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 ig. C. 47." Anno prlmo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. A. P. r 715* Punifiimentof V. And it is hereby further enacted, That all Servants and Labourers which fhall be employed in the of the County or Place where the Oft'ence fhall be committed, fhall or may, by Order of fuch Juftices, be irtbcr Previji- u committed to the common Gaol or Houfe of Correction, there- to ""remain and be kept to hard Labour for ma concerning an y Time not exceeding fix Months, without Bail or Mainprize. Tobacco, 5 &s. J ° ' .. r 1.. r. 11. .C-Geo. 1, c, 'n. 9 Geo. I.' c. zi. 12 do. I. f. 26 Gf 2S. 21GV0. 2,r. 2. 24 Geo. 2. c, 41. 26 Ceu. 2. c. 13. Ferfons fued may VI. And be it likewife enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall be fued ? 1 i:ifflf 1 r G -^5 ?: " ' or P r °f ecute d for what he or they fhall 'do in Purfuance or Execution of this Act, fuch Perfon or Perfons ihalLrecole" ma y plea'd the General I flue (Not guilty) and after I flue joined may give this Act and. the fpecial Matter treble Coft^. n Evidence; and if the Plaintiff or Profecutor fhail be nonfuit, or forbear further Profecution, or fuffer Discontinuance, or if a Verdict pafs againft him, the Defendant fhall recover treble Cofts, for which he fhall have the like Remedy as in Cafes where Cofts by Law are given to Defendants.^ Mixing or co- VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, at any !°.T2f|^' riu ? Time after the faid twentieth Day of June in the Year of our .Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix- " teen, make, mix or colour, or caufe to be made, mixed or coloured, any Sort of SnufFwith any Sort of Okers, Umber or any other kind of Colouring, except with Water tinged with the Colouring commonly called Venetian Red only ; or fhall mix or caufe to be mixed with any Sort of Snuff, any Fuftick or yel- low-Ebony, Touchwood, or any other Sort of Wood, or any Dirt or Sand, or Dull fitted from Tobac- co ; or fhall knowingly fell, or exp'ofe to Sale, any Snuff fo made, mixed or coloured as aforefaid, every fuch Perfon fo offending fhall, for every Pound-weight of Snuff fo made, mixed or coloured, forfeit the ■ . Geo. 1. c. 11. tibn or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance ; one Moiety of which For- te. 21. this feitures fhall be to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of- A&is 1 extended f ucn p er fon or Perfons who fhall feize, inform, or fue for the fame. . to other Abufes relating to Sii lift". How to be recovered and difpofed, ,:- . CAP. XLVir. An Act for the more effectual and exemplary Punifhment of fuch Perfons as fiiall fed wee Sol- diers to defert, or who, being Papifts, fhall inlift themfelves in his Majefty 's Service ira^ Great Britain or Ireland, or in the Iftands of Jerfey or Guernfey. -For firmer Pro- l I. II7HEREAS a pernicious and dangerous Practice has been induftrioufiy carried on In -theft- vjfions concerning S yy, Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, by Papifts and other evil-difpofed Perfons, difaffected b i%n 18° ' t0 ' 1 ' s Majefty's Title and Government, under falfe- and groundlefs Pretences, to delude his good Sub- £f 19. '7H.-7. ' J e( ^ s 5 who had engaged themfelves as Soldiers in the Service of his Majefty and their Country, and to c 1. i&iEd. '' prevail with them by corrupt and direct Means to defert the fame, oftentimes in order to procure their- 6. c. 2. 43 El. ' Affiftance for a Popifh Pretender, the avowed Enemy of the Proteftant Religion, and the Laws and Li— c. 3. 3i^Car. 2. < berties of thefe Kingdoms ; for which wicked Purpofes the faid Papifts and other evil-difpofed Perfons /! 1' c 'iV * have with great Diligence frequented the Publick-houfes, and other Places where the faid Soldiers ufed ' to refort, or are quartered, and by Entertainments, feditious Speeches, and vain Promifes, have often fe- -A-fter June 1, ' duced his Majefty's faid Subjects from their Duty and Allegiance;' For Remedy whereof for the future,. 17 16. Perfons and for the more effectual and exemplary Punifhment of all Offenders in that Behalf, Be it enacted by the P'rfwrading, &c. King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,. ffo uTf ° t defe ," and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Per- fon or Perfons whatfoever (other than fuch-as are or fhall be inlifted as Soldiers, againft whom fufficient Remedy is already provided by Law) fhall, from the firfl Day of 'June in the Year of our Lord one thou- find (even hundred and fixteen, m Great Britain or Ireland, or the Ifles of Jerfey or Guernfey,- by Words ■ or other Means whatfoever, directly, or indirectly, perfuade or procure any Soldier or Soldiers in the Ser- vice of his Majefty, his Heirs, or Succeflbrs, to defert or leave iiich Service, or fhall go about and endea- vour i-n Manner aforefaid, to perfwade, prevail on or procure fuch Soldier or Soldiers to defert or leave fuch Service as aforefaid, every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending as aforefaid, and being thereof lawful- ly convicted, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit to his Majefty, his Heirs,, or Succeflbrs, or to any other Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame, the Sum of forty Pounds, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at (Veftminfier, whereinno Effbin, Protection And not having or Wager of Law fhall be allowed ; and if it ftiall happen that any fuch Offender, fo convicted as afore- fufficierit to pay g^j^ hath not any Goods and Chattels, Lands, or Tenements, to the Value of forty Found;, to pay and fo'nrd fix Monttis fatrsfy the fame, or that from. the Circumfiances and Hainoufnefs of the Crime it fhall be thought proper without BaiJ, ' and convenient,, the Court, before which tae faid Conviction fttajl be made, as aforefaid, fhall award the faid: