The sheriff is ordered to seize and bring John Lydam and Cornelius Lydam before Richard Jackson, Justice of the Peace (or any other justice) to answer a complaint against them alleging that they beat Lott [F?] "With a Whip or a Club" and held him and struck him "several times over his head." Dated 30th of July, 1798 and signed by Richard Jackson, Justice of the Peace. Writing on back details the execution of the summons by Felix Fowler, Constable.