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Poor.
' Parish where she was begotten with Child, or in the Parish where she
' was last setled? |
Chap. 73. |
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' Resol. The place where such a Woman
was lawfully setled,
' is the direction in this case, not where she was begotten with
' Child. |
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A Woman
gotten with
Child, the
Master to
provide for
her till her
delivery. |
' Qu. If a Woman servant, unmarried,
be begotten with Child, and then
' goeth out of her Masters service, before or after it is discovered
that she
' is with Child, and the Reputed father be run away, or is not able
to
' free the Parish: Whether the Master may be inforced to provide
for her
' till she be delivered, and for a month after? |
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' Resol. If the Master hath legally
discharged his house of such a servant,
' he is no more bound to provide for her than for any other. |
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Tenant in
ancient Demesn. |
' 14. Qu. In case a Parish consist
part of ancient Demesn, and part of
' Guildable, an Assess is made for the relief of the Maimed Soldiers, the
' gaol, &c. according to the Statute of 24 El. cap. 2.
Whether the Tenants
' in ancient Demesn shall contribute with the Guildable for the payment
' of the Assize? |
24 El. c. 2. |
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' Resol. The Statute doth not distinguish
between the ancient Demesn
' and the Guildable in these cases, Ubi Lex non Distinguit, ibi nec
nos distinguimus. |
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Indictment
of Forcible
Entry removed
by
Certiorari. |
' 15. Qu. Whether an Indictment
of Forcible Detainer be within the
' Statute of 1 Jac. cap. 5. and not to be removed by Certiorari,
unless the
' Party indicted first find Sureties according to the Statute; and
whether the
' Party indicted be bound in his absence to prosecute, according to
' that Statute; and whether an Indictment of Forcible Entry, &c.
found
' at a private Sessions, be to be removed by Certiorari without
Sureties,
' according to that Statute? |
1 Jac. c. 7. |
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' Resol. This is fittest to be left
unto the Court of Kings Bench, to
' whose Commission and Jurisdiction this is most proper. |
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Driving
Cattle on
the Sabbath. |
' 16. Qu. If one be convicted
upon the Statute of 3 Car. cap. 13. for
' driving of Cattle on the Sunday throughout several parishes; whether
' he shall forfeit 20 s. to every of the said Parishes, or only
to one; if to
' one, then to which of them? |
3 Car. 2. 13. |
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' Resol. This Statute giveth the Forfeiture
but of one 20 s. for one
' Sabbath day, although the driving of that day be through divers Parishes.
' Therefore where the Action is first attached, and the distress first
' taken, that parish shall have the benefit of the Forfeiture, and not
the
' other. |
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Persons able
not putting
themselves
to service
after warning. |
' 17. Qu. If one who is under
the age of thirty years, and brought up
' in Husbandry, or a Maid servant, or brought up in any of the Arts and
' Trades mentioned in the Statute of 5 Eliz. cap. 4. and not inabled
according
' to that Statute, to live at his or her own hand, shall be warned
' by two Justices of Peace to put him or her self in service, by a day
' prescribed by them, and shall not do the same accordingly, but shall
after
' continue living at his or her own hand; what course shall be taken with
' such a person, and how punished? |
5 El. c. 4. |
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' Resol. Such persons being out of
service, and not having visible means
' of their own, to maintain themselves without their labor, and refusing
' to serve as an hired servant by the year, may be bound over to the
next
' Sessions or Assizes, and to be of the Good Behaviour in the mean
time,
' or may be sent to the House of Correction. |
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Taxes for
the Poor,
now to be
made according
to
the Statute. |
' 18. Qu. Whether the Tax for
the Relief of the Poor upon the Statute
' of 43 El. shall be made by ability, or occupation of Lands,
or both; and
' whether the visible ability in the Parish where he lives, or general
ability |
43 El. c. 2. |
