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 A. D. 1735. Anno oftavo Georgii II. C. ij, 18. 189 Tuftices, in fuch Manner as the fame in the feveral Cafes herein before mentioned arc reflectively directed to be paid, within the refpective Times herein before limited for fuch Payment thereof; every fuch Of- ficer (hall, for every fuch Refufal or Neglect, forfeit double the Sum appointed to be by him levied and collected as aforefaid. • XI. And whereas by the above-mentioned Statutes it is enacted, That frefh Suit and Hue and Cry ' is thereby exprefsly required to make and caufe fuch Hue and Cry and Purluit to be made, whence it ' hath often happened, that the fame hath been fo much neglected and delayed, that Felons have had ' fruftrated ;' Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Conftable, Borfholder, Head- ^ ,l,0 H d u c // n "" borough or Tythingman, to whom Notice (hall be given, or at whofe Dwelling-houfe Notice of any cry. 8 Robbery (Ml be left, as aforefaid, and that every Conftable- of the Hundred, and every Conftable, Borftiolder, Headborough, or Tythingman, of any Town, Parifh, Village, Hamlet or Tything, with- in the Hundred or the Franchifes within the Precinct thereof, wherein fuch Robbery (hall happen, as loon as the fame (hall come to his Knowledge, either by Notice from the Party or Parties robbed, or from any other Perfon or Perfons to whom Notice (hall be given thereof purfuant to this prefent or any other Statute fhall with the utmoft Expedition make and caufe to be made frefh Suit and Hue and Cry after the Felon or Felons by whom fuch Robbery fhall be committed ; and if any Conftable, Borfholder, 5 '• Penalty on Headborough or Tythingman, fhall offend in the Premiffes, by refufing or neglecting to make, or caufe ^ t fufal or Nes " to be made, fuch frefh Suit and Hue and Cry as aforefaid, every fuch Offender (hall for every fuch Re- fufal or Neglect forfeit five Pounds. XII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Forfeiture hereby incurred fhall be re- Penalties how covered with Full Cofts of Suit, and (hall be and enure, as to one Moiety thereof, to the Ufe of the t0 " be '^'ed. King's moft Excellent Majefty, and as to the other Moiety thereof, to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Per- fons as (hall fue for the fame within fix Months next after fuch Forfeiture fhall be incurred, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminjler, wherein no Eflbin, Privilege, Protection or Wager of Law (hall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance. XIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Action, Suit or Information fhall be commenced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons for any thing done in purfuance of this or either of the herein before recited Statutes, That in every fuch Cafe the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action, Suit or Information, may plead the General Iffue, and give this and the aforefaid Statutes, General Iffue. or either of them, and the fpecial Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon ; and if the Plaintiff or Profecutor fhall become nonfuit, or fhall difcontinue or forbear his or her Action or Profe- cution, or if a Verdict (hall pafs rgainft the Plaintiff or Profecutor, or Judgment fhall be given againft him or her, upon Demurrer or otherwife, the Defendant or Defendants may and (hall recover Full Cofts, for which he or they fhall have the like Remedy as Defendants have by Law in other Full Cods. Cafes of Cofts. XIV. Provided always, That no fuch Action, Suit or Information fhall be brought or exhibited, but Limitation of within the Space of fix Months next after the Matter or Thing done, for which the fame fhall be com- A flicns " menced, or exhibited, as aforefaid. ' XV. And whereas by the Laws now in being, the Perfon or Perfons robbed may be admitted, in e the Intereft he or (he may have in the Confequences of the faid Action, which is commonly very in-*- er to be brought againft any Hundred, on either of the aforefaid Statutes, any. Perfon inhabiting with- dence for the" in the faid Hundred or any Franchife thereof, fhall be admitted as a Witnefs for or on Behalf of the Hundred, faid Hundred, in the fame Manner as if he or fhe were not an Inhabitant thereof, but refided in any other Amended by Hundred whatfoever. 22 G». 2. c. 24. and 22 Ceo, 2 . CAP. XVIL '• * 6 ' An Act to indemnify Perfbn3 who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments within the Time limited by Law, and for allowing further Time for that Purpofe. E X P. CAP. XVIII. An Aft to continue fome Laws- therein mentioned, relating to the Encouragement of the ma> king of Sail Cloth in Great Britain, and for Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom. c TT7HEREAS the Laws herein after mentioned (which have by Experience been found ufeful and Preamble. 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 this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, in- ™ e ^'^ h tituled, An Att for the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain, which was to con- ft„ ,' c> jg. ' tinue in Force for feven Years, from the one and twentieth Day of fitly one thoufand feven hundred and S thirteen,
 * (hall be made and purfued, and in what Manner the fame (hall be, yet no particular Perfon or Perfons
 * Time to make their Efcape, and the Intention of the faid Statutes hath been thereby in great Meafure
 * any Action to be brought againft the Hundred, as a Witnefs, to prove the Robbery, and the Money,
 * . Goods or Effects, whereof he, (lie or they was or were robbed, and yet no Perfon inhabiting within
 * the faid Hundred can be admitted as a Witnefs for or on Behalf of the faid Hundred, by Reafon of
 * confiderable ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in any Action already brought ^ I^evu"
 * y V beneficial) are near expiring ;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and