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Customs.
the Offence; and to certifie the same to the said Sessions or Gaol-delivery;
&
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Also it seemeth that one Justice of the Peace may
bind such Offenders
(as Cheaters) to their Good Behaviour, and so tot he next Assizes or Sessions
of the Peace, ' there to be examined and ordered: or else (by force
of
' the Statute 7 Jac. cap. 4.) may send such Offenders (as idle
and disorderly
persons) to the House of Correction, there to be continued until
the next Assizes or Sessions, and then and there to be forth-coming., &c.
Yet quære of sending them to the House of Correction:
' and it seemeth
' more warrantable, if they be sent to the House of Correction by order
of
' the Sessions. ' Richardus Freed had Judgment to be set in
the Pillory with
' a Paper written, A common Cheater and Cousener, and thence to
be had to
' Bridewel, and kept at work till he paid Twenty Nobles for a Fine,
and put
' in Sureties for his Good Behaviour. Lib. Delib. Gaol. Newgate,
10 July. 7 Jac.
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' He that shall personate any Seaman, Souldier,
Artificer or Labourer in
' the presence of his Majesties Commissions, or Officers, Pay-master, or
' Cashier, in order to the receiving any Money due from the King; the
' principal Officer, and Commissioners may Arrest such person, and
Imprison
' him until he shall find Bail to appear at the next Assizes or Sessions,
'; and being there convicted, shall forfeit double the value he would
' have gained, to the Governors of the Chest at Chatham for the
use of the
' poor and maimed Soldiers and the Imprisoned for a time not exceeding
' one year, at the discretion of the Court. 22 & 23 Car. 2. |
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' He that shall Counterfeit the hands of the Treasurer,
Comptroller,
' Surveyor, Clerk of the Acts, or Commissioners of the Navy, or of the
' Signing or Vouching Officers of His Majesties Navy, Ships or Yards to
' any Bill, Ticket, or Papers, or shall knowingly produce such Counterfeit
' Ticket, Bill, or Paper; the Commissioners and Officers of the Navy
' may commit him to Prison, until he shall find Bail to appear at the next
' Assize or Sessions, there to be proceeded with according to Law.
22 & 23
' Car. 2.
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CHAP. XXXIII.
Customs.
' WHere any Officers of the Customs be by any person
armed with a
' Club, or other Weapon forcibly hindred, affronted, abused, beaten,
' or wounded in the Execution of their Trusts and Services, either
' on Board a Vessel, or by Land or Water, the person resisting, &c.
Such
' Officers, or their Deputies shall by the next Justice of Peace, or other
' Magistrate be committed to Prison, until the next Quarter-Sessions. |
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14 Car. 2.
C. 11. |
' If any Carman, Porter, Waterman., or other person
shall assist in the
' taking up, landing, Shipping, or carrying away any Goods, Wares, or
' Merchandizes, either from the shore outwards bound, or out of any
' Ship or Vessel arriving from parts beyond the Sea, without a Warrant
' and presence of one or more Officers of the Customs, the person so
' offending, being apprehended by a warrant from a Justice of Peace
' and the same proved by the Oaths of two Witnesses, for the first
offence
' the Justice may commit him to gaol, until he shall find Sureties for
the
' good behaviour, for so long a tim, until he shall be thereof discharged
' by the Lord Treasurer, Chancellor, under-Treasurer, or Barons of the
' Exchequer. And for the second offence, being so convicted, the
Justice
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