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§. 1.
One Justice. |
Robbery.
CHAP. LXXXIV. V. 48.
Robbery.
AFter a Robbery committed, the Party robbed shall
not have his Action
upon the Statute against the Hundred, except he shall with all
speed convenient give notice of the said Robbery to some of the Inhabitants
in dwelling in some Town, Village, or Hamlet, near tot he place where
such Robbery was committed; and also except he shall commence his Suit
or Action within one year next after such Robbery committed; and also
except he shall first be examined upon his Oath (within twenty days next
before such Action brought) by some one Justice of Peace (of the County
where the Robbery was committed) dwelling within or near to the said
Hundred where the Robbery was done, whether he doth know the parties
that committed the said Robbery, or any of them: And if he knoweth
any of them, then also (before such Action brought) he shall be
bound before the same Justice by Recognizance, to prosecute effectually
the said offenders by Indictment or otherwise, according to the due course
of Law. Vide Plow. 128. See here. |
Chap. 84.
27 Eliz. 13.
P. Hue &
Cry 8, 10.
Co. 7.7. |
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In Action sur le Statute de Winchest. ceux points
ont estre Resolve in Communi
Banco: Sc. |
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1. Le party Robbz doner notice speedily
al prochein Village, ou al ascun
inhabitant prope al Robbery: & le declaration in tiel cases,
est, que le plaint.
immediate apres le Robbery sait, levie Hue & Crie, & done notice
a le ville.
ou le Robbery suit fait, & alibi per totum Hundredum al inhabitants,
&c.
Plo. 128. |
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2. Le party doit commence son suit deins
1. ann apres le Robbery, & apres
le 40 jours puis le Robbery. |
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3. Le party Robbz doit estre examine sur
son Serement, devant le Justice de
P. fil n'ad conuzance del Robbers; & |
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4. Si mon servant ou Carrier que carrie
mes biens soit Robb' cesty de que
les bienz suer' prises serra examin, & jure devant le Justice de P.
& nemy le
owner del bienz: & si le servant ou Carrier ne voil estre
examin, Powner n'ad
remedy. |
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5. Que home poit estre in son proper cause,
sc. quant argent son servant
avoit. |
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After a Robbery committed, and notice thereof given,
as aforesaid,
the whole Hundred must answer the loss, if the Robbers be not taken
within forty days. And if the Robbery be done in the Division of
two
Hundreds; both the Hundreds, and the Franchises within them, shall be
answerable for the Robbery done, and also for the Damages. Stat.
Winch.
cap. 2. |
27 Eliz. 13.
P. Huy &
Cry. 4, 5. |
§. 3.
Tax. |
And yet for that the party robbed hath his Recovery
and Execution
against some one or few persons of that Hundred, therefore for Contribution
to be yielded from the residue of the said Hundred, upon complaint
made by the parties against whom such Recovery and Execution is had;
any two Justices of Peace (the one being of the Quorum) being of
the
same County, and inhabiting in or near the said Hundred where such Execution
shall be had, may assess and tax according to their discretions, proportionably
all and every the Towns, Parishes, and Hamlets, as well of
the same Hundred (where the said Robbery was committed) as also of the
Liberties within the said Hundred, towards an equal contribution to be
had for the relief of the parties charged: The which Taxation or
Sums,
the Constables of every Town shall, within their Town, Parish or Limits, |
27 El. 13. |
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