there unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously did hang up and suspend, and cause and procure to be hung up and suspended the said effigy and figure, to and upon the said gibbet and gallows with the name of the said inscribed on a piece of wood affixed to the said effigy and figure, together with divers scandalous inscriptions and devices affixed upon and about the same, reflecting on the character of the said and did then and there keep and continue and cause and procure to be kept and continued the said gibbet and gallows so erected and set up as aforesaid with the said effigy and figure hung up and suspended to and from the same as aforesaid, together with the several inscriptions and devices aforesaid, so affixed as aforesaid, for a long space of time, to wit, for the space of four days then next following, and during all that time unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously did then and there publish and expose the said gibbet and gallows with the said effigy and figure thereon, to the sight and view of divers persons passing and repassing in and along the highway aforesaid, against the peace, &c. No. 6. Warrant of Commitment for a Libel, in default of Sureties. Butt v. Conant, H. T. 60 Geo. 3. See 1 Geo. 4. 1 Bro. & Bing. 548, and 60 Geo. 3. c. 38. W. R. esquire, one of the justices of our lord the king assigned to keep the peace within the said county. To the constable of the parish of within the said county, and to the keeper of the house of correction at in the said county. County of to wit. These are to command you the said constable in his majesty's name forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the keeper of the said house of correction, the body of who is charged on the oath of in the said county, with having on the day of wickedly, maliciously, and unlawfully printed and published a certain, false, scandalous and seditious libel, &c. &c. And you the said keeper are hereby required to receive the said at into your custody in the said house of correction, and him safely keep until he shall be discharged by due course of law. Given, &c. No. 7. Warrant to apprehend a Person for printing and publishing a Libel. day made information and complaint upon oath before me W. R. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that late of in the said county, printer, wickedly and maliciously, &c. [as in the pre- ceding forms]. These are therefore to command you in his majesty's name forthwith to apprehend and bring before me or some other justice of the peace for the said county, the body of the said to answer unto the said information and complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law. Given under my hand and seal at this day of you not. said county of year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Herein fail in the in the No. 8. Warrant to apprehend for a Libellous Letter to a Justice of the Peace reflecting on his conduct as a Magis trate. County of To the constables of to wit. of in the county Whereas W. R. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county of hath this day made complaint on oath before me, E. R. M. esq. one other of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that he hath this day at in the said county, received a libellous letter signed N. O. which letter accuses him the said W. R. of partiality and injustice in the execution of his office of a justice of the peace for the said county, and of having been influenced by a bribe and other corrupt motives, and hath also made oath that he verily believes the signature N. O. subscribed to the said letter to be the proper hand-writing of at the parish of in the said county, and that the said letter was written, published, and sent by the aforesaid in the said said N. O. at the parish of county. These are therefore to command you forthwith to apprehend and bring before me at this place the body of the said N. O. to the intent that he may find sureties of the peace and be of good behaviour, and also for his appearance at the next general quarter sessions of the peace, to be held in and for the said county, to answer to a bill of indictment to be prepared against him by him the said W. R. to the said libel. Given under my hand and seal, &c. No. 9. Commitment for a Seditious Libel. For being the author and publisher of a most scandalous and seditious libel, intituled "The North Briton, Number XLV." tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affection of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government. LIBERATE. No. 1. Warrant of Discharge of a Prisoner after Commitment, he having found Bail to appear to an Indictment. of County of to wit. W. R. and E. R. M. esq. two of the justices of our sovereign lord the king assigned to keep the peace in and for the said county (one of us being of the quorum) to the keeper of his majesty's gaol of in the said county, greeting. Whereas of at labourer, hath before us found sufficient bail to appear before the justices of gaol delivery at the next general gaol delivery to be holden in the said county, there to answer to such things as shall be then on the behalf of our said sovereign lord. the king objected against him, and namely to the felonious taking of [two sheep] (for the suspicion whereof he was taken and committed to your gaol). We command you on behalf of our said sovereign lord, that if the said do remain in your said gaol for the said cause, and for none other, then you forbear to detain him any longer, but that you deliver him thence and suffer him to go at large, and that upon the pain that will thereon ensue. Given under our hands and seals at in the said county, the day of in the year of the reign of his present majesty king George the Fourth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and No. 2. The like when the Defendant is committed for want of Sureties to keep the Peace, &c. and afterwards finds bail. County of to wit. W. R. esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace. To the keeper of his majesty's gaol of [or house of correction] at the said county, greeting. Forasmuch as in the prison of in of our said lord the king, in your custody now being at the suit of our said lord the king, on the prosecution of of his the said per for the want finding sufficient securities for his sonal appearance at the next general quarter sessions of the peace for the said county, then and there to do and receive what shall be enjoined him, and for his keeping the peace [or being of good behaviour] in the mean time, as well towards his said majesty as towards his liege people, and especially towards him the said hath found before me the said justice sufficient sureties, that is to say, the said county of said county of of of in in the and either of which hath undertaken for the said under the pain of 407. and he the said hath undertaken for himself under the pain of 807. that he the said shall and will personally appear at the next general quarter sessions of the peace for the said county, then and there to do and receive what shall be enjoined him by the said court, and that he will well and truly keep the peace in the mean time, as well towards his said majesty as towards all his liege people, and especially towards him the said Therefore on behalf of his said majesty, I do command you the said keeper of the said prison, that if the said do remain in the said prison for the said cause and for none other, that you forbear to detain him any longer; but that you deliver him thence and suffer him to go at large as to the said cause. Given under my hand and seal at in the said day of county, the in the year of our Lord No. 3. The like to deliver a Prisoner taken by Warrant, he having found Sureties. County of to wit. W. R. esq. one of the justices, &c. (as form To the constables of the city of and to the keeper of the gaol of our said lord the king in the county aforesaid, greeting. of Whereas labourer, hath come before me, and has found sufficient sureties for being before the justices of our said lord the king at the next general sessions of the peace to be held in the county aforesaid, to answer as well to our said lord the king as to of certain trespasses and contempts, &c. by him committed. Therefore I command you, and every of you, that you cause the said delivered from your custody without delay, and in the mean time you supersede another writ of mine to you thereof directed, and this my writ shall be to you and every of you a sufficient warrant. Dated at in the said county, on this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight day of hundred and County of to wit. No. 4. The like in another form. to be To the keeper of new prison at Clerkenwell, or his deputy. Discharge out of your custody the body of if de tained, for no other cause than what is mentioned in the warrant for his commitment under my hand and seal, dated the day of one thousand eight hundred and I having taken sureties for his personal appearance at the next general [or general quarter] session of the peace to be holden for the said county, at the sessions house on Clerkenwell-green, in and for the said county; and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal (being one of his majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county) this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and day of |