eep the peace toward all the
people of this state, and especially toward the said J.D., for the term of
(three) months; and the said R.F. having refused (or failed, or
neglected,) to comply with such order: Now, therefore, you, the said
constable, are commanded forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody
of the said keeper the body of the said R.F., and you, the said keeper,
are hereby commanded to receive the said R.F. into your custody in the
said jail, and him there safely kept for the term of (three) months from
the date hereof, or until he so recognizes as aforesaid, or until he shall
thence be discharged by due course of law.
Given under my hand this _____ day of _________, A.D. 18_____.
J.P., Justice of the Peace.
JAILER'S RECEIPT.
(_Venue_.)
I hereby certify that I have received into my custody the within named
R.F., and have lodged him in the common jail of said county, as within
commanded.
Dated, etc.
L.S.P., Sheriff, by G.S., Deputy.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN.
(_Venue_.)
I hereby certify that by virtue of the within warrant I have delivered the
within named R.F. to the keeper of the common jail of the said county, as
appears by his receipt indorsed hereon.
Dated, etc. T.R., Constable.
Fees, etc.
_III. Miscellaneous._
COMPLAINT FOR SEARCH WARRANT.
(Follow form "Criminal Complaint" to the *, then say): Divers goods and
chattels, viz.: (describing them particularly, and their value,) were
feloniously stolen, taken and carried away; and that the said C.W. has
good reason to believe, and does believe, that the said goods and chattels
are concealed in the (dwelling-house) of one J.S., situated in the (town)
of _________, in said county (particularly describing the place), and that
the grounds of his said belief are as follows: (here state the facts and
circumstances on which his belief is founded.) He, therefore, prays that a
warrant may issue to make search for said goods and chattels in said
(dwelling-house) of the said J.S., according to the statute in such case
made and provided.
C.W.
(_Jurat_.)
SEARCH WARRANT.
(Use the general form of warrant, except in the concluding sentence say):
Now, therefore, you are commanded forthwith to enter the (dwelling-house)
of one J.S., situated, etc., (particularly describing the place), and
there make search for the above described property (or, as the case may
be); and if the same, or any part thereof, shall there be fo
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