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instant; if therefore the said A.B. shall 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

Sum of

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

of

on

instant at

the Day of o'Clock in the Forenoon, at or 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 of 184.

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., Constable of
Officers in the said [County] of

and to all other Peace

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 [I] have taken the Deposition of C.D., a Witness examined by [me] in this Behalf; but inasmuch as [1] 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

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.

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Order for Payment of the Constable's Expenses.
To R.W. Esquire, Treasurer of the said County of C.
WHEREAS W.T. Constable of

in the County of A., 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 Distance of

in the said County of C., a 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: And whereas [I] have ascertained that the Sum which ought to be paid to the said W.T. for conveying the said A.B. from the said County of A. to the said County of C., and taking him before [me], is the Sum of and that the reasonable Expenses of the said W. T. in returning will amount to the further Sum of together the Sum of

making

: These are therefore to order you, as such Treasurer of the said County of C., to pay unto the said W.T. the said Sum of according to the Form of the

Statute in such Case made and provided, for which Payment thiș Order shall be your sufficient Voucher and Authority.

Given under my Hand, this

Day of

184

J.P.

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Labourer, L.M. of

Grocer, and N.O. of

Butcher, personally came before [us]

the undersigned, Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for

the

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 us,

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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

Sum of

Sum of

are bound in the

and your [Sureties, L.M. and N.0.] in the 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

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

184.

J.S.

(S. 3.)

Certificate of Consent to Bail by the committing Justice endorsed

on the Commitment.

I HEREBY certify, That I consent to the within-named A.B. being bailed by Recognizance, himself in

Sureties in

each.

and [Two]

J.S.

(S. 4.)

WHEREAS A.B. was on the

the Offence shortly:

[House of Correction] at

The like, on a separate Paper.

committed by me to the

charged with [c., naming

I hereby certify, That I consent to the said A.B. being bailed by

Recognizance, himself in

and [Two] Sureties in

each. Dated the

Day of

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(S. 5.)

Warrant of Deliverance on Bail being given for a Prisoner already committed.

To the Keeper of the [House of Correction] at

in the said [County] of

WHEREAS A.B., late of

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 Sureties 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 for no other, you shall forthwith suffer him to go at large. Custody in the said [House of Correction] for the said Cause, and Given under our Hands and Seals, this

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WHEREAS A.B. was this Day charged before me, J.S., One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said [County] of on the Oath of C.D. of Farmer, and others, for that [&c., stating shortly the Offence]: These are therefore to command you the said Constable of take the said A.B., and him safely to convey to the [House of Correction] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof, together with this Precept; and I do hereby command you the said Keeper of the said [House of Correction] to receive the said A.B. into your Custody in the said [House of Correction], and there safely keep him until he shall be thence delivered by due Course of Law.

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

aforesaid.

at

Day of in the [County]

J.S. (L.S.)

(T. 2.)

Gaoler's Receipt to the Constable for the Prisoner, and Justices Order thereon for Payment of the Constable's Expenses in exe cuting the Commitment.

of

Constable

I HEREBY certify, That I have received from W. T., the Body of A.B., together with a Warrant under the Hand and Seal of J.S. Esquire, One of Her Majesty's Jus tices of the Peace for the [County] of said A.B. was [sober, or as the Case may be,] at the Time he was so delivered into my Custody.

CONSTABLE'S EXPENSES:

; and that the

P.K.,

Keeper of the House of Correction [or Common Gaol] at

For conveying the above A.B. from

£ s. d.

[by Railway] at

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per Mile

For conveying him to and from the Railway'
Station

For Subsistence of Prisoner whilst in Custody

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