having appeared before [me], and being examined as a Witness for the Prosecution in that Behalf, refused to enter into a Recognizance to give Evidence against the said A.B., and [I] thereforethereby committed the said E.F. to your Custody, and required you safely to keep him until after the Trial of the said A.B. for the Offence aforesaid, unless in the meantime he should enter into such Recognizance as aforesaid: And whereas for Want of sufficient Evidence against the said A.B. the said A.B. has not been committed or holden to Bail for the said Offence, but on the contrary thereof has been since discharged, and it is therefore not necessary that the said E.F. should be detained longer in your Custody: These are therefore to order and direct you the said Keeper to discharge the said E.F. out of your Custody as to the said Commitment, and suffer him to go at large. Given under [my] Hand and Seal, this in the Year of our Lord. aforesaid.

at

Day of in the [County]

(Q. 1.)

J.S. (L.S.)

Warrant remanding a Prisoner.

To the Constables of

or any of them, and to the

in the

[Keeper of the House of Correction] at said [County] of WHEREAS A.B. was this Day charged before the undersigned, [One] of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said [County] of for that [&c., as in the Warrant to apprehend]; and it appears to [me] to be necessary to remand the said A.B.: These are therefore to command you the said Constables, or any of you, in Her Majesty's Name, forthwith to convey the said A.B. to the [House of Correction] at

in the said [County], and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof, together with this Precept; and [1] hereby command you the said Keeper to receive the said A.B. into your Custody in the said House of Correction, and there safely keep him until Day of [instant], when [1] hereby o'Clock

the

at

command you to have him at in the Forenoon of the same Day before [me], or before such other Justice or Justices of the Peace for the said [County] as may then be there, to answer further to the said Charge, and to be further dealt with according to Law, unless you shall be otherwise ordered in the meantime.

Given under [my] Hand and Seal, this in the Year of our Lord

aforesaid.

at

Day of
in the [County]

(Q. 2.)

J.S. (L.S.)

Recognizance of Bail instead of Remand, on an Adjournment of

personally came before [me], One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said [County], and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Lady the Queen the several Sums following; that is to say, the said A.B. the Sum of and the said L.M. and N. O. the Sum of each of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their several Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements respectively, to the Use of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, if he the said A.B. fail in the Condition endorsed.

Taken and acknowledged, the Day and Year first above mentioned, at before [me],

on

Condition.

J.S.

The Condition of the within-written Recognizance is such, That whereas the within-bounden A.B. was this Day [or last past] charged before [me], for that [&c., as in the Warrant]: And whereas the Examination of the Witnesses for the Prosecution in this Behalf is adjourned until the [instant]; if therefore the said A.B. shall

Day of

Day of

appear before [me] on the said [instant], at o'Clock in the Forenoon, or before such other Justice or Justices of the Peace for the said [County] as may then be there, to answer [further] to the said Charge, and to be further dealt with according to Law, then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

(Q. 3.)

Notice of such Recognizance to be given to the Accused and his Sureties.

: TAKE notice, That you A.B. of

are bound in the Sum of and your Sureties L.M. and N.O. in the Sum of each, that you A.B. appear before [me] J.S., One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the [County]

on

Day of

the
o'Clock in the Forenoon, at

or

of [instant], at before such other Justice or Justices of the Peace for the same [County] as may then be there, to answer further to the Charge made against you by C.D., and to be further dealt with according to Law; and unless you A.B. personally appear accordingly, the Recognizances entered into by yourself and Sureties will be forthwith levied on you and them. Dated this

Day

J.S.

(Q. 4.)

Certificate of Nonappearance to be endorsed on the Recognizance.

I HEREBY certify, That the said A.B. hath not appeared at the Time and Place in the above Condition mentioned, but therein hath made Default, by reason whereof the within-written Recognizance is forfeited.

J.S.

(R. 1.)

Warrant to convey the Accused before a Justice of the County, &c. in which the Offence was committed.

To W.T., Constables of

or any of them, and

to all other Peace Officers in the said [County] of WHEREAS A.B. of [Labourer], hath this Day been charged before the undersigned, [One] of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of

for that

[&c., as in the Warrant to apprehend]: And whereas [1] have taken the Deposition of C.D., a Witness examined by [me] in this Behalf; but inasmuch as [I am] informed that the principal Witnesses to prove the said Offence against the said A.B. reside in the [County] of C., where the said Offence is alleged to have been committed, These are therefore to command you the said Constable, in Her Majesty's Name, forthwith to take and convey the said A.B. to the said [County] of C., and there carry him before some Justice or Justices of the Peace in and for that [County], and near unto the [Parish of D.], where the Offence is alleged to have been committed, to answer further to the said Charge before him or them, and to be further dealt with according to Law; and [I] hereby further command you the said Constable to deliver to the said Justice or Justices the Information in this Behalf, and also the said Deposition of C.D. now given into your Possession for that Purpose, together with this Precept. Given under [my] Hand and Seal, this in the Year of our Lord

at

Day of
in the [County]

aforesaid.

