Pawnbrokers Act 1851 (SA)

ANNO DECIMO QUINTO

No. 16.

An Act for regulating the trade or business o f Puwnhrokers in

South Australia.

[Assented to 2nd January, 1852.1

HEREAS it is necessary and expedient to regulate the

trade of Pawnbrokers in the Colony of South Australia: Preamble.

Re it therefore Enactcd, by the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the tenth dav of March now next ensuing it shall not be lawful for any perso& to carrv on the trade No to c a m

or business of a Pawnbroker in the said Colony kthout having p awnbroker without on the business of a

~reviouslv obtained a licence to carrv on such trade or business aliceuce.	*
m manngr and form as hereinafter &-eked.

2. And be it Enacted, That every person who shall carry on who shall be deemed

husiucss, or shall seek his livelihood in or by advancing upon PBwnbrOkera-

interest, or for or in expectation of profit, gain, or reward, any

sum of money upon security (whether collateral or otherwise) of

m y article whatsoever, taken by such person by way of pawn,

pledge, or security, shall be deemed and taken to bc a Pawnbroker,

and shall be deemed and taken to have carried on the trade or

business of a Pawnbroker, within the intent and meaning of this

Act

Y 3. And

Manner of obtaining

licence, and what	3, And be it Enacted, That any person wishing to obtain any such licence, shall deliver to the Clerk of the Bench of Magistrates an application in the form in the Schedule to this Act annexed, marked A, reconlmended by five householderg residing in the dis- trict in which wch applicant may reside; and it shall be lawfuf for the Justices at their general yearly or quarterly meeting, next after ten days from the delivery of such notice, if thcy shall he satisfied wit11 the character of the person so applying, to grant a licence to such person under their hands, in the fbrm in the Schedule to this Act annexed, marked K, which licence shall be in force for one year from the date thereof, and shall be delivered to the person so applying for it on payment of Ten Pounds, to be paid to the Colonial Treasurer for the public uses of the said Colony.
*ball be p i d for same.
Application to be
heard in open Court.	4. And be it Enacted, That the matter of all such applications shall be heard a d determined in open Court.

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Clerk of Petty	5. And be it Enacted, That the Clerk of' thc Bench of Niagis- trates shall keep an alphabetical record of' the names of.all persons to whom any such licence slmll be granted, and such rlnmcs shall be published in the South Austra liun Government Gazette next after the grant thcreof.
Sessions to kecp
record of licence.
Manner of proving

Licence. 6. And be it Enacted, That in any proceeding under this Act

against any person alleg~ed to be a licensed Pawnbroker, the pro- duction of the alphabetical record hereinbefore directcd to he kept shall be evidence both of the personal identity of the person therein named, and that the said person is a licensed Pawnbroker under this Act. until the contrary be shown: Provided always, that in the absence of such record other proof as to the fact of any person holding such licence may be given in any such pro- ceeding.

Pawnbroker to be	7.	And be it Enacted, That in all proceedings under this Act
deemed unlicensed

eontrarr ahwn. against any person acting id9 a pawn broke^ without a licence such

nerson shall be deerrrcd to be unlicensed, unless the liccncc autho- L.*- * - nnlng such person to carry on such trade or business shall be produced, or other proof shall be given to the satisfaction of the Justice or Justices hearing the case of his being licei~sed under the provisions of this Act.

Pawnbrokers' names, 8. And be it Enacted, That every person who shall hold n

&C., to be painted on

their premises under	Pawnbroker's licence under this Act, shall have his name at length
a penalty.	painted in legible characters at least two inches deep wit11 the words "Licensed Yawnbroker " constantly and permanently remaining, and plainly to he seen and read over the door of the shop or other place by him kept, or made use of for carrying on the trade or business aforesaid.

9. And be it Enacted, That if any person not actually holding a

Pawnbroker's

pawnbroker's licence, shall keep 1113 any s i p, writing, paintina or Unlicensed persons keeping up signs, &c.

other mark on or near to his house, s'ltop, or premises, which may fined,

inil~ly or give re:isonablle cause to believe tl~rrt m d r shop, lloose, or

is or arc the bonse, sllop, or pwnli~cs of a lie~nscd Pawu-

broker, hc shall, for every such o f h c e, forfeit and pay	on	convic-
tion any sum not cxcccdibg Ten Pouuds.

