“George, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
To ______________________
Greeting: We command you, and every
of you, that all business being laid aside, and all excuses
ceasing, you do in your proper persons appear before our
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (or other Court),
assigned to keep the peace in the City (or Borough) of
__________________________, and also to hear and determine
divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanours in our
said City (or Borough) committed, to be holden within the
_______________________, in the said City (or Borough),
on ____________________ the _______ day of _________
now next ensuing, at the hour of ten o‘clock in the forenoon
of the same day, to testify the truth and give evidence,
on our behalf, against __________________ in a case of
_____________; and this and every of you are in no wise to
omit, under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds for you and every
of you. Witness, ___________________, Esq., our Recorder
at ____________ aforesaid, the ________ day of _________
in the ________ year of our reign.”
“(Signed)
“Clerk of the Peace.”
In Scotland the following is the form of summons to appear before the High Court of Justiciary, and at an inquiry into a fatal accident:
(I.)
“To _________________________________________
“You are hereby lawfully cited to attend a sitting of the
High Court of Justiciary within the Criminal Court
__________, upon the ___________ day of _________
Nineteen hundred __________ years, at ____________
o‘clock _______ noon, as a witness in the case against
_______________________, prisoner in the Prison
of _______________, and that under the pain of
One Hundred Merks Scots.
“(Signed)
“Sheriff-Officer.
“Note.—Any witness failing to appear in terms
of citation not only forfeits the penalty, but is
liable to be apprehended and imprisoned.
“(Preserve and bring this Copy with you.)”