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o'clock in the forenoon, at or before such other justice or justices of the peace for the same [county] as might then be there, to answer to the said charge, and to be further dealt with according to law: And whereas the said A. B. hath neglected to be or appear at the time and place appointed in and by the said summons, although it hath now been proved to [me] upon oath that the said summons was duly served upon the said A. B.: These are therefore to command you, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said A. B., and to bring him before [me], or some other of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] to answer to the said charge, and to be further dealt with according to law.

Given under [my] hand and seal, this our Lord in the [county] aforesaid.

at

day of

in the year of J. S. (L. 8.)

10. Indorsement in backing a Warrant (K).

[This will be found at p. 27, Form No. 11 a.]

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Arch. p. 19;
Saund. p. 12;
Oke's Synop.

p. 301.

11. Search Warrant for Stolen Goods. (Not in Jervis's Act.) Vide s. 4; To the constable of the parish of in the [county] of [Proceed by reciting the information No. 4, ante, p. 259, to the end, then thus:]-These are therefore to command you, in her Majesty's name, forthwith, with necessary and proper assistants, to enter in the day time into the said dwelling-house and premises [or as the case may be] of the said A. B, and there diligently to search for the said goods; and if the same, or any part thereof, shall be found upon such search, that you bring the goods so found, and also the body of the said A. B., before me, or some other of the justices of the peace in and for the [county] aforesaid, to be disposed of and dealt with according to law.

Given, &c. [us Form No. 9, supra].

12. Warrant to apprehend a Person charged with an indict-
able Offence committed on the high Seas or abroad (E).
For offences committed on the high seas the warrant may be the same
as in ordinary cases, but describing the offence to have been committed
"on the high seas, out of the body of any county of this realm, and
within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England."

For offences committed abroad, for which the parties may be indicted
in this country, the warrant also may be the same as in ordinary cases,
but describing the offence to have been committed "on land out of the
United Kingdom, to wit, at,
—, in the kingdom of -," or "at

in the East Indies," or 66 at

Indies," or as the case may be.

in the island of

in the West

13. Certificate of Indictment being found (F).

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I hereby certify that at [a court of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery, or a court of general quarter sessions of the peace], holden in and for the [county] of at, in the said [county] on, bill of indictment was found by the grand jury against A. B., therein described as A. B. late of [labourer], for that he [&c. stating shortly

Vide s. 2;
Arch. p. 10;
Saund. p. 10;
Oke's Synop.
p. 308.

the offence], and that the said A. B. hath not appeared or pleaded to the said indictment.

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Vide s. 3;

Arch. p. 14;
Saund. p. 11;

Oke's Synop. p.
309.

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14. Warrant to apprehend a Person indicted (G.)

To the constable of and to all other peace officers in the said [county] of Whereas it hath been duly certified by J. D., clerk of the indictments on the circuit, [or clerk of the peace of and for the [county of —] that [&c., stating the certificate]: These are therefore to command you, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said A. B., and to bring him before [me], or some other justice or justices of the peace in and for the said [county], to be dealt with according to law. Given under my hand and seal, this day of, in the year of our Lord at in the [county] aforesaid. J. S. (L. s.)

15. Deposition that the Person apprehended is the same who is indicted. (Not in Jervis's Act.)

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The deposition of J. N., of the parish of —, in the [county] to wit. S of —, constable, taken upon oath before me, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justice of the peace for the said [county] of — at in the same [county], this day of -, A. D. 1850:

Who saith, I well know A. B., of &c., described in the certificate of J. D., the clerk of the indictments on the circuit [or clerk of the peace of and for the [county] of · -, now produced and shown to me; that I never heard mention of any other person of the same name as the said A. B. living at or near the parish of aforesaid; that A. B., apprehended [by me] and now here present, is the same person who is charged in the indictment referred to in the said certificate. Taken and sworn before me, the day and year`

and at the place above mentioned.

J. S.

J. N.

16. Warrant of Commitment of a Person indicted (H). To the constable of ——, and to the keeper of the [common gaol, or house of correction,] at in the said [county] of Whereas by [my] warrant under [my] hand and seal, dated the day of after reciting that it had been certified by J. D. [&c., as in the certificate], [I] commanded the constable of and all other peace officers of the said county, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said A. B., and to bring him before [me], the undersigned, [one] of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county], or before some other justice or justices of the peace in and for the said [county], to be dealt with according to law: And whereas the said A. B. hath been apprehended under and by virtue of the said warrant, and being now brought before [me], it is hereupon duly proved to [me] upon oath that the said A. B. is the same person who is named and charged in and by

the said indictment: These are therefore to command you the said constable, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to take and safely convey the said A. B. to the said [house of correction] at in the said [county], and there to deliver him to the keeper thereof together with this precept; and I hereby command you the said keeper to receive the said A. B. into your custody in the said house of correction, and him there safely to keep until he shall be thence delivered by due course of law. Given under my hand and seal, this day of in the year of our Lord

in the [county] aforesaid.

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17. Deposition that the Person indicted is the same who is in Custody for some other Offence. (Not in Jervis's Act.) [Proceed as in the Form No. 15 to the asterisk*, then thus:]—that A. B., now confined in the [common gaol] at in the [county] of is the same person who is indicted and referred to in the said certificate.

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18. Warrant to detain a Person indicted who is already in Custody for another Offence (I).

