...aforesaid, such justice shall and may commit such offender or offenders to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months, unless such penalty, costs. and charges shall be sooner paid and satisfied."...

...act and for any time not exceeding one month, or to commit such offender to Bridewell or other house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time net exceeding one month, and also to receive the correction of the house. By 10 G.3. c. 44. §5. in...

...by their own confession, or by the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses) to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one month. 175. It seems that a regular complaint upon oath should be made, and the pauper summoned...

...nevertheless, be a witness :) for want of sufficient distress, the offender to he committed to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three months, unless the forfeiture be sooner paid. Provided that such justice may mitigate the said...

...for the justices at such sessions to order such person to be imprisoned in any common gaol or house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time or term not exceeding two years, and during such confinement to be further corrected by whipping as...

...convicted as aforesaid, such justice or justices shall *' and may commit such offender to the house of correction, there " to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one " calendar month, unless such penalty shall be sooner paid or " satisfied: and if the offence is...

...informer, and half to the poor; and servants or journeymen taking greater wages shall be sent to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding two months (6). Persons aggrieved by any order of two justices as aforesaid, may appeal to the next...

..." whereas, by this act, the power given to the justice is, " to commit such offenders to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one month" But this warrant is quite general ; it is an indefinite commitment, not for a precise limited...

...an idle and disorderly titrsun ; and any justice of the peace may commit such offender to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one calendar month. § 3. Rogues and Vagabonds. — Every person committing any of the offences hereinbefore...

...conviction ; such justice shall and may commit such offender or offenders to the common gaol, or house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour, for any time not exceeding three calendar months (12), unless such penalty, costs, and charges, shall be sooner paid and satisfied....