10. Aod be it Enacted, Tbat no Pawnbrolrer, licensed by a~t110-	~ o t to keep .pore
than one sllop by

rity of this Act, ~11~11, hy v i ~ t u e of w e licence, keep more than one

house, shop, or otlwr place, but that for each Ilouse, sl~op, or other

$ace which any person shall k c q for t l ~ c purposes t1foresnjd, a

~eparate and distinct liceizce sliall bc taken out a i d paid for by such

Y~wubroker.

1 I. Provided always, that persons in Partnership, and carrying Personsin partnership

on the trade or bnsiir&s of a Pawrrlwokcr in oiie house, shop, or ;z:Jea",:gt	One
tctnenmt only, sllall uot be obliged to take out uore tllan one licence in any one year, for the carrgii~g 011 any such trade or busilless.

12. h d be it Enacted, That every licensed lmson taking in pawn Articles pledged to

any article or articles wl:atsocver, wlier~on sllnll be lent any surn of he entered in books, under a penalty,

nloney, shd1 forthwith (bcf'ore ndvmcing ally lnoney tllwcon) cause

to br entered in a h i r a i d legil-rle Innliner, in some book kept for that) purpose, a reasonable and sufficient description of every wrch

article, and the sum of money in the whole advanced thereon, with the rate of interest to be charged on tlie sanw by the week or month (as the case m y h), and the true date a t which, and the name of the party by or for wlioin all such articles are pawned, and his or

her place of rcsiclence, according to the stxteinerlt of the person so pawning, into wliich last-mentioned circumstances the Pawnbroker

is hereby enjoined to enquire of the party so pawning before m y

rnouey shall be lent or advanced to him or her.

sde of

13. And be it Enacted, That unlcss a longer time shall be ex- pressly agreed upon, the period for ~edelnption of any article	pledges.
SO taken in pawn sllall be three months, at the expiration of
which period (or the expiration of any such longcr period as may have been so agrced upon) every such article shall bc deemed for- feited, and may be sold: Provided always, that iu every case where a longer time for redemption than the said term of t lmc months shall have been agreed upon, s~rch tirnc s1d.l he specified in the entry so to be nmde as aforesaid, or at thc foot thereof, and sEiilU be mentioned in like manrier in the duplicate of such entry lrereinafter required to be given to the pa~t ,y pawning; Provided also, tliat any agreement for the foi.fkiture of' any article in any case beiore the expiration of three mouths, shall be wholly void.

14. And be it Enacted, That all articles forfeited, on which, in Mode ofasle.

the whole, any sum above five shillirzgs shall have been lent, s h d

be

be sold by public auction, and not otherwise; and a notice of every such sale, containing a cataloque of all such articles, aud the time when thc same were respecti&ly taken in pawn, s l d l be twice in- serted in some public newspaper, published in the said Province, four days at least before tllc proposed day of sale, upon pain of forfeiting to thc owncr of any articles sold contrary to the pro- visions of this section, n sun1 not exceeding Twenty Pounds, to be paid by the Pawnbroker, in any sucli case offeiding; and to be recovered by such owner from such Yaw~hroker by action of debt in any Court of competent jurisdiction; and no purchase or pre- tended purchase by any Pawnbroker, or pcrson on his behalf, of any articles pawned with him shall be lawful, or, if made, shall be valid against the owner in any case; and, until such sale, it &all be lawf11.1 for the owner of any article pledged to redeem tha same, upon payment of the amount advanced anti interest thereon, at the rate originally agreed, with the expenses, if any, to the date of such payment.

Entrics to be num-

bered, and duplicate

15. And be it Enacted, That every such entry as aforesaid shall received by any ~rtwnhroGer a ~ e; the eorni~cncernent of tlhs cG- dinance being numhercd 1, the second 2, and so on, until the end of the year; and the first pledge received on or aftcr any succeeding first clay of Jannasy bcing respectively numbered 1, and so on, pro- greusively throug)out each year; and every Pawnbroker, at the time of taking ally artrcle in parva, shall give to the person pawning the same a duplicate of every such entry fairly and legibly written, or partly written and partly printed, with the signature of' such Pawn- broker thereto attached, containing evcry particular irlserkd in the ori@nd entry, and corresponding tlicrewitl~ in iiumber; and no Pawnbroker shall receive or reta.m any pledge, urlless such dupli- cate shall be or shall have been accepted at the time by the party pawning; and evcry such duplicate shall be delivered at a clmrge not exceeding one penny, and sliall be procluced to the Pawnbroker

given.

be numbered cousecutivelv tlxoucllout the veer-the first ~~ ledec

before he shall he ohligcd to re-deliver the articles mentioned therein, or any of them.