(R. 2.)

J.S. (L.S.)

Certificate for Payment of the Constable's Expenses.

To R.W., Esquire, Paymaster of the Constabulary Force of
County of C.

in the County of A.,

WHEREAS W.T., Constable of hath by virtue of and in obedience to a certain Warrant of J. S., Esquire, [One] of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of A., taken and conveyed one A.B., charged before the said J.S. with having [&c., stating shortly the Offence], from in the said County of A. to in the said County of C., a Distance of Miles, and produced the said A.B. before [me] S.P., One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of C., and delivered him into the Custody of by [my] Direction, to answer to the said Charge, and further to be dealt with according to Law: And whereas the said W. T. hath also delivered to [me] the said Warrant, together with the Information in that Behalf, and also the Deposition of C.D. in the said Warrant mentioned, and hath proved to [me] upon Oath the Handwriting of the said J.S. subscribed to the same: Now [1] hereby certify, that the said Constable is entitled to his reasonable Costs and Expenses of the same, and of returning to his Home, according to the Form of S 4 the

the Statute in such Case made and provided, for which this Certificate shall be your sufficient Voucher and Authority. Given under [my] Hand, this

184

Day of

J.P.

(S. 1.)

Recognizance of Bail.

BE it remembered, That on the

Day of

A.B. of

in

the Year of our Lord

[Grocer], and N. O. of

[Labourer], L.M. of [Butcher], personally came before [us] the undersigned, Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said [County], and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Lady the Queen the several Sums following; (that is to say,) the said A.B. the Sum and the said L.M. and N.O. the Sum of

of

each, of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their several Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements respectively, to the Use of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, if he the said A.B. fail in the Condition endorsed. Taken and acknowledged the Day and Year first above mentioned, at before [us],

The Condition of the within-written Recognizance is such, That whereas the said A.B. was this Day charged before [us], the Justices within mentioned, for that [&c., as in the Warrant]; if therefore the said A.B. will appear at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery [or Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace] to be holden in and for the County of and there surrender himself into the Custody of the Keeper of the [Common Gaol] there, and plead to such Indictment as may be found against him by the Grand Jury, for or in respect of the Charge aforesaid, and take his Trial upon the same, and not depart the said Court without Leave, then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

Condition where the Defendant is entitled to a Traverse. The Condition of the within-written Recognizance is such, That whereas the said A.B. was this Day charged before [me], the Justice within mentioned, for that [&c., as in the Warrant or Summons]; if therefore the said A.B. will appear at the next Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace [or Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery] to be holden in and for the County of and there plead to such Indictment as may be found against him by the Grand Jury for or in respect of the Charge aforesaid, and shall afterwards at the then next Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace [or Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery] surrender himself into the Custody of the Keeper of the [House of Correction] there, and take his Trial upon the said Indictment, and not depart the said Court without Leave, then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

(S. 2.)

Notice of the said Recognizance to be given to the Accused and his Bail.

TAKE notice, That you A.B. of

are bound in the Sum of and your [Sureties L.M. and N.O.] in the Sum of each, that you A.B. appear, &c. [as in the Condition of the Recognizance], and not depart the said Court without Leave; and unless you the said A.B. personally appear and plead, and take your Trial accordingly, the Recognizance entered into by you and your Sureties shall be forthwith levied on you and them. Dated this

Day of
(S. 3.)

184 .

J.S.

Certificate of Consent to Bail by the committing Justice endorsed

on the Commitment.

I HERERY certify, That [1] consent to the within-named A.B. being bailed by Recognizance, himself in

Sureties in

and [Two] J.S.

each.

(S. 4.)

The like, on a separate Paper.

WHEREAS A.B. was on the

the [House of Correction] at

the Offence shortly]:

committed by [me] to charged with [&c., naming

each. Dated the

[I] hereby certify, That [I] consent to the said A.B. being bailed by Recognizance, himself in

in

184

and [Two] Sureties

Day of

J.S.

(S. 5.)

Warrant of Deliverance on Bail being given for a Prisoner

already committed.

To the Keeper of the [House of Correction] at

the said County] of

WHEREAS A.B., late of

in

Labourer, hath before [us,

Two] of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said [County], entered into his own Recognizance, and found sufficient Suretics for his Appearance at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery [or Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace] to be holden in and for the County of to answer our Sovereign Lady the Queen, for that [&c., as in the Commitment], for which he was taken and committed to your said [House of Correction]: These are therefore to command you, in Her said Majesty's Name, that if the said A.B. do remain in your Custody in the said [House of Correction] for the said Cause, and for no other, you shall forthwith suffer him to go at large.

Given under [our] Hands and Seals, this in the Year of our Lord

aforesaid.

at

Day of
in the [County]
J.S. (L.S.)
J.N. (L.S.)