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, ‘7‘Iearl‘y CYiQEin the,Ab'ufe and Illegality done

in #123? 31%: B21? $252029? 2%“ We“

soth by Statute SCICommonaLaw, Rea/0n

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OF- THE . ‘
.Enfumg Treatife.

I §. 1. F toe Riotom 4nd Forciole Entry, and Exec/i

jive Spoil mole upon the People oo/l’ol walkers
.in Briﬂol, and bow unworrmmlle and 6.9:er contrary-

.to Lam, . page I, .2, 3, 4, 5.

§. U. 0f 'tlJeir fr}? Ymprifoomeiz‘f: witlyoztt W arr/mt
or Mtrimm, and bow unwa‘rrmtalle and contrary to
Law and jig/lice, tlze] being zzeitlyer Riototi/l] met, ”or
in Diﬂurozmce of the follicle Peace, p.§,6,7,8,9,1 0,1 1-.

 

§- I I L Riot, Rout 422d Unlawful Allembly explaim
ed by clz'ieéfju/iice Cook, Thomas Blunt, &c. Alfo,
[Sedition] w/mt it i: .- Ami tire pmealle Religious
Meetizzg: oft/16 People called ankers vindimted tlzere~

from, p. “I I, 12, 13, I4, 15.

'5; IV. The publick Peace, and the Breach of it ex-
plained, iii/covering that the faiol permeable Meting:
are notjti/lly ckorgedlle tlyerewitlo, m the] wboﬁarioq/b
Mm, aﬂzmlt and old/e them, p. 15, to p, 21,

A 2 §! V'
53/ 5193.3

-. w The TABLE.
§.‘ .V. How Arbitrary and Illegal the late proteeaiitgt at

Briﬁol are, via forcing peaceable‘Nezglzloars to: Prifon,‘
Md Nailing up ~ Eiglgty 7? we» Women and Fourteett r
2.1%» together. in theiri, "'kting-Hquﬁ; cloﬁa Prifoner: '-

for fame Hoary, _, p, 21, to P’ 26.

§é V 1. 0f- tlze‘ great Oppxefﬁon, Durefs, andzDeﬁrua-ive '

Hardfbips, b] crowding grbat' "Nariib'err together in
Goal : How contrary to Law ; 47261 ”18' daizgerow

C onﬂgueme ,tliercof toGo'alers, Sheriﬂ}, &C. concern-v
ed ,‘ And what priviledge tlze Law allow: to Pri/‘oriers,
-' p, 26, .27, 8x. -

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I ‘Mn,THat every Rtaris' a $565 of?!" mm, but every
Breach of tin Peace 1: not itnftly a Riot, becaufc

 

 

one or two Perfons by an Alﬁult:Afﬁ'ay or ad: of Violence“

Injury to another do break the Peace, but Three toaRiat.

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the Margent, read Thoma Blunt’s. P33. 14.. line 20. for

“WW“ rad “grind. Pig. 16.. linemanreadTloi: it'd Routo '.
If any Faultsbc 111 Points, tho fence in reading mayam‘ead 2

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mums 066 gain, 3

.cht'the Oﬁcer: and mole Compton) have Rio- 'Bmﬂol.
S. I.~ ‘ “4/11 f oiled and made lamentzzhle and cruel. The Céfc.
' havoc lﬂdﬂd upon two -Ho.rtfe5, which are

xthe Properties and Freehold: of diver: Proprietary, zin-
‘Covering the Roof of one, and making the other uﬂhdhi-

tdhle, heccinfe the. fnicl People me? in cart thereof; and
.4 ’8’" fhézt withing forcihle E ntry, ,czncl eizing on the whole

‘ . ' rant/2:5, pretended/j" for the K, I N G, without on] due

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Lby Law 7‘

Order or colour of Law ; h] which mean: ct poor W'ia’a'ozo,
”ﬁe? great ﬁoil and damage c. clone to. her, with a fecona’
I’Fhahitont, .. were hoth forced to depart and quit their PI!!-

‘ hitatton ; and; then, the Spoiler:- td’eiﬂg ,Paﬂzﬂbﬂr ”MC/7
~ " of the Spoil afonﬁid wn: committed h] the Rule ﬂfnlti-
hide, with Sledge: and dher Tool: onfe'venil Lord’s 'days,

”’6 onewhereof washChriﬁma'fS-day 14]} (f0 cal/661‘) .

- .Qer], 'Whetherv' ﬁlCh' PrOccédings " be " Warrantable

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Ali/wen; No, they appearaexpre'ﬂy Riorous and LC581 Ex-

Arbitrary, :as all fuch Irregular and Ford—bis, Entries‘ammamﬂn

are

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{'2 I . ' -
are-,as th‘e fOII'owing Inﬁancies and Authorities clearly'
evince, by the Statute 5 R.‘2...7.-.“N.one {hall enter into-
“ Lands .or- Tenementsv by 330342,... on. pain of Impri--
“ ibnment, and R‘anfom at the King’s—plealhre; fee
W'mgate s Aéridgment, undertheyTitle. Forciﬂe Eﬂl‘ﬂ-
“ A’foztihlc ﬂinttp is ‘a Violent and Aaualﬂntry
“ into any Lands, HOUES, SIC; fee Shepherd: grand?
Abridgment, Title Forciéle Entry; " .

Again, by the Statutm of. 5' 812;qu .7. .18: 15 R; 2,.
c. 2. St 8 H; 6. -.c. 9. “It is. "FI‘OVidﬁd; That none
“ {hall enter into any Land, but whereEntry. is given.
“them by Law ;. and ,then- in: a. mild;and\,peace-
“ able manner: And that none. {hall enter .intolor
“ hold Poffefﬁon of Land with a'ﬁ‘rong hand, and.
“ with Force, ibidS/n'ep, Jért'dg. Again, : under the
Titles of mint, 330m and mmamtul mummy,
“ This is (faith he) where three, or more, do meet.
“to do an Unlawful A‘Et againﬁ the. Peace, to beat.
“ down a Houle, Pale, .ortheglike, .&c. Moreover».
fuch kind of Spoil 'and'Forcible Entries, as before“
mentioned, made upon any of the Properties, Te--
nements, Goods or Chattels of any of his Majeﬁies'
Subjeé’ts, or Free-born Englilh Pe0ple, are. net only'
regmgnant to common Law and Juﬁice, and Ufage" .
0 England, butexpreﬂyprohibiged by M4 m Cbarm *,.-
and man. penal Statutes in f0 e, and t erefore not i
to be f ed nor connived at by Authority; fee the:
Statute, 28 Elm. 3..cap.3. “ Noman of whatEftate: _
“ or Condition that he be, {hall beeput out of Land.
“ or Tenement ;. nor taken, nor imprifoned, net
“dd-inherited, nor put to Death, without being'

“ brought in Aaner. by Daerqf‘of Law, agree—-

“ able.

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able to Magm C1720“, Stat. 9. .H 3. cap. 29. In
‘fUch RiorOus Forcible Entries and Seizures by a Rude
Multitude, to make Havock and Spoil of Houfes,
Tenements of Goods, there’s not the leaﬁ' colour of
32m Murcia, mic «Laurie or 22112 matching of
'ILam in the King’s Courts of Juﬁice, but an exprefs
Contradiction and Violation of Law and Juflice; for
» hue rangers and Due-«atomic rot ILam in Courts of
Jul’rice require due Conviction, lawful Judgment. of

Peers or Equals, and matter of Record, to ground '

the King’s Writ of Seizure upon, before an Entry
can belegally made uggn any’Tenement or Freehold,
where it may juﬁly ' made. See alfo the Statute
. s R. 2.‘ cap. 7.‘ where ’tis expreﬂy declared, “ That

“ the King defendeth, that none from henceforth

.« make any Entryinto any Lands and Tenements, ,

-“ but in cafe where Entry is given by the Law“,- and
“ in fuch’ cafe, not with ﬁ‘rong hand, nor with mul-
“ titude of Pe0ple, but only in peaceable and eaﬁe
"“ manner. And if any man from henceforth do to.
“ the Contrary, and thereof be duly convict, he {hall
“ be punilhed by Im rifonment of his Body, &c.
f‘Befides, fuch Forci‘ le Entries into Other mens
“ Lands 0r Tenements, and putting the Polfeflors out

The Cafe;

:‘ of the fame, and,taking away their Goods and * Thofc
‘Chattels, are faid to be in manner of ﬂattery * (as called Q44-
the Words of the Statute are) 4 H. 4. c. 8. Whereby lam at Bri-

“ fome have been in fuch manner put» out, and their ﬂ 01 have in
the itatc of

their Cafe
conplam’d .

