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Where Justices of the Peace may
Spinsters, &c. which shall imbesil any part of
their Wool, contrary to
the Statute, 7 Jac. 7. (upon proof of one Witness.) |
Chap. 115. |
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Clothiers making deceivable Woollen-cloth, 21 Jac.
cap. 18. Hic antea,
tit. Cloth. |
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Servants or Labourers assaulting their Master.
See antea, tit. Labourers,
pag. 12. |
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Servants departing, refusing to serve, or take excessive
wages, &c. See
tit. Labourers, p. 6. 14. |
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Persons restrained from malting, &c. See
antea, tit. Malt. |
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Destroyers of Partridges or other Fowl, or of their
Eggs, or of Hares,
or keeping hunting Dogs, contrary to the Statute, 1 Jac. 27.
See antea, tit.
Partridge. |
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Destroyers of Phesants or Partridges, contrary to
the Stat. 7 Jac. 11.
upon proof of one Witness. Ibid. |
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Such as shall put out of their Parish (as poor persons)
those that be not
to be put out. Vide antea, tit. Poor. |
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Also the defaults of the Overseers of the Poor.
Ibid. |
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Disturbers of Preachers. Vide antea, tit.
Preachers. |
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Offenders which shall disturb the execution of the
Statute for Rogues;
and Officers which shall be remiss or negligent therein, &c.
Vide antea,
tit. Rogues. |
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The defaults of Officers and others touching Weights
and Measures. Vide
antea, tit. Weights. |
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But note, that this manner of trial by examination
of the Offenders or
Witnesses is not permitted to Justices of peace, but only in cases where
either the Statutes do generally refer the Trial to their discretions,
or else
do specially authorise them to take the examinations. |
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And in all these former cases where the Justices
may hear and determine,
or may punish Offenders as convict upon their own confession or
upon examination of Witnesses (it seemeth in congruity) the Justices of
peace may grant out their Warrants against such Offenders (or at least
ought to send for them) to appear before them to answer their said offences:
and thereupon may proceed to examine, hear and determine the
offences. |
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§. 5.
By Indictment
out of
Sessions. |
Where one or two Justices of peace may hear and
determine, by inquiry
and indictment taken before them, out of their general Sessions as
it seemeth, viz. |
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Defaults of Sheriffs and Bailiffs, in not returning
sufficient Jurors to inquire
of Forcible-entries. Vide antea, title Forcible-entry. |
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Offenders in Riots. Vide antea, title Riots. |
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Transporters of Corn, &c. Vide antea,
title Transportation. |
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Offences committed in Tyle-making. Vide
antea title Tyle. |
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Defaults as well of officers as of Buyers and Sellers
with unlawfull
Weights or Measures. Vide antea, title Weights, &c. |
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And in these cases the offence being found upon
such inquiry, these
Justices have authority not only to make out Process against the Offenders
under their own Teste, but also to fine them, and to commit the
Offenders to Prison till they have paid their Fine, and do deliver them
upon payment of the same or upon Sureties given for it: or otherwise
(it seemeth) the Justices may receive the Traverse of the Offenders, &c.
for to all these effects, the words (in those Statutes) Hear and Determine,
do seem to lead and inable the said Justices. |
See Lam.
317, and
496. |
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Also in these cases, the Justices Precept to the
Sheriff, to return a Jury |
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