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 584 C. 40. Anno decimo feptimo Georgii 11. A. D. 1744. Juftiees of Af- declared and enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Judge, Juftice or Juftiees at the Af- fizc, or Quarter- foes, or Juftiees of the Peace at the General Quarter-Sefilons to be holden for any County, City, Bo- OrKnces "clY-iT rou 6 n or Town Corporate, to hear, try and determine, by Indictment or otherwife, all or any the Crimes to the Stores '° S or Offences mentioned in the faid recited Acts ; and that the faid Judge, Juftice or juftiees of Aflize or &c. ' Juftiees of Peace as aforefaid, before whom fuch Offender or Offenders fhall be indicted, or tried and con- victed of all or any the Crimes or Offences in the faid recited Acts mentioned, may impofe any Fine, not exceeding the Sum of two hundred Pounds, on fuch Offender or Offenders ; one Moiety to be paid to his Majefty, and the other Moiety to the Informer ; and may mitigate the faid Penalty and Forfeitures in- rlidted by the faid recited Acts, or either of them, and to commit the Offender or Offenders fo convicted and fined, to the common Gaol of the County or Place where the Offence fhall be committed ; there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, until Payment be made of the Penalty and Forfeitures impofed by this or the faid former Acts, or mitigated as aforefaid ; or in lieu thereof, to punifli fuch Offender or Offenders in the Premiffes corporally, by caufing him, her or them to be publickly whipped, and com- mitted to fome Houfe of Correction, or publick Workhoufe, there to be kept to hard Labour for the Space of three Months, or lefs Time, as to fuch Judge, Juftice, or Juftiees of Affize, or Juftiees of the Peace, fhall in his or their Difcretion feem meet ; any thing in the faid recited Acts, or in any other Act to the contrary notwithftanding. Againft felling ' XI. And whereas divers Perfons have of late taken Cellars, Vaults or Warehoufes, within the Uni- Wine without « verfity of Oxford, and the Precincts thereof, in which they retail great Quantities of Wine, not havin" of?h n e C Univerri- r ' Licen . ce C rom the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor of the faid Umverfity, in Violation of the Rights of t i e3> " ' the faid Univerfity, and in Prejudice of his Majefty's Revenues : And whereas the like Offences may ' be committed within the Univerfity of Cambridge, and the Precincts thereof, by Perfons felling Wine ' by Retail not being duly licenfed by the faid Univerfity : And whereas the Acts of Parliament relating ' to Wine Licences do not extend to the faid Univerfities ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, no Per- fon or Perfons fhall fell Wine by Retail, within either of the faid Univerfities, or the Precincts of either of them, unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be duly licenfed or authorized fo to do, by the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor of the faid Univerfity of Oxford, and by the Chancellor, Matters and Scholars of the The Penalty. faid Univerfity of Cambridge refpeclively, upon Pain of forfeiting for every Offence the Sum of five Pounds ; Concerning Wine one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors ; and the other Moiety to the In- fa farther 18 former ; and that all Perfons offending againft this Act, fhall and may be profecuted and proceeded againft G 6g" C ' 9 " ^ or *^ e ^~ a ^ Forfeitures, in the Courts of the Chancellors or Vice Chancellors of the faid Univerfities re- -ocle'.i, c, 10 ' fpeclively, in a fummary Way, by fummoning the Party accufed to appear in the faid Courts refpeo %z Ceo, z, c'. 19! tively; and on Appearance, or Contempt of the Party accufed, by not appearing, being duly fummoned,' and Oath thereof made, fuch Courts may examine the Matter, and upon Confeffion of the Party accufed, or on the Oath of one credible Witnefs, or fuch Party's having offended againft this A<£t, fuch Courts respectively fhall and may give Sentence againft fuch Party, and ifi'ue their Warrant or Warrants for le- vying the faid Forfeitures, by Diltrefs and Sale of the Goods of the Party offending, rendering the Over- plus, if any, to the Party on whom fuch Diftrefs fhall be made; and for W ant of fuch Diltrefs, fhall and may commit fuch Offender or Offenders to the Houfe of Correction, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, for the Space of one Month ; and fuch Sentence or Sentences, fhall be, and are hereby de- clared to be taken and adjudged to be good, valid and effectual in the Law ; and that no Writ of Certio-i rari, or other Procefs fhall iffue or be iffuable to remove any fuch Sentence from the faid Courts of the faid Chancellors or Vice Chancellors refpeclively, or to remove any Order or other Proceedings made or taken by the faid Courts refpeclively, upon, touching or concerning any fuch Sentence, into any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminjlcr, until the Party or Parties againft whom fuch Sentence fhall be given, before the Allowance of fuch Writ of Certiorari, or other Procefs, fhall find two fufficient Sure- ties, to become bound to the Profecutor or Profecutors of fuch Offenders, in the Sum of fifty Pounds, with Condition to profecute the fame with Effect, within twelve Months, and to pay unto the Profe- cutor or Profecutors his or their full Cofts and Charges of the Removal of fuch Sentence, and the Pro- ceedings thereon, in cafe fuch Sentence fhall be affirmed ; any Law, Statute, Provifion or Ulage to the Contrary notwithftanding. This Aa not to XII. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not in any wife be con- affeft the Privi- ftrued to prejudice or confirm any of the Liberties, Privileges, Franchifes, Jurifdictions, Powers and leges of the Ma- Authorities appertaining or belonging to the Mayor, Bailiff's and Commonalty of the City of Oxford, or yor, &c. of Ox- t any of them, but that they, and every of them, and their Succeffors, may have, hold, ufe and enjoy '° ' all their Liberties, Privileges, Franchifes, Jurifdictions, Powers and Authorities, in fuch large and ample wife, as though this prefent Act had never been had or made. CAP. XLI. An Act for making more effectual feveral Acts paffed for repairing the Road leading from the Stones End in the Parifh of Saint Leonard, Shorcditch, in the County of Adiddlefex, to the furthermoft Part Part of the Northern Road in the Parifh of Endfield in the fame County, next to the Parifh of Cbejhunt in the County of Hertford ; and for amending the Road from the Watch-houfe in Edmonton to the 'Market Place in Endfield. P R. The former private Acts continued for 21 Years, CAP. XLII.
 * future ;' For the Remedying whereof, and for the explaining the Acts above mentioned, it is hereby