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Transportation, Importation, Exportation.
' offender to be imprisoned two months without Bail. And over
and
' above the penalties appointed by this Act for such as resist; by the
Statute
' of 15 Car. 2. c. 7. the party resisting shall be committed
to the Gaol
' without Bail, till he enter into a Recognizance tot he King, with two
' Sureties of 10 l. penalty not to do so again; and by the Statute
of
' 22 & 23 Car. 2. shall forfeit 5 l. to be levied by
Distress and Sale; and
' if no Distress, by Imprisonment for three months without Bail, upon
' Conviction before two Justices of Peace. |
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Resistance. |
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' All Justices of Peace, a month before every General
Quarter Sessions,
' shall issue Warrants to the High Constables, &c. requiring them to
' make search what Tobacco is sowed, set, planted, growing, curing,
' cured or made, and to make a Presentment in writing upon Oath, next
' Sessions, of the names of the persons Planting, &c. the quantity
of Land,
' the immediate Tenants or present Occupiers, who shall be deemed Planters
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' Which Presentment, filed in Sessions, shall be
a Conviction, unless the
' persons presented (having notice by the delivery of a Copy of the
Presentment
' to him, or leaving it at his dwelling-house or usual place of abode,
' in the presence of one or more credible Witnesses, ten days before
the
' next Sessions) shall at next Quarter Sessions, after such notice, traverse
' the same Presentment, and find Sureties for prosecuting his Traverse
the
' next Sessions after such Traverse. 22 & 23 Car. 2. |
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' All Constables, Tithingmen, Bailiffs, and other
publick Officers in their
' Jurisdictions, within fourteen days after Warrant from two or more
' Justices of Peace, calling such assistane as they find necessary, may
destroy
' the same Tobacco. 22 & 23 Car. 2. |
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' If such Tobacco shall be suffered to stand unconsumed
after the receipt
' of such Warrant, then such Officers shall forfeit 5 s. for every
Pole, Perch
' or Rod, and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity.
One moiety
' to the King, the other moiety to the Informer. 22 & 23 Car.
2. |
§. 4.
Officers
neglect. |
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' If any person refuse or neglect to assist such
Officer, for every such
' offence he shall forfeit 5 s. upon conviction thereof before two
Justices
' of Peace, to be levied by Warrant from such Justices by Distress and
Sale;
' and if no Distress, the party to be committed to the Gaol without
Bail
' for one week. 22 & 23 Car. 2. |
§. 5.
Assistance. |
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' This Statute to continue for nine years, and thence
to the end of the
' next Session of Parliament. |
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Timber, vide Wood.
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1 & 2 Ph.
& Ma. 5.
P. Just. 27. |
CHAP. C. V. 56.
Transportation, Importation, Exportation.
IT should seem by the words of the Statute, that
any one Justice of
Peace may inquire of, hear and determine (as also may examine the
Mariners and every other person) of all and singular the offenders against
the Act, 1 & 2 Phil. & Mar. provided for the restraining
of carrying Corn,
Beer, Butter, Cheese, Herrings and Wood beyond the Sea. But Quære.
' By which Statute, being at or under these prices, it might be transported.
s. d.
' Wheat 6 8
' Rye 4
0 the Quarter.
' Barley 3
0 |
§. 1.
One Justice. |
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