To the keeper of the [common gaol, or house of correction] at
in the said [county] of ·

Whereas it hath been duly certified by J. D., clerk of the indictments on the circuit [or clerk of the peace of and for the county of —], that [&c., stating the certificate]: And whereas [I am] informed that the said A. B. is in your custody in the said [common gaol] at aforesaid, charged with some offence or other matter; and it being now duly proved upon oath before [me] that the said A. B. so indicted as aforesaid, and the said A. B. in your custody as aforesaid, are one and the same person: These are therefore to command you, in her Majesty's name, to detain the said A. B. in your custody in the [common gaol] aforesaid until by her Majesty's writ of habeas corpus he shall be removed therefrom for the purpose of being tried upon the said indictment, or until he shall otherwise be removed or discharged out of your custody by due course of law. Given under my hand and seal, this day of in the year of our Lord at in the [county] aforesaid. J.S. (L. s.)

19. Warrant of Apprehension of Foreigners committing Offences in France, &c. and escaping to this Country. (Given in Schedule to 8 & 9 Vict. c. 120.)

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To all and each of the constables of the Metropolitan Police Force. Metropolitan) Whereas the Right Honourable one of her Police District Majesty's principal secretaries of state, by warrant to wit. under his hand and seal, hath signified to me that pursuant to the [convention made between her Majesty and the King of the French in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, or the treaty made between her Majesty and the United States of America in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as the case may be], for the apprehension of certain offenders, requisition hath been duly made to him for delivering up to justice A. B., late of who is charged with having committed the crime of [here specify the offence], within the jurisdiction of [his Majesty the King of the French, or the United States of America, as the case may be]: This is therefore to

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command you, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said
A. B., pursuant to an act passed in the ninth year of the reign of her
Majesty, intituled [here insert the title of this act], wherever he may be
found in England, and bring him before me, or some other magistrate
sitting in this court, to answer unto the said charge, for which this shall
be your warrant. Given under my hand and seal at
police courts of the metropolis, this
Lord

day of

one of the

in the year of our

J. P. (L. s.)

20. Warrant of Committal of Person apprehended. (Given in Schedule to 8 & 9 Vict. c. 120.)

To A. B., one of the constables of the Metropolitan Police Force, and to the keeper of the

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Metropolitan) Be it remembered, that on the day of Police District the year of our Lord —, A. B., late of brought before me, J. P., one of the police magistrates of the metropolis, sitting at the police court in within the metropolitan police district, and is charged before me, for that he the said A. B., on the day of - at within the jurisdiction of [his Majesty the King of the French, or the United States of America, as the case may be], did [here state the offence]: And forasmuch as it hath been shown to me, upon such evidence as by law is sufficient to justify the committal to gaol of the said A. B., pursuant to an act passed in the seventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [here insert the title of the sixth and seventh Victoria, chapter seventy-five, or six and seventh Victoria, chapter seventy-six, as the case may require], that the said A. B. is guilty of the said offence: This is therefore to command you the said constable, in her Majesty's name, forthwith to convey and deliver the body of the said A. B. into the custody of the said keeper of the, at ; and you the said keeper to receive the said A. B. into your custody in the same and him there safely to keep until he shall be thence delivered pursuant to the provisions of the said act, for which this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand and seal at one of the police courts of the metropolis, this day of in the year of our Lord

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J. P. (L. s.)

SECT. 3.-OF REMANDING OR BAILING ACCUSED BEFORE

OR DURING EXAMINATION.

21. Warrant remanding a Prisoner (Q. 1).

To the constable of

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and to the [keeper of the house of correction] at in the said [county] of· Whereas A. B. was this day [or on the -] 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 was thereupon remanded until this day, and is now here before me]; and it appears to me to be necessary to remand the said A. B. [aguin]: These are therefore to command you the said constable [keeper] 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 I 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 the

day of

instant, when I hereby command you to have him at

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o'clock in the forenoon of the same day before [me], or before some 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 day of —, in the year of our Lord

at in the [county] aforesaid.

J. S. (L. s.)

N. B. The portions in the above form within brackets [] in italic
are to adapt it to where a second remand takes place; the words
" and there to deliver, &c." to the word "correction," must be
omitted altogether in such a case.

22. Order to bring up Accused before Expiration of the Vide s. 21; Id. Remand. (Not in Jervis's Act.)

To the keeper of the [common gaol] at

in the said [county] of

day of

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Whereas A. B., of &c. was on the to wit. mitted [by me] to your custody in the said [common gaol], charged with [state offence shortly], and by the warrant in that behalf you were commanded to have him at -on the day of now [next], at o'clock in the forenoon, before such justice or justices of the peace for the said [county] as might then be there, to answer further to the said charge, and to be further dealt with according to law, unless you should be otherwise ordered in the meantime: And whereas it appears to me, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of· [or the said justice] to be expedient that the said A. B. should be further examined before the expiration of the said remand: These are therefore to order you, in her Majesty's name, to bring and have the said A. B., at [&c., follow from the asterisk * in Form No. 21, supra, to the end.]

23. Recognizance of Bail instead of Remand, on an Adjournment of Examination (Q.2).

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Be it remembered, that on the in the year of our Lord - A. B. of [labourer], L. M. of - [grocer], and N. O. of, [butcher], 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 indorsed.

Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at before me.

Condition.

J. S.

The condition of the within-written recognizance is such, that whereas the within-bounden A. B. was this day [or on 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 day of instant; if therefore the said A. B. shall appear

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