Juror's Oath upon the Traverse.

You, and each of you, do swear, That you will well and truly near, try, and determine this issue of traverse, between the people of the State of--, and J. D., the defendant. So help you God.

Warrant to the Sheriff or Constable to make Restitution

COUNTY, SS.

The People of the State of New-York, to the Sheriff or any Cor stable of the said county, greeting:

WHEREAS D. S., of in said county, did, on the

day of last, make complaint to the undersigned J. J., one of the judges of the county courts of said county, that John Doe, of aforesaid, on the day of &c., [reciting the complaint to the word "provided" at the end.]

You are therefore hereby commanded to go to the said premises, taking with you the power of the county, if necessary, and to cause the said D. S. to be restored and put into the full possession of the said dwelling-house and premises, according to his estate and right therein before the said entry, in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided.

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And you are also commanded to levy the said sum of $the goods and chattels of the said John Doe (excepting such goods and chattels as are by law exempted from execution), and to bring the money before me within thirty days from the date hereof, to render to the said D. S.; and if no goods or chattels can be found, or not sufficient to satisfy the said sum of money, you are commanded to take the body of the said John Doe, and convey him to the common jail of the said county, there to remain until the said sum of money, and your fees for collecting the same, shall be satisfied and paid. Witness, &c., [as in Summons to Remove.]

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.

EVERY insolvent may be legally released from his debts, upon exccuting an assignment of all his property to his creditors. The method of proceeding is as follows:-1st. He must present a petition (see Petition of Insolvent Debtor), signed by himself and by so many of his creditors residing in the United States as have debts in good faith owing to them by such debtor, and amounting to two thirds of all his debts owing to creditors, to the Judge or Judges of the County Court in which he may reside; the petition to be accom. panied by the affidavits of the debtor and petitioning creditors (see

forms); also, by a schedule, containing a full and correct account of all the debtor's creditors, the sums owing to each, and what for, the place where the debts accrued, the residence of each creditor, and the assets, real and personal, of the debtor, and the incumbrances thereon, and of all the books, vouchers, and securities relating thereto. 2d. The officer must notify the creditors, personally or by letter, of the petitioner's appeal, and call upon them to show cause, if any, why he should not be released from his debts. Notice to this effect must be published in the State paper, and in the principal county paper, once in each week for six successive weeks, if all the creditors reside in the county; and once a-week for ten weeks, if any them of reside one hundred miles from the county. 3. At the time of the hearing the officer hears the proofs and statements of the parties to the petition; if there is no opposition, he enters an order requiring the debtor to make an assignment. 4th. When the officer has received proof of such assignment, he grants the discharge, and the debtor is free. Creditors, however, if so disposed, may demand to have the case tried, like any other cause, before a jury.

A discharge from his debts, in this manner, extinguishes all claims against him at the time of the assignment, including all bills and notes made before that date, although not yet due; also, from all judgments and debts of every kind soever.

Such petitions must be presented in the country to the County Judge; in cities, to the Recorder, or to a Justice of the Supreme or Superior Courts. The officer to whom it is presented must reside in the same county with the debtor; in case no officer in the county is authorized to act in such matters, the petition may be presented to an officer in any other county; the hearing, however, must, in all cases, take place in the county where the debtor resides. When fraud can be shown against the debtor, in collusion with certain creditors, wrongful interference with property once in the hands of the assignee, fraudulent preferences, or false statements. it will prevent him from obtaining the discharge.

Experience has shown that the easiest and cheapest method of obtaining a discharge, is by making a composition, for so many cents per dollar, with the creditors in person.

When a debtor is imprisoned for crime for any term less than his natural life, any creditor may petition for trustees to take charge of his estate. When he is released from prison, either by

the expiration of his sentence or by pardon, the trustees must sur render to him all his money and property in their hands after retaining their expenses and lawful commissions.

Assignees or trustees of insolvent or imprisoned debtors may be appointed to fill vacancies by the officer who appointed the originals, or by his or their successors in office. All such appointments must be certified and filed in the office of the Clerk of the county.

Form of Letter of Credit.

June 15, 1860.

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MESSRS. BALL, BLACK & Co.-Gentlemen: Please deliver to ANSON PHELPS, of this place, goods to any amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, and I will hold myself accountable to you for the payment of the same, in case Mr. PHELPS should fail to make payment therefor.

You will please to notify me of the amount for which you may give him credit; and if default should be made in the payment, let me know it immediately.

I am, gentlemen, your most ob't servant,

Messrs. BALL, BLACK & Co.,

- Broadway, New-York.

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EDWIN HART.

