548 C. 10. Anno o&avo Henrici VI. A. D. 1429. 2 Leon. 52. Co. pi. f. 315. c 'J'heAnthority ef the chief Officers in Cities, &.: to' reprcfs Force. In- c ierced rtr,-^ e:¥- c fjahnibj 31 EI. c. ir. They may keep th:ii Land by * Force, who have c had three Years 4 Pofiefiion. , j S..lk. 356, 1 Inft. 257, 5 R.2 and Boroughs, having Franchife, have in the faid Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, like Power to remove inch Entries, and in other Articles aforefaid, rifjng within the fame, as the Juftices of Peace and Sheriffs in Counties and Countries aforefaid have. ' VII. Provided always, That they which keep their Poffeffions with Force in any Lands and Tenements, whereof they or their Anceftors, or they whole Ef- tate they have in fuch Lands and Tenements, have continued their PoiTefhons in the fame by three Years or more, be not endamaged by Force of this Statute.' . ftat. 1. c. 7. 4 H. 4, c. 8. 23 li, 3. c. 14. and. fie i.} Jac. 1. c. 15 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. h burghs aiantz franchife eient en les ditz citees villes & burghs autiel poair de tielx entrees ouftier & en autres articles defuifdites emergentz deinz ycelles come ount les juftices de peas 6t vifcountes en countees & p-is fuifdites. Purveu toutz foitz qe ceux qi gardent par force lour poffefiions en aicuns terres ou tenementz dount lis ou lour aunceftres ou ceux queux eftat ils ount en tiels terres & tenementz ount contenuz lour poffeffions en ycelles par trois ans ou pluis ne foient my endamagez par force de celie eftatut. lubiib enables Jvjiices 11 give Rejli'Ut.oti in c.riain Ca^es. Inforced by a jo II. 6. c, 6. cc 3 Inft. 31. tc The Inconve- it niencies of in- dicting or ap- a pealing any Perfon in one a County that is a cenverfant in another* 11 cc «c C A P. X. PrGcefs awarded againft thofe which dwelling in foreign Counties be indicted or appealed. TEM noftre Seignur le Roy confiderant co- ment diverfes perfones pur lour fingu'er ven- ton geance & nient de dr.it malicioufment par fotile have caufed and procured many ol his faithiul liege People falfly to be indiCted and appealed of feve'ra) Treafons, Felonies, and Trefpaffes, before Juftices of the Peace, and other CorniriiiTioners and Juftices, and others having Power to take Indictments or Appeals in divers foreign Counties, Liberties, and -r-» .-,- ■/•.-i , > ■ , • i 1 ,- • 1 T • ITEM, Our Lord the King confidering how di- vers Perfons for their private Revenge, and not of Right, malicioufly by fubtile Imaginatk Procefs upon Indictments of Perfons dweiiinj in foreign Counties, 20 H. £.- c. 6. 1 eh. *. f. i- i 9 H. 6. f. 1. Sin. Procefs, »£2. Franchifes of England, in which the laid Lieges be not, nor at any Time were, convcrfant nor 44 dwelling ; (2) by Force of which Indictments and " Appeals, and the Proceffes upon them made in t .e " faid Counties, Franchifes, and Liberties, the faid " Perfons, fo indicted, have been, and daily be put " in Exige?it, and after outlawed, and thereupon their " Goods and Chatties, Lands and Tenements for- " feit, and they in great Jecpardy of their Lives, " whereas the laid Perfons fo iniicted, appealed, or £ put in Exigent, or outlawed, had never Knaw- ' ledge of fuch Indictments, Appeals, Exigents, or " Outlawries; (3") which Faifhood and Malice daily " doih abound and inevcafe 111 divers Counties, Li- " beriks, and Franchifes of England', in great Hinder- " ance, Lofs, and perpetual DcitruCtion of many 6 ' of his faid faithful and innocent li:-ge Peopk, and " very likely to increaie hereafter, if convenient Re- " medy be n :t ordained and provided in this Behalf." ' II. And therefore the fame our .Lord the King, ' of his fpecial Grace, and by Authority of this Par- ' liament, for Eafe and Tranquillity of his faithful ' Lieges of this Realm, hath caufed to be ordained 6 and ftablifhed, That upon every Indictment or Ap-
- peal by the which any of the faid Li ges dwelling
' in other Counties than ther s where fuch indictment ' or Appeal is or fhall be taken of TreTon, Felony, 1 and Trefpafs, to be taken hereafter before the Juf- ' tices of Peace, or before any other having Power to
- take fuch Indictments or Appeals, or other Commif-
1 fioners or Juftices in any County, Franc ife, or Li- ' berry of England, before any Exigent awarded upon ' any Indictment or Appeal in the Form aforefaid to ' be taken, that prefently after the firft Writ of Capias 4 upon every fuch Indictment or Appeal awarded and re- ' turned, that another Writ of Capias be awarded, ' dire£ted to the Sheriff of the County, whereof he ' which is fo indiCted is or was fuppofed to be con-
- verfant by the fame IndiCtment, returnable before the
- fame Juftices or Commiffioners before whom he
- is indiCted or appealed at a certain Day, containing
ymagination ount faitz & procurez de fauxment enditer & appeller diverfez de fez foialx lieges de diverfes trefons felonies & trefpas devaunt juftices de peas & autres commiffioners & juftices & autres aiantz poiar de prendre enditementz cu appelles en diverfes foreins countees libertees be fraunchifes dEngleterre es queux les ditz lieges ne fount ns unqes feuffent converfantz ne de- murantz par force des queux enditementz & ap- pelles & les proceffes fur eux faitz en les ditz coun- tees fraunchifez h libertees les ditz perfones enfy enditez ount efte & de jour en autre fount mys en exigent & puis utlagez & fur ceo lour biens & chatieux terres & tenementz forfaitz & eux en grande peri'e de lour vies la ou les ditz perfones enfy enditez appellez ou mys en exigent ou ut- lagiz navcient unqs coniffance de tielx endite- mentz appellez exigentz ne utlagaries les queux fauxine & malice de jour en autre habundent & encrefcent en divers countees libertees & fraun- chifes dEngleterre en graunt anientefment perde & perpetuell deftruCtion de plufours de fez ditz foialx & inno:entz lieges & verifemblab'e eft den- crefcer en apres fi remedie covenable ne foit ordene & purveu en celle partie. Et pur ceo mefme noftre Seignur le Roy de fa grace efpeciale & par auCtorkee de ceft par- lement pur eafe falvation & tranquillite de fez foialx lieges de ceft Roialme ad fait ordiner & eftablir qe fur chefcun enditement ou appelle par la quelle afcuns des ditz lieges d.murrantz en autres countees qe la ou tiel enditement ou appeli foit ou ferra pris de trefon felonie & trefprefe apprendre en apres devaunt juftices de peas ou de- vaunt afcun autre aiant poair de tielx enditementz ou appelles prendre ou autres commillioners ou juftice en afcun countee fraunchife ou libertee dEngleterre devaunt afcun exigend' agarde fur afcun enditement ou appelle en la forme avaunt- dite aprendre qe maintenant apres le primere briefe de capias fur chefcun tiel enditenent ou appelle agarde & retourne qe un autre briefe de capias foit agarde direCte al vifcount del countee dount celly qi eft enfy enditez eft ou fuift fuppofe deftre con- verfant par mefme lenditement retournablc devaunt mefmes les, jufiices ou commiffioners devaunt queux il eft endite ou appelle a un certein jour conteinant
