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 ii8. C. 9": — !i. Anno primo Ann JE ReguiEe. Stat..2. A.D. 1701.IJ C A P. IX. An Aft for punifhing of Acceffories to Felonies, and Receivers of flolen Goods, and. to pre-' vent the wilful burning and deftroying of Ships. '{| ' T? OR AS MUCH as the Counfellers and Contrivers of Theft and other Felonies, and the Re- ' JP ceivers of Goods that have been ftolen, are the principal Caufe of the Commiflion of fuch Felo- ' nies ; and as the Law now is, no Acceflbry can be convidled or fuffer any Puniilinient where the Piin-i ' cipal is not attainted, or hath the Benefit of his Clergy;' Be it therefore enabled by the Qi_ieen's moft] Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- It principal Of- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That, from and after thei fender be con- twelfth Day of February which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fev.sn hundred and two, ifl la ■fory; had been attainted thereof, notwichftanding any fuch principal Felon mail be admitted to the Benefi'; of] ■who on Convic- his Clergy, pardoned, or olherwife delivered before Attainder; and every fuch AccelTory ihali furrer the'J tion (hall fuffer f ,me Puniihment, if he or Ihe be convicted, or fhall Hand mute, or peremptorily challenge above the f ■n ilim™t, &c. Number of twenty Perfons returned to ferve of the Jury, as he or flae fliould have fuitered if the Principal j 3 & 4 w. & M. had been attainted, c. 9.§ 4. Farliir fravifiom concerning AcccJJaria, 5 Jnn c. 3 1, ' IL And forafmuch as Buyers and Receivers of ftolen Goods do oftentimes convey av/ay and conceal* ' the principal Felons, fo that they cannot be convifted of fuch principal Felony, and thereby fucli] . ' Buyers and Receivers have efcaped all Manner of Puniiliment, which h.T-th greatly encouraged the buy-j AoTen Goods mav '"^ ^^^ receiving of fuch ftolen Goods :' For Remedy whereof, be it enadicd by the Authority aforefaid,| be"p"ni(hed,^ T'hat from and after the faid twelfth Day of Fchruiry one thoufand feven hundred and two, it fiiall andl where the prin- may be lawful to profecute and punifli every fuch Perfon and Perfons buying or receiving any ftolen , cipal Felon is Goods, knowing the fame to be ftolen, as for a Mifdemeanor, to be puniflied by Fine and Imprifonment, ', notconviaed. although the principal Felon be not before convi<fled of the faid P'elony, which ftiall exempt the Offender] See firthr fjom being puniflied as Acceflbry, if the Principal ftiall be afterwards convifted. 4 io. I.. . jjj^ ^^j 1^^ .^ further enaifted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twelfth Day ofj Pri'ro"ner"bn°trial February one thoufand feven hundred and two, all and every Perfon and Perfons, v/ho fliall be produced j for Treafon or Of appear as a Witnefs or Witneffes on the Behalf of the Prifoner, upon any Trial for Treafon or FelorJ Felony, (hall ny, before he or flie be admitted to depofe, or give any Manner of Evidence, fhall lirft take an Oath to j depofe on Oath, depofe the Truth, the whole Trut]-), and nothing but the Truth, in fuch Manner, as the Witneires for, "" 'V'^'^ J^''""" the Queen are by Law obliged to do ; and if convifted of any wilful Perjury in fuch Evidence, fhall fufFer j Wi^/tilis^^" ^ all the Punifhments, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, which by any of the Laws and Statutes of] Penalties if con- this Realm are and may be inflidled upon Perfons convicted of wilful Perjury. ,J vifted of Perjury. IV. And for the efFeftual preventing the wilful cafting av/ay, burning, or otherwife deftroying, bjij; Captain, Mafter, Mafters and Mariners, of Ships under their Charge; Be it enafied by the Authority aforefaid. That if &c. wilfullycaft- any Captain,, Mafter, Mariner, or other Officer belonging to any Ship, fliall, after the faid twelfth Day, SuchOff.-nce ^ • A"d be it further enafted by tlie Authority aforefaid, That all and every the faid Offence and Of- committed on fences Committed on the High Seas, or where the Adn^iralty hath Jurifdiclion, lliall be inquired, tried, the High Seas heard, determined, and judged, in iuch Shires and Places in the Realm, as fliall be limited by the Qi^ieen's may^be tried jn Com. T iffion under the Great Sez of England, in fuch Manner and Form, as in and by an Adt made in ' En^orand^arby ^^° twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of'^the late King Henry the Eighth is dire(51:ed and a]ipointed for 28H. s.'c. 15. the trial of Pirates ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, who, from and after the faid twelfth Day] Perfon convified of February one thoufand feven hundred and tv/o, fliall be convidf: of any of the faid Offence or Oftencesi, thereof to fuffer laft mentioned, or fhall ftand mute, or peremptorily challenge above the Number of twenty Perfons re-, j Eenefittf Ck,'- ^"^'^'^ ^° ^^^"^ °^ ^^^ J^^' ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^'^ without Be/,efit of Clergy. ^ " * ^^' CAP. X. £3f P, .An Aft for the better repairing and amending the PJighways, from the North End olThornwood Comrrion, to Woodford in the County of EJj'cx. CAP. XL PR- 'An Aft for making the River Cham, alias Grant, in the County of Cambridge ■, more navagable, from Clay- biike Ferry to. the ^teen's Mill, in the Univerfity and Town of Cambridge. Eleven Confervators of the River Chnm to be choien, for making the River navigable, from Clctyhithe Ferry to the ^leens Mill, &c. who may open V/ears, Locks, Cffr, dig the Banks, and ereft Wharfs, &c. Confervators to agree ..with Ovvnefs of Land, is'c. for Damages. Juftices, ftfir. to determine Differences between the Confer- ■ yat&rs and Ov/ners. Such Determination to bind all Parties, and be recorded. On Payment of Mo- nies