There have been some discussions recently about court records for illegitimacy and I though that people might be interested to see what these MIGHT look like. The document below comes from Lancashire Quarter Sessions in 1832 and its worth noting that:

(a) its the Poor Law Guardians applying for it - they are more concerned with their finances than those of the mother or the child, and
(b) its so common an event that the forms are 'pre-printed' with blank spaces to be filled in.