to that of the Peace for the said county, by C D, overseer of a part of the road leading from one of the company, liable by law to work on such part of the road whereof he is overseer, hath made default in working on the said read, with taxables for days, al though lawfully summoned by the said overseer for that purpose, wherev he hath forfeited the sum of for his said default: These are Therefore to require you to bring the said before me or some other austice of the Peace for the said county, to answer the said complaint, nd to be dealt with in the premises as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal the Lord 4 day of Warrant for Turning a Road. in the year of our CD........(seal) To A B, Constable, or some orher lawful officer of the said County. Whereas B C hath complained before me, CD, one of the Justices of the Peace innd for the said county, that D'E hath turned a part of the public road leading from to in the said county, without any order of the county court founded upon the report of a jury for that pur pese, out of its usual and established course, and bath continued such part of the said road so turned out of its old course, for the space of months; whereby he hath forfeited the sum of to any person suing for the same: These are theref re to command you to bring the said D E before me or some other Justice of the Peace for said county, on or before the day of next, being the hirtieth day (except Sundays) from the date hereof, to answer the said complaint, and to be dealt with in the premises as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal the Lord day of in the year of our Warrant for erecting Bars across a Public Road. "To A B, Constable, or to any other lawful officer to execute. to S C, hth complained before me, C D, one of the Justices of the Peace or the said county, that D E hath erected, or caused to be erected, cross the public road leading from , in the said County [a gate or bar, or other obstacle, as the ease may be] whereby he hath for cited the sum of five pounds to the use of the person suing for the some: These are therefore to command you to take the body of the said D) E, and bring him beft re me or some other Justice of the Peace for the said county, within thirty days (Sundays excepted) from the date of this warrant, to answer the said complaint, and to be dealt with in the premises s the law directs. Given under my hand and seal the Lord day of in the year of our Judgment on a Warrant for not Working on a Road. State of North-Carolina, Wake County. a: the house of Be it remembered, that on the day of in the year of our Lond in the said county, the within named parties appeared before me, A B, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid, and all and singular the matters and evidences concerning the said compiamt, being fully heard and considered and laid before me, and it appearing that the said. hath made default with taxables, for the space of days, as in the said warrant is complained hath for against him: Therefore it is considered, that the said and the said feited the sum of for his costs, in all amounting to sum shall be applied by the said the said road. do recover the same, and also which said first mentioned in hiring other hands to work on A B..... (seal.) See DEBT and DEBTOR, in the body of the book. SALE. Form of a Bill of Sale of Personals. State of North-Carolina. and Know all Men by these presents, That I, B F, of for and in cons. sideration of the sum of of lawful money of the said state, to me in hand paid by CD, of at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof I the said FF do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell, unto the said CD, his executors, administrators and assigns, all the goods, household stuff, implements and furniture, particularly mentioned, expressed and contained in the schedule hereunto annexed [or thus, hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say, one bedstead, &c.] all and singular which said premises are now remaining, standing and being in a certain messuage or tenement, situated now or late in the occupation of the said B F. To have and to hold all and singular the said goods, household stuff and furniture, and other the premises above bargained and sold, or mentioned, or intended so to be, to the said C D his executors, administrators and assigns forever. And I the said B F, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, all and singular the said goods unto the said C D, his executors, administrators and assigns, against me the said BF, my executors and administrators, and against all and every other person and persons whomsoever, shall and will warrant and for ever defend by these presents. Of all and singular which said goods I the said BF have put the said C D in full possession, by delivering to him the said CD one silver spoon, at the sealing and delivery of these presents, in the name of the whole premises fiereby bargained and sold, or mentioned, or intended so to be, unto him the said CD as aforesaid. In witness whereof, &c. Whereas SCIRE FACIAS. (Form of) State of North-Carolina, Wake County. To the Sheriff of the said County, Greeting: for the county of lately in our court of pleas and quarter sessions, heri against the said defendant, as also current money, then and there, in and by our said court (thereon) adjudged, besides other endorsed fees whereof convicted, &c. and though judgment be thereof given, yet execution thereof to the said plaintiff still for costs of suit, against remains to be made. And as of the county aforesaid, who in that suit were securities, and liable, in virtue of an act of the General Assem bly of this state, &c. as special bail, to abide and perform therein the judgment of our said court, to surrender the principal into our prison, before the Justices of our court of pleas and quarter sessions, to be held for the county of at the court-house in on the day of next, on that occasion, in case he fail so to do, in discharge of the said bail; which hitherto in all things, on that occasion, both principal and bail aforesaid have failed to do, as to us the said plaintiff hath insinuated, as well as supplicated to us to provide, in that behalf, a fit remedy. So we, in that part, willing to do what is just, do therefore command you that by good and lawful men of your bailiwick, you make known to the said bail to appear before our court of pleas and quarter sessions, to be held for the county of at the court-house in on the day of next, to shew cause wherefore the said plaintiff, if expedient to execution against the said bail, as well for the aforesaid several sums of money, as for all other costs whatsoever by reason of the premises, ought not to have, according to the form and effect, as well of the judgment and recovery aforesaid, as of the said bail's undertaking; and further, to do and receive all whatsoever that then and there, in that part, by our said court, shall be considered of. And have you then and there the names of them by whom you make known as aforesaid, together with this writ. Witness Clerk of our said court, at the day ef in the year of our Lord at SEARCH-WARRANT. State of North-Carolina, Wake County. To A B, Constable, or any other lawful officer of the said Countys Whereas it appears to me, BC, one of the Justices of the Peace of and in the have