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next court of pleas and quarter sessions to be holden for the said county, then and there to answer unto an indictment on the behalf of this state. to be preferred against him for the said offences. Herein fail not upon the peril that shall ensue thereon.

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BASTARDY.

Warrant to apprehend a single Woman with Child of a Bastard. State of North-Carolina, Wake County. ss.

'To A B, one of the Constables of the said County, and to all lawful officers.

Whereas information hath been made to us, two of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, that BC,, of the said county, single woman, is with child, which child when it shall be born will be a bastard, and may become chargeable to the county: These are therefore to command you to apprehend and bring before us, or any two Justices of the Peace for the said county, the aforesaid BC, to answer the matters alleged against her as aforesaid, for which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under our hands and seals at in the said county, the

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Her Examination when brought before the Justices. Wake County, ss.

The examination of B C, in the said county, single woman, taken on oath before us C D and E F, two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, this day of in the year of our Lord

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Who saith, that she is now with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard, and to be chargeable to the county aforesaid, and that GH, of the said county, planter, is the father of the said child. B. C. [the woman's name.] day and year above written.

Taken before us, and signed the

Warrant against the reputed Father.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County, ss.

C. F.

E. D.

To A B, one of the Constables in the said county, and to all other lawful

officers.

Whereas upon the examination of B C, single woman, this day taken on oath before us, it appears that she is now with child, which child when it shall be born will be a bastard, and may become chargeable to the said county; and the said B C, hath confessed that CD, of the county aforesaid, planter, did beget the said child, and hath charged him with the same: These are therefore to command you to apprehend the said

CD, and bring him before us, or any two Justices of the Peace for the said county, to answer the said charge. Given under our hands and seals this

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Lord FG, of of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to the State of North-Carolina, that is to say, the said CD, one hundred pounds, and the said EF and F G, fifty pounds each, to be respectively levied of their lands and tenements, goods and chattels, if the said CD shall make default in the performance of the condition underwritten. H. I;

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The condition of this recognizance is such, whereas the above bounden C D is charged by B C of single woman, that she the said BC is now with child by him the said C D, which child when born will be a bastard. If therefore the said C D shall personally appear before the Justices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions to be held for the aforesaid county of on the day of then and there to abide by and perform what shall there be enjoined him by the said court concerning the premises, then the above written recognizance shall be void.

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Mittimus in case of a Refusal or Neglect to give Surety.
State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To the Sheriff or Keeper of the Gaol of the county aforesaid." We herewith send you the body of CD, of this county, planter, who was this day brought before us HI and IK, two of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, being charged by B C, single woman, to have gotten her with child, which child when born will be a bastard; and the said C D having before us, refused or neglected to find surety for his appearance at the next court of pleas and quarter sessions to be held for this county, to answer the said charge: These are therefore to command you to receive into your custody the said C D, and him safely to keep in the common gaol, until he shall be thence discharged by due course of law. Given under our hands and seals the

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Form of a Bond to be given by the reputed Father of a Bastard Child to indemnify the County from its Maintenance.

State of North Carolina, Wake County.

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Know all men by these presents, that we , are held and firmly bound unto the Justices of the county aforesaid, in the sum of: be paid to the said Justices or their successors in office. To the which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, execu tors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this A. D. 18 The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden G II stands charged according to law with being the reputed fa

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wer of a bastard child of which A B has lately been delivered: now if the aforesaid GH, his heirs, executors or administrators, or any of them, do and shall from time to time, and at all times hereafter acquit, discharge and save harmless, the overseers of the poor and inhabitants of the County aforesaid, from all costs, charges, and trouble whatsoever, for and by reason of the birth, maintenance of, and bringing up, the said child, and of and from all suits, charges and demands whatsoever touching and concerning the same; then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

BEHAVIOUR,

Warrant for the Good Behaviour.

State of North Carolina, Wake County.

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To the Sheriff of the said county, and to all other lawful officers. For asmuch as I, A B one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said. county, am given to understand by the information, testimony and complaint of many credible persons that BC of, in the county foresaid, planter, and C D of in the county aforesaid, planter, are not of good name and fame, nor of honest conversation, but evil doers, rioters,, barrators, and disturbers of the peace of this state, so that murder, homi cide, strifes, and other grievances and damages against the citizens of this State, concerning their bodies, are likely to arise thereby: These are therefore to command you, and every of you, that one of you do apprehend the aforesaid B. C. and C D, and have them before me or some other Justice of the Peace for the said county as soon as they can be taken, [or thus, before the Justices of the court of pleas and quarter-sessions to be next holden for the said county] to find before me [or the said Justices sufficient sureties for their good behaviour towards this State and all the citizens thereof. And this you shall in no wise omit, on the peril that shall ensue thereon, and have you before me [or the said Justices at the said court] this precept.

