Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons.

  • Symons, Jelinger C. (Jelinger Cookson), 1809-1860.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parish settlements and the practice of appeals ... / Jellinger C. Symons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    command you to bring tlie said D E on the day of , a.d. 184 , at o’clock, at , before such two or more justices as may then be there present, in order that the said D E may then and there be examined concerning his [or her] legal settlement, and to be further dealt with according to law. Herein fail not. Given under our hands and seals this day of , a.d. 184 . A B C D It is advisable to give due notice of the examination to the overseers and churchwardens of the parish to which the pauper is to be removed. It is not, however, advisable that any formal summons should be given(u). It is better in all cases that a friendly notice be given, such as shall not seem to anticipate resistance. It is believed that by a little amicable and open dealing in the first instance, litigation may be often avoided. Section III.—The Examination. Justices present. — Two justices of the division of the county in which the pauper is (of whom one must be of the quorum) must be present when the examination is taken, or it will be wholly void. Where, however, justices act for two or more adjacent counties, they can act in one of such counties for the other. There is an exception made in favour of paupers who are too ill or infirm to attend before the justices. In that case it is provided (a?) that the pauper may be examined by one magistrate acting for the district where the pauper is, and who then reports his examination to any other magistrate of the same district. Examination; its requisites. — The whole examination of each witness must be taken down in writing in the presence of the justices; the omission of the evidence of any one wit¬ ness will vitiate the order. The examination must contain ('u) In Burn’s Justice there is a form beginning, “You are required to appear (if you shall think Jit)!! ”