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§. 1.
Whom and
how to be
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Huy and Cry. Hunting.
CHAP. LIV. V. 28.
Huy and Cry.
HUy and Cry, signifieth a pursuit of one or more
that have committed
Felony, and fly therefore. |
Chap. 54, 55. |
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Every Justice of Peace may cause huy and Cry, fresh
suit and search
to be made, upon any Murther, Robbery, Theft, or other Felony committed:
and this he may do by force of the Commission, the first Assignavimus.
Stat. Winch. 13 E. 1. cap. 1. |
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The party robbed, or some one of the Company
of one murthered or robbed,
must speedily come to the Constable of the next Town, or to some other
habitant dwelling near the place where the Felony was committed, and
must give notice of the said Felony, and will him to raise Huy and Cry,
or
to make pursuit after the Felon: And the Constable must forthwith
make
search in his Town; and if the Felon be not there found, then to give notice
to the next Towns, &c. |
1 E. 1. 1, 2. |
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Note, That all Huys and Cries ought to be made immediately
after notice
given of the Felony done, from Town to Town, and from County
to County, and by Horsemen and Footmen; otherwise it is no lawful pursuit.
28 Ed. 3. cap. 11. |
27 Eliz.
31. p. 1. 9. |
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Note also, When Huy and Cry is levied upon any Robbery
or other
Felony, the Officer of the Town where the Felony was done (as also the
Officer whence Huy and Cry shall be after levied) ought to send to every
other Town round about him, and not to one next Town only: and in
such cases it is needful to give notice in writing (to the pursuers) of
the
things stollen, and of the colour and marks thereof; as also to describe
the person of the Felon, his Apparel and Horse, &c. and shew which
way
he is gone, if it may be. |
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Sir Nicholas Hide, in his Charge at Cambridge
Assizes in Lent, 1622. delivered,
That Huy and Cry must be made or pursued with Horsemen and
Footmen; and that only a private search is to be made in every Town,
but that they must raise the Country as they go, and all still to follow
the
Huy and Cry, as against a common Enemy. Plus hic postea. |
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Also the Officers of every Town to which Huy and
Cry shall come,
ought to search in all suspected houses and places within their limits:
and
as well the Officers, as all other persons which shall pursue the Huy and
Cry, may attach and stay all such persons as in their search, or pursuit,
they
shall find to be suspicious; and thereupon shall carry them before some
Justice of Peace of the County where they are taken, to be examined
where they were at the time when the Felony was committed, &c. |
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See more of Huy and Cry in the Title Robbery
and Felony.
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§. 1.
Hunting in
Vizards. |
CHAP. LV. V. 29.
Hunting.
UPon Information given to any Justice of Peace of
the County where
any lawful Hunting of Deer or Conies (by night, or with painted
faces, or other disguising) in any Forest, Park, or Warren shall be had,
of
any person suspected thereof; that Justice may make a Warrant to the
Sheriff, Constable, Bailiff, or other Officers, to tale the party, and
to bring
him before him, or before any other Justice of Peace of the same County,
who may examine him of that Hunting, and of the doers thereof: and
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