IZ-GOOdS-and Chattels priICd, that they have nothin
i“ Wherewith'al to urﬁle for their Right; ._In fucﬁ
.‘ cafe the Chancel or of England (upon complaint

in thefe

I. made to him) hath Power to grant a fp’ecial'Aﬂize wordswiz.

B 3 “to

of

a.” ’ [4-] , ‘k. .. ‘_ {4;

of Tksgrmt “I to ~tl1‘eLPa'1‘tY gl‘zel'Sd: ofwhatfoevervalue the Tag:
gym-{my “moments be, Without {using to ItheKing.‘ Audi 3-;
Spa/l male “itch Dgﬂeiﬁj’r be . attainted of: Rich Di‘ilcgim, made
“PM “‘- b)’ “in fuck forcible. mannec,1he-v.‘.i.ha'il.have one :yeaffa
"1"" Q'c‘f‘ “ Imprifonment, aud’Lyicld-to the Patty grieved his," v
«li’vc‘Dz/hif “double Damagcs, 8(C. fee the $tatutemlore atlargajl. ..
jagcarrymg 1 H" ‘ C 9' ~— ,. _ . i A _ ,
.mmy our ‘1' ° ‘1' ' O'- ‘ ‘ . . _ .
.M;rcb,mdize. and Haxﬂwld Goods, walﬂzmr Perfon: angle/2'1} co! Aid;— dﬂd '- '
My take deﬂy.,y(d.m Prtﬂm : ﬁnd their breaking 0pm Doors aﬂdjl’jlgiegg’ﬂnd . .
rtﬂmg. Shops,.Ccllars,.Chclts, 6‘76. Tearing anglnnacgnt~"Man’I'C_Z-oat from f
of his Back,_.and taking above Ten Pounds of Money out of his Pocket; ,
for Diﬂrcﬁ; and mafijhzmoﬂdly underfclling the Goods, that the} commanlf
Mk; double the chs, and/Emc-nme: more .' Tb)! barb-[76m the bygrmer: cou'rfe,
again/r m. Suchcxcefli-Je Diltrcl‘s Hira’s Mrraur of; gﬂice' doth thus .
fct forth, viz. “ As if one dihain me {o @utcagiuu i“, thatl cannot
“ Manure. Plow m- ore my Land duly, in wlii.:'h;cal’e.it makcth one an
‘~' outragt’ous Dim-aim: to diil‘e'tze, Mir-Tm Dlﬂiizin c9“, Reédijfeizv‘n;
cap. 2. 5,. 25. wmcn kind of cxccﬂive and outragious Dil’cramlng, is ,.
cxpreﬂy prohibited by Magma Charm, cap. 14.. “A Free—man {hall not be;
“ amcrccd for afmall fault, but aftcr-thc manner. of the fault; and for:
“ a giant fault according to the greatncfs of the fault, gating to him his
“Qlontemmmt; and a Merchant likcwifc. Emma; to him his.
“ Qattibmmﬁe. And the rcal'on given by chicf {ulticc Cook is,’ “ For“
“ Trade and l rmlick is his Livelihood, and the Life of the Common—
“ Wealth, whereinthe King and every Sn’ojcé’c hathlnt’creit. thncc
it follows, That they who defttoy Trade by ,thcir cxccﬂivc Dilh'eﬂls: .-
and Spoilon the Subjccfts‘ Merchandizc, Goods, (in. do aftvagainlk‘ the.
lntoreﬂ: bothof King and People}. j " ' ' ‘

If. it fhould "be obieéi’ed 0r allodged’by thofé 05a ‘
ﬁccrs, and Others :of Briﬂol, who are charged with -
fuch Force, Violence cami; Spoil againi’c = their N eigh~
hours, what they babe £9;ch {tom big gammy-ta
put the )Lamg in mecutton agatuft Quantum.
8m. (35 form .of them Would excuﬁ: themfelvcfls) .

W at.

What follows? Ergo they may. be 'Ifumultu0us, com-
mit Riors and forcible Entries upon their Houfes and
g Tenements, and withal, make Havock and Spoil
upon. their Goods » and Chattels, and crowd their
5" Perfons up in N oifom Holes, to dePcroy them'at their
Wills and Pleafuresx, force the Widdow' out of her
Tenement and Dwelling- 'No fuph matter; fuch
outragious Proceedings as be againﬁ all Law and Ju,
ﬂice, in going about thus Ille ally to deﬁroy- the
King’s peaceableSUbjeﬂs, an' Free-born Englilh‘
People, .are alfo againﬁ the King, and fcandalous to
the Government, conﬁdering the Maxim, V ol/mtm'
i R egz’r, Valetta Lego}; ’tis notto be fuppoﬁzd, that He in-~
tended to countenance that Which is apparently again'ﬂ- v
{ éxPreIs Law ; witnefs the Statute, :0 Car. l. c. 20.
, entituled, An 1467' for the regulating of the Privy C 01172-
? ti], and for Mid ﬁg am] the C ourt commonly ’m/led the
! Star-Chamher, ,Viz. §. '5. “‘ Be it likewife declared and
f‘enaﬁed by Authority of this prefént Parliament,
’ “That ,Ineither-his Majeﬁy nor his Privy Council
- “ have or ought to have an Jurifdié’tion, Power or
‘.‘ Authority, by'Englilh Bill: Petition, Articles, Li- _
‘;‘. bills, ngianp 01ml: ﬁlth-“tat? may Whatfoever, to
"’f examine or draw into queﬁion, determine or-‘diﬁ
t“ pole .' of the Lands, 'Tenements, Hereditame‘nts,
" Goodsor Chattels. of any of the SubjeEts of this King-
l “dom; But,that the fame ought to betryed and deter-
“mined in the ordinary Courts of Juﬁice, and by the
' “Ordinary courfe of Law. , -

l i * E53 1
I.
i

. §. II. The warmer of our ﬁrﬂ Imirifonment hath hem The Cafe,
"ﬁr-The mqﬂpztrt, h} heizzg .{ho‘th’ Men and III/omen) haled
. ‘ and.

. ﬁat» an] jnﬂi‘ce of Peace ; and aﬁermard convening W;

[6] ,  
andﬁorced direﬁly frm oar peaceahle Meeting, to Brrdtv‘
well or Newgate, at the Arhitrar}: willy andpleafnre if
30911 Mgbt, Sheri/f, 301m guitar, and other 2396”" t
Aﬂﬂ'antgthe Rude C ompan} attending them (and for fame ‘
Hours, fomett'mer Daye: and Night: detain to: in 6041},- ‘
without any'judz'cial Examination, I’Varrant or .Mt'ttz'mﬁ

hefore one or more jaﬂite: for Commitment, and all t1”?
under pretext- of a Breach of the publick‘ Peace, or of 4f .1
Riot: PVherea: he that ‘ feat-the: oar IIeart: know, #9,.
had not the lea]? precedent Intent of hart ; math leﬂ his-125..
we committed an} aﬁztal Force or Violence to an} Perfoﬂ l
whatfoever, nor the leaf} octaﬁon given on our parts, M 3
Emonm. The Meeting: for which we are thrill.
Op reffed heizg in no other peg/fare - than ‘mhat hath heeﬂ ‘
[0 er and peaceah/e. ' ' I . .

 

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Q. Whether fuch kind of Imprif'onment‘bewara ‘
rantable by wagna beatta, the Law of the Landg i

or common court]: of Juﬂice, though'.afterward thCYf
b6 committed by Warrant ? - w

 

The Legal Anfnr. No, expreﬂy contrary; fee (ﬁe following

011.

See Dalton “ “ The Liberty of a man is a thing efpecially ffj

under the

Examinati- Inﬂances and Authorities of the Lord ciliéf’JuIticé-

Coo/e, NI. Dalton, and Others in the cafe. 1

‘

voured by the common Law of this Land ; and

Title Arreﬂ' “therefore if any of the King’s Subjeﬂs {hall Impri‘f’

and Impri- '.
[autumn

Cook 9. 56.“ and {hall recover Dam

fon another without fuﬂiCient Warrant of Him or}
“ "1118 Law, the Party grieved may have his Aétioﬂig

. ages againii the other, allJ
“ the King alfo ihall have a Fine of him.

By the Statute of .Magm Charm , * made 9. H 3
char-

-- - - l" 7 J
f‘hape‘o.‘ “No Free-man lhall be talrenor imprifoned,
'u fire but by the lawful judgment of his Equals, 8m.
by'the Verdict of a Jury of good and lawful Men,
f‘ 0r by the Law of the Realm. - . 4 ‘
'« And by this Statute of Magoo Charm, “Every
-‘ Arrelt or Imprifonment , and. every Oppreﬂion
‘oagainﬁ the Law of the Land isforbidden‘; and if ‘
.“ any Judge, Ofﬁcer, or other Perfon, againﬁ the
'“ Law {hall ufurp any Jurifdiétion, and by colour
V“ thereof {hall Arrel’t, Imprifon or Opprefs any man,
“ it is punilhable by the Statute; fee C oak 10,74,57 s. .
“ Alfo, the Body of a man {hall not be Arreﬁed
“.Qrtakenfor any Debt, Trefpafs, or the like, but by
‘f procef's awarded out of fome Court of Record; fee
’ _“ P. Arm/moo (. 42. AK 3. or by Warrant granted
. ‘_‘ by fome Judge of Record.
‘ “ Neither {hall any man commit another to P-rifon,
r “except he be a Judge of-Record, Cook 1,0, 2.0:. -
‘ “ Jul’tices of Peace be Judges of Record .5 vide Daft.
. under the Title affirm of the Peace,
2 a And yet for Mildemeanours done againﬁ the
; 7‘ King’s Peace, the Offendors may by the common
5‘ law be Arreﬁed and Imprifoned by the Ofﬁcers of C00)! 3.12.
‘f Juftice, and . fometimes by , private Perfons , as 3-
”thereunder followeth : Every rivate man may
‘Arreﬁ anorher he knoweth to ave committed a 10134.17.

