A. D. 1756. Anno vicefiiho nono Georgii 11. C. 30. 703 hended conveying any fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bel!-metal or Solder, fhall not produce the Party or Parties from whom he, the or they bought or received the fame, or fome other credible Wit- nefs to depofe upon Oath the Sale or Delivery of the faid Lead, Lon, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder (which Oath any fuch Juftices are hereby impowered to adminifter) or (hall not give an Ac- and not ac- count, to the Satisfadtion of any two or more of fuch Jurtices, how he, Ihe or they came by the counting fatif- fame, that then the faid Perfon or Perfons fo apprehended fhali be deemed and adjudged guilty of a ed^eility tf a ' Mifdemeanor. ,_ Mifdemeanor. IV. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Perfon or Perfons fhall be con- {„ ^i,;^^ ^afes vided of either of the Mifdemeanors aforefaid, it (hall and may be lawful for any two or more of fuch the Materials to Juftices to caufe fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder to be depofited in the Hands ^<=. depofited of the Churchwardens or Overfeers of the Poor of the Place where fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, churdnvar- Bell-metal or Solder were found, or in any other convenient Place, for any Time not exceeding thirty dens, &c. Days; and in the mean Time to order the faid Churchwardens a.id Overfeers of the Poor, or one of ^^j publicly them, in all and eve;ry of the Parilhes within the Bills of Mortality, to infert an Advertifement in fome Notice by Ad- publick Paper, and in every other Parifli or Place to caufe Notice to be given by fome publick Cryer, veitifcment and and by fixing on the Church or Chapel Door Notice defcribing fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell- gWen"^ '° " metal or Solder, and where the fame fliall be fo depofited, to the End that Perfons having lolt fuch ' Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder may come and claim the fame, or any reputable Per- fon on their Behalf; and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons can prove their Property to the faid Lead, ^^^ ^^ Owner, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, upon Oath, to the Satisfadion of any two or more of fuch ^^"^'"f^'^jo h ™g Juftices of the Peace for fuch County, City, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place, that then fuch Ju- them,' ftices fliall order Reftitution of fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder to the Owner or Owners thereof, after paying the reafonable Charges of removing, depofiting and giving publick Notice of the fame; and if at the End of the faid thirty Days no Perfon or Perfons (hall come and prove his, her or their Property, nor any reputable Perfon on his or their Behalf, to fuch Lead, Iron, othcrwife they Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, the fame to be (old for the beft Price that can realbnably be had; anVt° '*/".' and after dedudling the Charges as aforefaid, one Moiety of the Money arifing from fuch Sale to be dividcd^bctwccn given to the Perfon or Perfons who (hall apprehend the Party or Parnes guilty of the Mifdemeanors tl>e Officer and afore-mentioned, or either of them; and the other Moiety thereof to the Poor of the Parifh where fuch °'" Offence fhall be committed (if it is known where) or elfe where fuch Convi<flions (liall be made. V. And be it further enacfted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon to whom any Lead, Iron, Perfon to whom Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder (liall be brought and offered to be fold, pawned or delivered, (hall any /jjch Mate- and is hereby impowered and required (there being reafonable Caufe to fufpedf that fuch Lead, Iron, brought, to^be Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder was ftolen or unlawfully come by) to apprehend, fecure and carry fold or pawned. before a Juftice of the Peace for the County, Citjr, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place where the fame "^^^jQ^fx^' (hall be fo brought or offered (having it in his or her Power fo to do) the Perfon or Perfons fo bring- fnd «rry ^the" ing or offering the fame, together with fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder; and Party before a fuch Perfon or Perfons fo apprehended (hall be dealt with, and fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell- J"ft'ce. &o. metal or Solder fliall be depofited and difpofed of, in the fame Manner as if he, (he or they had been apprehended by the Conftable, Headborough, Tythingman, Beadle or Watchman as aforelaid; and if otherwife, upon. it (hall appear upon the Oath of any Perfon, notwithftanding fuch Perfon or Perfons was or were con- reTfoliabieCaufe cerned in the dealing the fame, if corroborated with other credible Circumftances, to the Satisfaction of of Sufpicion, he two or more Juftices of the Peace for the County, City, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place where the '^K">' °'" ^ fame (hall be fo brought or offered as aforefaid, that there was reafonable Caufe to fufpeft fuch Lead, '"'f°«'"eanor. Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder was ftolen or unlawfully come by, and that the Perlbn or Perfons to whom fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder was fo brought or offered, did not (having it in his, her or their Power fo to do) apprehend, fecure and carry before a Juftice of the Peace as aforefaid, the Perfon or Perfons who fo brought or offered the fame, that then the Perfon or Perfons convlft- Pcrfons to whom fuch Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder was fo brought or offered (hall meanor'^in'^hav be deeined and adjudged guilty of a Mifdemeanor. ing in their Pof- VI. And be it further enafled. That every Perfon deemed and adjudged guilty of a Mifdemeanor, "^ffion any of the in having in his, her or their Pofleffion any Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder,, fufpedted ^l ^d'n"t'a'c- to be ftolen or unlawfully come by, and not producing the Party or Parties of whom he, fhe or they counting fatif- bought or received the fame, nor giving a fatisfaifory Account how he, ftie or they came by the fame, (^^orUy for or in having, carrying or conveying of Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal and Solder fufpe6ted to to forfeit 'for the be ftolen or unlawfully come by, and not producing the Party or Parties from whom he, flie or they firiioifence 40s. bought or received the fame, nor any credible Witnefs to depofe upon Oath the Sale or Delivery f'"' the fecond thereof, nor giving a fatisfadory Account how he, fhe or they came by the fame (as the Cafe fhall be) Iubfe"quen"6n'if (hall, for every fuch Mifdemeanor, forfeit for the firft Offence the Sum of forty Shillings, and for the 6 1. and being fecond Offence the Sum of four Pounds, and for every fubfequent Offence the Sum of fix Pounds; guilty of a Mif- and that every Perfon deemed and adjudged guilty of the Mifdemeanor of neglefting to apprehend, fe- nouSryi'iigfuf- cure and carry before a Juftice of the Peace, the Perfon or Perfons (liaving it in his, her or their Power pefttd Perions fo to do) who brought or offered to fell, pawn or deliver any Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal ^'^'^^'^^^f^Jf'*^'^' or Solder (as the Cafe ihall be) fufpeded to be ftolen or unlawfully come by, (hall, for every fuch Mif- the fira Offence demeanor, forfeit for the firft Offence the Sum of twenty Shillings, and for the fecond Offence the Sum 20s. for the fe. ~ i for every fubfequent Offence the Sum of four Pounds; all which laid refpecifive ^""'l 403 and v^x, Ko }^„^A U„ n;r!-,-o1, n.^rl QoU r>f the Clr^nAc onrl f^hattpU nf pvfvv fiirh Of- '0^ every luo- of forty Shillings, and Forfeitures Ihall and may be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of every fuch Of- fcquent'V'"' fender (rendering to him or her the Overplus, after Charges of the faid Diftrefs and Sale deducted) by Fcifsitures how Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two or more of fuch Juftices, before whom fuch Olfender "pf;.'"'*'^ """^ 3 was ^
