A. D. 1692. Anno quarto Gulielmi & Mari^. C.8. ^ij . VJII. Provided always, That this Aft, nor any Thing therein contained, fhall extend to exclude anyChccftmcingers, Cheefcmonger or Cheefcmongers, free of the City of London, from fending his and their own pio])er Vef-*'^- "]>y '^'^^ {els for his and their own proper and rtfpeftive Goods ; but that it fliall and may be lawful to and for'^^^.^yl.p'^ll^ j jiuch Perfon and Perfons to fend his and their own proper Veffels, or fuch other Veflcls as he or they fhall ' " j 'hire and fend from London to freight by Charter-party for his and their own refpeftive proper Goods, and I ito and for the Warehoufe-keeper at fuch Ports where fuch Veflels Ihall be fent, to fhip the aforcfaid Goods '. ion board, and to and for fuch Mafters of fuch Veffels, and their Servants, to receive the fame, as he, they, or any of them, could or might have done before the making of this Aft. i IX. Provided, That nothing in this Aft contained fhall extend or be conllrued to extend to any Ware- Warehouft', 1 houfe which now is, or herealter fhall be, within the Counties of Chejier or Lancajler, or within the Coun- ^'^" '" ^'^^" ^
- ty"of the City' of Chefter, nor to any Veffel or Boat at any Time belonging to, or that fnall come into, ^"^^j""' "' j
1 any of the Ports or Havens of any of the faid Counties. j I X. Provided always. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall think him or themfelves aggrieved by the De- Appeal lies fiom , ! tprmination of any Juftice of the Peace, who fhall at any Time aft in purfuance of the flowers to him given J"'^"^*^ " ^'^ 1 ■ by this Aft, it fhall and may be lawful to and for fuch Perfon or Perfons to appeal to the next General (,""1' givciTfwr i! i Quarter-Seffions of the Peace to be held for the County, Riding, City, or Town-corporate, where thecoiis, ! f.iid Offence fhall be committed, the Determination of which Julfices fhall be final and conclufive to all ^ ("Parties ; "the Perfon fo appealing firft giving to the Party accufed a Bond of the Penalty of twenty Pounds, j j with one or more fufficient Sureties to the Liking of the faid Juftice of Peace from whom the faid Appeal ' '• I fhall be fo made, to pay fuch Coils to the faid Party accufed, as the faid Court of Quarter-Seffions Ihall .. ] ) allow, in cafe the Appellant be not relieved upon his faid Appeal ; the faid Cofts to be fo paid within one Sic s G«. 1. c , JMontn after the hearing and determining the faid Appeal. *?• . ; CAP. VIII. , An A<fl for encouraging the apprehending of Highwaymen. ' IX/HEREAS the Highways and Roads within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of IFuhs, ! '^•*, W ' have b;en of late I'ime more infefted with Thieves and Robbers than formerly, for want of due ,'
- 'and'fuflicient Encouragement given, and Means ufed, for the Difcovery and Apprehenfion of fuch Of-
' fenders, whereby fo many Mui'ders and Robberies have been committed, that it is become dangerous in i
many Parts of the Nation for Travellers to pafs on their lawful Occafions, to the great Difhonour of the '
- Laws of this Realm, and the Government thereof:' For remedy whereof,
,, II. Be it enafted by the King's and Queen's moff Excellent Majeflies, by and with the Advice and Con- '^'■"'•'"-^ "" fehtof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and hy the.™ 'j'^^p.^'i^^ Authority of the fame. That from and after the five. and twentieth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred 'va^^mali. ' ' *' - i ninety and three, all and every Perfon and Perfons, who fhall apprehend and take one or more fuch ' ^
- Thieves or Robbers, and profecute him or them lb apprehended and taken, until he or they be conviftedofE""'"^ '"^
any Robbery committed in or upon any Highway, Paffage, Field, or open Place,' fliall have ajid receive !^"l'"V." "
- from the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the County where fuch Robbery and Conviftion Ihall be made and done, ^g^o"'!. c. 1,.
i without paying any Fee for the fame, for every fuch Offender fo convicted the Sum of forty Pounds, with- §. s. " ' ' . in one Month after fuch Conviftion and Dernand thereof made, by tendring a Certificate to the laid Sheriff j ' or Sheriffs under the Hand or Hands of the Judge or Juflices before whom fuch Felon or Felons fliall be . ■ ' '. convifted, certifying the Conviftion of fuch Felon or Felons for a Robbery done within the Co nty of j ' the faid Sheriff or Sheriffsj and alio that fuch Felon or Felons was or were takeji by the Perfon or Per-ons - { j claiming the faid Reward ; and in cafe any Difpute fha'l happen to arife between the Perfons fo apprehen- , •■ ding any of the faid Thieves and Robbers touchmg their Right and Title to the faid Reward, that then the ' ! i faid Judge or Juftices, fo refpeftively certifying as aforeiaid, fhall in and by their faid Certificate direft . ,
- appoint the faid Reward to be paid unto and amonglt the Parties claiming the fame, in fuch Share and j
! Proportions as to the faid Judge or Juflices fhall feem juft and reafonable. And if it fhall happen any fuch ■ • ' j Sheriff or Sheriffs fliall die, or be removed before the Expiration of one Month after fuch Conviftion and . j
- Demand made of the faid Reward (not being paid as aforefaid) that then the next fucceeding Sheriff or She- • - ■ ■;
I riffs of the faid County fhall pay the fame v.'ithin_ one Month after Dernand and Certificate brought as j
aforefaid : And if Default of Payment of the faid Sum or Sums of Money fhall happen to be made by
j any Sheriff" or Sheriffs, fuch Sheriff or Sheriffs fo making Default fliall forfeit to the Perfon or Perfons, to I j whom fuch Money is due as aforefaid, double the Sum or Sums of Money he ought to have paid, to be . . i , recovered by him or them, or his or their Executors or Adminiflrators, in any of their Majefties Courts ofiTcw to be rr- ^ i Kecord at ^Vejtmhijhr , by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein but orte Imparlance, ^""=J' i
aodnoEflbin, Proteftion, or 'Wager of Law fhall be allowed, with treble Coft.s of Suit by him or them "I
expended in the Recovery of the fame. .ill. And be it further enafted, That in cafe any Perfon.or Perfons . fhaU happen to be killed by any i fuch clobber or Robbers, endeavouring to apprehend or in making Purfuit after- him or them, that then , '„■ i , t(ie Executors or Adminiilrators, or fuch Perlon or Perfons to whom the Right of Adminiftratipn of the ^,p'^^",y''^f:' •, i , Rcrfonal Eftate of each Perlon fo killed Ihall belong (upon Certificate delivered under the Hands -and Seals m^^1 th'-'" ! of ihe Judge- or Juflices qi Affize for the County where the Faft was done, or the two ne.t Juftices of Reward. 'l
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