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A Mittimus to the House of Correc∣tion for want of Distress.
Kent. ss. WHereas by my Warrant you* 1.1 the said Constable and Bors∣holders were lately required to levy by way of Distress of the Goods and Chattels of A. B. of C. the summ of twenty pounds by him forfeited for an Offence by him lately committed against the form of the Statute made in the thirteenth year of His now Majestie's Reign, (intituled, An Act to prevent the unlawfull coursing, hunting, or killing of Deer;) And you the said Consta∣ble have returned unto me thereupon, that the said A. B. hath not sufficient Distress to be ta∣ken for the moneys aforesaid: These are there∣fore (in His Majestie's name) to will and require you the said Constable and Borsholders, and every of you, that you, some or one of you, do take the said A. B. and him safely convey to the aforesaid House of Correction, and de∣liver him to the aforesaid Keeper of the same, (together with this Precept.) Requiring also you, the said Keeper, to receive him into the said House, and there detain and put him to hard labour for six months. Hereof fail not at your perils. Given under my hand and seal the, &c.