Letter of License to an Embarrassed Debtor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, we, who have hereunto subscribed our names, and affixed our seals, creditors of I. B., of send greeting:

WHEREAS the said I. B., on the day of the date hereof, is indebted anto us, the several creditors hereunder named, in divers sums of money, which at present he is not able to pay and satisfy, without respite and time to be given him for payment thereof; know ye, therefore, that we, the said several creditors, and each and every of us, at the particular request of the said I. B., have given and granted, and, by these our present letters, do give and grant unto the said I. B., full and free liberty, license, power, and authority, to go about, attend, follow, and negotiate any affairs, business, matters, or things whatsoever, or at any place or places whatsoever, without any let, suit, trouble, arrest, attachment, or any other impediment to be offered or done unto the said I. B., his wares, goods, moneys, or other effects whatsoever, by us or any of us, or by the heirs, executors, administrators, partners, or assigns of us, or by our, or any of our, means of procurement, to be sought, attempted or procured to be done, for and during months next, and im.

mediately ensuing the day of the date hereof. And further, we, the said creditors hereunder subscribed, do, and each of us doth, Cenant and grant for ourselves, our heirs, executors, administra tors, and assigns, respectively, and not jointly, or one for another, or for the heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns of each other, to and with the said I. B., that we, or any of us, our heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of them, shall not, nor will, during the time aforesaid, sue, arrest, attach, or prosecute the said I. B., for, or on account of our respective debts, or any part thereof; and that, if any hurt, trouble, wrong, damage, or hinderance be done unto the said I. B., either in body, goods or chattels, within the aforesaid term of - next ensuing the date hereof, by us or any of us the said creditors, or by any person or persons, by or through the procurement or consent of us, or any of us, contrary to the true intent and meaning of these presents, then the said I. B., by virtue hereof, shall be discharged and acquitted for ever, against such of us, the said creditors, his and their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, by whom and by whose will, mans or procurement, he shall be arrested, attached, imprisoned, grieved or damaged, of all manner of actions, suits, deeds, debts, charges, sum and sums of money, claims and demands whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of the date hereof.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Signed, sealed, and delivered J. L. [L. 8.] in presence of C. K. [L. S.]

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J. S

Letter of License and Composition with Creditors. It all people to whom these presents shall come, we, whose names and seals are hereunder set, creditors of A. B., &c., send greeting: WHEREAS the said A. B., at the day of the date of these presents, doth justly owe, and is indebted unto, the said several creditors hereunder written, in divers and several sums of money, but, by reason of many losses, he is unable to pay and satisfy us our full debts with such goods, chattels, wares and merchandise as he hath, which we, the said creditors, are unwilling to accept of, or any way to intermeddle with; and whereas, therefore, we, the said credit ors have agreed to undergo a certain loss, and to accept of cents for every dollar owing by the said A. B. to us, the several and respective creditors whose names are hereunto subscribed, to be paid in full satisfaction and discharge of our said several and respective debts: Now know ye, that we, the said creditors of said A. B., do for ourselves severally and respectively, and for our several and respective executcrs, &c., covenant, promise, compound, and agree, to and with the said A. B., his executors and adminis trators, and to and with every of them, by these presents, that we

the said several and respective creditors, and our several and respective, &c., shall and will accept, receive, and take from the said A. B., for each and every dollar that the said A. B. doth owe and is indebted unto us, the said several and respective creditors whose hands are hereunto set, the sum of cents, in full discharge and satisfaction of the several debts and sums of money that the said A. B. doth owe and is indebted unto us, the said creditors, &c., so that the said sum of cents to be paid for each and every dollar that the said A. B. doth owe and is indebted unto us, the said creditors, be paid to us, the said several creditors, or to our several and respective executors, administrators, or assigns, within the term or space of six months next after the date hereof. And we, the said several creditors, do severally and respectively, for ourselves and our several and respective executors, administrators, and assigns, covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the said A. B., his heirs, &c., that he, the said A. B., his, &c., shall and may, from time to time, and at all times, within the said term and space of next ensuing the date hereof, assign, sell, or otherwise dispose of his said goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, at his own free will and pleasure, for and toward the payment and satisfaction of the said cents for each and every dollar that the said A. B. doth owe, and is indebted as aforesaid, unto us, the said creditors; and that neither we, the said, &c., or any of us, or the executors, administrators, or assigns of us, or any or either of us, shall or will, at any time or times hereafter, sue, arrest, molest, trouble, imprison, attach, or condemn the said A B., or his goods and chattels, for any debt or other things now due and owing to us, or any of us, so that the said A. B. do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, the said cents for every dollar he doth owe and is indebted to us, the said, &c., in manner and form aforesaid. In witness, &c., [as in Letter of License to an Embarrassed Debtor.

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Petition of Insolvent and his Creditors, under the Two Third Act

To the Hon. J. P. H., County Judge of- County: [0 as the case may be.]

The petition of A. B., of the town [or city] of, an insolvent debtor, and others, whose names are hereunto subscribed, creditors of the said insolvent, residing within the United States, respect fully showeth: That the said insolvent, from many unfortunate circumstances, has become insolvent, and utterly incompetent to the payment of his debts; wherefore he, and your other petitioners, are desirous that the said insolvent's estate should be distributed among his creditors, in discharge of their debts, so far as the same will extend; and for that purpose pray that all his estate, real and personal, may be assigned over and delivered up to J K, of &o