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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59721	The justice of the peace, his clarks cabinet, or, A book of presidents, or warrants, fitted and made ready to his hand for every case that may happen within the compass of his masters office for the ease of the justice of peace, and more speedy dispatch of justice / by William Shepard ...	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1660 (1660)	Wing S3190; ESTC R31195	70,352	144

the form of the Statutes in that case provided And therefore I the aforesaid W S. the said I D. E F. G H. did then there arrest and cause to be sent to the next Gaol of his said Majesty for the said County within the Castle of Gloucest as convict of the said forcible detaining by mine own view and record there to abide till he shall make Fine to his said Majesty for his offences aforesaid Dated at Dale aforesaid under my Seal the day and year aforesaid The Record of a Riot upon the view of the Justices 2 Glouc. ss Memor That the first day of March we W S. and K L. Esquires two of the Justices of our Soveraign Lord the King now assigned to keep the Peace in the County of Gloucest at the complaint of I S. of W. in the County aforesaid Yeoman in our proper persons came to the dwelling house of the said I S. at W. aforesaid and there we found certain persons A B. c. and other evil doers and disturbers of the Peace of our Lord the King to the number of eighty persons in a warlike manner arrayed to wit with Swords Staves Bows and Arrows riotously and unlawfully gathered together and the same house so keeping to the great disturbance of the Peace of our said Lord the King and the terrour of his People and against the form of the Statutes in that case provided And therefore wee the said Justices of the Peace the bodies of the said A B. c. did then arrest and to the next Gaol of our Lord the King did then cause them to be carried by our Record of the Trespass aforesaid convict in our presence there to abide till they shall make their Fine to our said Lord the King for their trespass afore said In testimony whereof w● have put our Seals to this Record Dated at W. aforesaid the day and year aforesaid The form of the Mittimus to the Gaol W S. one of the Justices of the Peace of ou● Lord the King within his said County of Gloucest 3 Glouc. ss To the Keepers of his Highness Gaol within the Castle of Glouc. within the same County and to his Deputy there Complaint being made to me this present first day of May of a forcible and riotous detainer of a House made by K L. c. and M N. of c. the which having viewed I find to be true against the Peace of our said Lord the King and the Statutes in that case provided Therefore I send you by the bringers hereof the bodies of the said K L. and M N. convicted of the said forcible holding or Riot by mine own view testimony and record commanding you in his Majesties Name them to receive and safely keep in your said Goal until such time as they shall make their Fines to our said Lord the King for the said trespasses and shall be thence delivered by order of the Law of the Land at your peril Given at W. aforesaid under my Seal the day and year aforesaid The Precept to the Sheriff to return a Jury 4 Glouc. ss W S. c. To the Sheriff of the said County of Glouc. I command you that you make to come before me at c. time and place twenty four honest sufficient and lawfull men of the neighbourhood of W. within this County whereof every one shall have forty shillings of Lands Tenements and Rents by the year at least above reptises or to enquire if A B. c. and other malefactors and disturbers of the Peace of our Lord the King in one Messuage and twenty acres of Land of C D. of c. with a strong hand upon the possession of the said C D. did enter or the same with force do yet hold and occupy to require upon their Oaths for our said Lord the King of a certain entry or detainer made with strong hand in the Messuage or dwelling House of A B. at W. aforesaid against the form of the Statutes in that case provided And you are to see that you return upon every one of the Jurors by you to be impannelled twenty shilling of issues at the same day of return And hereof you are not to fail under pain of twenty pounds which you know you are to bear if you be negligent in the premises Witness me the said W S. the first day of c. The Verdict of the Jurors 5 Glouc. ss An inquisition for our Lord the King taken at Dale in the County of Gloucest the first day of May by the Oaths of A B. C D. good and ●awfull men of the County before W S. one of ●he Justices of our said Lord the King to keep the Peace in the said County assigned and to hear and determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other evil deeds committed in the same County who say upon their Oaths that C L. of c. Yeoman was lawfully and peaceably seised in his demesne as of Fee of and in one Messuage c. with the appurtenances in Dale aforesaid and his possession and seisin aforesaid so continued until A B. c. and other unknown persons the first day of May by Force and Arms to wit with Swords and Staves Bows and Arrows into the said Messuage entred and the said C D. thereof disseised and with a strong hand him expelled and him the said C D. so disseised and expulsed from the said Messuage c. from the aforesaid first day of May until the day of the taking of this inquisition with the same strength and armed power have hitherto kept out and yet doth keep out to the great disturbance of the Peace of our said Lord the King and against the form of the Statutes in that case made and provided whereas none of them nor any other whose state they or any of them had or have or any thing in any parcel thereof had or have within three years last before his said Entry nor at any time before to the knowledge of the said Jurors Warrant for Restitution 6 Glouc. ss W S. c. To the Sheriff of the said County Greeting Whereas by a certain inquisition of the Countrey taken before me at Dale in the County aforesaid the day of c. upon the Oath of A B. C D. c. and according to the form of the Statute in that case of forcible entry provided It was found that A B. c. and others c. as it is in the Inquisition under those words in that case provided as by the said inquisition doth more fully appear of Record Therefore on the part of our said Lord the King I command and require you that you all together with the power of the County if need require go to the said Messuage and other the premises and the same with the appurtenances do cause to be res●ised and the said C D. to and in his full possession there of as he was in before the same Entry you cause

