Choice presidents upon all Acts of Parliament relating to the office and duty of a justice of peace. With necessary notes and instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament, and other particular cases in law adjudg'd therein. As also a more useful method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print. By Rich. Kilburne, Esq; late one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, and principal of Staple-Inn.

A Warrant to find Sureties for the Peace.

To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them, and to the Keeper of His Majestie's Gaol for the said County at B. in the County aforesaid.

K. ss. FOrasmuch as A. B. of C. hath this* 1.1 present day taken his corporal Oath before me, that C. D. of, &c. a 1.2 And

hath therewithall prayed Surety of the Peace against the said C. D. These are therefore (in His Majestie's name) to command you the said Constable and Borsholders, and every of you, that you, some or one of you, do cause the said C. D. to come before me or some o∣ther of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace of the said County, to find sufficient Security, as well for his personal appearance at the next general Session of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. aforesaid, then and there to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be injoyned, as also that he will in the mean time keep His Majestie's Peace towards His said Majesty and all His liege People, and es∣pecially towards the said A. B. and if the said C. D. shall refuse so to doe, that then (with∣out expecting any further or other warrant) you, some or one of you, do safely convey him to the Gaol aforesaid, and him there de∣liver to the said Keeper of the same, (toge∣ther with this Precept.) Commanding also you the said Keeper, to receive him into the said Gaol, and him there safely to keep untill he shall find such sufficient Security as afore∣said. Hereof fail not at your perils. Given under my hand and seal at, &c.

Notes

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  1 Iustice by the first Assignavi∣mus of the Commission of the Peace. Any of these cau∣ses are suf∣ficient. Lamb. 47. 3 Ed. 1. c. 9. W. 1. 1 R. 2. c. 2. 1 H. 4. c. 1. 2 H. 4. c. 1. 7 H. 4. c. 1.
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  That he is afraid that A. B. of C. will beat, wound, maim, kill him, or burn his house. That A. B. of. C. hath already assaulted, beaten, bruised him; and farther, hath threatned him in such sort, that he is afraid that the said A. B. will beat, wound, maim, kill or do him some other bodily harm. That A. B. hath already threatned that he will beat, wound, maim, kill or do him some other bodily harm. Or burn his house. And that he is afraid that he will accordingly so doe. Where the Warrant is against two; for the Peace say, As well for their respective personal ap∣pearance, &c. And that they respectively will in the mean time, &c. And if they or either of these A. B. and C. D. shall refuse so, &c. Convey them or him so refusing to the Gaol aforesaid, &c. And them or him so conveyed, there to deli∣ver, &c. To receive them or him so delivered, unto the said Gaol, and them or him so delivered there safely, &c. Untill they or he so delivered shall find, &c.