The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 1

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Page 537 - And be it further enacted, That if any action or suit shall be brought or commenced against any person or persons for...
Page 558 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years ; or to suffer such other punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 65 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 14 - ... to answer the said complaint, and to be further dealt with...
Page 347 - Realm, shall by Writing, Printing, Teaching, or advised Speaking deny any one of the Persons in the Holy Trinity to be God, or shall assert or maintain there are more Gods than one, or shall deny the Christian Religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine Authority...
Page 359 - ... and the charges of such distress and sale, are deducted, shall be returned, upon demand, unto the owner or owners of such goods and chattels...
Page 326 - Correction] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept ; and I do hereby command you the said keeper of the said [House of Correction...
Page 4 - Statutes made or to be made, the Person so counselling, procuring, or commanding, shall be deemed guilty of Felony, and may be indicted and convicted, either as an Accessory before the Fact to the principal Felony...
Page 9 - Years, and if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit) in addition to such Imprisonment, II.
Page 191 - CD ; and if, within the space of days next after the making of such, distress, the said last-mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods...

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