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A. D. 1770.

Anno decimo GEORGII III. C. 47, 48, 49.

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Matters mu euntained therein.

Trial of fuch Adion, in cafe the fame is to be tried in London or Middlefex; and Eight Days before and thall not give Evi- the Trial thereof, in cafe the fame is to be tried in any other County; and the Defendant or Defen- dence of dants shall not, by virtue of this Act, be permitted, at the Trial of any such Action, to give Evidence of any Matters not contained in fuch Notice.

C A P. XLVIII.

An Act for making the Receiving of stolen Jewels, and Gold and Silver Plate, in the Cafe of Burglary and Highway Robbery, more penal.

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HEREAS the Facility with which ftolen Jewels, and Gold and Silver Plate, are difpofed Preamble. of, is One principal Cause of the frequent Commiffsion of Burglaries and Highway Robbe- ries; and the prefent Laws against the receiving of ftolen Goods, are found infufficient to deter 'Perfons from that Practice: May it therefore please Your Majefty, that it may be enacted; and" be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That every Perfon, who from and after the First Day of June, One thoufand After 1 June, 1776, feven hundred and feventy, fhall buy or receive any stolen Jewel or Jewels, or any ftolen Goid or Perfons receiving Jeweir, Silver Plate, Watch or Watches, knowing the fame to have been stolen, fhall, in all Cafes where Gold or Silver Plate, «n fuch Jewel or Jewels, or Gold or Silver Plate, fhall have been feloniously stolen, accompanied with Watches, knowing them a burglary actually committed in the stealing the fame, or fhall have been feloniously taken by a to be folen, triable an Robbery on the Highway, Thall be triable as well before Conviction of the principal Felon in fuch ction of principal Fe- Felony and Burglary or Robbery, whether he shall be in or out of Cuftody, as after his Conviction: lons; and on Conviction. And if any Perfon, fo buying or receiving fuch Jewel or Jewels, or Gold or Silver Plate, fhall be to be transported for 14: convicted thereof, he thall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and be transported to some of His Ma- Years. jelly's Plantations in America for the Space of Fourteen Years, according to the Laws in Force for Tranfportation of Felons.-

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CA P. XLIX.

An Act for continuing and amending feveral Acts for preventing Abufes in making.

Bricks and Tiles.

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HEREAS the Laws herein after mentioned have been found to be very useful and bene- Preamble.

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i enacted by the King's most Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Autho-

nity of the fame, That an A&t made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George A&t 12. Geo. I. 6. 35. the Fift, intituled, An Act to prevent Abufes in the making of Bricks and Tiles, and to afcertain

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'the Dimenfions thereof, and to prevent all unlawful Combinations amongft any Brickmakers or

'Tilemakers within Fifteen Miles of the City of London, in order to advance or enhance the Price

of Bricks or Tiles; and an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His Majcay King 2 Geo. II. c. 15. George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Twelfth Year of His late Majefty's Reign, intituled,' An Act to prevent Abuses in the making of Bricks and Tiles, and ertain the Dimensions thereof, and to prevent all unlawful Combinations ameng ft any Bricklayers Tilemakers, within Fifteen Miles of the City of London, in order to advance or enhance the Price of

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Ericks r Tiles; and an Act made in the Third Year of His faid Majefty's Reign, intituled, An 3 Ges. II,

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A. for amending the Acts therein mentioned relating to the making of Bricks; and alfo fo much and so much of A

of an A made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majeffy, intituled, An Act for re-

viving feveral Acts for preventing Abus in making Bricks and Tiles; and for indemnifying 'Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have acted under the faid Acts; and for indemnifying 'Perfons who have omitted to make and file Affidavits; and for allowing further Time for paying 'Duties omitted to be paid upon Contracts with Clerks and Apprentices; for making forth Dupli- 'cates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other Or- ' 'ders, loft, burnt, or deftroyed; and for repaying to fofeph Glover and John Gill the Duty by them paid on a Cargo of Wheat, and for allowing the fame to be landed for Home Consumption; and

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'for preventing Parish Poor being paid in bafe or counterfeit Coin;' as relates to Bricks and Tiles, as relate to Bricks and thich were to have Continuance to the End of this Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame Tiles, reby further continued from the Expiration thereof, to the Twenty-ninth Day of September, One continued to 29 Joufand feven hundred and feventy-three, and 'from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 'arliament..

Sept. 1773, &c.

to be turned Once be-

II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Clay which shall be dug or de- Clay for making Brickej gned for making any Bricks for Sale, in any Place or Places within the Kingdom of England, fhall for Sale

turned at leaff Once between the First Day of February and the Time of Beginning to make tween 1 Feb, and Time ah Bricks; and if any Perfon or Perfons fhall make any Bricks of any Clay which shall not be of maling, en Penalty aned Once within the said Time, he or they shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Shillings for of 101, per scoe Bricks.. wy Thousand of Bricks fo made, to be levied, recovered, and applied; in fuch Manner as other Penalties,.

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