“135111121213, ﬂtaanﬂaughm, 0r Dim ﬁction» and
'1 ‘5. may deliver him to the Conl’table of - tbe Town
.2 “Wherefuch an Oﬁendor isa rehended. ‘ . .
l ' Obferve, That ' where 0 Gets of the Peace , 0.1:
‘Pl'ivate Perfons are 'impowered t0 A‘rref’c and 1m»:
e‘ Pﬁfon Offenders bygthe common Law, without Writ
l! i 01'.

or Warrant under hand and feal of a Juﬁice, it 15 for 1‘
fome Notorious Fact done againf’t the. King’s Peacer.
as a Violation thereof, as by Roééery, ﬁlm/latrg/Ifeﬁ
or Other Fella”)! : ‘The Sheriﬂ‘, Bailiﬁé, Conﬁalzlcsi,
‘and Other the Kings Ofﬁcers may arreﬂ and-imprlfo‘l
. ‘()Eendors in all fuch cafes where a private Perlon may],
‘without Writ or Warrant, Dali. ibialfindm’ﬂ, 1”" .
prifonmeizt. Whence it follows, that for either Oﬁ
ﬁcers or private Perfons to arrel’t _or imprifon any 0 l
the King’s Subjects without Writ or. fuch lawful Will-'7'
rant , where no fuch Oﬂrence or Mifdemeanour5
againlt the King’s Peace can be proved a ainlt‘thc
party Arrel’ted, nor any thing done that is ‘Ma/M’
in fee : Such Arrelt and Imprilonment is an O prpf‘
{ion againﬁ the Law of the Land; ’tis an u ur'p'ﬁ‘i
Jurifdiatiou , contrary to Magma? Charm , to» thc
common courfe of Jultice, and Law of the Land:
and punilhable. And'even by the ConventicleAét 1"
felf, 22 Car. 2. where any Perfons are to be takl‘in
into .Cultody (for the Reafons therein mL/ntioned)
either by the Sheriﬂ', Conl’tables. or HeadiBurr‘oughs!
é‘c. they are. not authorized foto do WithOUt 1193134E
taut or Certzfmte, under the ﬁdﬂh and $631 of 3:}
juﬂice of Peace or chief Mag’iﬂrate, and that to ”1‘?"
Intent ti) may be proceeded again/f according to the fdm“
Ac? ; w ich intends not their Commitment to G031, ‘
for their Religious Exercife, but to ﬁne them upon
Convi&ion,as therein exprel’r. And tothe faid preteXF
of Breakin the “Hick Peace?é'c. though it be grante‘dvl
that the S eri may take Pojﬂa Cqmitaml: to apprehend l'
futons , atoms , mautbzts or the tilting”!
19mm, Perfons that make fogttble @ntvies 'irﬁtﬂ
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other mens Poﬂeﬂions, 81c... T hefe cafes do not con;
cern any peaceable Religious Exercrfe, but are of
another nature. As for Inl’tance by the late Com/entitle

.. AW, 22 Car. 2.‘ j'fthc 33811th befides the Family,

are prohibited meeting under fuch colour of Religious
Exercife; but four Perfons beﬁdes the Family are
not forbidden, the Family and four Perfons more
may meet ; - therefore ’tis n0t Riorous in Faé’c, nor
a Violation of the King’s Peace; for if but Three

. meet'in dilturbance of the King’s Peace, it is a Riot ';

and it cannot rationally be fuppoﬁad, that the Law-

vMakers, in permitting Fear to meet, beﬁdes theFa-

mily, could thereby either intend or permit Riot}, or

. the Breath of the [(jhg’: Peace.-
. If it be obieéted , That every Ojﬁhce again]? the Objctt.

Law of the Laha’ it a Breach of the pahlt'ch Peace, or a
Violation of the King’s Peace. But the (lgakers Mee-
ting: are agaihﬂ the Law, Ergo the] are a Breach of the
King’s Peace. , -' ,
:f‘We-muf’t deny the major or ﬁrﬁ Propofition of

. this Argument. There are divers Offences againlt

Law, w hich are of another fpecies or kind than Riots,

, or the breach of the publick Peace, otherwiﬁ: Writs,

,’ “Sf“ of Treafwz, Fella/yer hreach. 0f the Peace: Where-
. < C

. Procelfes and Warrants might be ferved on the Lord’s.

Day in all other cafes, wherein Perfons are Arreltable,
belides thofe of Treafon, Fallon] or hreach of the Peace ;

.and then, What needed any fuch exception to be

made by A8: of Parliament? as in that 0f’29 Car. 2.
For the hetter Ohferruatz'm of the-"Lord? d293, Where ’tis

‘ expreﬂy Paid, That no W'rt't, Proceﬂ’, W arraht, Ora’er,

ﬁdgment or Decree [ha/l he ferved on that clay, Except in

by

E to j .
by ’tis plainly implyed, That there are cafés‘ wherein
Writs, Proceffes, Warrants, é’c. are to be ferved on
Other days, but not on the Lords-day, which are not

the Cafes of 'I‘reafon, Fellony or breach of the Peace ; -

‘and therefore that thofe particular Caiés and Crimes '

of Treafon, Fellony, and Breach of the Peace, d0,

nOt include all Offences againlt Law. For any to'

expound or extend the words of the Paid A€t thus,

Viz. That 710 W arrant [ha/1’ he [creed or executed on the -

Lord’s-day, except in ﬁtch cafe: where fame Oﬂerzce it
alone again/1' Law; this were .to fuppole they might

on other dayes férve and execute Writs, Procelfes, '
Warrants, Sec. (and fo daily trohble their ' Neigh—g

hours) for no Ogence‘againﬁ Law ; which were
an abfurd Inferrence, the {aid A8: expreﬂy prohibi—.
ting the ferving or executing Procefs , Warrant,
Order, Judgment or Decree onthe Lords-day, for all

Matters or ()ﬁences, except in caﬁs of Treafon, Eel-7

lony or Breach of the Peace. . .

N ow in the cafe of Breath of the Peace, there muﬂ?
be a real and a&ual Breach or Violation of the pub.
lick Peace, as well as of Treafon or Fellony, Other-v.

wife the Arreﬁ is againﬁ the Statute before quored,.

as where there are Riott, Rout: or Unlawful Affemr

“ hlz'e: againﬁ the Peace, .the Juf’rices of Peace“

“ or two of them at leaﬂ', together with the the

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“ Sheriff or under-Sheriff, may by the Power of thc

“ County fupprefs them, Arreﬁ the Offenders, and 7
“ record Ebat which the} have found f0 done agairzﬁ ~ l
the Law, and that by the Record of the fame}
“ jultices, 8w. fuch Trefpalfors or Offendors {hould be 9
“ conviéted in manner and form asis contained in the

' “ Statute

A A

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“Statute of Forciole Entry, I; R.‘ 2. ~ C. 7. 8: 15 R. 2,
"“C-2.&13H.7.4.7. ' ‘

Note, There mult be matter ‘-“of ‘ Faétfound done,
- that is of a Riotous Nature, in dil’curbance of the pub-
lick Peace, and fo to be recorded; other‘wife, if a
Juﬁice, Sheriﬂ, or other Ofﬁcers, lhould {Eze a Com-
- pany of Perfons met peaceably together, and neither
faying nor doing the leaf): Evil, perhapsdoing no-
thing, but ﬁtting or- Handing together in ﬁlence;
What Record 0r Conviétiou can they make hereof ?
What did they ﬂee done? If. they record nothing
but Truth, it muﬁ be, T/mt the} beard them ”otﬂz], tear
‘ ﬂaw/Jew do any thing; and therefore noVioIence, Force
or Injury to any Perlon : "Where is then the Rz'ot or
i .‘Bréoob of the - poolz'tk Peace? Seeing that Allemblies
‘ for r divert Efforts are excufed in Law, as being
‘ uﬁlally n0t with any intent to olfer or do Violence
=‘. or Hurt to thePerfon, :Poffefﬁons or Goods of any
"Other; neither are they (faith Dalton) Mom iofe;
" they are (faith‘he) in themfelves neither Evil nor
‘ Unlawful ; Dolt. Tit. Riots. .

(@604; 'How then can the Profecutors prove a -
.ﬁ/Ialom in [6 in 'peaceable “Religious Meetings? To
“‘be fure, if nothingbe laid or done in them that is
{Madam in fe, or Evil in it felf, then no breach of the
,ipublick Peace, (to.- .

, §. I I I. miotum cometh of the‘Frem/J word-Rioter, Coffkpamr'
ii' Rixorz', and in the Law ﬁgniﬁeth, W 17672 ‘t/yree or more Inlhtu. cap.

, do 4’27 “”ldwﬁ‘l A52 33 to beat any man, or heat in In? £2;th gm”)
: “Pork, C baﬂa or W arretz, or to enter or take Po ff eﬂz'otz off”, 22%;?

