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1 & 2 P. & M. CAP 13, BAIL AND DEPOSITIONS. 491 prise, shall take the Examination of the said Prisoner, and Information of them that bring him, of the Fact and Circum- stances thereof, and the same, or as much thereof as shall be material to prove the Felony, shall put in Writing before they make the same Bailment; (2) which said Examination, together with the said Bailment, the said Justices shall certify at the nest general Gaol-delivery to be holden within the Limits of their Commission. V. And that every Coroner, upon any Inquisition before him found, whereby any Person or Persons shall be indicted for Murder or Manslaughter, or as Accessory or Accessories to the same, before the Murder or Manslaughter committed, shall put in Writing the Effect of the Evidence given to the Jury before him, being material; (2) and as well the said Justices, as the said Coroner, shall have Authority by this Act, to bind all such by Recognizance or Obligation, as do declare any Thing material, to prove the said Murder or Manslaughter, Offences or Felonies, or to be Accessory or Accessories to the same, as is aforesaid, to appear at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden within the County, City, or Town Corporate where * the Trial thereof shall be, then and there to give Evidence 371 against the Party so indicted at the Time of his Trial; (3) and shall certify as well the same Evidence as such Bond or Bonds in Writing, as he shall take, together with the Inquisition or Indictment before him taken and found, at or before the Time of his said Trial thereof to be had or made: (4) and likewise the said Justices shall certify all and every such Bond taken before them, in like Manner as before is said of Bailments and Examination. I. In what Manner Justices of Peace may Bail Persons arrested of Felony, or Suspicion thereof, &c., 3 H. 7, c. 3; 1 Roll. 268. II. None shall be let to Bail, which be forbidden to be Bailed by the Statute of 3 Ed. 1, c. 15. III. 3 Bulstr. 113. IV. The Justices' Duty in Bailment of a Prisoner; extended to such as shall be committed for Manslaughter, &c., 2 & 3 Ph. & M. c. 10; in Examination of him and others, and certifying thereof, 2 & 3 P. & M. c. 10; Kelyng. 19. V. The Coroner's Duty upon an Inquisition found before him. As to secs. 2 & 3, see note on 3 E. 1, c. 15. Stat. 2 & 3 P. & M. c. 10 ex- tends the provisions of secs. -8 and 4 of this Act as to justices, to cases where the prisoner is committed, and in that case gives the justice two |
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