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 §4 C. 52. Anno viceiimo Georgii II. A. D. 1747. any Commiffioners of Oyer and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, Juftices of Affize, or Juflices of the Peace, and on the faid laft D.iy of Kqfur Term depending and remaining to be profeciited, on which no Out!a',vry, Verdicl, Conviction, Judgment or Decree {hall, on the fifteenth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, be had or obtained, and which have been profecnted at the Charge of any private Perfon or Perfons, unlefs the Defendant or Defendants, in fuch Profecution or Profecutions, fliall pay to fuch pri- Jte Profecutor or Profecutors, his or their Executors or Adminiftrators, fuch Cofts as the Court, where or before whom fuch Profecution fliall be, Ihall award to be paid to fuch private Profecutor or Profecutors ia refpecl of the Charges of fuch Profecution. Fiionles, Coa- XXVII. And alfo excepted all Felonies, Contempts and Mifdemeanors had, committed or done, con- tiiipts, and trary to -any Act of Parliament (other than ufing, or caufing to be ufed, any Craft, Myflery or Occupa- Miiiemsjiiors. fion, by any Perfon or Perfons not brought up therein feven Years as an Apprentice) or contrary to the Laws of this Realm, for which any Perfon hath been, or fhall be fo far proiecuted, that on or before the laft Day of Trinity Term one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, any Verdift hath been, or fhall be obtained upon fuch Profecution, or any Outlawry, Conviftion, Judgment by Default, or other Judgment, Sentence or Decree, had, given or entered in any of his Majefty's Courts, or before any Commiffioners of I11.3 Majeffy, or any of his Royal Predeceffors, within this Realm of Great Britain, or by the Commiffioners- of his Majefly, or any of his Royal Predeceffors, for the Management of the Receipt of Excife, or other Duties under tlieir Management, or by Juftices of the Peace. XXVIIl. And alfo excepted out of this Pardon, all Offences and Mifdemeanors againft an Aci: of Parlia- oGea, 2. c. 35, ment made in the ninth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled. An ASi for indemnifying Perfons ivhohave been guilty of Offetices againjl the Laws made for fecuring the Revenues of Cujioms and Excife ; and for enforcing j!_«Cso. I, c. 34, thnjc Lavjs for the future ; And an A6t of Parliament made in the nineteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled. An ASi for the further Punijlmient of Perfons going armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cufloms or Excife, and for indemnifying Offenders againfl thofe Laws, upon the Terms in this A£i mentioned ; and for the Relief of Officers of the Cujioms in Informations upon Seizures ; and all Convictions and Attainders by virtuethereof, or againft any other A£ts of Parliament made for the paying or fecuring his Majefty's Reve- and other Afts nygg of Land-tax, Cuftoms, Excife, Inland Duties, or of the Poft-ofnce, Stamp Duties, Window and ^1- iscunng the Houfe-tax, or other Duties, or for the preventing the Exportation of Wool, or the unlawful Importation, Landing, Re-landing, or Exportation of any Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, or for punifhing or brino-- ing to Juftice Offenders againft the Laws relating to the Revenues of Cuftoms and Excife, and the Exporta- tion of Wool. Reb Is who XXIX. Provided alfo, That if any Perfon fhall have committed High Treafon, in levying War againft were polTeffed his Majefty, in the Rebellion which began in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty- of any Civil ^^g^ within this Realm, who, at the Time of fuch Treafon committed, or fince, was pofleffed of, or in- &"''fo7Li°fe^* titled to any Civil Office for Life, or for any Eftate of Inheritance within this Realm granted by his Ma- aDd (ball claim j^fty, or any of his Predeceffors, or claimed by or under fuch Grant, or to any Office, Place or Employ- the fame. ment of and in any City, Borough or Town Corporate within this Realm, and fhall claim to have and en- joy fuch Office, Place or Employment, it fhall and may be lawful to proceed in due Form of Law againft fuch Perfon for the faid High Treafon, as if this A£t had not been made. Perfons of the XXX. Excepted alfo out of this Pardon, all and every Perfon and Perfons of the Name and Clan of Ala c- Name and Clan Qyegour, mentioned and intended in and by an AcSt of Parliament made in Scotland, in the firft Parliament of M' Gr.-gour. pf the late King Charles the Firft, intituled, Anent the Clan Gregowr, whatever Name or Defignation he or they may have, or do aflhme, or commonly pafs under. Offences con- XXXI. And alfo excepted out of this Pardon, all Offences concerning any common Highways or Bridges, eernuig the ^nd all Informations, Indidtments, and other Proceedings thereon, and all Iffues returned upon anv Procefs H,6hwajs.&c. concerning the fame. _ _ _ . imbezilling XXXIl. And alfo excepted all Offences in taking away, imbezilling or purloining any of the Goods, Stores. Monies, Chatties, Jewels, Armour, Munition, Stores, Naval Provifions, Shipping, Ordnance, and other Habiliments of War belonging to the Crown. Forfeitures by XXXIII. And alfo excepted all Conditions and Covenants, and all Penalties, Titles, and Forfeitures of Covenant, &c. Conditions or Covenants, accrued or grown to his Majefty, by reafon of the Breach or Non-performance of any Covenant or Condition whatfoever. OOences, &c. XXXIV. And alfo excepted but of this A£t of Pardon, all OfFences, Miftschaviours, Mifdemeanors, or 'h?'^"'^ Omiffions committed, fuffered or done by any Officer of the Exchequer or Revenue, in or concerning t c • evenue, ^^^ Execution of his Office, or by Colour thereof, and all Forfeitures, Difabilities, Incapacities and Pe- nalties whatfoever, to which any fuch Officer is or may be liable by reafon of fuch Offences, Mifbeha- viours, Mifdemeanors or Omiflions, and all Suits, Proceedings and Profecutions, had or to be had for or by reafon thereof. i>y AfTufTors nnd XXXV. And alfo excepted out of this A£t of Pardon, all wilful Offences, Mlfbehaviours or Mifde- Colieaorsof rneanors, or Omiffions committed, fuffered or done by any Affellbr or All'effors, Colieiflor or Collectors of ''^°^" any Aids or Taxes, granted by any Aft or A£ts of Parliament, in or concerning the Execution of their Offices, or by Colour thereof, and all Suits, Proceedings, and Profecutions, had or to be had for or by reafon thereof. Qnare iropedit. XXXVI. And alfo excepted all Titles, Suits, and Actions of ^uare Impedit. inreft. Simony, XXXVII. And alfo excepted all Offences of Inceft, Simony, or Dilapidations, and all Proceedings and Dilapidations. Sentences thereupon. rirft-Troits and XXXVIII. And alfo excepted out of this Pardon all Firft-fruits and Tenths, Penfions, Procurations Tenths. Synodals, and other Payments out of any Ecclefia.ftical Piomotion or Benefice, and Arrears of the fame. Cuaom and XXXIX. And alfo excepted out of this Pardon, all and every the Sums of Money and Duties, accruinr £xore,&c. or arifing by or from any Cuftoms or Subfidies, Excife, Impofition upon Wine or othecr Liquors, or Com- modities,