Mot/yer mom Lzmolpr tow: or ole/fro] In? C am or Grofl’, or 01“. 5; Form,

3 ﬁlter Proﬁt, é‘o. C 3 ‘ Roam e‘o,

" C I! 3 .
‘Lﬂ’i’ﬁéTm’f Mira is derived of the Fran-:5 word Ro.z?,"an<1
.54.. Come! properly in Law ﬁgniﬁeth, W/YBIZ three, or more, d9
iii/”id“ an] ,mmfzz/ z ﬁfor their own or #93 common ﬁgzrrel,d”i'
[@ng 4 as when C ammoner; break dam H *dges or Paley, or mi?
Tuyob.1ﬁdg m, a’ozwz Ditclysrrorlm’méz'mm: for 4 Hit}! cltzim’d .5} them, 01‘
mm ﬁll/ifmr— the likC. ' I A . C
1” RWPf't- An Millammlkalﬂemhly is "when three or more af‘
ermb; mil. {emble
fgf'lila7l ; and do it not. 'Prxdone: are”; 729172231102»; ”fame '4
vide Alw— Mimemm ﬂptem wmmm demde (qzzoafqzre Newer»: 35
red) c. 26. C oalaerit) -.Tzrrmam (éizxoniceHlOth) dicimm Numeral!
‘ A [icxcreverit exercitam 72054272214: erdmzes, (ﬁr. N OW
' {WW Wed/fire name them Roééer: ,_ to the Namberof {637.611
CCCCCCC’: {if}; Men ;. then (until the Nurnber of thirty ﬁve joy.“
mlmliiei‘ of» together) 'we call‘it a Troop .(m Saxon Pilot/7:) If the
13m. Number encreafe, we call it an Army, HZotb égm,
to be quit of Unlawful Allemblies. '
0J6 may commit a Force; but of this, that I may
‘not unproﬁta'bly repeat, you may read at large Fitz'
Herbert, and thofe Others that have written of this
Argument, ‘

Izztercﬂ :Rrgi baéere ﬂrédig‘or pewter, 722‘ Legitéw {/f
Izzz‘mz’m; It is the Kings Interelt to have his Subieé’és

pacified; Violence is an Enemy to the Law-s; EC,

.1212. 5. folgr, 8t: 15. 14/7. 11... fol. 82. fee the Brit part
of the Ira/firmer, 8661‘. 4.; I , 44,0. C 11122 516 [Worm cap. 323'

fol. 66, 67.
3313‘: (Fr. Riolte gno'd 22022 ﬁlm; Rixammrfj’trgi/M’
77),. 3/,,,,,’sﬂgmfmt fed vinmlm‘etiam gee plant in ism/am ‘ ézfcirﬂlaé
mm ~er xii: 7.1m ‘iig/Ear' Colt'z'gantw ; (Rialor Reef, which ligniﬁés
or 1“”“0” net only *Bmwlz'ng or Chafing, but a ngoeall‘o, Or TI?"

6145/: my, ‘

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"net of Bundles.) iliiot ﬁgniﬁes,. T to .' orcz'ole doing.”
unlawful Aft, a] T/yree or ,, more Per om oﬂhmoled to.
Kalle?“ forth” porpoe, Well. part2. .Symb. Tit. 122-.

_ digmmm, Se&. 65. The differences and agreements

between a Riot, Root and vol/awful Ajfemoly, {he in
Loméert Eireiz, lib. 2. cap. 5.. Stat. the Ill of Mary,
\Cap. 12. and {Gabi}; fol. I, . who gives thele EX,- '
amples of Riot: ,° ,The breach of Enclofures, Banks,
Cundits, Parks, Pounds, Houlés, Barnes, the horn-
ﬂing of {lacks ofCorn, 0%.. Lamb. uoiﬁtpm. mentions
thele, To beat a Man, to enter upon a Pollellion
"forcibly; fée Root and Unlawful Afﬁemolj; lée allo
'ln Compl. juﬂz’ce of Peace, divers cafes ofRz'otJ, Amzo

_17 Rio. 2. cap. 8. and 13 Hon. 4. cap. 7.

'iiicnt,.~“Fr. ill-Mitt, i. A Coo/pom or Armor, which
:0 commit an unlawful A6}, though they do it not ;
and this is the lame which the German: yet call 13M,
meaning, A Band or great Company of men gag
'thei'ed together, and going to execute, or are execu+
‘tmg indeed any Riot or "On/4222191! Act; fee the Statute

_ ‘18 Eo’w. 3. Stat. :. 86 2 R. 2. cap-6. :It is a Roz/t

.WVhether they put their. purpoie in execution or no,

1‘ if they go, ride or move forward aﬁer’ their Meeting;

‘BVC’OIQ'C Tit. "Riot 35. So as a 13:31“ {Eems to be a
{pedal kind of unlawful Allembly; and aﬁiat, the
'ClilOrelerly {aft committed gene: ally by unlawful All
lembly. .Hou’beit, two things are .ccmmon both to
ﬂoat, Rz'ot and vii/121319;! A]? 772.42% the .0116, TI“: [5,“
x'Pt‘r om at [co/2" o2 gathered togetlﬂr ; the other ; 77th
fig? oft/2g together, do dfﬂm’othe Peace, tit/2W 5;, [/Vora’y,’

-' '3” 0f Army, Taro/116222“ Ge flare or 4457.11! .Vz'ol; me $257:

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runlamfnl alﬁem’blp (Illicita C oragregatz'o) ‘ IS the
¢ meeting of T lime, or more Perfons together, with
‘ force, to commit fome unlawful Act, and abiding ..
‘together, though not endeavouring the execution 9 "
‘ it, as to aiTault or beat any Perfon, to enter into his
‘ Houfe or Land, &c. W (ﬂ. part 2. Syméol. Tit. Iaa’ia‘f-
merzz‘s, 866?. 65. Lama. in his—Eire”, 125. 1. cap. 19. '
By‘ the Statute 16 Car. 2. rapier. 8( 22 (3'13 ' )7; ca . 1.
‘ If ﬁve Perfons or more, {hall be affembied together, '
‘ above thofe of the Family, at any Conventicle 01'
‘ Meeting, under colour of any Exercz‘fe of Relzgz'oﬂg
‘it is unlawful and punifhable by Fines, and orher-~
.‘ wife, as in the {aid Statute is exprelled. ',
Obﬁsr'ye ; But this colour of Religious Exercife 1? .
no RiOt or breach of the publick Peace (much 1655. ’
being uietly met in ﬁlence) nor of that nature or
kind ; or then four Perfons above thofe of the Family
would not be {ufl‘ered to meet, as they are allowed by 1
both thefe Statutes noted (the ﬁrf’t whereof, z'. e. “
16 Car. 2. is exPreITeg) feeing that but three or more.
rfOns met together with force to commit fome un-
awful Act, &0. is Illicita Coagregatia, or fuch unlan .
ful Allembly as tends to a Riot or Breach of tbepaélirk
Peace, where ’tis attended with fuch previous Intenw
tion, with force to commit an unlawful Act, as to
affaalt, beat, or make forcible Entry into other? Pojfef; ‘
ﬁom, é’c. the molt eminent Commentators on the .1
Law do all concur in this point,Which occafions thOfC'
Reitterations on the Everal Authors ; and be fure, 1
there could be no precedent intent (in the Meeters) 0f. l
the Sheriﬂ‘s or Conﬁables proclamation to depart. '.
There is no more Conﬁl’tency biztween punifhing ;

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Peaceable Meetings, both for a Riot and for a Reagan,»
ﬁxercrﬁ, than-it can be truth to fay, they were Fngr~

mg, or in a 1101“ Fray, whilll on their [(22861 1'” P 7478?

1‘0 God, or quietly meditating inﬁlerzce in I»: Law in their
* early. -

- And if fuch Meetings be charged with guanition,
Or as being a Senitious ctonhcnticle, and therefore ~
Proclamation mighttbe made to difperfe it. That’s
as Improbable (or as far from proof) as a quiet ﬁlent _
Meeting is from a Violation of the King’s, Peace,
Where no overt . Act of Religious Exercife (or pre-
tence thereof) is to prove it f0 much as a Conventicle.
For, Firfz‘, What are genitious dtonhenticieg, but
:fuch wherein Strife and Rebellion againf’t the Govern-
ment is fown,tending to Infurreﬁion, éw? Second! ,
What is ﬁehition, but a ﬁirring 11 Subjects to Re-
bEllion and Difcord, aRaiﬁng Fa, ion or Mutiny
againﬁ the Government? (as Phi/lip: in his New
World of Words, and Others, explain it) which,- to
be fure, there can be no Proof of againﬁ peaceable
Religious Meetings, whether held under Religious

 

Xercife of Freda/ring, Praying-($7. or in Silence.

l‘ \§. I V. Upon enquiry into the fence of weave, as
The Law intends it, and the approved Writers explain
1?, ’twill eaﬁly ap ear, whether or no the faid Mee-
t1ﬁgs can legally be adjudged a 233956.“) of the publish

age or minibus (whether they be either peace-
Elbly met in Silence, or under fome overt AB: of Reli-

"11.0113 Exercife) or thofe Perfons Riotom Breakery of
t“: Peace, who furiouﬂy difturb, allault and abufe

For

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i For a clear and evident folution of the Point“, 0b”

. "ferve E.L’s Pbilological C ommentzzr} and Col/657w”, in‘hﬁ l

Lambert’s
Inflice of.
Peace.
Dalton.

C ookon Lit.

L3. §. so.

oomleuxt. Other Authors fay. “ That mot is Where Three,

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“‘ The Law of the Land. (faith he) _\uEth the word’
“ $98868 dive'rlly ; {bmetimes its taken for Proteﬁw”
"‘ or Defence ; f0 Braﬁim calleth the. Writs of PT}? i
““ teé’tion, Brevia ale Pace .- Sometimes it-is taken for
“ Rights. Pti'b'ileaziger'hnd Lz'éertz‘es ;. {Ometimes rogan
“ Aéﬂiizem'e ﬂow Injuries, Force and V z'oleme, [531w .
“ commonly taken. Alenming beginneth the heat/f
“ of the Pexce, xii/faulting encrealem it, ”and Better]
“ accom lifheth' it. - . ..

