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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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32S 23 H. 6, CAP. 10, SHERIFFS.
STATUTES
Made at WESTMINSTER, Anno 23 HEN. VI. and A. D. 1444.
CAP. X.
No Sheriff shall let to term his County or any Bailiwick. The
Sheriff's and Bailiff's Fees and Duties in several cases.
Item, The King, considering the great Perjury, Extortion,
and Oppression which be and have been in this Realm by his
Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and their Clerks, Coroners, Stewards
of Franchises, Bailiffs, and Keepers of Prisons, and other Offi-
cers in divers Counties of this Realm, hath ordained, by Au-
thority aforesaid, in eschewing of all such Extortion, Perjury,
and Oppression, that no Sheriff shall let to ferm, in any
manner, his County, nor any of his Bailiwicks, Hundreds, nor
Wapentakes; (2) nor that the said Sheriff, Under-Sheriffs,
Bailiffs of Franchises, nor any other Bailiff, shall return, upon
any Writ or Precept to them directed to be returned, any In-
quests in any Panel thereupon to be made, any Bailiffs, Offi-
249 cers,* or Servants to any of the Officers aforesaid, in any
Panel by them so to be made; (3) nor that any of the said Offi-
cers and Ministers, by occasion, or under colour of their Office,
shall take any other thing by them, nor by any other Person to
their Use, Profit, or Avail, of any Person by them, or any of
them, to be arrested or attached, nor of none other of them,
for the omitting of any Arrest or Attachment to be made by
their Body, or of any Person by them or any of them, by
force or colour of their Office, arrested or attached for Fine,
Fee, Suit of Prison, Mainprise, letting to Bail, or shewing any
Ease or Favour to any such Person so arrested, or to be ar-
rested, for their Reward or Profit, but such as follow.
[The part enumerating the fees is not in force.]
(5) And that the said Sheriffs, and all other Officers and
Ministers aforesaid, shall let out of Prison all manner of Per-
sons by them or any of them arrested, or being in their Cus-
tody by force of any Writ, Bill, or Warrant in an Action
Personal, or by cause of Indictment by Trespass, upon reason-

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