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ANNO REGNI DECIMO TERTIO, Etc. Cap. 68.
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Conviction
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affirmed at
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Quarter Ses-
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sions, Appel-
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lant may be
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committed.
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to award reasonable Costs to either Party as to them
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shall seem just; and if such Conviction shall be affirmed at
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such General Quarter Sessions or General Sessions, such
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Appellant shall be committed to Prison for the Time spe-
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rissed in the said Conviction, and untill Payment of the
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Costs so to be awared.
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Limitation of
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Provided also, and be it further enacted by the Autho-
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rity aforesaid, That no Action shall be brought against
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any Justice of the Peace, Constable, Headborough, or
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other Officer, or against any other Person or Persons
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whomsoever, for any Matter or Thing whatsoever done
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or committed, under, by virtue, or in the Crecution of
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this Act, unless such Action shall be brought within Sir
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Calender Months next after the doing or Committing of
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such Matter or Thing.
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General Issue.
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Full Costs.
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Provided also, That if any Action or Suit shall here-
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after be commenced or prosecuted against any Person or
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Persons, for any Thing done under, by virtue, or in the
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Crecution of this Act, such Person or Persons may plead
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the General Issue, and give this Act, and the Special
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Matter, in Chidence; and if the Plaintiff shall become
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nonsuited, or suffer Discontinuance, or forbear further
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Prosecution, or if Judgement shall be given for the De-
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fendant or Defendants, such Defendant or Defendants
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shall recorder his, her, or their full Costs, for which he,
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she, or they, shall have like Remedy as in Cases where
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Costs by Law are given to Defendants.
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Publick Act.
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And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be taken
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and allowed to be a Publick Act in all Courts within
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this Kingdom; and all Judges and Justices of the Peace
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are hereby required to take Notice thereof as such, with-
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out Specially pleading the same.
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FINIS
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