' licences, informeth me, W. R., esq., one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of that after the ninth day of June, one thousand eight

day of

hundred and ten, (to wit) on the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty , at the parish of in the county of the driver of a certain coach with four wheels, and drawn by horses, unknown both by name and person to him the said informant, and which coach was then and there employed as a public stage coach, for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire, to and from different places in Great Britain (to wit) to and from in the county of and London, and of which said coach one

coach-master was then and there a proprietor, (his name being thereupon,) did then and there, (that is to say) on the day and year last aforesaid, at the parish of

said, in the county of

afore

outside pas

aforesaid, not regarding the law and statute in such case made and provided, unlawfully carry at one and at the same time, more than sengers (to wit) outside passengers at one and at the same time, on the outside of the said coach, besides a certain quantity of luggage, which was not then and there carried in the inside, or in the front boot thereof, or in a boot behind, or under the body of such carriage: but on the contrary thereof, (to wit) on the outside of such coach, and that the said coach was not a mail coach, nor a long-bodied coach, nor a doublebodied coach, nor a hackney coach, nor a hackney coach stage; and also exclusive of the coachman, but including the guard, and that neither of the said outside passengers were a child or children in the lap, or under seven years of age; being outside passenger more than is allowed by the act of parliament in such case made and provided, contrary to the statute made in the fiftieth year of the reign of his late majesty king George the third, intituled, "An Act to repeal three Acts made in the twenty-eighth, thirtieth, and forty-sixth years of his present majesty, for limiting the number of persons to be carried on the outside of stage coaches or other carriages, and enact other regulations for carrying the object of the said Act into effect," which hath imposed a forfeiture of pounds for each outside passenger beyond the number allowed by the statute, amounting to the sum of

pounds for

No. 5. Information against the Owner and Driver for carrying a greater number of Passengers on his Coach than allowed by 50 Geo. 3. c. 48.

County of

to wit.

VOL. II.

*

to wit, on the

day of

W. R. esq. one, &c. that after the ninth day of June, 1810, in the year of our Lord in the county of

one

was

at the parish of then and there a part owner, and the driver of a certain coach [with four wheels, and drawn by four horses] known both by name and person to him the said informant, and which said coach was then and there employed as a public stage-coach for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to and from different places in Great Britain, to wit, to and from

and

the said

in

the county of did then and there (that is to say) on the day and year last aforesaid, at the parish of aforesaid, in the county of aforesaid, not regarding the law and statute in such case made and provided, unlawfully carry at one and the same time more than ten outside passengers, to wit, twelve outside passengers at one and the same time on the outside of the said coach, besides a certain quantity of luggage which was not then and there carried in the inside, or in the front boot thereof, or in a boot behind, or under the body of such carriage, but on the contrary, to wit, on the outside of such coach, and that the said coach was not a mail coach, nor a long-bodied coach, nor a double-bodied coach, nor a hackney coach, nor a hackney-coach stage, and also exclusive of the coachman, but including the guard, and that neither of the said outside passengers were a child, or children in the lap, or under seven years of age, being two outside passengers more than is allowed by the act of parliament in such case made and provided, contrary to the statute made in the 50th year of the reign of his late majesty George the third, intituled "An Act," &c. [as in the next form] which hath imposed a forfeiture of twenty pounds for each outside passenger beyond the number allowed by the statute, amounting to the sum of forty pounds for the said offence. Received the day of

the year of our Lord,

in }

No. 6. Information against the Driver of a Stage Coach, for having more than Ten Persons riding as outside Passengers, under 50 Geo. 3. c. 48.

County of

to wit.

}

Be it remembered, that on the

day of

of

in the year of our Lord in the said county, informeth and maketh oath before me W. R. esquire, one of his majesty's jus

tices of the peace in and for the said county, that

of

in the said county, did drive a certain coach called the coach, being a coach with four wheels, and there drawn with four horses, and there employed as a public stage-coach, for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, and licensed to carry ten outside passengers and no more, and having painted on the outside of the said coach the words "Licensed" and there travelling on the king's highway, and did then and there carry, and permit and suffer to be carried, on the outside of the said coach more than the number expressed in the license for using such coach, and in the words so painted on the outside of such coach; to wit, that the said did then and

there carry, or permit and suffer to be carried, twelve persons at one and the same time, exclusive of the coachman, on and about the outside of the said coach when so going and travelvelling for hire as aforesaid, none of the said persons so carried being a child in the lap, or under the age of seven years, contrary to the form of the said statute, made in the fiftieth year of the reign of king George the third, intituled "An Act to repeal three Acts made in the 28th, 30th, and 46th years of his present majesty, for limiting the number of persons to be carried on the outside of stage coaches, and to enact other regulations for carrying the object of the said acts into effect," which hath imposed a forfeiture of ten pounds for the said offence.

Exhibited and sworn before
me, the
day of

No. 74. Form of the Information, under the 50 Geo. 3. c.48.

S. 24.

day of
of

one

in the

Be it remembered, that on the thousand eight hundred and said county, informeth me W. R., esq., one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, [describe the offence particularly, and follow the words of the act as near as may be] contrary to the statute made in the fiftieth year of the reign of king George the third, intituled, "An Act to repeal three Acts, made in the twenty-eighth, thirtieth, and forty-sixth years of his present majesty, for limiting the number of persons to be carried on the outside of stage coaches or other car