for the said county, by the information on oath of CD, of said county, planter, that the following goods, to-wit, within days last past, by some person or persons unknown, been feJoniously stolen, taken and carried away out of the house of the said CD aforesaid, in the county aforesaid; and that the said C D, hath probable cause to suspect, and doth suspect, that the said goods, or part thereof, are concealed in the dwelling-house of in the said county, planter: These are therefore, in the name of the State, to authorise and require you, with proper and necessary assistants, to enter in the daytime, into the said dwelling.house of the said in the county aforesaid, and there diligently to search for the said goods; and if the same, or any part thereof, shall be found upon such search, that you bring the goods so found, and also the body of the said before me, or some other Justice of the Peace of the said county, to be disposed of and dealt with according to law. Given at at in the said county, under my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord SLAVES. State of North Carolina, Wake County. Form of Outlawry. By A B. and C D, Esquires, two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. Whereas complaint upon oath hath this day been made to us, two of the Justices of the Peace of the said county, by C D, of the said county, planter, that a certain male slave belonging to him, named hath absented himself from his said master's service, and is lurking about in the county, committing acts of felony and other misdeeds: These are therefore in the name of the state, to command the said slave forth with to surrender himself and return home to his said master; and we do hereby also require the Sheriff of the said county of to make diligent search and pursuit after the said slave, and him having found, to apprehend and secure so that he may be conveyed to his said master, or otherwise discharged as the law directs: and the said Sheriff is hereby authorised and empowered, to raise and take with him such power of his county as he shall think fit for apprehending the said slave. And we do hereby by virtue of the act of Assembly in snch case provided, intimate and declare, that if the said slave, named doth not surrender him self and return home immediately after the publication of these presents, that any person may kill and destroy the said slave, by such means as he or they may think fit, without accusation or impeachment of any crime or offence for so doing, and without incurring any penalty and forfeiture thereby. Given under our hands and seals, the day of yr Lord Warrant for entertaining a Slave. in the year of A B.........(seal) C D........(seal) To E F. Constable, or any other lawful officer to execute.' Whereas BC, hath complained before me, CD, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, that a certain negro slave, named belonging to whereof is master, lying in the river, creek, bay or harbour of between sun set of the day of and sun rise of the next day, not having any pass from his master or mistress, nor any Justice of the Peace, expressing the time when and the business for which he went on board, whereby the said master of the said vessel, hath become liable upon conviction to a fine of five pounds: These are therefore to command you to take the body of the said and bring him before me or some other Justice of the Peace for the said county, on or before the expiration of thirty days (Sundays excepted) from the date of this warrant, to an swer the complaint aforesaid, and to be dealt with concerning the premi ses as the law directs. was found on board the vessel named the of Given under my hand and seal, at in the Lord year of Qur in the said county, the day CD........(seal) Conviction upon the foregoing Warrant The State, vs. Wake County. Be it remembered, that on the day of in the said county, BC came before us, B B and C C, two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, and gave information to us, that a certain negro slave, named , was found on board the vessel named master, lying in the river , opposite the town of sun set of the day of this present month at whereof belonging to is between and sun rise of the next day, against the form of the act of Assembly in such case made and provided; and afterwards, to wit, on the day of in the year of our Lord in the said county, one A A, planter, being a credible witness, in his proper person came before us, and now makes his corporal oath on the Holy Evangelists of God, to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, of and concerning the premises in the information aforesaid specified before us the said Justices, having sufficient power and authority to administer the said oath to the said A A in this behalf; and the said A A being sworn upon his oath aforesaid, now saith, deposeth and sweareth, that he the said A A on the night of day of this present month did see the said negro slave, the 9 at purpose, who belongs to, and did then belong to on board the whereof is, and then was, master, then river, opposite the towu of between sun-set instant, and sun-rise of the next day, he the not then having a pass from his master or mistress, nor from any Justice of the Peace, expressing the time when and the business for which he went on board. Whereupon the said after a precept made for that having been arrested and brought before us to answer the premises, on the same day of in the year of our Lord aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, by reason of the information aforesaid, appeared in his proper person before us, the said B B and CC, then Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, and the said information and the evidence thereupon being heard and fully understood by him the said he the said- is asked by us the said Justices, if he hath or knoweth any thing to say for himself, why he the said should not be convicted of the premises aforesaid, above laid to his charge in form aforesaid. And because we having heard and fully understood all and every thing alleged by him the said in his defence of and concerning the premises, it manifestly appears to us the said Justices, that the said guilty of the premises aforesaid in the said information laid to his charge, in manner and form as in the said information above in that behalf is alleged. is Therefore it is considered by the said Justices, that the said by testimony of the said A A, a credible witness, upon his oath before us the said Justices made as aforesaid, is convicted of the premises above laid to his charge, as set forth by the said information, according to the form of The act of Assembly in such case made and provided; and according to the power and authority given by the said act, we the said Justices have ordered and appointed, and do hereby order and appoint, that the said on or upon the day of this instant month, do pay a fine of five pounds to A B one of the Constables of this county, for entertainment of such slave as aforesaid, to be applied one half to the use of the said B C, the informant, and the other half to the use of the patrollers of district No. in the said county; and in default of payment thereof, the said to be further proceeded against according to the laws of this State. Given under our hands and seals, the our Lord day of in the year of B B. ....... |