been adjudged by the said justice that the said offense has been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe the said C. D. to be guilty thereof, and the said justice being satisfied by due proof, (or “by admissions of the said G. H.,") that there is good reason to believe that the said G. H. would not fulfil the condition of a recognizance, unless sureties be required, and the said G. H., being required by the said justice to enter into a recognizance, with one good and sufficient surety, in the sum of dollars, for his personal appearance at the next term of the circuit court, to be held in and for the said county of on the first day thereof, to give evidence on behalf the said people against the said C. D., for the offense aforesaid, with which requisition the said G. H. has failed to comply; and you, the said keeper, are hereby required to receive the said G. H. into your custody, in the said jail, and him there safely keep, until he shall enter into such recognizance, with such surety as aforesaid, or be otherwise discharged by due course of law.

Form of Commitment of an Accomplice to give Evidence.

The People of the State of Illinois to any Constable of the said

County, and to the Keeper of the Common Jail of said County: We command you, the said constable, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the said keeper, the body of G. H., charged before L. M., one of the justices of the peace of the said county, on his own confession, in being an accomplice with C. D., in [feloniously stealing, taking, and driving away one yoke of oxen, of the value of forty dollars, the property of A. B.,] he, the said G. H., being by the said justice admitted as a witness against the said C. D., on the part and behalf of the people, and on being required so to do, has not offered security for his appearance at the next term of the circuit court, to be held in and for the said county of, on the first day thereof; and you, the said keeper, are hereby required to receive the said G. H. into your custody, in the said jail, and him there safely keep for the want of sureties, until he shall be discharged by due course of law.

When any person shall be committed to jail on a criminal charge, for want of good and sufficient bail, except for treason, murder, or other offense punishable with death, or for not entering into recognizance to appear and testify, any judge or any two justices of the peace may take such bail or recognizance in vacation, and may discharge such prisoner from his or her imprisonment.1

of

,

day of

185-, C. D.

in the county aforesaid, and E. F. and G. H. of the same place, personally came before L. M. and J. K., two of the justices of the peace of said county, and severally and respectively acknowledge themselves to owe to the people of the State of Illinois, that is to say, the said C. D. the sum of dollars, and the said E. F. and G. H. each, the sum of- dollars, separately, to be made and levied of their respective goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of the said people, if default shall be made in the condition following:

on

The condition of this recognizance is such, that if the said C. D., who has been committed to the common jail of the said county, for want of sureties, shall personally be and appear at the next term of the circuit court, to be held in and for the said county of the first day thereof, to answer to an indictment to be preferred against him for (here state the offence briefly,) and to do and receive what shall, by the court, be then and there enjoined upon him, and shall not depart the court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.

Liberate or Warrant to discharge a Prisoner, upon his finding Sureties after Commitment.

The People of the State of Illinois, to the Keeper of the Common Jail of the said County:

These are to require you to discharge from imprisonment C. D., now in your custody, on the warrant of commitment under the hand of E. F., one of the justices of the peace of the said county, dated the day of, 185-, for [having feloniously stolen, taken and carried away one gold watch, the property of A. B.,] if detained for no other cause, he having entered into a recognizance before L. M. and J. K., two of the justices of the peace of the said county. Witness the said L. M. and J. K., at in the said county, the

185

L. M., J. P.
J. K., J. P.

day of

Another form for the above.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, }

COUNTY,

SS.

The People of the State of Illinois to the Keeper of the Common Jail of the said County:

Discharge from imprisonment C. D., if detained in your custody for no other cause than what is mentioned in the warrant for his commitment under the hand of E. F., justice, (or "under the hands of O. P. and R. S., two of the justices") of the peace of the said county, dated 185-. Witness the said L. M., and J. K.,

the

day of

two of the justices of the peace of the said county, the

of

185-.

day of

L. M., J. P.

J. K., J. P.

Form of Recognizance of a Witness after Commitment. STATE OF ILLINOIS, SS.

COUNTY,

Be it remembered, that on the

day of

-, 185-, E. F.,

, in the county aforesaid, comes before L. M. and J. K.,

two of the justices of the peace of the said county, and acknowledges himself to owe to the people of the State of Illinois, the sum of dollars, to be made and levied of his goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of the said people, if default shall be made in the condition following:

day of —

Whereas, on the 185-, C. D. was brought before L. M., one of the justices of the peace of the said county, charged on the oath of A. B. with [having feloniously stolen, taken and led away, one sorrel horse, of the value of sixty dollars, the property of the said A. B.,] and upon the examination of the said C. D. before the said justice on that day, the said E. F. was produced and sworn, whose evidence the said justice deemed material to prove the offense so charged, and required him to enter into a recognizance to appear at the next term of the circuit court, to be held in and for the said county, on the first day thereof, and not depart without leave, which he refused to do, and was therefore committed to the common jail of the said county. Now, therefore, the condition of this recognizance is such that if the above bounden E. F. shall personally be and appear at the next term of the circuit court, to be held in and for the said county of on the first day thereof, to give evidence in behalf of the people, against the said C. D., touching the said offense so charged, as well to the grand jury as to the petit jury, and do not depart the court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.

Taken, subscribed and acknowledged,

the day and year first above written,

E. F.

CHAPTER IV.

FORMS OF STATEMENTS OF OFFENSES IN WARRANTS.

I. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS.

II. CRIMES AND OFFENSES AGAINST HABITATIONS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

CRIMES AND OFFENSES RELATIVE TO PROPERTY. IV. FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING.

V. CRIMES AND OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE.

VI. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.

VII. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC MORALITY, HEALTH, AND

POLICE.

VIII. OFFENSES COMMITTED BY CHEATS, SWINDLERS, AND OTHER FRAUDULENT PERSONS.

IX. FRAUDULENT AND MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.

I. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS.

For murder committed by shooting with a gun. Crim. Code, Sec. 22.

(Commence as before, page 168;) that, on the

day of

instant, (or "last,") at, in the county aforesaid, C. D. did feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought, fire a gun, loaded with powder and ball, at G. H., and gave to him one mortal wound, of which he instantly died. (Conclude as before, page 168.)

For murder, by stabbing.

Crim. Code, Sec. 22.

day of

(Commence as before, page 168;) that, on the

instant, (or "last,") at, in the county aforesaid, C. D.

did feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought, with a knife,