The ame Author Illuﬁra‘tes the words R01”, R20!- '
and 2222242121912 Ajfemb'ly thus, viz. , . ,

"‘ ﬂour is fo called, beCaufe they do move and
“ proceed in Routs and Numbers. The diﬂerence
“ betwixt an unlawful xiitemhlp, mum and mat
“is this: When three or more meet to do an Um"
"‘ lawful Aet, this is an mnlamful mﬂembi-p 2' \Vllfiﬂ
“ they move (being. I’VPdPOIi’d) from the place 0
“ their meeting, towards the place where they put? *
“ pofe to do an unlawful Aét (though. they do It‘
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“i. e. Turma. When with unlawful Weapons, theY~
“ do an unlawful A6}, this is a miOt. An ”07214 2ft!
“ 40Em61y may well be called an Introduc'h'on ; A Rautr
“ a Profecution ; and 21 Riot, an Execution. , .

“ amt (faith he) is where three (at leafl) Of]
“ more, do ”fome unlawful A61: It comes from the
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“or more Perfons be diforderly allembled, to commit 1'
f‘ w 1th .
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I "“ withforce any unlaw Aé’r, and do =.accordi-ngly .See Ddlr.
“I'execute orattempt the fame, Lomé. 176- Coo. 6 r. a..Tlt~. Riotx,
Nu. 2. D412: 221, g . - ﬁ‘f’czé’eﬁn-

“ Three or more enter into Land with Force, . 6m ‘ m ’- 0“

"‘ where their Entry is lawful, it is a Riot, Dot/t. 226.

00.64. Nil-49g .- ‘.. , , . .

“.Memo'z'zzgr, Aﬂozer, Aﬂimltr, Izzy/roe: and-V1018”: Com leuI‘c.

“ .Hma’lmgr, and Entreotz’ogy, [Batter] and Molioz'ooor p‘Vi/‘l. {h H
Strikiizgi, jlmpgifonmsznt mttnotittloattant ,- To C 32:31“;

“Mm/Z one into the Water to eoo’mger 112m ; To Rowf/J' ed a'breach
_ “41470222472, To commit Fol/on] or Trad/012 ; Dalt. 18:. ofthePeace.

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_ “An ‘ZZIzldrvful ﬂﬁmol] is of the Company OFT/1766 Comleuﬂy.

i“ or more Perfons diforderly coming "together , P 349.

9‘“ forcibly to commit an unlawful Aé‘c, aa to Beat 4
“MM, or £2th upon oi: Pojfcjﬂion, orthe like; Law.

1 1.75.. Bolt. 2 21‘ P. R 25'. Cro.§r._a: Nu. 3‘: .

“ Firﬂ, .An @1214:wa A/femogy, it 13.0.1113! to meet

“to fuch a purpofe, though they wrllmglydegart'

"5 without doing any thing: Second! ,. After meeting, ‘

"‘ to move forward toward the execunng of fuch Aé’t,

2‘“ Whether it be done .or no, , is a Root .- Thrall],

"‘F To exchte fuch a thing is, .a Riot, Dali. £47725. I75,

I 6, Cm. 61.. any. ». ‘ - ’ ‘

7“ In an "Unlawﬂtlg xii/[377251], Rout or. Riot, twpfbnml T [t
“things are common, and muﬁ concur: Raﬁ, That 5,4,. 1 '- u ‘
i,‘ Three Performs at leaﬁbe gathered together: 247},
i‘That their being together breed {01116 apparent
ﬂzaiftmbance of the Peace, either by Speech, ﬂ‘lew
, ofArmour, turbulent Geﬁurepr acrtual and eppgefs
“ Molemeno that either the peacea ble fort of men be
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“ and Buﬁebedies be emblod‘ened by"- th‘e - Ekamoi’e,
Law. '76“, 17H, Lit: 32009, cafe .519. ﬁeﬁ'Etjz’Wf
gmﬂd ﬁéridg‘ment on the fame. '
Note; ;- Seeing that ’t'is- plain; ‘ That three or more?
Perfons Coming together, Forcibly to—commit an- un— -
lawful Aﬂ, to the injury of others (though: they do-
it nor) is an Unlmﬂl' Affembm- and their executing a
fuck a thing,is a Branch oftk’e P‘éztaeand Riot“, fee how
_ ﬁngcc in the fenceof- Law is explained, twlz.
Comp}.1eu{‘t. “That Which is properly fem, is either Mimi
pm;- “- Forti or Multitudine :‘ ﬂamm- fmti~ is Violence:
“ oi’fered to the Perfon of another by Deed or Word,
“ Dalt. 199. By deed or aetual Vioience, or to be.- .
“ furnifhed withoﬂ’enﬁve Weapons, net uﬁ'rally born, . ‘
Dalt' under“ {bidi waltitﬂmm, Where there-be two or- three Pi-
the'i‘itle “ma C pany, or more, to make a Rm, or'tOdO‘
Riat:,F0rci- “ a Force, Dali. A Trefpaﬁ made Marm- Forn' or'
bi: Em], “ mm Mdtimdine, though it be but to cut or take
6%. > “ away’another man’s Com, Grafs, .or Goods, or (CH
“ orerOp Wood, or to do any other Trefpafs, (3'6.
“‘ {cemeth Forcible Entry, punifhable by: the Statutes, '
“ Lamb. I43. .oDdlt. zoo. And the Indiament here- 2.}!
“ upon muﬁ be good, both in matter and form, the '1
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What fhall be faidto be a’Riot, Rout or “Unlamﬁtl
Affembl}, within the meaning of thefe Statutes}
13 H. 4. 7. and cap. .9, 7. 2. H15, 8. and :9 v,

7. 13. , . p .
“ When three Perfons or- rnore {hall come-or a1:
“-' femble themfelves together, to the In‘tezztto do any

“- unlawful A& with Force or Violence againﬂ . the'
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‘1“ Perfon-~ofanother,xhis Poﬂeﬁbrt: {[4} or-.Goot£r, as to . "[4]; Such
\ ’“ [(227, Beat, or otherwiﬁ: to Hort [a] or to him/oz; like Ufage
-: . “ 4' ~Mm, to full am a Hotfe me, Pale; hedge or “g". ' the d

a Ditch wrottgﬁt/ly, to enter upon another man’s Pojﬂef- Slew“ an

.H _ . _ 1 , v/ _ elr Met»

ﬂamor mom: or take away C om, Gngﬂ'ﬂ 0042’ or other tin g- Room
"‘ Goods wrongfully, or to Heat unlawfully m any and thepoor,
“‘ Part or ‘VVarrezo, or to doany Other unlawfulAét Widdows

i“ (with Force or Violeme) againll the Peace, 01‘ tOH‘oufe and
“the manifef’c Terror of the .PCOple ;. if . they only "lenement
‘-“ meet to fuch a purpofe or intent (although they met ’Wl‘thal
a. a . , , - at B/zﬂol,
' ﬂlall after depart of their own accord, VVlL‘hOUt (thofe that
a . - . - - . _ . .

‘ .domg any thing) yet this IS an ”1)”!on ”1 Aﬂemée’y ’have feen

Vlde Daft. under the Title Riots. the ufage in .

A, . “ F46}, may
calily judge Whether ’t-was not .Kz’otom.) Their Complaint‘is alfo Off/’18
£70]? Abuﬁand Vzolmce done to them at their Metings, a: byBeatiﬂg, Fuji:-
"73: Pulling and-Tearing W omem C lotion, Scarf}, Hoodt, (re. ﬂmmcfulltz-
‘C‘t'w‘li‘tierujed toward: them; and/om: of them Pinched tit-their ﬂnm, thrown
491m imbe Street, hurt and brat/Zed.

‘4 If after the Ed”: Meeting, they {hall ride, go or

“ move forward towards the execution of any fuch
“ ‘Aét (whether they put their intended \purpolein
“execution Or n0t) this isa R-ottt. ~ " U] A

“ And if they do execute any fuch thing indeed, they di d O:
“[5] then it is a Riot- . . fevcral h0u_
“ Now in Riots, Root: and “(Jo/4123f”! 4/ﬁmélz'e; Yes in Bri/tol,
3 “ thefe four Circumﬁances are to be conﬁdered : breaking
“ Firﬂt, 'lee Noméer'of t/te Petﬁmo 677251661. Clown 5: de-
“ Secondly, T/oe Intent died Pttrpo e of their .Zl/Iee- f30135; the

a ting. ' nr-hdes,
r“ 251‘ l1irdlY, T/ye Laﬁttliteﬁ or volanﬁt/ﬂéfﬂ‘ 0f the IVE/422600;: ,
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“‘Fourtlily, 77,3 Manner-M Crrc-umf’tance of do;-

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Affemblies
lawful.

