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 Sfutftas of ®aoI T>tlimp. %uttice8 of peace- 31ttftice0 of botlj OBcne&efc 1. Shall decide Pleas commenced before other Matter be arraigned, St. Weftm. i. $Ed.i. c. 46. 2. The Chancellor and Juftices of the King's Bench (hall follow the King, An. fuper Cart. 2% Ed. .ft. 3. c. 5. 3. The Judges Oath, 18 .Ed 1 . 3./. 4. 4. Of the Immunity of Judges from Profecutions, 3 1 £</. 3. ft. 4. r. 17. 5. The Duty of the Judges, 20 Ed. 3. r. 1 £°f 2. 8 #. 2. <-, 3. 9 i?. z. r. 1. 6. The Chief Juflice of the King's Bench not to be Juftice of Affife, except in the County of Lancafter, 1 3 H. 4. r. 2. 7. For Payment of the Judges Salaries, 10 H. 6. ft. 2. 8. The Court of King's Bench may remit Prifoners to be tried in the Country, 6 H. 8. c. 6. For other Matters, fee Clergy 21. CommtflB'OttS I . 3D£fcoit- tinuance of #?ocefs i . exceptions, Jfees, ^MS^ lUbertieiB, $t8 p?ius, Officers, 3!ttflfce0 lit Cpte- See Eyre. 3!uffice0 of dftaol Delioety. t. Juftices of Affife, if Laymen, mail deliver the Gaols, 27 JEV. 1.7?. i.e. 3. 2. The Juftices of Peace fhall deliver over their Indictments to the Juftices of Gaol-Delivery, 4 Ed. 3. c. 2. 3. Shall be fworn like as the other Judges, 20 Ed. 3. c. 3. 4. Two Men of the Law in each County fhall be in the Com- ■ million of Gaol-Delivery, 17 R. 2, c. io. 5. None but the King can make them, 27 H. 8. c. 24. § 2. 6. They (hall be attended by Bailiffs, &c. 27 H. 8. c. 24. § 7. 7. May give Judgment on Prifoners convifled before other Juftices, 1 Ed. 6. c. 7. § 5. 8. The granting a new Commiffion of Gaol- Delivery, or of the Peace, in a Town Corporate, fhall not avoid the former Com- miffion, 2fc?jP.fe'If,l8. 9. Juftices of Gaol-Delivery may aft; in their own Countries, 12 • Geo. 2. c. 27. 3Iufff«0 of ©per anti €erminei, Commiffions of Oyer and Terminer fhall be gran:ed only to the Juftices of either Bench and in Eyre, except for heinous I Trefpaft, 5/. Weftm. 2. 13 Ed. 1. c. 29. , Shall go Circuits to hear and determine Trefpaffes, St. Ragm. iricerti temp . I Vol. 188. . Oyers and Terminers fhall not be granted but for horrible Trefpaffes, 2 Ed. 3. r. 2. 34 Ed. 3. c . 1. . Juftices of Oyer and Terminer may direft Writs to a foreign County to take Felons, 5 Ed. 3. c. 11. . May try Treafons, Mifprifions of Treafon and Murder in any County, after the Council have examined into it, 33/7. 8. <-. 23. For other Matters, fee JEuftl'CCS of 3fffifc, 3!ufticeC Of dBaoUSDcltberE, juftices of $cace, 3ttffire0 of peace. Good Men fhall be affigned to keep the Peace in every Coun- ty, lEa'.^.'ft. 2. e. . ^.Ed.^.c.2. 34 Ed. 3. c. 1, Shall have Power to punifh Offenders againft the Statute of Witichefter, 2 Ed. 3. c, 6. Shall have Commiffion of Oyer and Terminer, iS Ed. 3.7?. z. c. 2. Their general Authority, 34 Ed. 3. c. 1. Juftices fhall inquire of Weights and Meafures, 54. Ed. 3. c. 5. There fhall be fix Juftices in every County bcfide the Juftices of Affile, and ibey fhall hold four Seffions in the Year, 36 Ed. 3. c. iz. iz R. 2. c. 10. Eight Juftices befile the Peers, 14.R. 2. r. 11. 2 H. 5. ft. 1. c. 4. 