92 Stat. i. Anno decimo tertio Edward i I. CAP. XIII. The Order of the Indi&ments taken in the Sheriffs Turn. A.D. 1285. t Inft. 3S7. «< T^Orafmuch as Sheriffs, feigning many Times cer- • "J/ tain Perfons to be indicted before them in their . " Turns of Felonies and other Trefpaffes, do take
- Men that are not culpable nor lawfully indicted, and
" imprifon them, and do exact Money from them, " whereas they were not lawfully indicted by twelve " Jurors ;" (z) ' it is ordained, That Sheriffs in their 4 Turns, and in other Places where they have Power ' Co enquire of Treipaffors by the King's Precept, or ' by Office, fhall caufe their Inquefts of fuch Malefac- 4 tors to be taken by lawful Men, and by Twelve at ' the leaft, which fhall put their Seals to fuch Inquifi- ' tions ; (3) and thofe that fhall be found culpable by
- fuch Inquefts, they fhall take and imprifon, as they
' have ufed aforetimes to do. (4) And if they do im- • AH fid. ' prifon other than fuch as have been indicted by * In- ' queft, the Parties imprifbned fhall have their Action- ' by a Writ of Imprifonment againft the Sheriffs, as ' they fhould have againft any other Perfon that fhould imprifon them without Warrant. (5 J And as it hath been faid of Sheriffs, fo fhall it be obferved of every Bailiff of Franchife.' Enforced hy I Ed 3. ftat. 2. c. 17 sinds Ed. 4. c .2 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. OUIA vicecomites fingentes multotiens coram eis aliquos in turnis fuis indidtatos de funis & aliis malefactis capiunt homines non culpabiles nee legitimo modo indictatos & eos imprifonant & ab eis pecuniam extorquent cum legitimo modo per duodecim juratos non fuerunt indictati ftatutum eft quod vicecomites in turnis fuis & alibi cum in- quirere habeant de malefactoribus per preceptum Regis vel ex officio fuo per legales homines ad mi- nus duodecim faciant inquifitiones fuas de hujuf- modi malefactoribus qui inquifnionibus fuis figilla. fua apponant & illos quos per hujufmodi inquifiti- ones invenerint culpabiles capiant & imprifonent fecundum quod alias fieri confuevit. Et fi alios imprifonaverint quam per hujufmodi inquifitiones invenerint indictatos habeant hujufmodi imprifo- nati actionem fuam per breve de Imprifonamento verfus vicecom' ficut haberent verfus quamcumque aliam perfonam que eos imprifonaret fine warran- to. Et ficut dictum eft de vicecom' obfervetur de- quolibet ballivo libertatis. which direBs IndiE&iehts taken in the. Sheriffs Turn to he delivered to Jujlica of the Peace cf the fame County j and farther 1 1 H. 7. c. 15. C A P. XIV. The Procefs in an Action of Wafte. A Writ to enquire of Wafte. I Inft. 3S9. Fitz. Wafte, i»9, J30, 131, J34» I35< 3 3 6 > '37- The Procefs 'n an Aftion of V/afte. !Regift. 71, &c. 1 Brown'. 240. Dyer 204. A Writ to en- qu're of Wafte. 3 Cro. 18. 3 Ed. 1, 6 Ed. 1. e. 21. ftat. 1. 20 Ed. I. ftat. 2. ( concerning , Wafte. Hereas for Wafte done in the Inheritance of any Perfon, by Guardians, Tenants in- Dower, Tenants by the Courtefie of England, or otherwife for Term of Life, or Years, a Writ of Prohibition of Wafte hath been ufed to be granted, by which Writs many were deceived, thinking that fuch as had done the Wafte fhould not need to an- fwer but only for Wafte done after the Prohibition to them directed ;" (2) ' our Lord the King, to re- move from henceforth this Error, hath ordained, That of all Manner of W afte done to the Damage of any Perfon, there fhall from henceforth be no Writ of Prohibition awarded, but a Writ of Summons, fo that he of whom Complaint is fhall anfwer for Wafte done at any Time ; (3) and if he come not after the Summons, he fhall be attached, and after the At- tachment he fhall be diftrained ; (4) and if he come not after the Diftrefs, the Sheriff fhall be command- ed that in proper Perfon he fhall take with him twelve, csV. and fhall go to the Place wafted, and fhall en- quire of the Wafte done, and fhall return an Inqueft, and after the Inqueft returned, they fhall pafs unto Judgement, like as it is contained in the Statute of Gkucefter.' CUM de vafto facto in hereditate alicujus per cuftodes tenentes in dotem per Legem Anglie vel aliter ad terminum vite confueverit fieri breve de Prohibitione vafti per quod breve multi fuerunt in errore credentes quod illi qui vaftum fecerunt non habuerunt neceffe refpondere nifi tantum de vafto facto poft prohibitionem eis directam domi- nus Rex ut hujufmodi error decetero tollatur fta- tuit quod de vafto quocumque modo ad nocumen- tum alicujus facto non fiat decetero breve de Pro- hibitione fet breve de Summonitione ita quod ille de quo queritur refpondeat de vafto facto quocum- que tempore Et fi poft fummonitionem non vene- nt attachietur & poft attachiamentum diftringatur Et poft diftrictionem fi non venerit mandetur vice- comiti quod in propria perfona affumptis fecum duodecim &c. accedat ad locum vaftatum & inqui- rat de vafto facto & retornet inquifitionem & poft- quam retornata fuerit inquifitio procedatiir ad ju- dicium fecundum quod continetur in ftatuto prius> edito apud Weftmon'.. Rift. 697. And fie 1 1 H. 6. c. 5. inhere Wafie is maintainable againft a Tenant who grants over his Eftate and takes the Profits. CAP. XV. An Enfant eloined may fue by Prochein Amy. E»fant's Suit, Dvtr 104. 2 Ed. 3. 16. 40 Ed. 3. 16. Bro. Gardein. 1^,22,24, 25, 26, 27. R.cgift.78 ' TN ever/ Cafe whereas fuch as be within Age may ' A fue, it is ordained, That if fuch within Age be ' eloined, fo that they cannot fue perfonally, their ' next Friends fhall be admitted to fue for them,' 2 Inft. 350. 3 Ed. i.e. 47, IN omni cafu quo minores infra etatem implaci- tari poffunt conceffum eft quod fi hujufmodi minores elongati fint quo minus perfonaliter fequi poffint propinquiores amici admittantur ad fequen- dum pro eis. . CAP.
