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 j6o C. 20. Anno fecundo & tertio Ann^e Regmas. A. D. 1703; Court-martial XXXVIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That her Majefty may, from Time ^mmkt?d''out" ^° Time, grant a Commiffion to fuch General, Lieutenant General, or other Officers, as aforefaid, for ofTheRtaim, *'^^ holding a Court-martial within this Realm, in which all Officers and Soldiers, who (hall at any Time not before tried, hereafter, during the Continuance of this A£t, cornmit any Crime or Offence out of this Realm, againfl the Rules, Articles, or Laws of War, and fhall not be tried for the fame by a Court-martial, before their Return into this Realm, fliall and may be tried and proceeded againft, and puniflied, according to the Rules and Articles of War afore-mentioned. sl'ld^e?s'dere" in' ^XXIX. Provided always, That if any Officer or Soldier fhall defert her Majefty's Service in any Parts the Oueen^Se"- b<2yond the Seas, and fhall efcape or come into this Realm or Ireland, before hb be tried by a C(^rt-mar- vice b-yond Sea, tial for fuch Offence, then and as often as any. fuch Cafe {hall happen, if it fliall alfo happen that the fliall be tried. Regiment, Troop, or Company, to which fuch Officer or Soldier fhall belong, fhall coiltinue in her Majefty's Service beyond the Seas, it fliall, and maybe lawful, upon Oath thereof made- to any one of her Majefty's Tuftices of the Peace, where fuch Offender fhall be taken, for fuch Juftices of the Peace to caufe fuch Offender to be fent to the General Court-martial in -England or Ireland, who 'are- hereby en- abled, if they think fit, for Example's Sake, to fend fuch Offenders to the refpedlive Regitient, Troop, or Company beyond the Seas, to which the Offender fliall belong, there to be proceeded againft accorj- . ing to the Dire(Sions of this Ac):. ■ by acTun^m"- '^'^- Provided alfo. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, in a Court-martial conftituted- as aforefaid, be tial rot to be tried and acquitted, or convicted of any of the Crimes or Offences herein before mentioned, fucb Acquit- profecuted again, tal or CoDviftion fliall be a full Bar to any Indiftments or Proceedings for the fame Offence. No Attainder to XLI. Provided always. That no Attainder for any Crime or Offence made Fdony by this Acfl, fhall corrupt theBlood extend or be adjudged to make any Corruption of Blood, to any Heir of fuch Offender, or to debarthe ofHeir, &c. Wife of fuch Offender of her Title of Dower. In'land tolfbe '^'^^^- Provided alfo, That if any Peer of this Realm fliall commit any of the Offences aforefaid, in any tried fcr any Of- Pats beyond the Seas, and fhall not have been there tried for the fam? by Martial Law, afid after his ' fence by this Aft. Return into this Realm fhall be indicted of any Offence hereby declared or enafbed to be Treafon or Fe- lony, that then,- and after fuch Indiiftment, he (hall have his Trial by his Peers, in fuch like Manner and Perfons indifled ^orm as hath been accuftomed. . ' ■ of Treafon, &c, XLIII. And be it declared and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all'and every Perfon and Per- to have the Bene- fons, who fhall hereafter be accufcd, indifted, or profecuted, for any thing made or declared Treafon by (it of the Aft 7 this A£l, fhall be intitled to the Benefit of the K&. of Parliament made in the feventh Year of the Reign W. 3. c. 3, of i^is ]ate Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An ASifor regulating Trials in Cafes of Treafon and ]fprifan of Treafon, Officers and Soldiers of the Marine Regiments, &c. fubjeft to the Penalties, &c. in this A<3-. Ac- count of each Regiment, Garifon, &c. to be made up. Auditors to examine the fame, and the Ac- countant on Oath. No Account to be hereafter declared by the Lord Treafurer, i5fc. until Auditor certify the Examination thereof. Refpite Money may be applied as Levy Money. The Debts owing in Quarters by the Invalids of Cheljea Hofpital, &c. fhall be paid. Perfops rep rie?ed from Executiofi, in order to obtain their Pardon, &c. On Sight of the Queen's Warrant, for paffing fuch Pardon, Judge may direft the Delivery of Prifoner, to be lifted in the Queen's Service.' Pardon, when paffed to be inrolled, U'e, Aft, as to Mutineers and Deferters, C5V. to extend to the Forces in Ireland. The Pay of the 10,000 Men raifed for Sea Service to be cleared to 25 D^c. 1703. Accounts of the Englijh and Dutch Trains of Artillery, to be examined, and Debentures iffued out thereupon. Pay of the Forces at NewYork to be computed. Debentures to be iffued for Payment, [i Annae, ftat.. z.'c.zo. conti- nued until 10 June 1704.] , ., ■ . . i- — - — ^ : : — ^ Anno Regni ANNiE Reginas tertio &■ quarto, T the Parliament begun at Weflminjler the twentieth Day oi Augiifl, Anno.Dom. 1702.. in' the ifirft '■ . Year of the Reign of our Sovereign hzdy A N N E, hy the Grace of God, of England, Seat- ' * In the Inrol- ' land, Frtince, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, bfc. And from thence continued, by fevc- ment it is, to the ' ral Prorogations and Adjournments to the * four and twentieth Day of O^^^jr. 1704. being-, tlie-thii-d fourteenth Day ' Seffion of thjs prefent Parliament.' of March.' C A P. I.. ■ .- ^^ ' An Aft for granting an Aid to her Majefty by a Land Tax, to be raifed in tlje Year one thoufand feven 1 , hundred and five. '4s. in the Pound.' C A P. II. 1^ An Ad for raifmg Monies, by Sale pf feveral Annuities, for carrying on the prefent War. || Mo/i Gracious Sovereim, f. 3, ' ' "^IT HERE AS by an Aft of Parliament' made and paffed in the fecond Year of your Majefty's ' Majpflfs A
 * l/l/ Reign, intituled. An Aci for granting an Aid to her Majejly, for carry'-ng on the JVcir, and other her