The King against Thomas Hazell
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 24 November 1810 |
| Date | 24 November 1810 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 104 E.R. 321
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH
[139] -THE king against thomas hazell. Saturday, Nov. 24th, 1810. A conviction of a journeyman calico-printer upon the stat. 39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 106, and 41 Geo. 3, c. 38, for refusing to work, &c., made by justices of the peace of the county of Surrey; stating that the defendant was employed by G. S. &c. of W. in the said county, in the manufacture or business of a calico printer, carried on by them at W. aforesaid ; and that whilst the defendant was such workman and was employed as aforesaid, without reasonable cause he refused to work with one J. B. then also being a workman employed by the said J. S. &c. in the said manufacture, &e. carried on by them at W. aforesaid ; is bad, for want of stating that the defendant's refusal to work, &c., which was the criminal act charged, was made at W. within the jurisdiction of the convicting magistrates. And this is not helped by a summary mode of conviction given by statute; in one of the blanks of which it is required to state the offence, without any blank specifically pointing to the place. Be it remembered that at Croydon, in the county of Surrey, on the 4th of June, 50 Geo. 3, Thomas Hazell, late of Wallington, in the county of Surrey, journeyman K. B. xxxm.-11 322 THE KING V. HAZELL 13 EAST, lie. calico-printer, is convicted before us J. R. and R. C., two of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Surrey, of having, within three calendar months last past, to wit, on the 21st of March last, (he the said Thomas Hazell then being lawfully employed by George Savage, &c., of Wallington aforesaid, in the county of Surrey aforesaid, calico-printers, in the manufacture, trade, or business of a calico-printer, carried on by them at Wallington aforesaid? and whilst he tbe said T. H. was such workman, and was so employed as aforesaid,) without a jusfc or reasonable cause, refused to work with one Joseph Bates, the said Joseph Bates then also being a workman employed by the said George Savage, &c. to work in the said manufacture, trade, or business of a calico-printer carried on by them at Wallington aforesaid; contrary to the statute made in the 39 & 40 Geo. 3, intitled, &e. And we the said justices do hereby order and adjudge the said Thomas Hazell for the said offence to be committed to and confined in the common gaol for the said county for the space of three calendar months. (Signed by the justices.)...
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