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 A- D. 1745. Anno decimo odavo Georgii II. C. 31. 63; and Robbers; and they being duly conviited, according to the f.iid Act, or according to an Act of the ' twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, therein reciKtj, Cbali have an fuch *8Jfen.S i ' Pains of Death, Lofs of Lands, Goods and Chattels, as Pirates, Felons, and Robbers upon the .' c ought to have and fuffer : And whereas, fin.ee the prcfent Wars with Fraua and Spaia, divers of ir. ' Majefty's natural born Subjects have entered in the Service of his Majefty's Enemies, on beard Pri {. tecrs, or other Ships, having Comniiflions from the Crowns ui : Frame or St> ii>i, and committed divers ' whereas Doubts have arifen, whether as fuch Offenders have, by fuch their Adherence to the K, ' Enemies, been guilty of High Trcafon, they can be deemed guilty of Felony, within the I at' i.t of the ? faid Aft, and, as fuch, liable to be tried by the laid Court of Admiralty appointed or to be ap'ppinte i ' by virtue of the faid Ad:' Therefore, to put an End to the faid Doubts, and to prevent the Inconvc- niencies that muft arife, by the Want of fpeedy Jufticc on fuch Offenders j May it pleafe your moft 1 cellent Majefty, that it may be. enacted ; And be it enacted by the King's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prcfent s, ,. « p ,_ Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all Perfons being natural born Subject ., ,' '. '',' or Denizens of his Majefty, who during the prefent or any future Wars, have committed, or fhall com- any v. :, ■ ,.■ mit any Hoftilities upon the Sea, or in any Haven, River, Creek, or Place, where the Admiral or Ad- micting H< mirals have Power, Authority or Jutifdietion ag.iinft his Majefty's Subjects, by Virtue or under Colour " ■.'', v of any Commiffion from any of his Majefty's Enemies, or have been, or fhall be any other ways adhe- ' rent, or giving Aid or Comfort to his Majefty's Enemies upon the Sea, or in any Haven, River, Creek, ^.Jrc the Ad-' or Place, where the Admiral or Admirals have Power, Authority or Jurifdiction, may be tried as Pi- mirals have rates, Felons and Robbers in the faid Court of Admiralty, on Ship-board, or upon the Land, in the fame Power, or t ,v .; Manner as Perfons guilty of Piracy, Felony and Robbery, are by the faid Act directed to be tried ; and Aid,&c wEne- fuch Perfons being upon fuch Trial convided thereof, fhall fuffer fuch Pains of Death, Lofs of Lands, ™"J* A S £' m?y Goods and Chattels, as any other Pirates, Felons and Robbers ought, by virtue of the faid recited Act p iratcs. of the eleventh Year of King William the Third, or any other Act, to fuffer. n w. 3. c. 7. II. Provided, and it is hereby declared and enacted, That any Perfon who fhall be tried and acquitted, not to be tried or convicted, according to this Act, for any of the faid Crimes, fhall not be liable to be indicted, pro- a 8 ain for llle fecuted, or tried again in Great Britain, or elfewhere, for the fame Crime or Fact as High Treafon. ^me Crime as III. Provided, That nothing in this Act contained fhall be conftrued to extend to prevent any Perfons '? '. ' ea on- guilty of any of the faid Crimes, who fhall not be tried according to this Act, from being tried for High ?™ 'j" s lh "° c Treafon within this Realm, according to the aforefaid Act of the twenty-eighth Year of King Henry the Aft, may be Eighth. tried for High CAP. XXXI. Treaion,by ^ An Aft for the more effectual recovering and collecting of certain Duties granted towards the Support of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich ; and to oblige Agents for Prizes to regifter their Letters of Attorney. ' TXT HERE AS by an Act made in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King Wil- 7 w. 3, c. 21. ' made in the eighth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Atl to enforce the Aft for the In- 8 w. 3. c 23. ' creafe and Encouragement of Seamen ; and alfo another Act made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her late 10 Ann. c. 17. ' Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aft for the better collecting and recovering the Duties granted for the i Ceo. 2. c. - Greenwich ; there was given and eftabliihed for the Support of the faid Royal Hofpital, a Duty of fix ' Pence per Menfem, payable by all Seamen ; and by the faid feveral A£ts, it was (among other Things) ' ferve or be employed by his Majefty, or by any other Perfon or Perfons -whatfoever, in any of his Ma- ' jefty's Ships, or in any Ship or Veflel belonging to any of the Subje£ts of Great Britain or Ireland, or ' Guernfey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, and every of them reflectively, and within all and every his Ma- ' jefty's Colonies, Iflands, and Dominions in America (other than and except fuch Perfons as in the faid ' Acts are excepted) which faid Duties fhould be paid by the Mafter, Commanders, and Owners of all ' and every fuch Ships and Veffels refpectively, who were authorized, impowered, and required to de- ' duct and detain the fame, out of the Wages, Shares, or other Profits payable or accruing to every Sea- ' if fuch Seaman or other Perfon (ball have, or be intitled to any fuch Wages, Shares or Profits : And ' whereas the Commiffioners for collecting the faid Duty, do find great Difficulty in colle£ting the fame '* from Privateers, or private Ships of War, having Letters of Marque^ and who neither clear Inward-s tually collected for the Ufes aforefaid, 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 fame, That every Officer or Seamen, or other Perfon whatfoever, that fhall ■'..•'* fcrfe .- 1
 * Hoftilities againft his Majefty's Subjects upon the Seas, ill the H'tyl India-, and other Parts : And
 * VV EIAM the Third, intituled, An Ail for the Increafe and Encouragement of Seamen ; and an Act
 * enacted, That the faid Duty fhould be paid by every Seaman, and other Perfon whatfoever, that fhoukl
 * ■ Dominions thereunto belonging, or to any of the Subjects of his Majefty, within the Iflands of Jerfey,
 * man, or other Perfon employed in any fuch Ship or Veffel, and liable to the Payment of the faid Duty,
 * or Outwards ;' For Remedy thereof, and to the Intent that the faid Duty may be more eafily and effec-