father of a bastard child that she is likely to be (or has been) delivered of, which will likely be (or is) chargeable to the Parish (or City, or Town, as the case may be,) of and the said C. D. has failed to pay the sum of one hundred dollars and costs, or enter into the recognizance required by law, these are to require and command you, the said constable, forthwith to convey the said C. D. to the common gaol of the County of and deliver him to the keeper of the said gaol; and you, the said keeper, are hereby commanded to receive the said C. D. into your custody, and him safely keep until discharged by due course of law. Satisfactory proof having been made to me according to law that C. D. is no longer liable (to be imprisoned or bound) on the charge of bastardy made against him by A. B., I do hereby order and require that the said C. D. be forthwith discharged from custody (if in gaol) and all further liabili ties under such charge. To the Keeper of the Common Gaol for the County of Whereas C. D., who is in your custody on a charge of bastardy made against him by A. B., has this day paid to the Clerk of the Peace of said County the sum of one hundred dollars and the costs of his apprehension and commitment, (or has entered into a recognizance to indemnify the Parish, and paid the costs of his apprehension and commitment, or has entered into a recognizance for his appearance at the next Term of the County Court for the said County, as the case may be), as by law required, these are to command you forthwith to discharge the said C. D. from your custody as to the said charge. Dated, &c. G. H., J. P. (H) Order for Render. Upon the application of C. D., who stands recognized to appear at the next Term of the County Court for the County of on a charge of bastardy made against him by A. B., (or upon the application of E. F. and M. N., the sureties for C. D., who stands recognized to appear at the next Term of the County Court for the County of on a charge of bastardy made against him by A. B.,) I do order that the said C. D. be rendered to the custody of the gaoler of the common gaol of the County of , [the County where the information is laid] in discharge of his sureties named in the said Recognizance. Dated, &c. (I) J. S., J. C. C. Certificate of Render. I hereby certify that C. D. was this day rendered (or this day rendered himself) into my custody on a charge of bastardy made against him by A. B., in discharge of the sureties named in the Recognizance for his appearance at the next County Court for the County of by virtue of an order for Render made by Judge S., and that the said C. D. is now actually in my custody by virtue of such order. Dated, &c. C. B., Gaoler of the County Gaol. (J) Order to bring up the Mother to testify. if she the [L. S. To any Constable within the County of o'clock, to testify in a charge of bastardy made by her against C. D. By order of the Court. E. F., Clerk of the County Court of The said C. D. having appeared and denied the charge, and the same having been heard, and the said C. D. found guilty, (or having confessed the charge) it is ordered that he the said C D. do pay into Court $ for the lying-in expenses of the said A. B., together with the sum of cents per week from the day of last past, [the day the child was born], up to the date of this order, (or in case the child is dead when order made up, to the A. D. 18, the day the child died), and $ day of the cents costs of apprehension and conviction, and also enter into recognizance forth with as required by law, with proper sureties, for the payment of the further sum of weekly and every week from this date, until the said child shall attain the full age of seven years, or die, to be paid as aforesaid to the Overseers of the Poor for the Parish of , (or to the Commissioners of the Almshouse for the Parish of , or County of as the case may be,)* and in default of compliance with this order to be committed to gaol, there to remain until discharged by due course of law. The Queen, at the instance of) In the matter of the charge the Overseers of the Poor for of Bastardy preferred by A. B. against C. D. The said C. D. having appeared and denied the charge, and the same having been heard, and the said C. D. having been found guilty (or having confessed the charge), it is hereby ordered that the said C. D. forth with pay the sum of dollars costs of prosecution, and do also pay into Court the sum of one hundred dollars to stand as security for the maintenance of the said bastard child, if he shall become chargeable to the said (Parish, City, or Town), or enter into bonds with two sufficient sureties, in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each, upon condition that the said C. D. shall at all times for the space of seven years from the birth of the said child indemnify and save from all charges whatever, the Parish, Town, or City), for or on account of the support of the said bastard child; and in default of compliance with this order to be committed to gaol, there to remain until discharged by due course of law. A. D. 18 personally ap peared before the County Court of (or before G. H., Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the County of ) C. D. of and [his sureties] and acknowledged themselves jointly and severally indebted to the Queen in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars of lawful money,* upon condition that if the said C. D. shall at all times pay to the Overseers of the Poor (or Commissioner orCommissioners of the Almshouse, as the case may be,) for the Parish, (City, or Town, as the case may be,) of in the County of weekly and every week from this date until the said child shall attain the age of seven years, or die, for the support of a bastard child charged against the said C. D. by A. B., of which child the said C. D. has been adjudged the father, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to be in force. the sum of E. F., Clerk of the County Court, or (N) Recognizance when order L is made. [The same as M to*] upon condition that if the said C. D. shall at all times indemnify and save harmless each and every Parish, Town and City within the County of from all charges whatever, for or on account of the support of a bastard child charged against the said C. D. by A. B., of which child the said C. D. has been adjudged the father, until the said child attain the age of seven years, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to be in force. E. F., Clerk of the County Court, or The said C. D. having failed to comply with the order of affiliation this day made against him on a charge of bastardy and having thereupon been committed until he comply with such order, or be otherwise discharged, the Sheriff of the County of is hereby charged with the custody of the said C. D. accordingly. E. F., Clerk of the County Court of (P) Order for Discharge. To the Keeper of the Common Gaol for the County of Whereas C. D. who is in your custody for not complying with an order of affiliation made against him on the day of A. D. 18 has this day complied with the said order) (or has this day produced to me the certificate of the Clerk of the Peace that he has paid to him the full sum of one hundred dollars, with the costs of apprehension and conviction, absolutely and in full dischage of all claims against him the said C. D. under the said order), these are to authorize and require you forthwith to discharge the said C. D. from your custody by virtue of any commitment issned to you upon the said order.-Dated, &c. G. H., J. P. To the Sheriff of (Q) Scire Facias. on the day of [L.S.] You are hereby commanded to make known to C. D. &c. [obligors] that they appear before the County Court of next (or instant), to shew cause, if any they have, why execution should not issue against them on account of the failure of the condition of their recognizance to the Queen taken and acknowledged relating to a charge of the day of A. D. 18 bastardy against the said C. D. Dated, &c. L. M., Clerk of the Peace. F. |