Holders of duplicnles

to be dcerned owners

16, And be it Enacted, That cvery person who shall at any time

produce ally such duplicate as aforesaid to the Pawbroker who

,,f pawned.

gave the same, and shall require delivel-y of the articles therein specified, representing himself to be the owner, or to be authorised by tllc owner thereof, shall be deemed to be such owner, or to be so authoriscd, and shnll be elltitled to redeem such article? RC- cordiilgly, unless such Yawnbrolrer sllall previously have hp5 notice from the real owner, that such duplicate Ilath been lost by him, or fraudulently taken or obtained from him, or s l d l have been irlformed by some credible person that sucli articles have been stolen: Pro- vided always, that in every case where the Pawnbroker shall re- fuse to deliver the articles to the party producing such duplicate, he shall give iniiucdiate information of such r e f i d, and of the particular grounds thereof', to a Justice of the Peace, or to some con-

stable

stable, together with a description of the person of such party, or (if known to the Pawnbroker) such party's name and place of residence.

17. And be it Enacted, That in case any Pawnbroker's duplicate When duplicate is

should be lost or lnislaicl by, or fraudulently taken or obtained obtained.

lost, a copy may be

fkoui the owner tliercot; and the articles mentioned therein shall re- main unrecleen~ed, the Yanmbroker who gave such duplicate shall, at the request of m y person representing himself to bc such owner, deliver to such person a copy of such duplicate, for which lie shall be entitJed to charge two pence, such person previously producing to, and leaving with such pawnbroker a written declaration, in the form of Schedule C hereto annexed, duly taken before and au- thenticated by some Justice of the Peace, setting forth the cir- cumstances of sucl~ loss, or otherwise satisfactorily accountir~g for the nonproduction of such duplicate.

18. And be it Enacted, ? l~at every Pawnbroker shall, from time Entry ull articles to be sold. made of

to time, enter iu a book, to be kept by him f'or that purpose, a true

and just account of the sale or disposition of every article wliich

s l d l have been pawned, and shall be sold, or otherwise disposed

of by him, speci[ying the date when such article was pledged, and

the 'truc iilmbcr of the entry then made thereof; aud the name of the person who pledged the same, nrld the clay when, ancl the amount for wl~ ic l~ every such article was sold; and in case any such article shnll have 'been sold fbr more tlmn the full amount of

the principal money and interest tl~ereoa, which was clue at the

time of' such sale, then the overplus (deductin? the necessary uhnrgrs of each s a k ) s l d l, if claimed within ttn:flre months next after such sale, be paid upon demmd to the person by or for whom such article was pawned, ur his agent or assigns, br (in case of death) to his executor or administrator.

19. And be it Enacted, That every person by or for whom any Eve7 such en tv may

such mticle as last aforesaid shall 'bave been pawned, sllall Le be inspected

permitted to inspcet the entry of such s d e tllereof.

20. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Justice Any Justice may compel a Pawnbroker

of the Peace to requirc the production befbre him of ;ny book, ,, produce books,

note, voucher, entry, memorandum, licence, or other paper, by t h i ~ vauchera,&c., m l d ~ a

Act directed to be kept by, or which ought to be in the custodv of ponalty. any Pawnbroker, e%ry ~aumbrokYrr shall, npon being huly summoned, attend and produce every such book, duplicate, note, voucher, entry, memorandum, lice~lcc, or other paper Before such Justice accordingly.

21. And be it Enacted, That no licensed Pawnbroker shall re- Hours between which

ceive or take in, or permit or suffer to be received or taken in, any l owed to take in Pawnbrokers arc al-

articles by way of pawn, pledge, or in exchange before eight of the pledges

clock in the forenoon, or after nine of the clock in the evening,

excepting only until eleven of the clock on the evenings of Sa-

turday throughout the year, and the eve~lings next preceding Good

Friday and Christmas Day.

z 22. And

Ps;rmbp&ers not +,a 22. And be it Enacted, That no Pawnbroker shaIl in any way

cm On business on	exercise or carry on his trade or business as such Pawnbroker on
any Sunday,Christmas
nay, or ~~~d %aay.	any Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday.

