17. In all process and proceedings before the Judge of the County Court under this Act, the Judge shall, with reference to the matters herein contained, have all the powers which belong to or might be exercised by him in the County Court; and all necessary process may be issued from the office of the Clerk of the County Court.

18. The several forms in the Schedule to this Act contained, varied to suit the case, or forms to the like effect, shall be deemed good, valid and sufficient in law.

SCHEDULE OF FORMS.

FORM 1.

(Section 3.)

RECOGNIZANCE TO TRY THE APPEAL; TO BE TAKEN ONLY WHERE A MONEY

,

sonally came before me (or us) undersigned one (or two) of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of (or United Counties, as the case may be), and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the several sums following, that is to say, the said A.B. the sum of and the said L.M. and O.P. the sum of each, of good and lawful money of Canada, to be made and levied of their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements, respectively, to the use of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and successors, if he the A.B. shall fail in the condition hereunder written (or endorsed).

Taken and acknowledged the day and year first above mentioned at

convicted before C. D. (and E. F.) one (or two) of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County (or United Counties), for that (stating the substance of the conviction) :

And whereas the said A. B. has undertaken to appeal against the said conviction to the Judge of the County Court of the County of

Now the condition of the above (or within) recognizance is such that if the said A. B. shall, within one month from the date of the said conviction, obtain from the said Judge a summons calling upon the County Crown Attorney and the prosecutor to show cause why the said conviction should not be quashed, and shall duly prosecute the said appeal, and shall abide by and duly perform the order of the Judge to be made upon the trial of such appeal, and shall pay such costs as the said Judge shall order, then the said recognizance to be void, and otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

FORM 2.
(Section 3.)

RECOGNIZANCE TO TRY THE APPEAL; TO BE TAKEN WHERE IMPRISONMENT IS IMPOSED.

Province of Ontario,

County of

Be it remembered that (proceed as in Form 1 to the end, and add the following additional condition) :

:

And further, that if the said A. B., in case the conviction is affirmed, or amended and affirmed, shall surrender himself into the custody of the con-stable or other officer entrusted with the execution of the warrant, within one week after the Judge shall issue his warrant for the commitment of the said A. B., then the said recognizance to be void, and otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

FORM 3.
(Section 4.)

WARRANT OF DELIVERANCE WHERE DEFENDANT IS IN CUSTODY, AND ENTITLED › TO BE LIBERATED.

Province of Ontario,

County of

To the Keeper of the Common Gaol of the County of

United Counties of,

(or

or to E. F., the constable having in

his custody A. B. hereinafter named, or as the case may require).

Whereas A. B. has before one (or two) of Her Majesty's Justices of the

Peace in and for the said County (or United Counties) of

entered into his own recognizance and found sufficient sureties to prosecute before the Judge of the County Court of the County or United Counties (of an appeal from a conviction had before me (or us) for that (stating the substance of the conviction), for which the said A. B. was committed to your custody:

These are therefore to command you, in Her Majesty's name, that if the said A. B. do remain in your custody for the said cause and for no other, you shall forthwith suffer him to go at large.

Given under my (or our) hand and seal (or hands and seals) this

WARRANT OF THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT WHEN IMPRISONMENT ADJUDGED AND CONVICTION AFFIRMED.

To all or any of the Constables and other Peace Officers in the said County, and to the Keeper of the Common Gaol of the said County.

Whereas A. B., late of

(labourer), was on or about the day of convicted before J. S., one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, for that (stating the offence), and it was thereby adjudged (stating the judgment): And whereas the said A. B. has appealed against the said conviction to me, H. K., the Judge of the County Court of the said County of : and whereas, after hearing

the said appeal, I, the said H. K., have affirmed the said conviction (or have amended the said conviction as follows: stating the amendment made, and have affirmed the said conviction as so amended):

These are therefore to command you, the said Constables or Peace Offi

,

cers, or any of you, to take the said A. B., and him safely to convey to the Common Gaol at and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof, together with this warrant; And I do hereby command you, the said Keeper of the said Common Gaol, to receive the said A. B. into your custody in the said Common Gaol, there to imprison him (and to keep him at hard labour) for the space of being the term (or being the portion yet unserved of the term) mentioned in the said conviction; and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.

Given under my hand and seal, this

in the year of our Lord

County of

FORM 5.
(Section 9.)

CERTIFICATE OF DEFAULT TO BE ENDORSED ON THE RECOGNIZANCE.

I hereby certify that the within-named A. B. has not surrendered himself (stating according to the fact the default on account of which the recognizance is forfeited) in accordance with the condition of the within recognizance, but therein has made default, by reason whereof the said recognizance is forfeited.

H. K.

CHAPTER 76.

An Act respecting Returns of Convictions and Fines by Justices of the Peace.

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows :

1. Every Justice of the Peace before whom any trial or hearing is had, under any law giving jurisdiction in the premises, and who convicts and imposes any fine, forfeiture, penalty, or damages, shall make a return thereof and of the receipt and application by him of the money received from the person convicted, in writing under the hand of such Justice, quarterly, on or before the second Tuesday in each of the months of March, June, September and December in each year, to the Clerk of the Peace (and in the case of any

convictions before two or more Justices, such Justices, being present and joining therein, shall make an immediate return thereof), in the following form :

RETURN of Convictions made by me (or us, as the case may be) from the

A. B. and C. D., Convicting Justices (as the case may be).

2. Every such return shall include all convictions and other matters mentioned in the preceding section, not included in some previous return, and also all cases wherein a fine or any part thereof has been paid since the last previous return; and in the column for observations in every such case, shall be written the words "Paid on case formerly returned;" and such returns shall be filed by the Clerk of the Peace among the records of his office.

3. In case the Justice or Justices, before whom any such conviction takes place, or who receive any such moneys, neglect or refuse to make such return thereof, or in case any such Justice or Justices wilfully make a false, partial or incorrect return, such Justice or Justices so neglecting, or refusing, or wilfully making such false, partial or incorrect return, shall forfeit and pay the sum of eighty dollars, together with full costs of suit, to be recovered by any person who sues for the same by action of debt (or informa