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 A.D. 1750. Anno vicefimo tertio Georgii II. C. 26. 255 ' at JViJlminflc;-, between Party and Party, than are taken on fuch Records iffuing out of any other Court, Fees upon Niil ' is a CJrievance to the Subject ;' Beit enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the tv/enty- Pnus Records fourth Day of 'June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, no Officer or other Perfon whatfoever ftiall de-'''"'"? o"' of mand, take or receive any greater or other Fees upon fuch Records, ilTuing out of the faid Office, than are toT^^^J"',^ '"'"''* taken upon Records in Caufes of the like Nature, iffuing out of the Courts of Kings Bench and Common ^j ;„ oiher . Pleas at JVcftmhifter. Courts. ' XI. And whereas it frequently happens that Perfons againft whom Warrants are granted by the Jufti- ' ces of the Peace, for the fevera! Counties within this Kingdom, efcape into other Counties or Places out ' of the JurifdiiStion of the Juitices of the Peace granting fuch Warrants, and thereby avoid being puniflied '■ for the Offences wherewith they are charged :' For Remedy whereof. Be it ena£ted by the Authority afore- faid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day^of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, in cafe any l";^" Oflenc'er Perfon againft whom a legal Warrant fhajl be iffued, by any Jufl:ice or Juftices of the Peace for any County, f^-^ffj,-"^" °^ ^)'^ Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place within this Kingdom, {hall efcape or go into t^nj other th^e'j'u'[^l|.°"^".ig County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place out of the Jurifdi£lion of the Juftice or Jufliicesiffucd his War- granting fuch Warrant as aforefaid, it fliall and may be lawful for any Juftice of the Peace of the County, "nt. Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place to which fuch Perfon fhall have gone or efcaped, to in- -4*^'^-.^-'^-5i- dorfe fuch Warrant, upon Application made to him for that Purpofe, and to caufe the Perfon againft whom 'vhere he" lall the fame fhall have been iffued, to be apprehended and fent to the Juftice or Juftices who granted fuch have efc;iped. Warrant, or to fome other Juftice or Juftices of the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or may inJorfe the Place, from whence fuch Perfon fhall have gone or efcaped, to the end that he or (he may be dealt with ac- Warrant, &c. cording to Law; any Law or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. ' XIL And whereas by an AcS of Parliament paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles u Car. i. c, 24. ' the Second, (intituled, Jn ASl for taking atvay the Court of IVards and Liveries^ and Tenures in Capite, andh' 2'2- ' by Knights Serviee, and Purveyance, and for fettling a Revenue iipon his Majefy in lieu thereof ) it was en- ' a£led. That the Office of Excife in all Places where it fhall be appointed, fiiall be kept open from eight of ' the Clock in the Morning till twelve of the Clock at Noon, and from two of the Clock in the Afternoon ' till five of the Clock in the Afternoon, for the due Execution and Performance of all and every theJVIat- ' ters and Things in the faid Aft appointed and required : And whereas the Limitations and Reftriftions of ' Time in the faid A£t mentioned, for tranfacting the Bufinefs in the faid Office, have been found very in-rp, j. .. „, ' convenient, and attended with extraordinary Expences to the feveral Pcrlbns who are charged witii the ,-,,-2 t^'fj^jt^'" ' Payment of the Duties, relating to the Revenues under the Management of the Commiffioners of Excife :' open from S Therefore for the future. Be it furtlier enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Claufe herein be- 0' Clock till 2. fore recited fliall, from and after the tenth Day of^rt'v one thoufand feven hundred and fifty; and the fame ■^■'^/'"■'•"^f "'" is hereby ena(fted and declared to be from thenceforth repealed ; and that the faid Office fhall, from and after "'^q^^ Excife,^ the faid tenth Day of Alay one thoufand itvan hundred and fifty, be kept open from eight of the Clock in 35 cwiz.' I' 9. the Morning, till two of the Clock in the Afternoon, and no longer. . i Ga>. 3. c. 7. ' XIIL And whereas great Quantities of Tiu'nips have of late Years been ftolen and taken away by idle ' and ill-difpofed Perfons, from the Grounds of feveral Farmers, and others growing Turnips, to the great ' Lofs and Damage of the Owners of the faid Turnips ;' For Remedy whereof, Be it further enafced by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fliall, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of "//mt' Penalty on Ter- one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, ftcal and take away, or malicioufly pull up and deftroy any Turnips, '"""^ dealing or ^ growing or being in any Lands or Grounds belonging to any Perfon or Perfons, and fliall be thereof coji- ''f'*f°)'"'S. rur- ' viftcd before any one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the County, Town or Place, where »ie prfvite'crm^'d". faid Oflence fliall be committed, either by Confeffion of the Party offending, or by the Oath of one or more Perfon or Perfons (and which Oath fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby authorized and impower- cd to adminiftcr) every Perfon fo offending, and being convicted of fuch Offence, in Manner herein before- mentioned, fhall, for the firft Oftence, give and pay to the Owner or Owners of the Turn'ps fo ftolen, pulled up or deftroyed, fuch Satisfaction for his or their Damage thereby fuftained, and within fuch Time, as the faid Juftice or Juftices fliall appoint ; and fhall over and above pay dov.'n upon fuch Conviftion, unto the Overfecrs of the Poor of the Parilh where the Oftence or Offences was or were committed, for the Ufeof the faid Poor, fuch Sum of Money not exceeding ten Shillings, as to the faid Juftice or Juftices fliall feem meet ; and if any fiich Offender or Offenders fliall not make Aich Recnmpence or Satisfection to the faid O-.vner or Owners, and alfo pay fuch Sum to the Ufa of the Poor, in Manner and Form aforefaid, then the faid Juftice or Juftices fliall and may commit the faid Offender or Offenders to the Houfe of Cor- xaSion, for any Space not exceeding one Month, or fhall and may order fuch Offender or Offenders to be . 'W^hipped by the Conftable, as to the faid Juftice or Juftices fliall feem meet; and if any fuch Perfon or Per- I. fonsfliall again commit the like Offence, and be thereof convicSed as aforefaid, then he, flie or they, h of- . rcftion for three Months. XIV. Provided always. That no Perfon or Perfons fiial] be profecuted for any fuch Offence of ftealing, aimitafon of ' XV. And whereas by an A&l of Parliament made and paffed iri. the fecond Year of the Reign of his a Ge®. z. c. zj, ' prefcnt Majefty, (intituled, jin J:1 for the Idler Rtgulatlm of Attornies and Solicitors) it was cnadted, ^ 2°- ' fiiould be fworn, admitted and iiirolled to be an Attorney in any of his Majcfty's Courts of King's Bench, /^ ^°^ te,^-c. Common Picas, Exchequer., Counties Palatine of Chfer, LaKccfcr, and Durham, and Great Semons in * -'■'''-' Wales, as is therein dire£ted, might be fworn, admitted and inroljed to be a Solicirotin all or any of the Courts of Eqjity, in the faid A(5i fp.cclfied, v/ithoutany Fee for the Oath, or any Stamp to be impreffed ' of
 * .fending the fecorid Time, and being thereof convicted as aforefaid, fliall be committed to the Houfe of Cor-
 * pulling up, or deftroying of Turnips, unlefs fuch Profecution be begun v>fithin thirty Days after the Of- *° ^'°'"'^^'^'"
 * fence committed.
 * That from and after the firft Day of i).-«OTit7- one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, any Perfon who {'^^'^'f*"'"''
 * on the Paichmcnt, whereon fuch Admiffion fliould le writtn, if the Mafter of the Rolls, two Mafteis