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 A.D»i729« Anno fccundo Georgii II. C. 25. 699 alfo openly be read once in every Year at the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace to be holden next after Ea/ier, for any County or City, and at every Election of the Chief Magift] ate in any Horough, ToWtl and at the < Corporate or Cinque Port, and at the annual Election of Magistrates and town Counfellors for every Bo- tcr Scffions.afi* rough within that Part of Great Britain called Scotia;- J. Eafter. X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That every Sheriff, Under-fherifF, Mayor, Ba i - Vv 'j - ,f Oflencc liff and other Officer, to whom the Execution of any Writ or Precept for the electing of Members to ferve {vt[tiu S' j! - in Parliament doth belong, for every wilful Offence, contrary to this Act, fhall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be recovered, together with full Cofts of Suit, in the Manner 1 '.ted. XI. Provided always, and it is hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That no Perfon Profecution to {hall be made liable to any Incapacity, Difability, Forfeiture or Penally by this Act laid or imnofed, unlefs commencavn»n« Profecution be commenced within two Years after fuch Incapacity, Difability, Forfeiture or Penalty Qfcsii :n two Yearf. be incurred, or in cafe of a Profecution the fame be carried on without wilful Del?'.'/ ; any Thing herein ' r f'j c - contained to the contrary notwithstanding. aimdid% 9 Geo, 2. c, 38. And concerning Parliament fee further 6 Geo. z, c. 23. S Geo. a. c. 30. 1 1 Geo, z, c, 14. 13 Geo, 2. c, 20. 15 Geo. 2. c. 22. % Geo. z. c. 18. lCjGeo. 2, c, 28. 31 Geo, 2. c. 14. 33 Gej. z. c. 10,. CAP. XXV. An Aft for the more effectual preventing and further Punifliment of Forgery, Perjury and Subornation of Perjury ; and to make it Felony to ileal Bonds, Notes or other Securities for Payment of Money. 'HERE AS the wicked, pernicious and abominable Crimes of Forgery, Perjury and Subornation For former Laws of Perjury, have of late Time besn fo much practifed, to the Subverfion of common Truth and al " >ut F <"g "y Juftice, and Prejudice of Trade and Credit, that it is neceffary, for the more effectual preventing of fuch i"J El ' '"' '*' i enormous Offences, to inflict a more exemplary Punifliment on fuch Offenders, than by the Laws of this x *Gto*a 'c'^i ' Realm can now be done ;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confentof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflem- bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon from and after the twenty-ninth Day of June To forge any in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine fhall falfly make, forge or counterfeit, Deed > &c - Felo- or caufe or procure to be falfiy made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly act or affift in the falfe making, »y jvithput Be- forging or counterfeiting any Deed, Will, Teftament, Bond, Writing obligatory, Bill of Exchange, pro- ojfaus aeakft rniffory Note for Payment of Money, Indorfement or Affignment of any Bill of Exchange, or promiffory tbU Aa are «- Note for Payment of Money, or any Acquittance or Receipt, either for Money or Goods, with Intention opted out of the to defraud any Perfon whatsoever, or fhall utter or publifh as true, any falfe, forged or counterfeited Deed, g'r.eral Pardon, Will, Teftament, Bond, Writing obligatory, Bill of Exchange, promiffory Note for Payment of Money, 2 ° G "- 2 ' '• 5 1 - Indorfement or Affignment of any Bill of Exchange or promiffory Note for Payment of Money, Acquit- tance or Receipt, either for Money or Goods, with Intention to defraud any Perfon, knowing the fame to be falfe, forged or counterfeited ; then every fuch Perfon, being thereof lawfully convicted according to Co " cer "''J F ° r - the due Courf'e of Law, fhall be deemed guilty of Felony, and fuffer Death as a Felon, without Benefit i'ci!'a c. a, of Clergy. fig. 9 ". a d cbi 18. 7 Geo. z. c. 22. And 31 Geo. 2. c. 22. by tvhicb laft this C/aufi is extended II. And the more effectually to deter Perfons from committing wilful and corrupt Perjury, or Subornation of Perjury, be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That befides the Punifhment already to be in- Penalty for Per- fected by Law for fo great Crimes, it fhall and may be lawful for the Court or Judge, before whom any j"ry and Subor- Perfon fhall be convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury, or Subornation of Perjury, according to the Laws nntion - now in Being, to order fuch Perfon to be fent to fome Houfe of Correction within the fame County, for a 5 El ' '' 9 * Time not exceeding feven Years, there to be kept to hard Labour during all the faid Time, or otherwife to be tranfported to fome of his Majefty's Plantations beyond the Seas, for a Term not exceeding feven Years, as the Court fhall think moft proper ; and thereupon Judgment fhall be given, that the Perfon convicted fhall be committed or tranfported accordingly, over and befide fuch Punifhment as fhall be adjudged to be in- flicted on fuch Perfon, agreeable to the Laws now in Being ; and if Tranfportation be directed, the fame Concenrir,* p ,- fhall be executed in fuch Manner as is or fhall be provided by Law for the Tranfportation of Felons ; and p,ry, r 'fiefa,ib& if any Perfon fo committed or tranfported (hall voluntarily efcape or break Prifon, or return from Tranf- 23 ff™. z. c.H. portation before the Expiration of the Time for which he fhall be ordered to be tranfported, as aforefaid, ™hicb dirias the fuch Perfon, being thereof lawfully convicted, ihall fuffer Death as a Felon, without Benefit of Clergy, Form c f p '"fi- and fhall be tried for fuch Felony in the County where he fo efcaped, or where he fhall be apprehended. c ""° n ' III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons, after the faid To -leal Orders, twenty-ninth Day of June (hall fteal or take by Robbery any Exchequer Orders or Tallies, or other Orders, Tallies, &c, intitling any other Perfon or Perfons to any Annuity or Share in any parliamentary Fund, or any Exchequer Felony. Bills, Bank Notes, South-Sea Bonds, Eajl-India Bonds, Dividend Warrants of the Bank, South-Sea Company, Eajl-India Company or any other Company, Society or Corporation, Bills of Exchange, Navy Bills or Debentures, Goldfmiths Notes for Payment of Money, or other Bonds or Warrants, Bills or Pro- miffory Notes for the Payment of any Money, being the Property of any other Perfon or Perfons, or of any Corporation, notwithstanding any of the faid Particulars are termed in Law a Chofe in Action, it fiiall be deemed and conftrued to be Felony, of the fame Nature and in the fame Degree, and with or without the Benefit of Clergy, in the fame Manner as it would have been, if the Offender had ftolen or taken by Robbery, any other Goods of like Value with the Money due on fuch Orders, Tallies, Bills, Bonds, War- rants, Debentures or Notes, or fecured thereby, and remaining unfatisfied, and fuch Offender ihall fuffer 4 U 2 fuch