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 apon t^ie ^jUtliorities ihat Sr p^rty cannpt be received to aver, ^.8 eiroc in.fact, a matter contrarj to the record. ,, .,; In 1 Inst. 260, Lord Coke says : , �"The rolls being the records or memoriala of the judges of the courts of record, import in them such incontrollable credit and verity. as they admit of no averment, plea, or propf to the contrary. And if such a record be alleged, and it be pleaded that there is no such record, it shall be tried Qnly by itself ; and the reason thereof is appareiit, for otherwise (as our old authors say, and that truly)! th^re shpuM never be any end to contrp- versies which would be inconvenient. " �.The ri^le is stated ii; St^rkie^on. Evidence, 917, with 9, good d^al of tersenecs, and Daa]?es;t|ijci,.diptiincitionj, w^ich. ip .to bo; b.orne.in minid,. that .ther^e 1 Wfp jkwpjt^rppipg, for W^tiicb ,a .;ver- difit or judgmeftt.flaaj; be,o|f^^fid Jft S.vidppce;,:Fiirs{,,mt.|i a vie5ir,,tp.establi^^, t,be,p^re.fajCt th^;^ja|U^ a^y^Jf^iet w.aa giyen orJpd§n^jt^t.|;jro|igi^nppd,afld j^o^9ilegal,cQi)ip,^q,iiep(c,ajyrlucji �jijipiljc^^,— ^hat;:is^aot4opjr9yc^,,tile^ �ment bas been prono^^pcifdj £||iidr?o. to ^^tiij^i^f^.the ni|C,e^arj l.eg^^ ,cqns^9.(mpiicft9„,o^,. lihftt jt}dgii|«iit,,!}}iit jf^i s*,fl}^diiAff\-of I^rc^^g; p,9fn^ |fiet,a?,.f9U|^dr|?;^,tfie v«rdiat„.,or, ^gon, ,tt^^;^l^|- ^ip^gd3Cxfflt9J?^Je,flf,.;iv)Ji9Jl tjiQj^^^^, (,, ,,,^ ,,.^|ic^^|it^qr,.of ,tb;e npt^ \t^ t^^ I)MCJ^s?,j(^^^inii'3*ci^.Cfff«=i \if ^^ccing t9,t}ja1i4i^|l4ijiqtiop^diyio(f "IfiB^^^^t^ ii^^ ^WQi^Wde, �n^eiijtg,i«i^.i?ffrf,ef,,-^p(^,.,?ay3,:., ., .,.■.. ,; ,, .-; ,,.^, : :;■. �"Withrcgard'tQibpstl^ ofctj^es^ clasees one:(<>bterVationiii»?gt be made;; that is,.t]^.at,(or the.mere purpoae pf^rcying-the ^xistence pf a ji|i<^gi»ent the production pf a record pf'either soft is conclusiye upon all. the wprfd. " �Tbe particular ct^^stioiir.in; ^ts applipation to re.ppgnizanqes, lias more tl^an once been decided,, and espeoially in the casia of Calvin v. The State of Ohio, 12 Ohio St. 60, : -wfhere the facts of tl^e case are not distinguishable from the facts in this case, and wherein the court,. through Judge Peck, says: �" The settled pX'actice in these cases, vrhich may be said to be the law of such judicial uadertakings, required that Squires should appear in said court 01} the day named in the recognizance, and answer to the criminal charge specifled therein, and that the defendants, his sureties, should have him then and there for that purpose; and that, if Squires was not so present or produced, the several parties to said recognizance were to be called ��� �