J U S ~ ~ C ~ to order de- 23. And be it Enacted, That if any articles, goods, or chattels shall be stolen or unlawfully obtained from any person, or being lawfully obtained shall be unlawfiully deposited, pawned, pledged,

livery of goods frau-

dulently pawned, &C.

sold, or exchaiiged, and complaint shdl be made thereof to any Justice of the Peace, and that ssuh goods are in the possession of any licensed Pawnbroker, it shall be lawful for such Justice to issue a summons or warrant for the appearance of such licensed Pawnbroker before any two Justices, and for the production of the goods; and such two Justices may ordcr such goods to be delivered up to the owner thereof', either without any pavment, or upon payment of such sum, and at such time as the sdd Justices shall think fit; and every licensed Pawnbroker, who, hcinf; so ordered, shall refuse or neglect to deliver up the goods, or who shall dispose of, or make away with the same, after notice that such goods were stolen, or unlawfully obtained as aforesaid, shall pay to the owner of the goods the full value thereof, to bc determined by the said Justices: Provided always, that no such order shall bar any such licensed Pawubroker from recovering possession of such goods, by suit or action at law, from the person into whose possession they may come by virtue of the order of the said Justices, so that such action be commenced within three calel~dar months next after such order shall be made.

Persons not giving 24. And be it Enacted, That in case any person who shall off'er

good account of thcm- b

selves on offering to y way of pawn, pledge, exchange, or sale, any articles, to any

pawn goods, liable to Pawnbroker or his servant, shall not be able, or shall refuse to give punishment. a satisfactorv account of liixurself, or of the mems bv which he be-

came of such article? dr shall wilfully gi;e m y false ill- formation as to whether such articles are his own property or not, or of his name or place of abode, or of the name and place of abode

of the owner or owners of the said articles; or if there should be any reason to suspect that such articles are stolen or unlawfdly	obtained, or if any person not 'entitled, nor having ally color of title
by law to redeem any articles iu. pledge or pawn, shall attempt to redeem the same, it shall be lawful for any Pawnbroker? or his ser- vant, to whom such articles shall be so odered, or with whom such

l~	7-0 @,-s-p~-g*	articles are in pledge, to seize and detain such person and the said
articles, and to deliver such person immediately into custody of a constable or other peace officer, who shall, as soon as may be, con-
vey such person, and the said articles so offered, before some Justice
of the Peace near to the place where such person may be apprehen- ded; and if such Justice shall, upon examination, have cause to sus- pect that the said articles were stolen or unlawfully obtained, or that the person attempting to redeem the same, hath not any color
of right to redeem the same, it s h d be lawful for such Justice to
commit such person into safe custody, for such reasonable time as
8 h d l be necessary for obtaining proper informatiou on the subject,

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in order to be furtller examined; and if it shall be made to appear

to the satisfiction of any two Justices of the Pcecc that the said ar-

ticles werc stole11 or unlawfully obtained, or that the person at- tempting to redeem the same ll:\th not any color of right so to do, t11e said Justices shall cormnit the person so offending to any eomnion gaol, tlrcrc to be dealt wit11 according to la,w, where the nature of the offence shall mthorise such coinrnitnlent by any otlier law; a d where the nature of the offence sEdl not authorise such commituilellt by any other law, then snch commitment shall be for m y time nut exceeding three calendar months, at the discretion of such Justice or Justices.

25. And be it Enacted, That if any person shall forge, counter- Offences agninat this

feit, or alter or procure to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, k,";pgingenJ

any licence as aforesaid, or shall knowingly produce or d1ew any such forged, counterfeited, or altered licence, to any persoul au- tllorised to demand the production thereof, or shall knowingly.pa,wn, with,,ut Pledging any property

pledge, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any article belouging to owner:

any other person without the coriseut or authority of tlie owner,

and with a fraudulent intent to deprive the owner (wlletller wholly

or temporarily) of tlie use of such article, or shall forge, counterfeit, or alter. or cause to be forred, counterfeited. or altered. anv Pawn- U 1 I .i

broker's duplicate, or shall knowingly utter, 'sell, or dispose of u r y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ :

forged, counterfeited, or altered duldicate, or shall steal or ualxw- frilly take any duplicate with irltent to defraud the owner tlwcof of &y article named therein, every such person shdl be deemed guilty of a misdcmeanor, and shall suffer punishment b y fine or nishmerlt-fine, or Misdemeanox ; pu-

imprisonment, with or without hard labor, fbr any period not ex- imprisonment not ex-	ceeding two years.
ceediug two years, or both, as the Court may determine.

