6 Ann. c. 9, (vulgo 5 Ann. c. 6.) 12 Ann. st. 1, c. 7. 13 Ann. c. 21, 66 6 recognizances and drawing bills of indictment, and to defective bills of indictment; and the whole of an act passed in the first 1 Ann. st. 2, year of the reign of Queen Anne, intituled "An Act for c. 8. except s. 3. "punishing of Accessaries to Felonies and receivers of Stolen "Goods, and to prevent the wilful burning and destroying of "Ships," except so much thereof as relates to witnesses on behalf of the prisoner upon any trial for treason or felony; and an act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for repealing a Clause in an Act intituled An Act "for the better apprehending, prosecuting, and punishing "Felons that commit Burglaries, House-breaking, or Rob"beries in Shops, Warehouses, Coach-houses, or Stables, or that steal Horses ;'" and an act passed in the twelfth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for the more effectual "preventing and punishing Robberies that shall be committed. " in Houses;" and so much of an act passed in the thirteenth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for the preserving "all such Ships, and Goods thereof, which shall happen to be "forced on Shore or stranded upon the Coasts of this King"dom, or any other of Her Majesty's Dominions," as relates to any person upon whom any goods stolen or carried off from any vessel in distress shall be found, and to the several offences touching vessels in distress, which are thereby made capital felonies; and so much of an act passed in the first year of the reign of King George the First, intituled "An Act "for preventing Tumults and riotous Assemblies, and for the "more speedy and effectual punishing the Rioters," as relates to any rioters demolishing or pulling down, or beginning to demolish or pull down, any of the buildings therein mentioned, and to the liability of the inhabitants of the hundred, city, or town, in which the damage shall be done, to yield damages to the party injured; and an act passed in the same year, intituled "An Act to encourage the planting of Timber Trees, "Fruit Trees, and other Trees for Ornament, Shelter, or "Profit, and for the better Preservation of the same, and for "the preventing the burning of Woods ;" and the whole of an act passed in the fourth year of the same reign, intituled "An "Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons " and unlawful Exporters of Wool, and for declaring the Law upon some points relating to Pirates," except so much thereof as relates to the trial of piracy, felony, or robbery committed within the Admiralty jurisdiction; and an act passed in the fifth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act "for the further Punishment of such Persons as shall unlaw 1 G. 1, st. 2, c. 5, s. 4 & 6. 1 G. 1, st. 2, c. 48. 4 G. 1, c. 11, except s. 7. 5 G. 1, c. 28. 6 G. 1, c. 16. 66 fully kill or destroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, or other in"closed Grounds ;" and an act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act to explain and amend an Act "passed in the First Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to encourage the planting of Timber Trees, Fruit 666 "Trees, and other Trees for Ornament, Shelter, or Profit, "and for the better Preservation of the same, and for the preventing the burning of Woods,' and for the better Pre"servation of the Fences of such Woods ;" and an act passed in the ninth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for the 9 G. 1, c. 22. "more effectual punishing wicked and evil-disposed Persons "going armed in Disguise, and doing Injuries and Violences "to the Persons and Properties of His Majesty's Subjects, "and for the more speedy bringing the Offenders to Justice;" and so much of an act passed in the second year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the more "effectual preventing and further Punishment of Forgery, "Perjury, and Subornation of Perjury, and to make it Felony "to steal Bonds, Notes, or other Securities for the Payment "of Money," as relates to the stealing or taking by robbery any orders or other securities therein enumerated; and an act passed in the fourth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act 4 G. 2, c. 32. "for the more effectual punishing Stealers of Lead or Iron "Bars fixed to Houses, or any Fences belonging thereunto;" and an act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, intituled 2 G. 2, c. 25, s. 3. "An Act for making perpetual the several Acts therein men. 6 G. 2, c. 37. "tioned, for the better Regulation of Juries: and for empower"ing the Justices of Session or Assizes for the Counties Pala"tine of Chester, Lancaster, and Durham, to appoint a Special "Jury in manner therein mentioned; and for continuing the "Act for regulating the Manufacture of Cloth in the West Riding of the County of York (except a Clause therein contained), and for continuing an Act for the more effectual punishing wicked and evil-disposed Persons going armed in "Disguise, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, and to "prevent the cutting or breaking down the Bank of any River, "or any Sea Bank, and to prevent the malicious cutting of "Hopbinds; and for continuing an Act made in the Thirteenth "and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Se"cond, for preventing Theft and Rapine upon the Northern "Borders of England; and for reviving and continuing certain "Clauses in Two other Acts made for the same Purpose;" and an act passed in the eighth year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the Amendment of 8 G. 2, c. 16. "the Law relating to Actions on the Statute of Hue and Cry;" and an act passed in the same year, intituled "An Act for 8 G. 2, c. 20. rendering the Laws more effectual for punishing such Per 66 "sons as shall wilfully and maliciously pull down or destroy Turnpikes for repairing Highways, or Locks or other Works "erected by Act of Parliament for making Rivers navigable, "and for other Purposes therein mentioned;" and an act passed in the tenth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act 10 G. 2, c. 32, "for continuing an Act for the more effectual punishing wicked except s. 10. "and evil-disposed Persons going armed in Disguise, and doing "Injuries and Violences to the Persons and Properties of His 11 G. 2, c. 22, 13 G. 2, c. 21. 14 G. 2, c. 6. 66 66 " Majesty's Subjects, and for the more speedy bringing the "Offenders to Justice; and for continuing Two Clauses, to prevent the cutting or breaking down the Bank of any River "or Sea Bank, and to prevent the malicious cutting of Hop"binds, contained in an act passed in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign; and for the more effectual Punish"ment of Persons removing any Materials used for securing "Marsh or Sea Walls or Banks, and of Persons maliciously setting on fire any Mine, Pit, or Delph of Coal or Canal"Coal, and of Persons unlawfully hunting or taking any Red "or Fallow Deer in Forests or Chases, or beating or wounding Keepers or other Officers in Forests, Chases, or Parks; and "for more effectually securing the Breed of Wild Fowl," except so much thereof as relates to Wild Fowl; and so much of an act passed in the eleventh year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for Punishing such Persons as shall do Injuries ،، and Violences to the Persons or Properties of His Majesty's "Subjects, with Intent to hinder the Exportation of Corn," as relates to the Liability of the Inhabitants of Hundreds; and an act passed in the thirteenth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for further and more effectually preventing the will"ful and malicious Destruction of Collieries and Coal Works ;" and an act passed in the fourteenth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act to render the Laws more effectual for the preventing the stealing and destroying of Sheep and other "Cattle;" and an act passed in the fifteenth year of the same 15 G. 2. c. 34. reign, intituled " An Act to explain an Act made in the Four"teenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act to render the Laws more effectual for preventing ، ، the stealing and destroying of Sheep and other Cattle ;' and an act passed in the twenty-second year of the same reign, 22 G. 2, c. 24. intituled "An Act for remedying Inconveniences which may "happen by Proceedings in Actions on the Statute of Hue "and Cry;" and so much of an act passed in the same year, for, (among other purposes) ascertaining the method of levying writs of execution against the inhabitants of hundreds, as relates to such writs and the proceedings thereupon; and an act passed in the twenty-fourth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for the more effectual preventing of Robberies and "Thefts upon any Navigable Rivers, Ports of Entry or Dis، charge, Wharfs and Keys adjacent;" and an Act passed 25 G. 2, c. 10. in the twenty-fifth year of the same reign, intituled " An Act "for the more effectual securing Mines of Black Lead from "Theft and Robbery;" and so much of an act passed in the same year, intituled "An Act for the better preventing Thefts "and Robberies, and for regulating Places of Public Enter"tainment, and punishing Persons keeping disorderly Houses," as relates to the Advertisements therein prohibited; and so much of an act passed in the twenty-sixth year of the same reign, intituled" An Act for enforcing the Laws against 22 G. 2, c. 46, s. 34. 24 G. 2, c. 45. 25 G. 2, c. 36, s. 1. 26 G. 2, c. 19," s. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8. 28 G. 2, c. 19 s. 3. "Persons who shall steal or detain Shipwrecked Goods, and "for the Relief of Persons suffering Losses thereby," as relates to any of the Felonies therein mentioned, and to search warrants, and to property belonging to any vessel, lost, stranded, or cast on shore, being found in any place, or in the possession of any person, and to any person offering or exposing to sale any such property, as therein respectively mentioned; and so much of an act passed in the twentyeighth year of the same reign, for (among other purposes) preventing the burning or destroying of goss, furze, or fern in forests or chases, as relates to persons burning or destroythe same; and an act passed in the twenty-ninth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for more effectually discourag- 29 G. 2, c. 30. "ing and preventing the stealing, and the buying and re"ceiving stolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brass, Bell-metal, and "Solder, and for more effectually bringing the Offenders to "Justice;" and so much of an act passed in the same year, intituled" An Act for inclosing, by the mutual Consent of the 29 G. 2, c. 36 s. "Lords and Tenants, Part of any Common, for the Purpose 6, 7, 8, and 9. "of planting and preserving Trees fit for Timber or Under"wood, and for more effectually preventing the unlawful "Destruction of Trees," as relates to the remedy for the recovery of damages against the inhabitants of the adjoining parishes, towns, hamlets, villages, or places, and to the punishment of the several offences relating to trees, and to the explanation respecting the three acts of King George the first, as therein respectively mentioned; and so much of 30 G. 2, c. 24. an act passed in the thirtieth year of the same reign, intituled s. 1. 66 an Act for the more effectual Punishment of Persons who 66 31 G. 2, c. 35. "shall attain or attempt to attain Possession of Goods or Money by false or untrue Pretences; for preventing the "unlawful pawning of Goods; for the easy Redemption of "Goods pawned; and for preventing Gaming in Public "Houses by Journeymen, Labourers, Servants, and Appren"tices," as relates to obtaining by false pretence or pretences any property as therein mentioned; and an act passed in the thirty-first year of the same reign, intituled "An Act "to continue several Laws therein mentioned, for granting a "Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Produce, or Manu"facture of any of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America, "from the said Colonies directly into Foreign Parts, in Ships "built in Great Britain and navigated according to Law; "for the preventing the committing of Frauds by Bankrupts; "for giving further Encouragement for the Importation of "Naval Stores from the British Colonies in America: and "for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Admeasurement "of Coals in the City and Liberty of Westminster; and for "preventing the stealing or destroying of Madder Roots;" and an act passed in the second year of the reign of King George 2 G. 3, c. 29. the third, intituled "An Act to amend so much of an Act made "in the First Year of the reign of King James the First, inti 4 G. 3, c. 12. 4 G. 3, c. 31. 5 G. 3, c. 14. 6 G. 3, c. 36. 6 G. 3, c. 48. 66 4 "tuled An Act for the better Execution of the Intent and Meaning of former Statutes made against shooting in "Guns, and for the Preservation of the Game of Pheasants "and Partridges, and against the destroying of Hares with "Hare Pipes, and tracing Hares in the Snow,' as relates to "the Preservation of House Doves and Pigeons, by making "the Manner of convicting such Person or Persons as shall "offend therein more easy and expeditious;" and an act passed in the fourth year of the reign of King George the third, intituled " An Act to continue several Laws for the "better Regulation of Pilots for the conducting of Ships and "Vessels from Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, up the "Rivers of Thames and Medway; relating to the landing of "Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations before the "Duties of Excise are paid thereon; and to the further "Punishment of Persons going armed or disguised in defiance "of the Laws of Customs or Excise; and to the Relief of "the Officers of the Customs in Informations upon Seizures; "and for granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, "Produce, or Manufacture of any of his Majesty's Sugar "Colonies, directly into Foreign Parts, in Ships built in "Great Britain and navigated according to Law; and for "punishing Persons who shall damage or destroy any Banks, "Floodgates, Sluices, or other Works belonging to the Rivers "and Streams made navigable by Act of Parliament;" and an act passed in the same year, intituled "An Act to indem"nify such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves "for Offices and Employments, and to indemnify Justices of "the Peace, Deputy Lieutenants, and Officers of the Militia, "or others, who have omitted to register or deliver in their "Qualifications within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further Time for those Purposes; and to indemnify "Members and Officers in Cities, Corporations, and Borough "Towns, whose Admissions have omitted to be stamped ac"cording to the several Acts of Parliament now in force for "that purpose, or having been stamped have been lost or "mislaid, and for allowing them Time to provide Admissions "duly stamped; and to prevent the Destruction of Trees " and Underwoods growing in Forests and Chases ;" and an act passed in the fifth year of the same reign, intituled " An "Act for the more effectual Preservation of Fish in Fish"Ponds and other Waters, and Conies in Warrens, and for preventing the Damage done to Sea Banks within the County of Lincoln by the breeding Conies therein;" and an act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for encouraging the Cultivation, and for the better "Preservation of Trees, Roots, Plants, and Shrubs;" and another act passed in the same year, intituled "an Act for "the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods "and Underwoods, and for the further Preservation of Roots, 66 66 |