A. B. do and shall appear at the next general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county, and shall abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made, in pursuance of an act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, concerning bastards born and begotten out of lawful matrimony, unless one of the justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace within the county aforesaid, shall have certified, in writing, under his hand, to such general, [or general quarter] sessions of the peace, that it had been proved before him, upon the oath of one credible witness, that such single woman had not been then delivered, or had been delivered within one month only previous to the day on which such general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace shall be holden, or unless two justices of the peace of the said county shall have certified, in writing, under their hands to the next, or where such woman shall not have been delivered as aforesaid, then to the immediately subsequent general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace, that an order of filiation had been already made on the said A. B. or that such order was not then requisite to be made, on account of the death of the child born a bastard, or for other like sufficient reason; Then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Recognizance after Birth. The Obligation (as before) , day Whereas E. F. of &c. single woman, in and by her examination, taken in writing upon oath, before me, S. P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county of hath declared, that on the of now last past, at —, in the parish of -, in the county aforesaid, she was delivered of a male bastard child, and that the said bastard child is become chargeable to the said parish, and hath charged the within-named A. B. with having gotten her with child of the said bastard child, The CONDITION of the within-written recognizance is such, that if the within-bounden A. B. doth and shall appear at the next general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county, and shall abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made in pursuance of an act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, concerning bastards begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Warrant to apprehend the Mother of a Bastard, in order to her being sent to the House of Correction. To the Constable of -in the county of day of of in the said county, us, J. C. and S. P. the peace in and for in the said county, last past, was deli to wit. FORASMUCH as E.F. of yeoman, hath this day made oath before Esquires, two of His Majesty's justices the said county, that A. B. late of single woman, on the vered of a male [or female] bastard child, at in the parish of in the said county, and that the said bastard child is now living, and chargeable to the said parish of; These are therefore to command you, in His Majesty's name, to apprehend and bring before us, the said A. B. to answer the premises, and to be further dealt with according to law. Herein fail you not. Given under our hands and seals, the day of 1817. J. C. S. P. Commitment to the House of Correction. J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of the Justices of our Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace, within the county of —, to the Constable of, in the said county, and to the Keeper of the House of Correction at in the said county. to wit. These are to command you, the said constable, in His said Majesty's name, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the said keeper of the said house of correction, the body of A. B. late of in the said county, single woman, charged before us, upon the oath of E. F. of in the said county, yeoman, with having been delivered day of of a male [or female] bastard child, on the now last past, at -- in the parish of - in the said county, which said bastard child is now living and chargeable to the parish of; And you, the said keeper, are hereby required to receive the said A. B. into your custody, in the said house of correction, and her there to set to work during the term of [any time not exceeding twelve calendar months, nor less than six weeks], according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Herein fail you not. Herein fail you not. Given under our hands and seals, the day of 1817. J. C. S. P. Commitment for refusing to swear to the Father. to wit. Whereas E. F. one of the overseers of the poor of the parish of in the said county, hath made information and complaint unto us, J. C. and S. P. Esquires, whose hands and seals are hereunto set, being two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of that A. B. a lewd single woman, of the said parish of was, on the -day of last past, delivered of a male [or female] bastard child, within the said parish of, which said child was begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, and is now living, and is likely to become [or is actually become] chargeable to the said parish of; And whereas the said A. B. hath refused, and still doth refuse to swear to the father of the said bastard child, or to give security to indemnify the said parish of, as by law is required. These are, therefore, in His Majesty's name, to require and authorize you, the said constable, to convey the said A. B. to the house of correction at - in the said county, and to deliver her to the keeper thereof, together with this precept. And you, the said keeper, are hereby required to receive the said A. B. into your custody, and there to punish her and set her to work, for and during the term of [as in the last Precedent], according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Herein fail not at your respective perils. Given under our hands and seals, this in the year of our Lord 1817. day of J. C. S. P. Justice's Certificate that Mother of Bastard was not delivered, to ground a Motion for continuing the reputed Father on his Recognizance. To the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden at, in and for the county of 1817. the -- day of to wit. Whereas C. D. and his sureties are now bound by recognizance for the personal appearance of the said C. D. at the above-mentioned sessions, to answer the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of -, in the said county, for begetting A. B. of the said parish, single woman, with child. Now I, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace, acting in and for the said county, do hereby certify, that it hath been this day proved before me, upon the oath of E. F. a credible witness, that the said A. B. hath not yet been delivered of the bastard child or children with which she is now pregnant, [or that she the said A. B. was delivered of a [male] bastard child, within one month only previous to the day of which the said general or quarter sessions will be holden, to wit, on the day of, in the year of our Lord 1817.] Given under my hand, this — day of 1817. -, on Certificate for discharging the reputed Father's Recognizance. To the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the peace to be holden at in and for the said county of, on the day of day of, in the year of our Lord 1817. to wit. Whereas A. B. of the parish of in the said county of, and C. D. of, and E. F. of ——, sureties of the said A. B. on the day of in the year of our Lord 1817, became bound by a recognizance for the personal appearance of the said A. B. at the above-mentioned general quarter sessions, to answer the complaint of the church wardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of ——, in the said county, for begetting G. H. of the parish of, in the county aforesaid, single woman, with child, and which said child or children whereof she the said G. H. then was pregnant, were likely to be born a bastard or bastards; and to abide and perform such order or orders, as should then be made in pursuance of an act made in the 18th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, concerning bastards begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; Now we, J. C. and S. P. Esquires, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of do hereby, in pursuance of the authority and directions of the act of 49 Geo. III. c. 68. intituled, "An Act to explain and amend the Law of Bastardy, so far as relates to indemnifying parishes in respect thereof," certify that it is not requisite to make any order of filiation in the premises, on the said so charged as aforesaid, by reason that the said bastard child is dead, [or any other cause which may render the recognizance unnecessary.] Given under our hands and seals, this year of our Lord 1817. day of Commitment of the Father for want of Sureties. in the To the Constable of, in the county of, and to the Keeper of the Common Gaol, (or House of Correction,) at in the said county. to wit. Whereas A. B. of &c. single woman, in her voluntary examination, taken in writing, and upon oath, before me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, hath declared herself to be with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard, and to be chargeable to the said parish of, and hath charged C. D. of &c. [labourer], with having gotten her with child of the said bastard child. And whereas the said C. D. being now personally present before me, (being brought by my warrant, upon application for that purpose to me made by E. F. one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish), hath refused to give security to indemnify the said parish, and hath also refused to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient surety, upon condition to appear at the next general [or general quarter] sessions of the peace, to be holden for the said county, and to abide and perform such order or orders as shall be made, in pursuance of the statutes in that case made and provided: These are therefore to command you, the said constable, to take and convey the said C. D. to the common gaol, [or |