Although the Ometsuke officer and the Metsuke officer made joint signatures on the Ukagaisho (trial record), Oshioki-zuke or Otogame-zuke which was equivalent to the actual judicial judgment, was made by the machi-bugyo alone, and Ometsuke and the others were not allowed to take part.
伺書（調書）に大目付や目付は連署するものの、実際の判決部分に相当する御仕置附・御咎附は町奉行単独で行われ、大目付らは関与できなかった。