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Which was sent to the Upper House by Mr Tyler and Mr
Whittington
They return and say they Delivered it.
Colo Addison from the Upper House Delivers Mr Speaker
the bill to try all Crimes in the Counties where they are Com-
mitted thus Endorst viz :
By the Upper House of Assembly
Octor the 11th 1723.
Gent.
On Reading and Considering the within Bill we are of
oppinion that it will not be Convenient to make the tryall of
Crimes which Effect Life or Member within the Jurisdiction
of the County Courts onely Assisted by one provinciall Jus-
tice, because many of the Justices practitioners of the Law
and Other Officers in Severall Countys (tho otherwise men
of good Discretion) are not well Acquainted with the Law
in such Cases, Besides as there are but few Provinciall Jus-
tices and those farr remote from some of the County Courts,
It may Often happen that the next provinciall Justice by
sickness or other Accidents may be prevented from giving his
Attendance at the County Courts where such Criminalls are
to be tryed which would occasion them to be Detained a Long
time in prison and Rather Augment then Lessen the publick
Charge and render the Execution of the Law Impracticable
for which reasons the Bill will not pass.
Signd p Order Sam Skippon Cl Up. Ho.
And also Delivers the following Message Viz :
By the Upper House of Assembly. Octobr IIth 1723
Gent.
Although for the Reasons Mentioned in our Tndorsment
on the Bill to try all Criminalls in the County Courts where
such Crimes were Committed wee Could not Consent to the
passing of that Bill, Yet we are sufficiently Convinced by the
Representation of the Honrble provinciall Justices and Other
Credible Information that the Long Attendance of Jurors
Evidences and the Criminalls and Suitors themselves at the
Provinciall Courts together with the great fatigue and
Hazard in repairing to those Courts is a very great Aggriev-
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