26. And be it Enacted, That if any person who shall hold a Licensed Derson not

licence under this Act, shall not have 6is hame and busi~~ess painted having na&e and bu- siness painted :

and maintained as hcrcinbefore provided, or s21sll not upon

demand produce his licence to i n y ~udtice of the Peace ' or NO^ producing li-

Police-constable, without some reasonable excuse in that bchalf, cence:

or shdl fail to keep such books as hereinbefore provided, and to NO^ keeping books, or

insert therein the description of every article pawned, or to give a $ & ~ ~ ~ ~ % t O ~ n +

duplicate of such entry, or to enter therein particulars of the sale spcction:

of' any article, or shaH rcfuse to permit the ibpection of any such -

last-mentioned entry, or to procluce thc book containirln the same

as hereinbefore pro%ded, o; shall purchase or take in '$ledge any Purchasing articles

article from a person appal ently under the agc of fourteen years, ~ , " ' S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

or apparently intoxicated, or shall when the sum agreed to be

advanced upon any pledge is under Ten Pounds, make any part of

such advance in anything but money, or sell or exc21ange any article

for any part of the money a p e d to be advanced upon snch pledge, or

Advancing otl~et

money:

shall without reasonable and 1.2wfd excuse refuse or neglect to attend

hiup

upon any summons by a Justice of the Peace, and produce any books, documents, or papers mentioned in such summons. or shall

take in pledge a n i a&& excepting within the hours hekinbefore or taking pledge

specified, or sh& carry on his business on any Sunday, Christmas within hours9 or on Sunday, &c,;

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Day, or Good Friday, every such person, or ally sewant or agent of such person, offmding in any of the above p&ticnla~-s, slmll, for each and every such oRence, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and

Fine, ~ 1 0.

pay any sum not excecdii~g Ten Poundis: Provided that any sum so'forfeited by a servant or agelit of any licensed Pawnbroker may, at the discretion of the convicting Justice or .Justices, be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such licensed Pawnbroker.

Person not licensed

acting asPawnbroker:

27. Aiid be it Enacted, That if any person sllull, witllout having

obtained such licence as af'oresaiii, carry on the business of a Pawn-

Or being licensed,

broker; or havins obtaisied such lice;ice, slrall sell, or otherwise

,id, ,efm dispose of any art~cle pled~ed with him before tlic period of for-

forfeiture:	feiture of the sarrre; or 11:tving obtainrtl a licence as aforesaid, shall
or offending in any
matter not specifically	in any other resp&t oEend Ligainst this Act (where no ' othw
punished:	penalty is by this ,4ct in that behalf specifically iniposed), such nerson shall. for everv such oflencc, fbrt'eit and pay, on con-
Penalty on person
lending licence.	28. And be it Enacted, That if any persou having ohtained any liceilce as afbreaaid, shall lend the same to any other person for the purlme of carryinq on sudl busilleris as aforesaid, under color thereof, he shall fhlfeit and pay on conviction for every such offence any sum not exceedii~g Twenty-five Pounds; and on conviction it shall be lawful for. the Justice or Justices so coiivi;icting, to declare his said licerice void, xlid no sucl~ liccrlce sllall t21creaftel. be granted to such person so convi;ictcd for the period of two years from the date of such conviction.
Manner of proceeding

for recovery of penal- 29. And be it Eilacted, Tliat all offr'ences against this Act not

