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But the statute of the 5th. & 6th of Edwd. the 6th. cap: 25th.
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requiring a formall certificate or conviction of the offence
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Return thereof and of the Recognizance to sessions and it
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being necessary upon the 3d. Car:1 Cap 3 (which is the most
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strict and would otherwise be the most effectuall Law) to
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make and Return these Convictions if the first and second are
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not sufficient all to be drawn up informe and oath to write
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the former the length of these Convictions (which on the
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last statute amounts to above Threescore Sheets of Paper
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writ Copy wise) and the Expence attending them, which no
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Person or Parish is obliged to disburse, in effect renders
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this method impracticable, and incourages the offenders
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to continue Selling Liquors without Licences, notwithstanding
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the Laws to the contrary
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But if the Persons, who are Convicted for selling Liquors
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by Retail without Licences were obliged to pay the
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reasonable costs of the prosecution, over and above the
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Penalties (which go either to the King or to the Poor)
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or if the Costs might be paid out of the penalties as far as
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the same would extend to be setled by the Court where
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such Convicting Justices or by the Convictions are returned,
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or in any other manner, that may be thought more proper
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If a shorter and less expensive forms-or method of
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Conviction could be contrived soe as to be effectuall And
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If the Constables and other Officers, whose duty it is to search
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disorderly Houses, were enabled under such Restrictions
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and Limitations as may be thought proper, to break open the
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Doors after Demand and Refusall of admittance or
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if proper penalties were laid on the House Keepers and on
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those who refuse to open then Doors to the Constables
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on demand and those penalties to be levyed in a Summonary
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method,
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We humbly conceive these Provisions would make the
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Present Laws more effectuall
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his Majesty's pious intensions communicated to us by
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your Lordship and tend in very great measure to the peace
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and quiet of this Town and Country, and to prevent the Increase
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of
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26o May 1721
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All which we humbly represent and submit to
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your Lordship
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