'11 350 C. i. Anno vicefimo fecundo 6c terti'o Caroli II. A. D. 167c € A P. I. An A(Et to prevent malicious Maiming and Wounding, ' "^X WHEREAS upon the one and twentieth Day of December in the Year of our Lord one thoufan c yy fix hundred and feventy, a violent and inhuman Attempt was made upon the Perfon of Sir Jol. ' Coventry Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, being a Member of the Commons Houfe of Pai ' liament, and then attending the Parliament, and upon the Perfon of his Servant JFilliam TFylkes, by ' confiderable Number of armed Men-, both on Foot and Horfeback, whereby the faid Sitjohn Coventi ' and his faid Servant then loil feveral Goo<3s, and the faid Sir John Cover/try received divers Wounds, foin ' of which were given him in fuch barbarous Manner, that fome of the OiFenders held him whilft othei ' wounded him. ITniit. p. C. ' II. And whereas by feveral Bills of Indiftment found by the Grand Jury for the City and Liberty c' JVcftminlhr where the faid jra<Sbs w^re connmittedvSir Thomas Sandys Knt. Charles Obriafi Efq; Simon Par Vin. r. ij. — ' ry and Miles Reeves, amongft others, fland indidied of Felony and Robbery for the fame, but have flei ■ '44- * from- Jultice, not daring to a:bide a legal Trial :' {2) Be it therefore enafte3 by the King's mofl- Excellen Majefty, by and with the Advice ahd Confent of tK-^ Lords -Spirituiil and Temporal, and of the Commons Sir Thomas affembled in Parliament, and by the Authority of the fame, T?ti if the. (I'li ^'n Thomas Sandys, CharU fiandys, &c. not Obrian, Sitnon Parry and Miles' Reeves,- Q not- render themfelves to the Lord Chief Juflice of his Ma- rendnn^ thern- jefty's Court of King's Bench, or to (bme other of the JulHces of the faid Court, on or before the tentl (seiTecinll bat ^^Y ^' March in the Year of our iLoi-d one thoufand fix hundred and feventy, in Order to their Trials fo. niflied! ■ the- Fadts aforefaid; that then fuch of them the faid '&w Thomas Sandys, Charles Obrian, Simon Parry itid Aiiles Reeves, as fliall not fo render himfelf as aforefaid, fhall and do fufier perpetual Exile, and be foreVeil '-banifhed-thts"Realm aird all other llis A'lajefty's Dominions. - - AJj-jurnment III. And be it enaft-ed. That -the Gaol-delivery for the County of i^/fly/if/^jf and the City oi London.' of the Gaol- ; which is intended' to beholden the two' and twentieth Day of -Ft'/ra^jry one thoufand fix huiidred and feven- ^^'T>u/°^ ty, fhall be adjourned till the faid tenth Tirx-^of MiirJo^ and the Juitices of the faid Gaol-delivery, or any t%vx3 of them are hereby authorized and required to adjourn the fame accordingly ; and' that no Trials fhsillil - be there proceeded upon before the tenth Day of y^OTT^ aforefaid. ^^ I Thomas IV. And if the faid Sir Thomas Sandys, Charles Obrian, Simon Parry and Miles Reeves, or any of them, Sand.ys, &c. not- (hall not render theinfelves as aforefaid, and fhall at any Time return into « iHvts'"lc*'fhIu oth^i' ii's ^I^j«%s Dominions, after the faid tenth T>3.y of March; then fuch of them the faid Sir 77jj«fff| bel'diVdjicd Fe- ^'^"^yh Charles Obrian, Simon Parry and Miles Reeves, as fhall not render himfelf, and yet return or be' luns'i -1 ■ found as aforefaid, fhall from the faid One and twentieth Day of £>£'f<'w?Z'«- in the Y'ear of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred and feventy, be deerried and adjudged to be guilty of the faid Felonies and Robberies, -and fhall ^by Virtue of this Aft be adjudged to be convicted and attained of Felony and Robbery, without any -Benefit of Clergy, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if they had been thereof conviiSed and attainted by 1 due Trial and Judgment of Law, and fhall fuffer fuch Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures, as by Law are to be infliifted upon Felons attaint, not having Benefit of Clergy. I No Pardon but V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That neither the faid Sir Thomas Sandys, Charles ; by Aft of Par- Obrian, Simon Parry, Miles Reeves, nor any who upon the Attempt aforefaid aftually took'a way any Goods ■liament. from the Perfons of Sir yohn Coventry or his faid Servant, or aiftually gave any Blow or Wound to the faid Sir yohn Coventry or his faid Servant, or held or kept down the faid 'Sn John Coventry or his faid Servant, v/hile they the faid ^nyohn Coventry and his faid- Servant oreither of them were robbed, beaten or wounded, nor any who commanded the Party, either of Horfemen or Footmen, in executing the aforefaid villainous and barbarousAtterr.pt, fhall be pardoned anv of the Offences in this Acf mentioned, but are made inca- pable of any Pardon for the fame from the King's Majeily, his Heirs and Succelfors, unlefs by A£t of Par- liament, wherein fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be particularly named. A Pardon grant- VI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any the faid Offenders, other than ed to any One the faid Sir Thomas Seindys, Charles Obrian, Simon, Parry and Miles Reeves, and fuch as did actually rob,' jhatwa^ guilty ftn^-e or wound the faid Sir J'ohn Coventry or bis faid Servant, or held or kept them or any of them down,
- lVmak' a'Dif- '"'^ they or either of them were robbed, beaten or wounded as aforefaid, and other than fuch as commanded
covery of any ^"7 Party jn the faid Attempt, fliall -before the eighth Da-y of March .m the Year of our Lord one thoufand others b -fides fix hundred and feventy voluntarily render him or themfelves to the Lord Chief Juftice of the faid Court (if ■tfiofe Kicntioned -King's Btnch, -or to fome other of the Juffices of the faid Court, and acknowledge his faid Offences, and <ui the Act. .declare his whole Knowledge of the Facts aforefaid and of the Perfons acting therein, and fhall difcover .to the Lord Chief Juftice or other Juftice as aforefaid fome of the Perfons who wounded or held, robbed • or l^nick as aforcfiid. Sir fohn Coventry or his Servant, or com.manded as aforefaid, and fhall give fuch Se* -curity as the faid Chief Juftice or other the faid Juftice before whom fuch Render fhall be made as aforefaid •-fliall think reafon.ible, to give Evidence if lawfully required, againft the Offenders by this AiSt made inca- pable of Pardon ; fo that the (aid Lord Chief Jpftice, or fuch other Juftice of the faid Court to whom fuch Render fliall be made ns aforefaid, fhall be fatisfied, that he or they fo rendring him or themfelves have de- clared the Truth according to the beft of their Knowledge, and obtain a Certificate from the faid refpeflive Chief Juflice or Juftice before whom fuch Render was made to that Effe£l, under the Hand and Seal of th#.< faid Chief Juftice or Juftice; he tind they fo rendring him or themfelves, and declaring as aforefaid, fliajT by the Authority aforefaid be pardoned the faid Affaults, Feloni-JS and Robberies, and immediately from arid after the obtaining fuch Certificate as aforefaid, he and they .fo rendring him and themfelves and declariijg as aforelaid, fliall be (Teemed, adjtidged and taken to behierebyto all Intents and Purpofes pardoned, ac- quitted