7. No Lord's Steward fhall be a Juftice of Peace, 1 2 R. 2. c. 10. 8. Shall be of the moft fufiicient Knights, Efquires and People of the Law, 13 R. 2, ft. 1. c. 7. 9. The Peers fhall not have Wages as Juftices of Peace, 14 R. 2. c. ti. 10. Juftices to put their Names to Eftreats, 14 R. z. e. n. 11. Juftices of the Quorum fhall be Refident in the County, and make their Seffions four Times a Year, 2 H. ;.y?. 1. c. 4. 12. Juftices fhall be Refident in the Counties, 2 H. $.ft. 2. c t, 13. Proceedings fhall not be difcontihued by a new Commiffion, 11 U, 6. c. 6. 14. At Liberty to hold but two Seffions in the Year in Middlefe*, 14 H. 6. r. 4. 15-. Shall have Lands of 20/. a Year, 18 H. 6. c. 11. 16. Not to extend to Cities, Towns, tsV. incorporate, 18 11. 6. c. 11. § 2. 17. Juftices to award Procefs on Indiftments in the Turn, 1 Ed. 4. C.2. 18. May bail Perfons arrefted on Sufpicion, and enquire of Efcapes, 1 R. 3. c. 3. 19. Goods not to be feifed on fufpicion, ibid. 20. Shall certify Recognizances for keeping the Peace at the next Seffions, 3 H. 7. c. 1, 21. Shall four Times in the Year make the Proclamation to keep the Laws, 4 i/. 7. c. 12. 22. Shall hold their Seffions in the ufual Places, 27 H. 8. c. 24. § 17-' 23. Shall divide themfelves into Hundreds to inquire of Vagrants, cifr. 33 F. 8. r. io. 37 H. 8. r. 7. 24. A Sheriff fhall not be a Juftice or Peace during the Time that he is Sheriff, 1 M.ft. 2. e. S. 25. The Juftice who commits a Felon fhall take the Examination of the Prifoner, and the Informations of the Witneffes, and bind Witneffes to appear, 1 & 2 P. (J M. c. 1 3. § 4. 2^3 P.& M. c. 10. 26. Juftices of Peace and their Officers to plead the General IfTue, and have double Cofts, 7 J a. I. c. 5, 21 Ja. i.e. 12. 27. Aftions againft Juftices of Peace and their Officers and Churchwardens, cifr. fhall belaid in the proper County, 21 Ja. 1. c. 12. 28. Juftices refiding in Cities and Corporations may aft for the County, 9 Geo. I. c. 7. § 3. 29. Shall have Lands of 100/. a Year, 5 Geo. 2. c. 18. 18 G:o. 2. c. 20. 30. Attornies and Proftors not to be Juftices, 5 Gee. 2. c. iS. § 2. - ■ 31. Not to incapacitate any Peer or Perfon qualified to ferve for Knight of the Shire, 5 Geo. 2. c. 18. § 5. 18 Go. 2'. c'. 2cu § «3- 32. Saving of the Rights of the Univerfities, 5 Geo. 2, c. 18. §,7. 18 Geo. 2. c. 20. § 15. 33. Quarter-Seffions on Appeal to amend Defefts in Form, j Geo. 2. c. 10. 34. The Aft 5 Geo. 2. c. 18. not to extend to deprive Vicechan- cellor, ciff. of Cambridge from being Juftices, 7 Geo. 2,-c. 10. 3;. Juftices of a Liberty may commit to theHoufe of Correction of the County, 15 Go. 2. c. 24. 36. Power given the Juftices to aft in Matters relating to their own Parifhefi, 16 Gee, 2. c. 18. 37. What Qualifications are requifite for Juftices of a County, iS Geo. 2. c. zo. 38. May indorfe Warrants againft Perfons that have efcaped into their Jurifdiftion, 23 Geo. 2. c. 26, § II. 24 G 0. 2. c. 55. 39. A Month's Notice to be given of an intended Aftion againft a Juftice of Peace, zGeo. 2. c. . 30 Go. 2. c. 24. § 23. 40. A Juftice of Peace may tender Amends in Bar of an Aftion, 24 Geo. 2. c. 4;. § 2. N 2 41. May