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RETURN ON WARRANT.
(_Venue_.)
I hereby certify that by virtue of the within warrant I have arrested the within named defendant, and have him now before the court in custody.
(Fees, etc.)
(Dated.)
J.N., Constable.
RECOGNIZANCE.
State of _________,} County of _______,}ss.
We, R.F., as princ.i.p.al, and J.B. and L.O., as sureties, of _________, in said county, acknowledge ourselves to owe and be indebted unto the state of Minnesota in the sum of (two hundred) dollars, to be levied of our several goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of said state, if default be made in the condition following, to-wit:
The condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bounden R.F.
shall and does keep the peace, and be of good behavior, for the period of (three months) from the date hereof, towards all the people of this state, and particularly towards J.D., then this recognizance to be void; otherwise of force.
R.F.
J.B.
L.O.
Taken and acknowledged before me, etc.
A.J.S., Justice of the Peace.
COMMITMENT.
State of _________,} County of _______,}ss.
The State of _________ to the sheriff or any constable, and to the keeper of the common jail of said county:
Whereas, B.F. was, on the _____ day of _________, 18_____, brought before the undersigned, one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, charged, on the oath of J.D., with having, on the _____ day of _________, 18_____, at _____, in the said county (here state the offense as charged in the warrant), and upon examination of the said charge, it appearing to me that there is just cause to fear that such offense will be committed by the said R.F., he was ordered to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties in the sum of ($200), to keep 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 circ.u.mstances 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 found, you are hereby commanded to bring the same, together with the person(s) in whose possession the same may be found, before me, to be dealt with according to law.
Given under my hand, etc.
A.J.S., Justice of the Peace.
_Probate Court._
PEt.i.tION FOR ADMISSION OF WILL.
State of _________,} County of _______,}ss.
