| Chap. 90.
11 H. 7. 15. |
Sheriffs.
And if the said Justices, or Justice of Peace, upon
his or their examination,
shall find any such default in the said Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, or
Clerk,
that shall stand for a sufficient Conviction, without any further inquiry,
or examination; and they shall forfeit upon the same examination, forty
shillings to the King for every default; the same to be recovered in
the
Exchequer. |
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And the same Justice or Justices that shall so take
the examination,
shall certifie the said examination into the Exchequer within a
quarter of
a year, upon pain of 40 s. |
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| 11 H. 7. 15. |
Also the said Justice of Peace may examine the defaults
of the Bailiff
of the Hundred, for not warning of the Defendants (in such Plaints) to
appear, according to his Precepts received from the Sheriff or Under-Sheriff.
And if upon examination, the Justice shall find any default in such
Bailiff, not warning the Defendant to appear, or otherwise in not executing
his said Office, that shall stand for a sufficient conviction, and
the said Bailiff thereupon shall forfeit to the King for every such
default
40 s. the same Examinations to be certified into the Exchequer
as aforesaid. |
Bailiffs. |
| 11 H. 7. 15. |
Sheriffs, &c. shall make no Estreats to levy
their Shire Amerciaments,
until the said Justices (appointed at the General Sessions as aforesaid)
have
had the view and oversight of their Books: And their Estreats
shall be
made by Indentures (or shall be indented) between the said Justices, and
the Sheriff, and Under-Sheriff, and sealed with their Seals, and the one
part to remain with the said Justices, and the other part with the Sheriff,
for to be his Warrant to levy the Amerciaments by. |
Estreat. |
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The Bailiffs, &c. Collectors of the said Amerciaments
shall be sworn
by the said Justices, that they shall not take more Mony than is forfeited
and contained in their said Estreats, sealed by the Justices as aforesaid. |
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| Ibid. |
Also the said Justices of Peace, or one of them,
may examine the default
of the said Collectors, Bailiffs, and other gatherers of the Sheriffs
Amerciaments, whether they have taken or gathered any more Mony
than is forfeited and contained in their Estreats (sealed with the Seals
of
two Justices of Peace as aforesaid:) And if upon examination the
Justices
or Justice shall find any such default, That also without further inquiry,
shall stand for a further conviction. And the said Collectors,
Bailiffs,
or other Gatherers of such Amerciaments, thereupon shall forfeit to
the King for every default 40 s. The said Examination also
(whether it
be by one or two Justices) is to be certified into the Exchequer,
as aforesaid. |
Collectors. |
11 H. 7. 15.
p. 20.
Lam. 349. |
Also the said Justices of peace upon suggestion
or information of
the party grieved, shall make like Process, as in an Action of Trespass
against the said Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, or other their Officers (offending
in any the particulars aforesaid) for to appear before them to answer
the said Suggestion or Information. See what the Process is in the
title
Process. |
Two Justices.
Process. |
| 17 El. 7. |
' 1. No Sheriff, Coroner, or other Officer,
who may make return
' of Writs, shall return any Juror dwelling out of any Liberty, without
' the true Addition of his dwelling at the time of his return, or within
a
' year before, or some other sufficient Addition, by which he may be
' known; nor within any Liberty, without such Addition, as shall be
certified
' to him by the Bailiff of the Liberty, or his Deputy, under his
' hand. |
§. 2.
Jurors. |
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