BURNING.

(Warrant for.)

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

Po the Sheriff of the said County, and to the Constables thereof, and to all lawful Officers within the same.

Whereas A B, of

in the year of our Lord

9

of the said county, bath this day appeared before me, BC, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, and made oath that C D, late of in the county of planter, did, on the day of maliciously and feloniously set fire to the dwelling house, [barn, or out house, as the case may be] of him the said A B, with intent to burn and destroy the same, and did consume the same for consume the same in part] thereby. These are therefore to command you to apprehend the said CD, and bring him before me or some other Justice of the Peace for the said county, to answer the premises, and to be otherwise dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal the day of

Lord

in the year of our

For the Form of the Mittimus-See COMMITMENT.

B C.....(seal.)

9

CATTLE, HORSES, AND HOGS.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

day

To A B, Constable, or to any lawful Officer of the said County. Whereas B C hath this day complained to me CD, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, that D E did, on thể of and at other days between the first day of April and the first day of November, drive into this State from the State of South-Carolina (or from the State of Georgia, as the case may be] a number of foul cattle, agains the Act of Assembly in such case provided. These are therefore to command you to apprehend the said E, and bring him before ine, or some other Justice of the Peace, to answer the complaint aforesaid.

in the

into , in the county of where the soil is not sandy and where the natural growth of timber is not the long-leaf pine, from county of where the soil and natural growth of timber is such, a number, to wit, cattle, against the act, &c. [Here insert the proper concluding words of the above Form.]

Or thus: [beginning as above.]

into the county of

where the soil is sandy and the natural growth of the timber is the long-leaf pine, from in the county

, where the soil is not sandy and the natural growth of timber is not the long-leaf pine, a number, to wit, cattle, against the act, &c. Concluding as above.]

Or thus: [beginning nearly as above.]

the county of

in the year

drive into

without a certificate and affidavit of the owner of the said cattle, as required by the Act of Assembly in that case provided, a number, to wit, cattle. These are therefore, &c. [as above.]

Form of a Warrant to summon Freeholders to view a Fence, &c. State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To A B, Constable, or other lawful Officer.

Whereas CD of this county, planter, hath complained to me, E F, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace of the said county, that the horses [cattle, or hogs,] of GH, of the said county, have broken into his en closed grounds under cultivation, and committed much damage to him the said CD. These are, therefore, in the name of the State to require you to summon two reputable and indifferent freeholders of the said county, to be and appear, with myself, at the plantation of the said CD, on the day of next, to examine and enquire whether the fence round the enclosed grounds of the said CD be lawful, agreeably to the directions of the Act of Assembly in that case made and provided, and what damage he the said CD hath sustained by means of the said tres pass. Herein fail not.

Given under my hand this

day of

in the year of our Lord

CHEATS.

Warrant.

State of North Carolina, Wake County,

To A B Constable, and to all lawful Officers within the said County. Whereas complaint hath been made before me, G H, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, on the oath of

er, that on the day of

9

in the year

9

one C D of

plant

planter,

did by a false privy token, or counterfeit letter, or by [as the case may be] falsely and deceitfully obtain and get into his hands and possession [here mention what] from CI of These are thereforeto command you forthwith to bring the said C D before me or some other Jus-' e of the Peace for the said county, to answer the said complaint, and further to be dealt with according to law. Given under my hand and seal the

our Lord

,

COMMITMENT.

Mittimus for Felony.

State of North Carolina, Wake County.

A B one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County, to the Keeper' of the common Jail for the county of Wake. in the county of planter, hath in the said county, for suspicion

Whereas B C late of

been arrested by the Constable of

of a felony committed by him the said B C in stealing a black mare, of the value of forty shillings, the property of D E of

in the said County [or here describe the species of crime or felony he has committed]; whereupon the said B Chath been duly exam nedsby and before me concerning the same; and the examination before me taken, do induce a strong presumption that he is guilty thereef: These are therefore to command you to receive the said BC into your custody in the said jail, there to remain till he be delivered from your custody by the course of law.

Given under my hand and seal the our Lord.

, day of

in the year of

A B....(seal.)

If he is committed for want of Bail, thus:

And upon such examination before me had, he the said BC hath been by me required to give security in the sum of pounds, and two sureties each in the sum of pounds, for his personal appearance before the next superior court of law to be held for the county of

at the court home at on the day of to answer to the said charge; and the said BC having not given such security as aforesaid, but failing so to do: These are therefore, &c. till he do give such security as aforesaid, or be otherwise delivered from your custody by due course of law. Given, &:q.

CORONER.

Precept to summon a Jury,

State of North Carolina, Wake County.

To A B, one of the Constables of and in the said County. These are to require you immediately upon sight hereof, to summon twenty-four good and lawful men of the said county, to be and appear be fere me, CD, one of the Coroners of the said County, at in the said County, on the day of then and there to enquire of, do, and execute all such things as on behalf of the said State shall be lawfully given them in charge, touching the death of D E. And be you then there to certify what you shall have done in the premises, and further to do and execute what in behalf of the said State shall be then and there enjoined you.

Lord

iven under my hand and seal, the

day of in the year of our

CD.....(seal.)

thes

INQUISITION OF MURDER.

State of North Carolina, Wake County.

