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A. D. i6or. Anno xh'n ReginaB Hli/aue-i r . m ' rahlc Vexation and C t, ; (aj Be lent Parliament; li break Writs, after forty Dayi . of any Pel Perfon .or Perl where (not having b( fore thai i thereof made to the J ufti i > ol Aflte of the Count) Judges of the Court oul of which the Pn thofc thai were the Procurers i oxotherwife, | fl, li think their Oaths: (3J And il thenani OH nefles, to the batisfa&ion of the fame J udg or J foexamineth in,,,,;, L by Force of this A& commit < I the County or Coun where the fame Ihall be exami until fuch Time as they amongil them have full) not only the Sum of ten Pounds of la vful Judges or Juftices (hall fet down, that 1 1 fam Partj hath I ucd thereby, and withal, 1 a-piece for their Offence to her Majejty. . <l,hi«  II. And be it further enaclcd by the Authority afore:'..;.!. It" up >n an , . any her Majefty's Courts at Weflm njter, not beingfor any Title 01 lutcr fl of I Freehold or Inheritance of any Lands, nor for any Battery, it Hull ppeai vered fhall amount unto, but lefs at their Difcretions. (2) This .. to en J re to I Seffion of the next Parliament. [3 Car. 1. c. 4. continued until the End of the lirll Scfli n of I Parliament, and farther continued by 16 Car. 1. c. 4.] InwbatCafat i, fee farther ^Jac. i.e. 3. tJoc.i.c.i. - J'e. I.*. 16. i6Car. I. e.l$. ixCer. a. Sut. I. f,». l-.Cr. 1. .-'. 0. 4. 116. 4&!,rKcfM. .-.23. s/r. 3 ..-.n. n^fnW.3. r. 9 . 4^-.-;. f . 16. .:,...: 14 r; , .2... lr . C A P. VII. An Act to avoid and prevent divers Mifdemeanors in lewd and idle Perfons. ' TT^Orafmuch as unlawful cutting or taking away of Corn and Grain growing, robbing of Orchards . □ ' F Gardens, digging up or taking away * ruit-Trees, breaking of Hedg . .' ' ting or fp iling of Woods or Under-woods {landing and growing, and fucti lik< . are now more f ""otherTmiU Gardens, digging up or taking away I 1 ruit-Trees, breaking of Hedg . ' . .._, or fp iling of Woods or Under-woods {landing and growing, and fucti like Offences, are now more ' commonly committed by lewd and mean Perlbns than in former Times ; and that the fai ' great Caufes of the m intaining of Idlenefs, and the Perfons which commit the 1 : i ,1 the moll ■■ • l ' part able, nor have wherewith to make Recorripence or Satisfaction ;' (2) Be it therefore enacted by t Authority of th ; s prefent Parliament, That all and every fuch lewd Perfon and Perl after the laft Day of February now next following fhall cut, or unlawfully take away, any Cora < . growing, or rob any Orchards or Gardens, or break or cut any Hedge, Pales, Kails or Fence, or di 5, pull up, or take up any Fruit-tree or Trees in any Orchard, Garden r elfewhere, to the intent to t.t- . and carry the fame away, or Hull cut or fpoil any Woods or Under-woods, Poles or Trees (landing, nsl being Felony by the Laws of this Realm; (3) and their Procurer and Procurers, Receiver or deceit knowing the fame ; (4) being thereof lawfully convicted by the Conleffion of tii.- Party, or by the Tefti- mony of one fufficient Witnefs uponOath before fome oncjuftice of P. Bailiff, or otherneadOfJu of the County, City or Town Corporate ; (5) which faid Juftice or ocher Head Officer lhall have Power, by Force of this Statute, to miriifter the faid Oath, where the Offence Ihall be committed, or the Paity offending apprehended ; (6j ihall give the Party and Parties fuch Recommence and Satisl. their Damages, and within fuch lime, as by.any on- fuch Justice of Peace of the fai 1 County when fuch Offence fhall be done, without the Liberty of any City or' Town Corporate, or by fuch Head Officer or Juftice of Peace within any City or Town Corporate, flia.ll be ordered and appointed, and the fame to be only for the firit Fault : (7) And if fuch Offender or Offenders fhall be thought in the Difcretion of the faid Juftice or Jutlices, or other Head Officers, not able or fufficient, or do not make Recompence or Satisfac- tion for the' faid Damages, in Manner and Form aforefaid; Then the faid Juftice or Head Officer dull commit all and every the laid Offender or Offenders to fome Conftable or Constables, or o her inferior Offi- cers of the City, Borough, Town or Hamlet, where the Offence thai, be committed, or the Party ap] hended, to be whipped ; (8) and for every fuch Offence, for or of which die Offender 01 O eftfoons committed in Form afore limited, the Perfon and Perfons fo offending, to receive the laid Punilh- ment of Whipping. II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Conftable or inferior Officer do refufe, orTht P do not at the Commandment of any Juftice of Peace, or other Head Officer, execute by himfelf, or fomc <"'.■■ ether".'""-,"