648 C. 9 — 11. Anno decimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 1746. CAP. IX. An Act for the more eafy and fpeedy Trial of fuch Perfons as have levied, or fhall levy War againft his Majefty; and for the better afcertaining the Qualifications of Jurors jn. Trials for High Treafon, or Mifprifion of Treafon, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. HEREAS a horrid and unnatural Rebellion and War has been openly and traiteroufly raifed and levied againft his Majefty within this Realm, and is ftill continued, with Defign to depofe v and'muither his moft Sacred Majefty, and to fet a Popifli Pretender, bred up and inftrucied in Romijh ' Superftition, and arbitrary Principles, on the Throne of thefe Realms : And whereas great Numbers ' of fuch as have joined in the faid Rebellion, have been, by his Majefty's Vigilance and Care, lately ' feized, and for fafcr Cuftody, neceffarily diftributed into feveral Prifons, in different Counti.s or Shires
- of this Realm : And whereas others of the faid Rebels have been, and may be, in order to lay open
' and difcover the Foundations and Caufes of the faid Rebellion and Treafon s, brought up to London,
- and Parts adjacent, in order to be examined : And forafmuch as Bills of Indictment, as the Law now
- ftands, are to be found in the Counties or Shires where the faid Treafons are committed ; but as it will
' be very inconvenient to the publick Juftice of the Nation, that the Judges fhould remain fo long in ( the faid Counties or Shires, as will be neceffary for the trying of the faid Offenders, fo it will be very ' burthenfome and grievous to the Freeholders of the fame Counties or Shires to attend fo many Trials
- as may be neceffary to be had for the Safety of the Publick :' To the End therefore that the faid Of-
fenders may not conceive any Hope of Impunity, from the Diftance of the feveral Counties or Shires where the faid Treafons are committed, and that Juftice may more fpeedily and fecurely be adminiftered againft the faid Offenders, and proper Examples made in fuch feafonable Time, as may be a Means to fupprefs the Remains of the faid Rebellion, and preferve the Peace and Tranquillity of thefe Kingdoms j Be it enacted, &c. ".The faid Offenders now in Cuftody may be proceeded againft, and tried in fuch County, &c. as his " Majefty fhall appoint. No Challenge for the County to be allowed. Peers to be tried by their " Peers. The Place of Trial not to be altered, unlefs the Perfon be proved to have been in Arms, " &c." EXP. 'TV. And whereas Difficulties may occur in Trials for High Treafon, and Mifprifion of Treafon, in ' that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, with refpect to the Qualifications of Jurors to be fummoned Cjualification of « and returned on fuch Trials ;' For Remedy thereof, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in r' !j" s '" Scot " a 'l Times hereafter, every Perfon may be fummoned and returned to be a Juryman in Trials for High Treafon, or Mifprifion of Treafon, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, who fhall at the Time of fuch Trial, be poffeffed in his own Right, or in the Right of his Wife, of Lands or Tenements, as Proprietor or Life-renter within the Shire, Stewartry, or Place where any fuch Trials fhall be, or from whence the Jury is to come, of the yearly Value of forty Shillings Sterling at leaft, or valued at thirty Shillings Sterling per Annum in the Tax Roll of the fame Shire or Stewartry ; and for want thereof, or for any other lawful Caufe, fhall be fubject to be challenged and fet afide. - ■• - . CAP. X. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for repairing the Road from Market-Harborough to Loughborough in the County of Leicefter; and for making the faid Act more effectual. P R. The Act 12 Geo. i, c. 5. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XI.
- fertion ; and for tl
Quarters. EXP. CAP. XI. An An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion ; and for the better Payment of the Army and their C A P. XII.