The Sureties and the Sum are in his discretion but if it be in case of Felony he must see he take good Sureties for the Prisoners appearance and bind him in a good sum to do it or he may be fined for his neglect herein If any Law appoint what the Sureties and what the Sum shall be that the party bailed must give that must be pursued 4. If the Justices shall at any time judge the Sureties insufficient they may compel the party bailed to put him in better Sureties or commit him to Gaol for lack of Bail 5. It is said That if the Sureties doubt the Prisoner that he will run away and not appear that they may take him and carry him to the Justice and desire to be discharged and that the Justice must discharge them and that the principal is then to be committed till he put in new Sureties The Forms of Recognisances 3 Glouc. ss Md. That the first day of May I S. of D. in the County of G. Yeoman came before me W S. Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of G. at K. in the same County and acknowledged himself by way of Recognisance to owe unto our Lord the King and his Successors twenty pounds of lawfull English money to be levied of his lands and tenements goods and chattels to the use of our said Lord the King and his Successors if he fail in the Condition indorsed If there be more then one to be bound then it is thus Md That the first day of May I S. of c. C D. of c. and E F. of c. all three of them came before me and acknowledged themselves severally to owe our Lord the King and his Successors ten pound● a piece to be levied c. if I S. fail in the Condition indorsed Another of the same 4 Glou. ss Md. That I S. of c. G D. of c. and E F. of c. the first day of May c. came before us W S. and L S. two of the Justices of the Peace within the County of G. And the said I S. did assume for himself in the sum of twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to our Lord the King And the said C D. and E F. became bound for the said I S. either of them in the sum of ten pounds a piece of like lawfull money to our said Lord the King to be levied of their lands and tenements goods and chattels by way of Recognisance under the condition following viz. Another of the same 5 Glouc. ss Md As in the former which several sums of money every of them hath acknowledged to owe to our Lord the King and his Successors if the said I S. shall make default in the Condition following viz. Another of the same 6 Glouc. ss Md. That the first day of May c. at Dale in this County I S. of c. C D. of c. and E F. of c. came before us W S. c. two of the Justices c. and did undertake for L M. of c. each of them under the pain of twenty pound a piece of lawfull English money And the said L M. did then and there assume for himself in pain of forty pounds of like lawfull money and all of them to our Lord the King and his Successors to be levied of their lands and tenements goods and chattels by way of Recognisance to the use of our Lord the King if the said L M. shall fail in the Condition hereafter following viz. If the party to be bound be within age or a Woman married then he or she must be bound by others after this manner as in the last leaving out the last clause And the said L M. c. And by these all other Recognisances may be made for they are after one form and the difference is in the Conditions which do now follow It is best to make them in Parchment and yet being in Paper they are good enough in Law If the Condition be on the back of the Parchment or Paper wherein the Recognisance is as it must be to the two first Presidents abovesaid that conclude if he fail in the Condition aforesaid Then it must be thus 7. To prefer a Bill of Indictment The Condition of the Recognisance within written is such that if the within bounden I S. shall at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden in the County of Gloucest prefer or cause to be preferred one Bill of Indictment against one A B. late of G. in the said County of Gloucest Labourer now a Prisoner in the Castle of Glouc. for the felonious taking of twenty sheep of the goods of the said I S. or for the felonious killing of T S. and shall also then and there give the best evidence he can concerning the same as well to the Grand Jury that shall then make enquiry of the Felony as also to them that shall pass upon the Trial of the said A B. and not depart without license of the Court That then the same Recognisance shall be void Or thus The Condition c. That if the said I S. shall personally appear at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the County of Glouc. before the Lords the Justices of Assize and Gaol-delivery and shall then and there prefer c. as in the last 8. To give in evidence The Condition of the Recognisance within written is that if the within bounden I S. do and shall personally appear at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden in the County of G. before the Judges there or at the general Sessions of the Peace to be held for the County of G. as the case is before the Justices of the Peace there and then and there pursue and give the best evidence he can against one A B. late of C. in the said County Labourer now a prisoner in the Castle for the felonious taking away of a Mare of the goods of the said I S. and not depart without license of the Court That then c. Or thus That if the within bounden I S. shall personally appear before the Justices of the Peace of the County of Glouc. at the next Quarter Sessions in the County aforesaid to be holden then and there to inform the Court against one A B. of c. now a prisoner in the Castle and not depart without license of the Court That then c. 9. To appear to answer a Felony upon a Bail The Condition of this Recognisance is such that if the within bounden I S. shall make his personal appearance before the Justices of the Peace of the County of Glouc. at the next general Sessions of Peace to be holden for the same County then and there to make answer to our Lord the King for and concerning the suspicion of stealing certain corn That then c. Another of the same and to keep the Peace

