5. s. Murtherers and Felons to be Imprisoned in the Said Common Goals and
not elsewhere and Sherif to have the Keeping and allowed in his Account for repairs
after once made.

6. S. Provided that this Act be not hurtfull or Prejudicial to any Person
or Persons having any Common Goal by Inhelitance for Term of lift or for
years but that they Shall have and Enjoy their Said Goals and the Profits Fees
and Commodities of the Same as they had a Right before this Act

This Act Seems to treat only of Prisons for Criminals

Lord Cokes Observations on the Foregoing Staff. In his Exposition of the Statue
22d. Ken 8 Concerning Bridges See the Staff 23d. H 8. Cap 2d Concerning the
new Erecting of Goals which cannot be done without Act of Parliament that Act had
little Effect for that the Justices of Peace did little or nothing within the time to
them Prescribed Yet reade it for it hath divers good Provisions in it Etc

Vid 11 & 12 W. 3. Cap 19. to enable Justices to build or repair Goals in their
respective Counties S 3. & 4. and 9. of it relates to Goals built before.
19th. Cha 2. Chap 4. Reciting that there was not sufficient Provision for-
Reliving and Setting of Work of Poor and needy Persons Committed to Common-
Goals for Felony and other Misdeanours who many times Parish before the
Tryal and the poor there living Idely and unemployed become debauched and
Comeforth in the practice of Thieves and Lewdness Enables Justices in Gener [..]
Session to Provide a Stock to Set'em on Work and to pay and Provide fit Persons
to Oversee them EtcBut this Act has been rarely if ever Put in Exections
as there were houses of Correction already and the work now dones but of little Profit

As to the Second Sort belonging to provide Persons or Corporations there
have been Several Restrictions and Savings in Acts of Parliament But they
have the Same Priviledges as other Common County Goals and others during
Pleasure without any Rent

As to the Third Sort Vizt. Houses of Correction they had their Common Common
about. 18. Eliz Soon after making the Statue of 14th. Eliz. Cap & Intitled an-
Act for the Punishment of Vagabonds and for Relief of the Poor and impotent
Which Recites that all parts of the Realm by Presently with Rogues Vagabond
and Sturdy Beggars Exceedingly pestred by many whereof daily happeneth hereby
Murders Thefts and other great outrages't was eneacted that Presons above 14 years
found begging Should be apprehended and comitted to the Goal of the
County and Whipped and thier Yars bored, and gives a Description of Rogues-
Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars

Impotent Persons Shall be Appointed to Work by the Overseers of the Peace
or Shall be Whipped and Stocked for first Refusal and Dumed Vagabonds for
Second

Three Justices (Quor un) with Surplusagy of Collections & For future
Shall by their directions in such Convenient place and Places in their Shires Place