Crown Cases Act, 1848
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Schedule. | ||
Sect. 2 . | ||
Whereas at the session of the peace for the county of, held on, before, and others their fellows, [or at the session of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery held for the county of, on, before, among others, Sir A.B., knight, one of the justices of the court of, and, here name the quorum commissioners, justices of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery,] A.B., late of, labourer, having been found guilty of felony, and judgment thereupon given, that [state the substance], the court before whom he was tried reserved a certain question of law for the consideration of the justices of either bench and the barons of the Exchequer, and execution was thereupon respited in the meantime: | ||
This is to certify, that the said justices and barons having met in the Exchequer Chamber at Westminster [or Dublin, as the case may be,] on the day of, it was considered by the said justices and barons there that the judgment aforesaid should be annulled, and an entry made on the record, that the said A.B. ought not, in the judgment of the said justices and barons, to have been convicted of the felony aforesaid; and you are therefore hereby required forthwith to discharge the said A.B. from your custody. | ||
To the gaoler of, and the sheriff of, and all others whom it may concern. | ||
(Signed) E.F. | ||
Clerk of the peace for the county of [or, Clerk of assize for as the case may be]. |