appeared before me the said W S. and the said C D. and E F. have undertaken for the said A B. who is within the age of 21 years to wit either of the said manucaptors in twenty pounds a piece which each of them have acknowledged to owe to our said Lord the King by way of Recognisance to be levied on their lands and tenements goods and chattels to the use of our said Lord the King to wit that the said A B. no damage or ill shall do or procure to be done to any of the people of this Commonwealth in their bodies or burning of their houses and especially to T R. Therefore I require you and every of you to forbear c. as in the rest This may also be to stay proceedings of Arrest or Imprisonment against a man upon good Behaviour or upon a Capias upon an Indictment for Trespass or the like thus 5 Glouc. ss W S. To c. Forasmuch as I S. of c. came before me this first day of c. at Dale in this County and hath found sufficient Manucaptors to be at the next General Sessions of the Peace to be held in this County before the Justices of the Peace there to answer to our Lord the King of certain trespasses contempts and offences whereof he is indicted Therefore I command you c. as in the rest CHAP. XXIII Of a Liberate 1 Glouc. ss W S. c. To the Keeper of the Gaol in the Castle of Gloucest Forasmuch as I S. of c. hath before us found sufficient mainprise to appear before the Justices of the Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden in the said County there to answer the things that shall be objected against him touching the felonious stealing of two sheep for the suspicion whereof he was committed to your Gaol These are to require you in case he be there detained in prison for this and no other cause that you forthwith deliver him and let him go at large Given under our Hands c. 2 Glouc. ss W S. c. To the Keeper c. I S. being by me committed to your custody in your Gaol till he put in sureties for the peace or good behaviour as the case is These are c. as in the last Observations on this If one Justice of his own head commit a man to Gaol or Bridewel he may again deliver him and he need not shew the cause or if it be for the peace or good behaviour to tell the Keeper that he hath taken Sureties we think it safe for a Keeper to have this from a Justice always when he delivers his prisoner By these other Liberates may be made Of a Release I have seen a Release of the Peace by a Justice of Peace that took it and Presidents of Releases of the Peace and good Behaviour but I understand not of what use they are for the party must appear onely the Release of the Peace c. is an evidence that the Prosecutor is not afraid of him and therefore the Court will not probably continue him bound CHAP. XXIV Of a License and Testimonial 1 Glouc. ss To sell Ale W S. and I S. Two of the Justices c. Know all men by these presents That we do hereby license I M. of c. to keep a common Ale-house in L. aforesaid in the house there where he now dwelleth for one whole year next ensuing the date hereof so that he do not during that time suffer any unlawfull Games to be used nor any evil rule or disorder to be done in the same house Dated c. So to brew and sell Beer and keep a common Alehouse c. 2 Glouc. ss To travel on the Lords day W S. c. To all c. I S. of c. where he now liveth having informed me that he had a Father living at D. in the County of S. where he lieth now very sick and he hath a desire to visit him Now know ye that for this cause I do hereby license him to travel upon the next Lords day the direct way to him willing and requiring you not to molest him for the same so he behave himself orderly in his travel Dated c. 3 Glouc. ss Describe him To convey a Rogue I S. a sturdy vagrant beggar of low personage red haired c. and about twenty years was this first day of May openly whipped at W. in the said County according to the Law for a wandring Rogue and is assigned to pass forthwith from Parish to Parish by the Officers thereof the next straight way to P. in the County of W. where as he confesseth he was born or dwelled last for one whole year if the case be so and he is limited to be at P. aforesaid within ten days now next ensuing at his peril Given at W. under the Hands and Seals of W S. Esquire one of c. and I D. the Constable of W. aforesaid 4 Glou. ss For one that hath suffered shipwrack c. Soldier c. W S. c. one c. To all Constables Tythingmen c. Forasmuch as I am credibly informed that I S. the bearer hereof of low personage c. hath been at Sea and there the first day of May last suffered ship-wrack and hath not wherewith to relieve himself in his travel to the place of his birth or last dwelling These are to desire you to suffer him to pass the next way to the said place where he is limited to be within forty days next after the date hereof and not to trouble but rather to relieve him The like may be for a poor Souldier 5 Glouc. ss To travel W S. and I S. two of the Justices c. To all c. The bearer hereof I S. of c. having shew the cause of his travel desired our Testimonial or License for his safe travel to the City of B. shew whither he is to go wherefore we as much as is in us do license him to travel the direct way from H. in the County of G. to the said City so as his journey be not continued longer then twenty days next after the date hereof and pray you to suffer him to pass in peace so as he demean himself orderly And by these a Testimonial may be made for other things as for a Labourer in Harvest-time to go into another Countrey to work or a Servant departing at the end of his year CHAP. XXV Of a Certificate A Certificate of the Presentment or Verdict of the Jury may be made into the Kings Bench the like may be made of the Record of a Force viewed by the Justice These Certificates and the like may be made by the Justice of Peace by way of a Letter inclosing therein the Presentment of the Jury or the Record of the Justice except the same be removed by Certiorari the forms whereof see in the end of