1786-08-11 (static/transcriptions/1786/08/016.jpg)

Monday Morn
In Court

Dear Sir Robert,
I was prevented from calling on you last night, but, as the [ILL] understood, that judgement was to be to-morrow in the cause of Griffin and Deatker, I hasten to answer the [ILL] part of your note to Mr. Jce Hyde first, I strongly incline to think, that the Stat: 24 Geo. II. Ch. 44. Extends to this country, & that we are Justices of the Peace within the meaning of it. Secondly, After having attentively read all the evidence, all the cases and passages cited, and many, others not [cited?] at the bar, I cannot comprehend [ILL] the Constable can avail himself [ILL] statute. All the authorities are [ILL] that (except in certain [ILL] cases, none of which, in my [ILL], exist in this cause) the [ILL] must obey implicitly & [execute?] the warrant literally; and they add, that when he is required