The magistrate proceeds to torture men, women and young boys on the rack but gives up after not receiving a satisfactory answer.

In fact the magistrate didn't give a search warrant for anybody else.

You went beyond the four corners of the search warrant the magistrate gave.

If the magistrate won't give the word, what's the officer to do?

Charged with obscenity the magistrates gave them six months hard labour each.

The magistrates ordered her arrest and gave Whicher seven days to prepare his case.

A week later, magistrates gave him bail, despite police fears that he might commit further offences.

After, the magistrate can give judgement or wait for the reports from probation officers and other experts.

The magistrates then "gave the men some beer, told them not to get drunk and tried to persuade them to go home".

So the magistrate gave him a certificate and sent him home again.