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 A. D. 1722; Anno nono Georgii Regis. C. 27. 469 neyman or other Perfon aforefaid, of having, after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, fraudulently purloined, embezilled, fold, pawned or exchanged, any On due Pro-.f of Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Cut Leather, Lace, Silk, Lafts or other Materials for making Boots, Shoes, Journeyman'! Slippers, or other Ware:, not being the proper Goods of the Perfon fo accufed, it fhall and may be law- purloining Boon, 1 ful to and for any one or more of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the County, City, Town or &c - a L Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed, or where the Party fo accufed (hall refide or inhabit, and fuch m Juftiee or Juftices is and are hereby refpectiyely authorized and required, upon Complaint or Information upon Oath of fuch Offence (which Oath or Oaths fuch Juftiee or Juftices is and are hereby empowered to adminifter) to fummon the Party or Parties complained of, or to iffue his or their Warrant or Warrants, to apprehend and bring before him or them the Perfon or Perfons fo accufed, complained of or fufpedted, and upon his or their Appearance, or Default to appear, to proceed to examine the Matter of Fact with which they are charged, and upon due Proof thereof made, either by Confeflion of the Party or Parties fo accufed, or upon the Oath or Oaths of one or more credible Perfon or Perfons, to determine the fame, and to convict the Offender or Offenders, and upon fuch Conviction immediately to award to the Party ani mayawar( j or Parties injured, reafonable Recompence and Satisfaction for the Damage, Lots and Charges by them Satisiaftion foe, fuftained, and upon the neglecting or refufing immediately to pay the fame, to levy the fame by Warrant D.rmee fu- er Warrants, under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals of fuch Juftiee or Juftices, upon the Goods "• llnetl > and Chattels of the Offender or Offenders, rendring the Overplus to the Owner or Owners thereof, and for want of fufficient Diftrefs, to caufe the Offender or Offenders to be whipt in the Parifh or Place which may be where the Offence fhall be committed; and in Cafe of Conviction for any fecond or other fuch Offence, levied byDiftrefoi to commit the Offender or Offenders to the Houfe of Correction, there to remain and to be kept to hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding one Month, nor lefs than fourteen Days, as to fuch Juftiee or Ju- ftices fhall feem meet and reafonable. II. And for the more effectual deterring and punifhing Accomplices and Confederates in the faid Frauds and Abufes, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who fhall, from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, buy or receive, or take in pawn, of or from any Journeyman Shoe-maker, or other Perfon hired or employed as fuch, in Manner as aforefaid, or from any other Perfon whatfoever any Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Cut Leather, Lace, Silk, Lafts or other Materials for making Boots, Shoes, Slippers or other Wares, not being the proper Goods of the Perfon or Perfons felling or pawning, or offering to fell or pawn the fame, fhall for every fuch Offence (being lawfully convicted thereof, in Manner as aforefaid) make fuch reafon- Confederates able Recompence within two Days after the Matter of Fact fhall be determined, as upon hearing of the liable to the fame fame fhall be awarded, in Manner as aforefaid, or elfe be fubject to fuch Diftrefs, and for want of fuffi- P ua ™ uneBt >. cient Diftrefs, to be liable to the like Puniftiment as is hereby inflicted, or intended to be inflicted on fuch Journeyman, Journeymen or other Perfon or Perfons, fo purloining, imbezilling, felling, pawning or exchanging fuch Goods or Materials as aforefaid. III. And for the more effectual difcovering where any fuch Leather or other Materials as aforefaid, which from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand kvun. hundred and twenty-three, fhall be fraudulently fold, exchanged or pawned ; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and Jun-ircs may if- may be lawful for any two or more of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace, dwelling within the Limits fue Warrants, aforefaid, upon any Complaint or Information upon Oath, to iliue their Warrant or Warrants for fearch- f l'L°Jhlr$sc ing in the Day-time, the Houfe, Warehoufe or other Place of fuch Perfon or Perfons, as fuch Juftices purloined. ' fhall have juft Caufe to fufpect to have received, bought or taken to pawn, any fuch Goods fo fraudulently embezilled or purloined as aforefaid, and for that Purpofe, upon Refufal, to break open any fuch Houfe, Warehoufe or other Place, if there fhall be Occafion ; and that every Perfon who fhall oppofe and hinder fuch Search, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall inform and fue for the fame, within two Kalendar Months after the Offence committed, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminfter, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Effoin, Privilege, Protection, Order of Reftraint, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fhall be granted or allowed ; and if it fhall appear by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, or upon fearch of fuch Houfe, Warehoufe or other Place it fhall be found fuch Perfon or Perfons hath or have in his, her or their Cuftody or Pofleffion any fuch" Goods fo fraudulently fold, exchanged or pawned as aforefaid, fuch Juftices fhall caufe the fame to be reftored to the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Pro- And may caufe prietors thereof, and oblige the Party or Parties fo offending, to make Recompence and Satisfaction to pawned Goods re fuch Owner, for the lofs and Damage in Detaining fuch Goods, and Charges in getting the fame, and qJJ^T t9 upon Refufal of the Party or Parties fo to do, to be fubject to the like Punifhment as fhall be inflicted, or hereby provided to be inflicted, on fuch Journeyman or Agent, or other Perfon fo fraudulently embe- zilling, purloining, felling, exchanging or pawning any fuch Goods as aforefaid. IV. And for the better regulating the faid Journeymen Shoemakers, Be it further enacted by the Au- thority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who fhall at any Time hereafter be retained or Perl"ns retained employed in the making up of any Boots, Shoes and Slippers, or other Wares, for any one Matter, before ^e'Worte and fhall neglect the Performance thereof, by fuffering himfelf to be retained or employed by_ any delivered by a other Mafter, or other Perfon whatfoever, before he or they fhall have completed the fame, and finifhed former is done, the faid Work firft delivered to him or them, . then in every fuch Cafe, every Perfon fo offend- ftall be rent to ing, being thereof lawfully convicted by the Oath or Oaths of one or more credible Witnefs or thc u ™?k of Witneffes, before one or more Juftiee or Juftices of the Peace where the Offences fhall be committed, the orrs< - l0a ' Perfon or Perfons fo convicted ihall be fent to the Houfe of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding one Month, V, Provided