ties.	otl~erwise provided for, may he heard and dctern~ined, and every forfeiture and peualty ill respect thereof be awarded and imposed by or before m y two or mow Justices, or ( w h e ~ v tkis Act 80 dirwts)
by and bcfore any o l~c Justice, in a suuanary way: l'rovidud
always, that, in all proceedings untier this Act, the iufbrnrer
W itncss. or p r t y prosccutil~g s h l l be deerned and taken to be a cosiipeterlt
*ppropriation	and penalties. of fines	30. And be it Enacted, That all fines, forfeitures, and penaltics inlposcd by this Act s h l l he paid, one moiety to Her Majesty, her heirs and suc~essors, for the public uses of the said Province, and the other moiety to the use of the informer, or party prosecuting, who &all be entitled to his costs and charges over and above such fines, forfeitures, and penalties, to be ascertained ancl assessed by the Justice bcfore whom the case is heard.
Explanation of tema	31, And be it Enacted, That the term " article," used in this Act, shall be considered to include every species of chattel and goods whatsoever; and throughout this Act, ewry word and term used in the sine;ulsr number, or masculine gender only, shall he construed epalii to imply and include the plural numbcr,

and

females as well as males, and vice vsrsd, unless there be some- thing in the context repugnant to such construction.

32. Provided always, and be it Enacted, that nothina in this ~ o t to apply to ad-

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vances, &C., by mm-

Act shall be held or construed to apply to loans or advances ,h,,,	bdera,
made on any goods, chattels, live stock, wool, bonds, bills, title deeds, or other security, by merchants, bankers, cornmission agents, brokers, or licensed auctioneers, in the ordinary and bond Lfide course of mercantile or banking transactions,

33. And be it Enacted, That this Act shall come into operation commencement.

on the first day of January next.

JOHN MORPHETT, Speaker.

Passed the Legislative Council this Twenty-third

d a y of December, Oone Thousand Eight

~ k d r e d urnd Fiftyone.

WM. B. GILBERT,

Pro Clerk of Council.

In the name and on the behalf of Her Majesty I assent to this Act.

H. E. F. YOUNG,

Lieutenant-Governor.

Government House, Adelaide,

2nd January, 1852.

SCHEDULES REFERRED TO.

A,

Farm of Application for a Pawnbroker's I' ~zeencP.

To the Worshipful the Justices of the Pcace acting in and for the

(District of Adelaide) in the Province of Soutli Australia.

I, A.B., (state the trade or occupation), now residing at

j z1 or district of

, do hereby give notice that it is my intention

to apply to the Bench of Magistrates, to be holden (fbr this

district), on thc day of

next, for a licence to carry on the trade or business of a Pawn- broker, iu the house and appurtennnccs thereunto belonqina, situated at (here describe the i h s e proposed to be licensed, specifying the situation of it, the person of whom rented, the present occupier, and whether now licensed), and which 1 intend to keep as a Pawnbroker's shop.

Given under my hand at this

day of one thousand eight hundred and

firm of Householders' Certzj(;cate to be appended to the above.

WE, the undersigned, householders within the , do hereby certify that the above A. B.

is a person of good fame and reputation, and fit and proper to be

licensed to carry on the trade or business of a Pawnbroker.

Witness our hands this day of

one thousand eight hundred and

One

Two

Thee

Four

Five

South Australia

of ) to wit.

WHEREAS A.B., of the district of

> has applied to us, the Justices assembled in

Quarterly Meeting holden at , this

day of , in the year of our Lord one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-, for a licence to carry on the business of a Pawnbroker in the house and premises rlow

occupied by him, situate in street, ill the

of: Now, we the said Justices so RS-

sernbled as aforesaid, having inquired into the character of the said A.U., and being satisfied that he is a fit person to have such licence granted to him, do liereby authorise and cnlpowcr hi111 to carry on the trade or business of a Pawnbroker in the said house and premises, and not elsemhcre; and this licence shall continue in force for the space of twelve months from the date hereof, and not longer.

Granted by the Beach of Magistrates, at aforesaid

the	day of	, one tlloussrd eight
hundred and

( Signed) C. D. Chairman.

Registered

A.B.

Clerk of the Bench.

C,

I, A.B., of , do hereby solemnly and

sincerely declare that I am justly and truly entitled to (here state	the particulars of the goods referred to in the lost or missing du-	plicate), and that the same was (or were) pledged by me with C.D.,
(Pawnbroker), on the day of last, as a security for the sum of, then advanced to me, and is (or arc) still un- redeemed; and that I have not sold, or otherwise disposed of, the duplicate of such property, or of my interest therein; and that the duplicate of such property hath been (here state whether lost or mislaid, or fraudulently obtained or taken).

A B.

Declared before me this day

of	, one thousand eight
hundred arid

E.F.,

Justice of the Peace.

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