Given under my hand and seal, at
day of
in the year of our Lord

, in the county aforesaid, the

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Warrant for the Peace or Good Behaviour.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To the Sheriff of the said County, and the Constables thereof, and to alf other lawful officers in and for the said County.

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in the said county, planter, hata personal ly come before me, BC, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, and hath taken a corporal oath, that he the said A Bisafraid that CE, of in the said, county, planter, will beat him for wound, maim, kill,] or do him some bodily hurt, and hath therefore prayed surety of the peace against him the said CE [or if for the good behaviour, that CE of in the said county, planter, hath threatened to do some bodily hurt to him the said A B, or to burn the house of him the said A B, and hath therefore prayed surety of the good behaviour against him the said C E.] These are therefore to command you, jointly and severally, that immediately upon the receipt thereof, you bring the said CE, before A a a

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me, to find surety, as well for his personal appearance at the next coán of pleas and quarter sessions to be held for the said county, to be held in and for the said county, as also for his keeping the peace [or for his being of the good behaviour] in the mean time towards the state and all the citizens thereof, and chiefly towards the said A B. Giver under my hand and seal at in the said county, 'the

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Recognizance, as under Bail, with this Condition.

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The condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bound CE shall personally appear at the court of pleas and quarter-sessions to be held for the said county, at on the day of and receive what shall then and there be enjoined him by the court, and in the mean time shall keep the peace [or be of the good behaviour] towards this State and all the citizens thereof, and especially towards C B, of in the said county, planter, then the said recognizance shall be void, or otherwise remain in full force.

Mittimus for want of Sureties.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To E F, one of the Constables of the said County, and to the Keeper the Common Gaol of, and in the said County.

Whereas CE, of in the said county, planter, is now brought before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, requiring him to find sufficient sureties, to be bound with him in a recognizance, for his personal appearance at the court of pleas and quarter sessions to be next holden in and for the said county, and in the mean time to keep the peace [or be of the good behaviour] towards the said State and all the citizens thereof, and especially towards C B, of in the said county, planter. And whereaas he the said C E, hath refused and doth now refuse before me to find such sureties: These are therefore to command you the said Constable, forthwith to convey the said C E, to the common gaol of the said county, and to deliver him to the keeper thereof there, together with this precept. And I also hereby command you the said keeper to receive the said C E into your custody in the said gaol, and him there safely to keep until he shall find such sureties as aforesaid.

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If afterwards, or whilst the warrant is out against him, he finds sureties before a Justice of the Peace, then the Justice issues a Supersedeas thus ;

Supersedeas.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

WP, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, to the Sheriff, Constables, and other the Ministers and Citizens of the said State.

Forasmuch as C E, in the said county, planter, hath personally been before me, at in the said county, and hath found sufficient surety,

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the said county, planters, each of whom hath undertaken for the said CE, under the pain of one hundred pounds, and he, the said CE, hath undertaken for himself, under the pain of two hundred pounds, that he, the said C E, shall personally appear at the next court of pleas and quarter sessions to be held for the said county, then and there to do and receive what shall be enjoined him by the said court, and in the mean time shall well and truly keep the peace [or be of the good behaviour] towards the said State and all the citizens thereof, and especially towards AB, of in the said county. These are therefore to command you and every of you, that you utterly forbear and surcease to arrest, take, imprison, or otherwise by any means for the said cause to molest the said CE; and if you have for the said occasion and none other, taken and imprisoned him the said C E, that then him you deliver, or cause to be delivered, and set at liber., without further delay.

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Given at , in the said county, under my scal, the the year of our Lord

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Form of the Oath for one that craves Surety of the Peace.

You shall swear, that you are in fear of death, or of some bodily hurt to be done, or to be procured to be done to you by C E, of

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county of planter, [or that he will burn your house] and that you do not require surety of the peace against him out of malice or for mere vexation, but for the cause aforesaid. So help you, God'.

BURGLARY.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To the Sheriff of the County, and to the Constables of the said County,

and to all other lawful Officers.

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Forasmuch as C B, of planter, hath this day made oath before me, BC, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, that yesterday in the night, the dwelling house of him the aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, was feloniously and of the value of

* said C B, at burglariously broken open, and of the goods and chattels of him the said CB, feloniously and burglariously stolen and carried away from thence; and that he hath just cause to suspect that D E, late of , in the county of planter, the said felony and burglary did commit. These are therefore to command you that immediately upon sight hereof, you do apprehend the said DE, and bring him before me to answer the premises, and to be further dealt with according to law. Herein fail not.

Given under my hand and seal, the our Lord

For the Mittimus-See COMMITMENT.

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