The judge has no authority to compel the sovereign himself, his enforcement officer, or a defendant who is absent and lives outside the judge’s jurisdiction to appear in court. If the absentee is still within that jurisdiction and the judge has a deputy stationed in the locality, he does not summon the defendant; instead he records the witnesses’ statements and writes to inform him of the proceedings. When no deputy is available, the sounder opinion is that the judge may bring the defendant in only if he is within the recognised “summons radius”—namely, a distance from which a person could not attend court and still return home early the same night. A sheltered woman who seldom leaves her home for daily needs is never required to appear in person.