1612
ANNO REGNI VICESIMO QUINTO Cap. 78.
tles, Tubs, Household Goods, or Harness whatsoever,
from going about and carrying with him or them proper
Materials for mending the same.
How Penalties
above 20l. are
to be recover-
ed and appro-
priated.
XVI. And be it further enacted, That all pecuniary
Penalties, which shall be incurred under this Act, of a
greater Sum than Twenty Pounds, shall be recovered,
together with Costs of Suit, in any of His Majesty's
Courts of Record at Westminster
, by Action of Debt,
Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Pro-
tection, Privilege, or Wager of Law, or more than One
Imparlance, shall be allowed; and One Moiety of every
such Penalty or Forfeiture shall belong to His Majesty,
His Heirs and Successors, and the other Moiety thereof
to the Person or Persons who shall inform or sue for the
same.
How Penalties
under 20l. are
to be recover-
ed and appro-
priated.
XVII. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases
where the pecuniary Penalty by this Act imposed doth
not exceed the Sum of Twenty Pounds, it shall be reco-
verable before One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
of the County, Riding, Shire, Division, City, Liberty,
Town, or Place wherein the Offence shall be committed,
on Proof of the Offence, either by voluntary Confes-
sion of the Party or Parties accused, or by the Oath of
One or more credible Witness or Witnesses; and One
Moiety of every such last mentioned Penalty shall belong
to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and the other
Moiety to the Informer or Informers prosecuting for the
same; and in case of Nonpayment shall be levied by Dis-
tress and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by
Warrant under the Hand and Seal of such Justice; and
the Overplus of the Money raised, after deducting the
Penalty, and the Expences of the Distress and Sale, shall
be rendered to the Owner, and for Want of sufficient
Distress, the Offender shall be sent by such Justice to the
Prison of such County, Shire, Division, City, Liberty,
Town, or Place, for such Time, not exceeding Sir Months,
nor less than One Month, as such Justice shall think most
proper.
Persons ag-
grieved may
appeal to the
Quarter Ses-
sions.
XVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person
or Persons shall find himself or themselves aggrieved by
the
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