|
STATUTES.
CHAP. 1. The authority of the court of star
chamber.--Where one inquest shall inquire of the
concealment of another.--A coroners duty after
a murder committed.--A justice of peace shall
certify his recognizances, &c. (Part.)
CHAP. 2. The penalty for carrying a woman
away against her will that hath lands or goods. |
NOTES.
CHAP. 1. The first part was repealed in England,
and otherwise could not have extended to
the province. The second part was not applicable.
The part respecting the fees of coroners and
the forfeitures for neglect, did not extend to the
province, and the part rehearsing their general
duties was not necessary.
CHAP. 2. This offence was generally known
in England under the term of stealing an heiress.
The statute must be considered in connection with
39 Eliz. Ch. 9, which took away the benefit of
clergy.
The question as to the extention of these statutes,
if considered independent of what is to be
inferred from the records of the courts, would be
open to considerable doubt; for although the felony
was created and made more penal by acts of
parliament, yet they were enacted long before
the settlement of the province, and although the
provisions are highly penal the offence may be
viewed as one of a heinous nature and as being |
