《明史·志·卷七十一》
其它番子就闯入室内，抓住其人审讯，没有左证或符牒，主人按要求给足贿赂，也就径直离开。
番子即突入执讯之。无有左证符牒，贿如数，径去。
The other runners would then burst into the house, seize the person, and interrogate him. If there were no witnesses or evidence, the home-owner would bribe the runners as required, and then they would leave.