《明史·志·卷五十二》
十七年，五军各设左、右断事二人，提控案牍一人，都是从九品。二十三年，升五军断事官为正五品，总领掌管五军刑罚诉讼。
十七年，五军各设左、右断事二人，提控案牍一人，二十三年，升五军断事官为正五品，总治五军刑狱。
In the seventeenth year, each of the five armies set up two left- and right-hand judges and one person in charge of the case, all of whom were of the ninth grade. In the twenty-third year, the five-army judges were promoted to the fifth grade, and they were in charge of handling criminal prosecutions in the five armies.