“ Fer the Numoer, there 'muﬁ neceffar~ily be, three
“ Perions at the leaﬁ fo gathered together, or cite it
“ can be no Riot, Root or. Unlawful: Ajﬁzwoy Within»
“‘ the meaning ofthele Statutes.. ' ' ’

_'By the Statute of 1 M 12. and t Eliz'. IE. “ If
“ twelve .perfons or more affembled: together, with

“intention topr'aétif’e or, put inule withForce-and:

“ Arms unlawfully, and: of their own: Authority to:
“ change any’Laws, 8m. in-force, refuﬁng to depart,
“ or continuing together by the fine of one hour oﬁer
“ Proclamation madeby the Sheriff or jriﬂ'ioe, (~57. it
“ was adjudged Fellony in them all.———-But thele two:
“ laﬂ Statutes Prand’ now- diféontinued ' ;: ' D411“. under.
the Title Riots, ibid.’ ‘ '

“ But an Affembl ofan' Hundred Perfons, or“
“ more (yea, though,- they be in Armour) yet if it
“ be not in itercomn 193mm, and were. aﬂ'embled ,
‘* without any intent to break the Peace, it is not
“‘ prohibited by any of theft: Statutes, nor unlawful.

“ FOr the Blatant. It feemeth, it can be'no Riot,
“ 8x. except there be an Intent preCedent, to ,do
“ Fame unlawful a&, and with Violence’or Force;
Da/t. iéioz'. , ' . '

“ Alfo, where there be three or‘ more, gathered

“ together to execute the Jul’rice of the Law, or for

“ the exercife of Valour' and tryal of Aﬁivity: 01‘ i
“ for the encreale of almitp and jﬁieigbbuutlp ,
“ ﬁtitilhﬂhp (and not being'inet with an’Intent'to
“break or diliurb the Peace, or to oﬂer' Violence or
“ Hurt to the perfon of any”) fuch Affemblies be not.

' “ prohibited: ~

a [21]
; ‘.‘ prohibited by any Of thefe Statutes, "nor unlawful;
l fife Dali. z'oz'd. under the Title Riotr, p. 142. '

“ Every man in peaceable manner may alfernble,
5 meet Company; and may come to do; any lawﬁal
7‘ thing, or to remove or call down any common
‘anans. Dan. and. . »

T0 C onolaale t/oz'r pointfor t/Je Manner &' C ironnzﬂanoer.
' ‘ “ As there mull neceflarily be three Perfons at the
l “1621?: aﬂbmbled together, to make a Riot, é’o. f0,
~-, ‘1‘ their being together, and their demeanour mull be
. "fuch as {hall or may breed fonze apparent ,Dz'ﬂnroanoe

l “ of ﬁre Peace, either by aneatnz'ng kYPeeo/oes, anénlent
é “ Gcﬂnre, ﬂew of Armour, or 457,“! Force 'or ”.0 16,256,,

a

 

i 'u (to the Terror and fearing of the peaceabler fort of '
i “ Pe0ple,or to the emboldening and ﬁirring up of fuchf .
l ‘ as are buﬁe-headed, and of Evil difpoﬁtion by fuch Dalr.Title.
: ‘ P457) or elle it canbe no Riot, 8m. .Dalt. z'éz'd. p.195. Riot:-

‘Jfbep. gr. Aoria’g. Tit. Riot, Roar, ’Unlanﬁal, Affeznﬂy,

'04”. -

§ §. V. Further, to ﬂiew the unwarrantable pro-
f‘leeding of thofe Ofﬁcers and Perfons at Bra/fol, who

1 0Ice their peaceable Neighbours to Prifon, at their
lArbitrary Wills and Plealirres, without Warrant or

' rocefé under Hand and Seal of a Juﬁice, or (0 much ‘
as convening beforea Juﬂice, as alfo Their Nailing a}?
Eig/ot} [even "7 omen and Fourteen Men together in their
Meeting-Iionﬁ, anal t/aeir detaining t/mn oloﬁ Pro/0,26,»;
far may boar: together, (70. let the following Inﬁances ;
be obferved.

“ The

. . [22]- .. Arr ,
gee D “hm. . “'The‘ Juﬁi’ces of Race cannot command by word .
I'Varmnts, “ to Arreﬁ another, "being out of their pretence ;'
. 1419-7, 8- “ neither may one-in the abiénce of» the lattice Arreﬁ
371940637- “ anotherluponhis command :by Pam], but it muﬁ‘bé-
“bya Pmeﬂiior ‘Warrm in writing, by the greater
"‘ Opinion of the Juﬁices. . _
“ Now their Warrant or Precept by Writing ought
“to be‘under Their Hand and :Seal', or ‘under thﬁ1r
“ Handat'sleaﬁ. ~: . ' .’_ " ‘
0] But we “ And if it be for the Peace or gem! Bebzz'w'ortr, 09 v
: may wonder “ the like, Where Sureties are to be found 0r requiredi‘
what W ar- “ The ‘%&W [a] ought to remain Ike ﬂecz'al CM}?

mm or Law a and Matter whereupon if is granted, to the inter!t '
they had for gt A i

. . that the Part ( whom itis tobe ferved) may ;
\ga;f;niﬂ£_.“ provide zhisf§Srurelt1§§sniready, and .take then} WIFE? 1
ing 0 "my “ himto the hither. :1me to be bound for him. .
Score: ofWa- “ The 'Shernﬁ' havmga Warrant direfted to 1111‘!»1 '
mm, &c. in “ by the Juﬁioe of Peace, and will commanda‘riothfsf ‘
their Ma“ “, man (that is no fuelled-known Ofﬁcer) to 'ferve'iﬁr ..
”’55 ' HM}, “ he muft deliver him a Precept in Writing; .othcf' ‘
:ng 3;": it; ﬁ‘ wife ﬂ? W'rit of Falfe Imprz’ onment will lie for the

' “ Arre . ' T ' §
21:33:21,: in « If the Mice will dime his Warrant to his saw
.tbe 51‘0le .3 “.vant, or to another (who is no. Sworn Oﬁicer) to.
1341!. Title “ ferve it, they triuf’t ﬂlew their Warrant to the Par ﬂ 1
'Wmam’ “ if he demandit,‘ or etherwxfe theParty may 1
fat. 29 1. “ Reﬁﬁanoe, and needs not to obey 1t. . - - .7 ,}
Cook 6. 5+ “ A fwornand known Ofﬁcer, if he Will not/5M
.3; 9 68. “Ink-Warrant to the Party, yet he ought, upon the”:
Dalt. ibid. “ Arreﬂ to declare the Contents of his Warrant“
tit. Warran. “ 8(c. ’ ' ,

_ 1
“And an Ofﬁcer giVeth fuﬁicientNorice, what}?

7‘

-A

F

. - [12. > J , a
l “is, when hefaith, to thegParty, 1' Arm? year in Me 19414,, 29 1.‘
i .“Kimg’r Name, 61"6. and in fuch cafe the. Party» at. his Cook 9. 69,
:‘ perril ought to obey him, though he knowethhim
nor to be an Ofﬁcer; and if he have no lawful
“Warrant, the Party grieved may have hisAé’cion
‘ " 0f- Falﬁi Imprifgmewt againﬁ him. ;. Dalt. Title
' Warrmts.
i (QM) ; Set cafe an Ofﬁcer doth Arrell a Man or
BerfOns for the Peace, or the. like, and not onl To, but
‘- ~ nds them to Goal, and there detainsthem or {him
i ours,it may be days & nights before that he hath any
'._ errant, and then afterward dorh. either procure a
~ ‘arrant, or caufe the Ferfons thus Imprifonedi to be
I EOHVened (which is our cafe at Big/20!. frequently)
. .. efore a Magiﬁrate, and then committed by Warrant,
i ‘hether this be warrantable or'legal ?
. u' Anfw. No ;. “ If an Oﬂicer doth ArrePt a man. for D W 244.
u the Peace, or the like, before that he hathany War- 5%”.248,
' 'ﬂ rant, and: then afterward doth procure a Warrant, Lamb. 93,
u (or a Warrant cometh after him)to ArrePt the Party
| g for the fame caufe, yet theﬁagﬂ Arreﬂ was wrongful,
; u’ and the ()ﬂicer is fub'eé? to- am Aﬁion ofﬁdfe Imprtfon-
‘ mew ;' fee Dali. 1t. W art-unis. ,_
. See alfo 'Edm. Wixgate’sdéridgmew, under the Title
‘ Egberz'ﬁ}; ' §. 46. Sm. 1-. E. 4. 2-. . “ Sheriffs 1113:11- de-
e“ liVer all Indié’tments and prefentments taken in- their
“ Turns ‘unto the Juﬁices of Peace at their next Sefl
3 ‘ ﬁons, in pain of 40 l. are. And; here if the Sheriff
“1e F . it a toPrifonb col . f
4“ any me, or comm ny y our 0
h any fuch Indictment orPrefentment, a; otbettmﬁe,
.‘tban by warrant tram meantime, as aforefaid,
: ‘Ihall forfeit 1001. .
s ’ ‘ . §. 66.

or
be

, l' ‘24] - 7- ~
§.‘66. ihicl. Stat. L M Par. I. 86]]; 2. cap. 8.‘ “NO
‘“ Sheriff {hall be Jultiéeof Peace, during his Shrté—
f“ valty; and all a€ts then done by him at jaﬂ'icedf
“"Peace, lhall be void. ‘ ' _ ’ .
(Qatar), Whether to dif’crain and {poll Peoples
3'Goods, and keep their Bodies in Pri‘fon for the lame
‘ Meeting or Ofence (fuppofed) be Warrantable 11=1
'LaW. ' ’
.Ahﬁv. N 0: See ﬁlirroar, Tit. Ahafet of the comma”
Law, §. I 54. “ It is Abule to judge a man to divers
“Punifhments for one Tre‘fpal‘s, as to a corporal
“ Punilhrnent and to'a Ra‘nfom, ﬁnce Raafom is but a
“ Redemption from C orporal Pamﬂameht by Payment 0
“a Fine of Money. '

