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Dalton's The Country Justice, 1690
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Bailment.

    Arrest.  If any person shall procure one to be arrested in another
mans name, he not knowing thereof, or without his consent, such Offender
being convicted thereof, shall suffer six months imprisonment without
Bail; and before his delivery shall pay to the party so arrested treble
Costs, Damages, and Expences; and also shall pay unto the person in
whose name he procureth such Arrest ten pounds for every such Offence.

Chap. 167.

8 El. c. 2.
P. Dam. 3.

    If any of a petty Jury in London, shall be attainted by the Verdict of
a Grand Jury, and therefore committed to prison; or by any of a petty
jury in London shall receive any Mony, or Reward, or Promise thereof,
of the Defendants in the Attaint, for the intent to give such his or their
Verdict.
    As also the Defendants giving or promising such reward, &c. every
such Offender being therefore committed to prison, shall there remain
without Bail, &c.  12 H. 7. cap. 21.
Where Bail
is taken 
away.
    Bastard.  The Mother or reputed Father of a Bastard Child, that shall
not perform the Justices order, after notice thereof, shall be imprisoned
until they shall put in Sureties according to the Statute.  See before, tit.
Bastardy, P. Rast.
1.
    The Mother of a Bastard-Child, committed to the House of Correction
for her first Offence, shall there remain for one whole year; and for her
second Offence for one whole year, and farther, until she can put in good
Sureties for her good Behaviour, not to offend so again.  See Ibid.
    Breakers of prison are not bailable, West. 1. c. 15.
Where Bail
is taken
away.
    Bridges.  Surveyors and Collectors appointed for the repairing of
Bridges, if they refuse to account for the Mony by them received, they
shall be imprisoned until they have truly accounted, 22 Hen. 8. cap. 5.
P. Bridges. 4.
    Burners of Houses feloniously are not bailable, West. 1. c. 15.
    Persons conspiring to indict another of Felony, are not mainpernable or
bailable, 27 Ass. Pl. 12. Fit. Mainp. 7.
    Constables and Church-wardens, neglecting to levy the Forfeitures for
Abuses in Ale-houses, &c. not having sufficient whereby to be distrained
for their Forfeiture of forty shillings, they shall be committed to prison
until they have paid the same Forfeiture.  See Antea tit/ Ale-houses,
1 Jac. cap. 9.
    Constables neglecting to execute the Justices Warrant concerning Ale-houses
unlicensed, the Constable shall be committed to the County Gaol,
there to remain without Bail, until he hath punished the Ale-house-keeper,
or until the Constable shall pay forty shillings to the use of the Poor,
3 Caroli Regis.
    Constables neglecting to whip Trespassers in Corn, Wood, Orchards,
&c. (at the Justices commandment) shall be imprisoned until they have
caused the Offender to be whipped.  See tit. Trespass.
See 33 H.
6. cap. 10.
    Persons condemned in any of the Kings Courts, and by virtue thereof
committed to Prison, they shall not be bailed until they have agreed with
the Plaintiff.  1 R. 2. c. as. 2 H. 5. c. 2.  Fitz. N. B. 121. a.
    Conjurers:  Vide Witches.
    Counterfeiters of the Kings Seal or Mony are not bailable.  Westm. 1.
cap. 15.
    Cloth.  Refusers to be Overseers of Cloth shall be imprisoned until
they have paid the Forfeiture.  See antea, tit. Cloth.
    Such persons as shall be convicted for making of deceivable Cloth, if
two Justices of peace shall make Certificates thereof, and make their


 
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