,

An Inquisition indented, taken at in the said county of Wake day of in the year of our Lord , before A C, one of the Ceroners of and in the said County, upon the view of the body of AD, then and there lying dead, upon the oaths of AB, CD, &c. good and lawful

then of the county aforesaid, who being sworn and charged to enquire on the part of the State aforesaid, when, where, how, and after what manner the said AD came to his death, do say, upon their cath, that one A M, late of aforesaid, planter, not having God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil, on the day of in the year of our Lord aforesaid, at the first hour in the night of the same day, with force and arms, at in the county aforesaid, on and upon the aforesaid AD, then and there being in the peace of God and of the said State, feloniously, voluntarily and of his malice aforethought, made an assault; and that the aforesaid, A M, then and there with a certain sword made of iron and steel, of the value of five shillings, which he the said A M then and there held in his right hand, the aforesaid A D, in and upon the left part of the belly of the said A D a little above the navel of the said, AD, then and there violently, felonibasly, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought, struck and pierced, and gave to the said AD, then and there with the sword aforesaid, in and upon the aforesaid left part of the belly of the said AD, a little above the navel of the said AD, one, mortal wound of the breadth of half an inch, and of the depth of three inches, of which said mortal wound the aforesaid AD, then and there instantly died; and so the said AM, then and there feloniously killed and murdered the said A D, against the peace and dignity of the State.

And the said jurors further say, upon their oath aforesaid, that A A, of , planter, and BA, of planter, were feloniously present with drawn swords, at the time of the felony and murder aforesaid, in form aforesaid committed, that is to say, on the said day of , in aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, at the first hour in the night of the said day, then and there comforting, abetting, and aiding the said A M to do and commit the felony and murder aforesaid in manner aforesaid, against the peace and dignity of the State.

the year

aforesaid, at

And moreover the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the said A M, A A, and B A had not, nor any of them had, nor as yet have or hath any goods or chattels, lands or tenements, within the county aforesaid, or elsewhere, to the knowledge of the said jurors [Or, And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the said A B, at the time of the doing and tommitting of the felony and murder aforesaid, had goods and chattels, contained in the inventory to this Inquisition annexed, which remain in the custody of BC.]

In witness whereof, as well the aforesaid coroner, as the jurors aforesaid, have to this Inquisition put their seals, on the day and year aforesaid, and at the place aforesaid.'

A B.

CD.

&c. Jurors.

F.

An Inquisition where one Hangs Himself.

the instigation of the Devil, at

[Begin as above with the first 8 or 10 lines, and continue as follows:] not having God before his eyes, but being seduced and moved by aforesaid, in a certain wood at aforesaid standing and being, the said AD being, then and there alone, with a certain hempen cord of the value of three pence, which he then and there had and held in his hands, and one end thereof then and there put about his neck, and the other end thereof tied about a bough of a certain oak tree, himself then and there with the cord aforesaid, voluntarily and feloniously and of his malice aforethought, hanged and suffocated; and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid say, that the said AD them and there in manner and form aforesaid, as a felon of

himself. feloniously, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought, humseir, killed, strangled, and murdered, against the peace and dignity of the State.

An Inquisition where one Drowns Himself.

[Begin as above, but with variations to suit the particular case.]

at aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, then and there being alone, in a common river there, called himself voluntarily and feloniously drowned; and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid say, that the aforesaid A D, in manner and form aforesaid, then and there himself voluntarily and feloniously as a felon of himself killed and murdered; against the peace and dignity of the State.

át

An Inquisition achere one dies a Natural Death.

[Begin, and vary it, to suit the particular case.]

that the said A D, on the day of

in the year aforesaid, and in the county aforesaid, to wit, in a certain place called was found dead. That he had no marks of violence appearing ́on his body, and died by the visitation of God, in a natural way ; and not otherwise. In witness, &c.

2

An Inquisition upon one who dies in Jail.

, in the

who say upon their cath, that the aforesaid A D, on the day of the taking of this Inquisition, being a prisoner in the jail at county aforesaid, then and there died of the visitation-of God, and there in manner, and form aforesaid, came to his death; and not otherwise. In witness, &c.

In Inquisition on one Non Compos Mentis.

and then

who say upon their oath, that the aforesaid A D, on the day and year aforesaid, and at the time of his death, to wit, from the , day of to the time of his death, and at the time of his death' aforesaid, was a lunatic, and a person of insane mind; and that the said A D being a lunatic and a person of insane mind as aforesaid, did on the

come alone to a certain river, called

day of

, in the said county, and did then and there cast himself into the said river, and drowned himself in the water of the said river. And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid say, that the aforesaid A D, from the cause aforesaid, in manner and form aforesaid, came to his death, and not otherwise. In witness, &c.

An Inquisition on one for Cutting his Throat.

, by the instigation of the Devil, at aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, in and upon himself, then and there being in the peace of God and of the State, feloniously, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought, made an assault: and that the aforesaid A D then and there with a certain knife of the value of oue penny, which he the said AD then and there held in his right hand, himself upon his throat then and there felòriously, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought did strike and give to himself then and there with the knife aforesaid upon his throat aforesaid, one mortal wound of the breadth of four inches and the depth of one inch, of which said mortal wound the said AD at aforesaid in the county

aforesaid, languished, and languishing lived, from the said

day of