_ ocj. If it be alledged, viz.’ Though the 817.37ng
Oﬁ'cers ﬁnal “roar [Meetings in a peaceahle‘ .qaietpo/tare, art
no Violence or Force to any per/oh committed, threataed or
oﬁEred, :vherehy to render it a hreach of the pahlich Peace, '
or a Riot, (which are all one) Bat their not difﬁerﬁag i”?
mediately upon Proclamation made h}! the Sheriﬂ' or C mt"
ftahle, and Informert, this make: their Metiag a hreach 0 -.
the pahlich Peace, and confegaehtly a’RiOt (for [0 ozcr Tom/I ‘
C lerh, and Sheri/j” Knight, and Informer: of Briflol hat/é '
declared it ) and therefore they may force the Meeters f (1’, 1
Goal in the ﬁr/Z place without W ar’raat. Q E
Anfw. Its evident then that the Meeting is'no Riot] E
(being in no Riotous pollute) before fuch mandatory " E
Proclamation; and its as evident,~tliat ’tis a PrepO‘
ﬁerous and Irregular way of roceeding “(and 35%
weakly argued) to make fuc , Proclamation an E
. ' ’ ()CCEl-ﬁOFl ,E

1 , l: 2 ‘J ‘

occalion or 'zcau‘ié of theSRiOt, “When-asst Rior
'ﬂiould beithe occaﬁon of ﬁlCll' Proclamation, for the
fRiorousPerfbnsorDiPturbersof the Peace to difperlé,
Otherwife the iSheriH; 8m. “may at their Wills and
'_ ‘pleafures exercife fuch Jurifdi&i0'n-. and arbitrary D0mi~
. =nionoveranyoftheKing’s peaceable Subjects, when

theygive no occafion for any 'fuch command over

their perlbns; This isa new 'courle of prepoﬁerous
1 'pr0ceecling; and their forcing the ’Perlons .to Goal
,Without Warrant, appears as unwarrantable.

Pray, ﬁrﬂ, by what Law is fuch Proclamation
madeby the Sherriﬂ, 8m. to _ .Perfons .in no unquiet,
no formidable nor ‘Riotous'poliure P‘ ﬂamed/j, By
What. Law do they deem the Meeters not prefently

- fub-mitting to the Sherriffs command, .a breach 0f the
“Peace orRiot, when theyare peaceable and paﬂive,
and neither hurt nor Offer the leal’r Violence or Harm
t0 any Body? HOWcan it be proved then, that any
thing is done by them that is .Malzlm z'zzﬁ, to occa—
ﬁon fuchcommand or penalty ? .1

For Where the Law requires the Juﬁice of Peace,

. llogether with the Sherrifl‘, to command the-dilperﬁng
Of'fuch-UnlawfulAITemblies as are Riotous in Intention
of Fae}, they are really f0 ﬁrﬂ'. And their being'fuch

. Either by Intention manifeﬂ, by lbew of " Armour or
' menacing Words, 8(c. o'relfe RiOtous in Fact (their
being Riorous) is the occaﬁon of the J'uﬁices manda. ‘
torv Proclamation to d-ifper'fe; and not his Procla~
mat-ion the caufe of their bein fuch. Nor can, pm...
Venting Juﬁice be juﬁly picad for-fuch Proclamation
Find Punifhment for @6465 -Of the Kiﬁg’s Peace, when,
homatter of ‘Eaét appears of that nature, on their
‘- i i E Parts,

The Cafe
0f the Pl‘if
(tuners.

~ .( 26'?» '
parts, who are thus profeeut; d" and‘puniﬂaed for Prev
we‘ntion 3‘ arm} the pretence 0f Preveneien grants no
Fail perpetrated .01“ done... And, Sulpicion canrlot'
iuﬁly be pretended to ‘pu-mlh perfens equally wull
'Ol’fendors, any more than to Hang a man on Sulph-
aim of Fellony, When no fuch faét can be proeed‘: '
againﬁ him. ~

§. V I. A; a farther Addition to the Creek; again/l
w, [nob great N timbers have been ﬁom time. to time [ml
to Goal, moﬂ of them poor Handicrafts men, all Of
n5 ( being then) near Ninety Perfony at a time held under

[were Reﬂraint, both much of the laﬂ W inter, and have,

that we have no conveniency of Room, either for Work, ‘
Lodging or 'Air ; but crowded and pro/t in that Extremity, :
that a great number have been forced to ﬁt up all Nigbﬁ, '
and afterward fame to lie under the Tables, ”fling theit
beads upon the foot ﬂame thereof; and fame upon the Tables,
and man}! to lie on Mt: allover the Floor: of two very cold ‘
Room-s in Winter, being the publioh Thorow—palfages oftht
Goal; And not onlyfo, but now in this hot/edfbn, we are .
crowded and Thronged together in [nth great Niimbers- i” f
a tlofe noifom Goal, (15 tends to breed Infeii‘ion (actor-ding
as able Phyﬁtians and other perfon: of- Credit in. Brif’ml
have certiﬁed under their hands) and to ﬁﬂotate and: do”? ,
deflinl] to bring many. to a lingering'Deathfor-want ofgood '
Air and convenient Room and Lodging-for fomany. [£0753 .
0f Pei/0'35, 50f}! Mn and W omen, underfaobDu/rqﬂo”
Hardfbip in New-gate, beﬁde: that of Bridewell, where!”
alfo many Women areorowded'and cloﬁaly kept, [0 that 6W"
in this Monet/7 called July, I 632. we are eltfe Fri/01W”
to about the Number of Eight Score, whereof: "a. grad" ’
N amber are Women, - > £14,617 ;2.

(2 )' .

Q67, Whether fuch clof7e and deflrué’tive Con fine—
.ment be warrantable or legal, either in Sheriff, Goaler
.or other Ofﬁcers ? .

Anfw. N o; ’tis Wholly unwarrantable, and againﬂ:
Law, as by the following Reafons, Authorities and
Inﬁances plainly appears. ,

By [common Law we ﬁnd, “ That Came; ad eonti- Legal Exa~
CC - ~ . . . .
nendor, non ad panzendo: hahen Dehent, z. 6. Goals aremmation.
“ ordained to hold Prifoners, n0t to punifh them. 37651907711177.
“ For Imprifonment by the Law, is no more (nor £103,135.
“' ought to be) than a bare reflraint of Liberty, with- 2.7:?0‘} f6
“ out thofe illegal and unjuf’t Deflruétions of clofe and ' ' / '
“ open Pr‘ifon. _ 4
Therefore chief Jullice C ooh faith, \ “ That if the I
(c . . . - 3 8/}. 9 1'
Goaler keep the Prlfoners more ﬂrartly than he ought [gm-“Mam
“ of right, whereof thePrifoner dyeth, d I . d 18. FletJ.
“this is Eel/on} a the Goaler [43 by E 3. F “ “ I. c. 26.
“ ‘ . . fired, zfzthethec k 1,3}
the common Law. And thlSlS the mm of the Lord, ”I” 3 ﬂ ':
“ caufe,that if a Prifoner dye inPrifon, am the 19m; 1). f0 ' 3‘9

“ the Coroner ought to ﬁt on him. fage and jlrait

Conﬁnement of
thofe called Quakers in Brillol may not coca/ion Infeélion in that
C tty, nor the Death of any of them in Przfon, that the Guilt of
Innocent Blood maynot fall upon that City ( the danger whereof
ha: been fallyﬁgnzﬁed.) But if any of them he forced to end their
day: inPrzfon, no to he hoped, That the Coroners lnqueft will
havegood Information, and take jaﬂ' cognizance of the occaﬁon,
that the Cry of innocent Blood may not heunja/lly fmethered, when
they are nnjaﬂly and clandeﬂinly dejtroyed in a naﬂy Goal.

See alfo the faid Cook, fol. 34. pap. petty Trea/on,how

Prifoners are to be ufed, wherem is alfo an account of
E 2 an

Bria c. I 1.
dc Przﬁm,
fol. 18.

Sec Mrror,
C. 2. §. 1 I

an Indiﬁiment of’a-G'oaler for evil Ufage' of- his .Pr1--
fOner, fol. 35‘». in Trin. Term, 7E. 3. Cor. Rege 702144;.
lyre/em”, 81¢. “ That. whereas-one R. B." ot‘ T. was

-“: taken and. detained in thePrilonof Limo!” Caitle,

“for a certain Debt of ' Statute Merchant, in the
“ the cuf’cody of T. B. Conﬁable of the Cai’tle of L.
“ aforelaid. That the laid T. B. put the {aid R; into
“ the common Goal among Thieves in-aﬁlthy Prifon,
“ contrary to the formrof theStatute, 8m. and there
“ detained him till he had. paid him a ﬁne of 40 5.
Whereupon Juf’tice Cook makes this Obler'vation ; "
f0 as hereb it appeareth, where the Law requireth
that a Prifgner fhould be kept (mil/4171.12 é? arﬁl ’
Cuﬂodz’i) that is, “Infafeand ﬁ‘ireCullody; yet that
“ mul’t~ be without any pain or torment to the Priloner.
So Coo/e g. I‘nl’t. 52. faith, “If a Prifoner by the
“ Dare/5’, that is, hardUlage of the Goaler, come to
“ Untimely Death, this is erder 2'22 the Grader, and
“ in the Law implyeth Malice, in refpeétof the Cruel-'-
“ ty; And this is. the Callie, that if a man dye in
Prifon, the Coroner ought to {it upon his Body, to the
“ end it may be enquired of, Whether he came to his

. “ Death by the Durefs of the Goaler, or oth‘erwife .;

All which appeareth in Britton.

