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 A. D. 1725. Anno duodecimo Ge org 1 1 Regis. C. 30, 31. ^qj Pounds, although there may be other Actions a gain ft fuch Defendant or Defendants, wherein the Plaintiff "»y be other or Plaintiffs Demands fhall or may exceed the faid Sum of five Pounds. Afliom hi IV. And for avoiding the great Mifchiefs and Abufes which arife from infamous and wicked Perfons al- p c . r f„ n, C onvia. ready convicted of wilful Perjury or Forgery, practifing as Attornics or Solicitors, in Courts of J, aw and ed of Forgery Equity ; Be it ' wilful and con twentieth Da} or to be broug Judge or Judges of the Court, where fuch Suit or Action is or fhall be brought, {hall, upon Complaint or Information thereof, examine the Matter in a fummary Way in open Court ; and if it {hall aipear to the Satisfaction of fuch Judge or Judges, that the Perfon complained of, or againft whom fuch Information fhall Contenting jit- be given, hath offended contrary to this Act, fuch Judge or Judges {hall caufe fuch Offender to be tranfoorted """'"■■• fit far- for Seven Years to fomc or one of his Majefty's Colonics or Plantations in America, by fucli Ways, Me ins ,U [ z ( '/ ? " and Methods, and in fuch Manner, and under fuch Pain's and Penalties, as Felons in other Cafes arc by Law £ l ,„" G -*' to be transported. 2... 13. ~ 12 Geo. 2. c. 46. 23 Cm. 2. c.7.6. 33 Geo. z. c. 16, V. Provided always, That this Act or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend to that Part of Great Net to extend to Britain called Scot/and. Scotland. VI. Provided alfo, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act fhall continue in Force Ccntinusu.n, . for the Term of five Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. For the Continuance of this Act fee 5 Geo. z. c. 27. [Revived and made perpetual 21 Geo. 2. c. 3.] And fee 6 Geo. 2. c. 14. CAP. XXX. An- Aft for continuing an Aft made in the ninth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An d5i for the more effectual funijhing wicked and evil-difpofed Perfons going armed in Difgurfe, and doing Injuries and Violences to the Perfons and Properties of his Majefty's Subjects, and for the more fpeedy bringing the Offenders to Juflice. 1 f/l/HEREAS the Act herein after mentioned hath by Experience been found ufeful and beneficial, ' VV and is near expiring ;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted : bv, the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Ter '' '--i in :~ .u:„ r. — .. o_..i: » „/r — kl„J 1 1... »u_ A...1 :»._ _r^u. r t--i _ > m Wl perties of his Ivlajtjiy j <juu}eoii, una jur irje mui r e jyttfiuy urtngmg iue jjj tnuer s uu ju/tice, wnicn /let was CO con- ACI 9 ueo. i tinue in Force for three Years from the firft Day of "June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, and continuel1 { °* from thence to the End of the theanext Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and is hereby continued from the p Ye ^ s ' & . c ' Expiration thereof, for and during the Space of five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next fcuGa!™ Seffion of Parliament. c . 57 . Animate perpetual Ly C A P. XXXF. 3 ic«. *.<.4*. A n Aft for the better Regulating Trials by Nifi Prius in the County of Middlefx. ' X/HEREAS in and by an Act of Parliament made in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of Queen i8Eliz. c 12. ' VV Elizabeth, intituled, An Ail for Trial of Nifi P 'rius in the County of Middlefex, Power is re- Refer to zt Ed. ' fp.ctively given to the Chief Juftice of the King's Bench, the Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, and the i. flat. i. f . 4 . ' Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer for the Time being, and in the Abfence or Default of any of them, **£<*• i.ftat. i. ' to two other Judges or Barons of the fame feveral Courts, where it fhall happen either of the fame Chi^f l .jf' lzEd - z - ' Tuff ices, or Chief Baron for the Time being, to be abfent, to try Blues as Juftices of Nifi prius for the 2 Ed.-'c*'i6 ' laid County of Middlefex within the Term-Time, or within four Days next after the End of any Term ; I4 Ed..flat. . ' and whereas the reflrairiing e Time for fuch Trials, after the Term, to four Days, hath frequently oc- c 16. 7 R. 2. ' cafioned Delay of Juftice, and the requiring the Prefence of two Judges or Barons, in the Abfence of any c - 7- H #• 6» ' of them the faid Chief Juftices or Chief Baron, is found by Experience to be very inconvenient :' For c ' J ' Remedy thereof, Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the The Chief fame, That from and after the firft Day of Eajier Term in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hun- Juftices cr. drcd and twenty-fix, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Chief Juftice of the King's Bench, the Chief Chief Baron, juftice of the Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer for the Time being, and every of them respectively, and in the Abfence or Default of any of them, to and for any other Judge or Baron j!" d ln t " 5ir ^°" of the faid feveral Courts, where it fhall happen either of the faid Chief Juftices, or the Chief Baron for the r e " d ce J 3 r n 'g a °, 1 e '~ Time being, to be abfent, as Juftices of Nifi Prius for the faid County of Middlefex, within the Term or in Term, or within the Space of eight Days after the End of any Term reflectively, to try all fuch IfTues, as by the faid within eight Aft they or any of them are enabled to try, in fuch Place and Manner, and with and under fuch Powers, Days after^ may Authorities and Provifions, as in and by the faid recited Act, or any other Act of Parliament or Law what- I r T '' r I: „ u. esot ' " J ' ' r Niti Prius; 4 ioevcr continued eo. 2.