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Fees Payable to Justices' Clerks and Constables, Breconshire, 1843

The date of this poster reveals its purpose. The "Rebecca" disturbances which had begun in 1839 had highlighted a number of grievances in addition to the immediate question of road tolls. Amongst these was the complaint of unwarranted fees being demanded by those involved in the local administration of justice. This poster apparently shows an attempt to ensure clarity and uniformity in the practice
Source: Private Collection

TRANSCRIPT
Breconshire, to wit,
A TABLE of FEES, to be taken by Justices' Clerks, and Constables, under the Statute of the 5tha nd 6th Victoria, cap. 109, intituled, "An Act for the appointment and payment of Parish Constable," as settled by the Justices assembled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held in and for the said County, the 2nd day of January, 1843, and approved of by Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the 9th day of January, 1843.

Justices' Clerks' Fees	s. d.
For every Precept to High Constable for convening a Special Petty Sessions, to be paid by each Parish	1 0
Notices to Justices, when required, to be paid by each Parish	0 6
Precept and Notice to Overseers, to return Lists to Special Sessions, including abstract of duties, to be paid by each Parish	1 0
Each Form of List of Persons agreed to at Vestry, when required by Overseer	0 3
For every other Precept and Notice Issued under this Act	1 6
Verification and allowance of each List returned, including hearing objections thereto	1 6
Appointment of Constable, if only one, including Oath	2 0
Each additional Constable, in the same appointment	0 6
Copy of appointment for Overseers, one half.
Every Summons and Duplicate	1 6
List of Constable for Justices and Clerk of the Peace, each Parish	1 0
For every order of Justices, to unite Parishes, under Secxtion 4, to be paid by each Parish, included therein	1 0
For every Copy	0 6
For every information and examination, if in writing	2 0
For each witness examined on hearing, including Oath	1 0
Conviction, where no form is prescribed	2 6
Distress warrent	2 0
Commitment	2 0
Other orders and allowances not provided for	1 6
Constables' Fees
Serving Summons within the Parish	1 0
Executing Warrant	2 6
Distraining, when not otherwise directed by Statute	2 6
Pressing Carriages for Baggage etc.	1 0
For assistance in making a return, or obeying a legal order of Justices	2 0
For attendance with Prisoner	2 6
For assistance with Prisoner, when necessary	2 6
Travelling expenses per mile, (both ways), when out of the Parish	0 3
For taking a Prisoner into Custody, or before a Justice, per mile	0 3
Subsistence of Prisoner, per day	0 9
Subsistence of Constable, after one day	2 0
Assistant, when ordered, same as Constable
Lodging of Prisoner	0 9
Lodging of Constable	2 0
Assistant to Constable	2 0
For the performance of other such occasional duties, which may be required of the said Constables, under a written order of Justice, not exceeding 2s.6d. per Day, and 3s. per Night.

POWELL, Clerk of the Peace

Printed by Anne Morgan Brecon

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