Mirror 3’14Lﬁ1ith, “ That it is an abufe of the "

“ Law that'Prrifoners are put into Irons,.or other pain,

d:4Hmnicida. “ before they are attainted.

' 5 Hm 6'. 58
Mirror,TlE-
Goal, CQP- 1-

§. 9.

[e] Hawthmwilt “- “Alfb, becaufe itis forbidden,
SiacrlfKnight-Cé" “ that any be pained before ~Judg— .
John Hilliar, etc. “ merit» the [6] Law requlroetlmheti ..
mfg,” ”m, A. none be put among Vermin, or 1n
up. . 0": Violence “ any horribletordangerous place.
done ' ' Ahd

- [7297 - , ..
“ And alfo, they {all under the 01"- dmfo 2’36 171/5}? M‘ a
”fence of Moo/[iiighgen who impri- m f” 0" v ‘” ”Wac- 1-
»“fon the people in fuch places, or ”ﬂy”? 0’” b‘ck’ §'9- of

“ ' ~ word damn Stairs, 1141:7sz a leg h—'
in P ut them to fuel] Pumfhment’ to the hazardirjg fer. '

- (Where it maybe found by [rogue/2‘,

‘ ‘that by thofe means, places or pu-
nl -ments they come fooner to their
Deaths, ihid. fee alfo Cook 3 113/2134,“-

“ Alfo, into the Oﬂ‘ence of Moo-

:ﬂdltghi‘er fall all thofe by whom a
‘“ man. dyeth in Prifon ; and that ma

(

be either b the Judge, who delays
(‘ to do Jugice, or by Durefs‘and
”the Keepers, or by Other unjuﬁiﬁ-
:‘ able occaﬁon ------- And thole who
‘ ill a man imprifoned, by a fur-
: Charge of pain, in cafe when any is
,(adludged to penalty only. And
3112) reckons the Ptarvin g of Prifoners
by Famine, to be among the crimes
E Homicide in a Goaler: Which al-
R Judge Cook holds in 3 Iﬂﬂ. c. 29.
lltle, Fallon] in Goalers by Dureﬁ‘
f Imprifonment, &c.» by Statute,
lid by the common Law, fol. 91. .

‘ After in the Mi'orror, an account 18
lVen of 44 Juﬁices or Judges in one
far hanged by K. Alﬁz‘o’, for their
'lfe- Judgment and Itnjul’tice. Ano-

hi: Life; putting
ﬂow down imo the
condemned Fellons
Hole, with other
Violence, Threat-
77in the Priﬁmr:
with I ronsﬁva’ a:

Y related in their

Diftrefl‘ed Cafe in
Print, 1mg. 26,27,
28. Boﬁdc: their
great Opproﬂion h}!

crowding the Goal "
fo fix/l, hoth N ew—
gate @Bridewel,
without regard to
Age, Sex, Quali-
ty or Condition?

{Add to the]? their ‘

putting poor imm-
omt ' Children in“
thoStotkg art Hi gh- -

" Crofs; foé'their

Farther Account,
I). 5'. {75 34/0 their
other Aha/2': 477d

Craze/tie! to the poor
Chi/d r en .

ler account is given, ' “ That he hmg ed the Sliitors of. ‘

Ciren‘cel’ter, hémofeihey kept 47mm [o [om 2'” pr; 0,2)
WW“ We WW“ l72'77’2/df 5? Forrez'zam, out he
,{ﬁm’cdhorﬂ/Zoozozy] J T 1t. A’h‘lf COWLL/m), C. 5-

“ Alfo,
1

0 C

- r o) '
. Alfo, obferve-what proviﬁo-n ismade forPril'oners
by the {tatute 22 8t 2; Car. 2. cap. 20. §. IO. m.
“ And that every under-Sheriﬁ‘, Goaler, Keeper of
“p Prifon or Goal, and every perfon or perfons what-
:: foever, to whofe Cul’tody any perlon or perfons fhali‘ '
a be delivered or ,commitedo by Virtue‘of any Writ of
. procefs, or any retence whatloever, {hall permit ‘
:‘ and fuﬂcer the fan perfon or perfons, at hisand their
(@1411 which ‘: will and pleafure to fend for and have any Beer, Ale,
them, they Viﬁuals and other 11eceffary Food where and from '
m, not to be “ whence they pleale; as alfo to have and ufe fuch
ﬁiﬁed or de- “ Bedding,Linning,and Other things, as the faid perlon '
flimfd in “ or perfong {hall think ﬁt, [ f ] without any prolong. -
rzﬁm. :: 131%; cgfetaining ”0r paying for the fame, or any part
#5?) $2313: “ Iézdgﬁ. 1;. And whereas it is become the common ' ’
GM! or P”; praéhce of Goalers, 8m. to lodge together in one £
fan 1;; the . “ Room or Chamber and Bed, Prifoners for Debt and“j
King’:, and “ Fellons, whereby many times honelt Gentlemen
mm: hat: a :: Trailes-mlen 8( others, &c. are dilturbed and hindred ‘L
common rz— Int 3 n] ' ° '
fan or am, « or their $32123 3352: ‘r ”35”? Ref? by ”5‘0? 7
1”” the ng '“ fended and tro bl d ’ at? 0 16m” 6 mucao ‘
u e by their lewd and-prOphane

only Mntit. . . .
GM}: and “ Language and Diﬁour es, With molt horrid Czrrﬂizgg

Garden, 02.“ and Smdriﬂg,&c. Be it enaﬁed, 8(C. That it {hall
5. 9. and' “ not be lawful hereafter for any Sheriff, Goaler o -
W”ﬂ4“gb- :: Kee r of any Goal or Prifon, to put, keep or lodge:
gt: 21.1%; “ Pm oners for Debt & Fellons together in one R0011]?
‘Prifanought “ lord Chiapnber, but that they {hall be put, kept and
to be allow- “ I: ge operate & apart one from another,in dif’tmﬂ‘i‘
ed.tthing: u ooms’ [3] 111.3011 P3911, that he, {he or they tll
pnfonm, lhall offend againﬁ thlS Aé‘t, Or the true intent an, "*-
“ meanitfat

l

a, ( I )
“ meaning thereof, or aiiy part theréof, fhall forfeit»
“ or lofe his or her Ofﬁce, place or Employment, and
“ fhall forfeit treble Damages to the party grieved, to
“ be recovered by Virtue of this Aft ;, any LaW,.Sta-x
a“ tute, Ufage or Cultom to the contrary in any will:
."" nOtWithPtanding. ' ,

Alio, there is another Right and Priviledge allowed
by Law for delivering Warrants of Commitment and
Detainer to Prifoners, which Tome Goalers having
been ready to hinder them of,it may n0t be amifs here
to incert the Claufe of the ﬁatute, 31 C ar. 2. entituled,
An 1152‘ for the éetteiﬁcztriqgutée Liéert] oft/ye Suéjeﬁ,
commonly called, be late széem Corpw A67.

The C [mfe : “ And be it further enaEted by the

{‘ Authority aforefaid, That if any Ofﬁcer or Ofﬁcers,
“his or their under Ofﬁcer or under Ofﬁcers, under
“ Keeper or under Keepers or Deputy---_----.upon de-
“ mand made by the. Prifoner, or perfon in his behalf,
“ ﬂlall refufe to deliver, or within the {pace of fix
“ hours after demand fhall not deliver to the perfon
‘ “ f0 demanding, a true Co y of the Warrant or War-
“ rants of Commitment an Detainer of fuch Prifoner,
_“ which he and they are hereby required to deliver
“ accordingl , all and every the head Goalers and.
‘ Keepers ofy fuch Prifons, and fuch other perfon‘ m
“ whofe cuf’tody the Pri-foner fhall be detained, fhall
“ for the ﬁrf’c offence forfeit to the Prifoner or party
i“ grieved, the Sum of 100‘ l. and for the fecond Of-
“ fence the ﬁrm of 200)]; and {hall and is hereby
“ made incapable to hold or execute his faid- Ofﬁce:
“ The faid penalties to: be recovered by" the Prifoner
“ or party grieved, his Executors or Adminiﬁramrs,
L. ' \“againﬂz.

_

_ ,7- 1' ..; '
7 7 ,r‘w '. "
’ n77.7- _-,71...~< -

‘f' " gamE. ﬁlch Ggendor, his Exerﬁuors or Adminigé”
4 ﬁrators, _bY any 3611.0“ 0f D659; Shit, Bill, Plain: 0r

“ Information in any of the King" 5 Courts at We mid

“ ﬂer, (ﬁfe.

Note, That the fuﬂ'ering CaI‘e Of the People called Quaker: 111 .

the C1ty of B7 zﬂol, 1s mow fully Rated 111 their own late
Accounts: The one enut‘ulcd, The DiﬁrcﬂEd Cdﬁ' of the
People called Quaker'sin the City of Bliftol, and thezr 17h”-
77mm Ufegc. The Other entitnIed, A farthcr Account of
the Continuation of the mud Perfemtion of tin People celled
Quakers m Briﬁol, without regard to Age or Sex.

THE END.

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