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<P>AN ACT FOR THE Puni&s;hment of Crimes Committed upon, or beyond the SEAS.</P>
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<FIGDESC>seal of the Commonwealth</FIGDESC>
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<P>Die Jovis, 20 Septembr. 1649.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliament'.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field</HI> for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Parlia|ment of <HI>England:</HI> and are to be &s;old at his Shop in Fleet&s;treet, at the Sign of the Golden-Dragon, near the Inner-Temple, 1649.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT FOR THE Puni&s;hment of Crimes Committed upon, or beyond the SEAS.</HEAD>
<P>_FOr the more convenient and &s;peedy puni&s;hment of Crimes and Offen|ces done and commit|ted, and hereefter to be done and committed upon and beyond the Sea, The Parliament of <HI>England</HI> now a&s;&s;em|bled do Enact and De|clare, and be it Enact|ed and Declared by Authority of the &s;ame, That all &s;uch Trea&s;ons, Felonies, Piracies, Robbe|ries, Murtherers and Confederacies thereof, which have been at any time &s;ince the Five and twentieth day of <HI>MARCH,</HI> in the year of our Lord, 1646. committed, or hereafter &s;hall be committed in or upon the Sea, or in any Haven, River, Creek or place, where the Admiral or Ad|mirals had, have, or pretend to have Power, Au|thority or Iuri&s;diction; and all &s;tealing, or ta|king, or treacherous carrying away of any Ship,
<PB N="554" REF="3"> Barque or Boat, Ordnance or Ammunition (ap|pointed for the publique Service of the State, or for any private benefit of the Owners) from &s;uch places and imployment, and without lawful warrant and authority from the publique State, or &s;uch private per&s;ons re&s;pectively thereto fir&s;t had and obtained; And all Murthers and Man|&s;laughters committed by any of the Natural Leighs of this Nation, upon or again&s;t any of the good people of the &s;ame in any the Forreign parts where&s;oever (upon any matter, cau&s;e or oc|ca&s;ion originally beginning within this Land, du|ring &s;uch time as &s;uch per&s;ons had their abode within the &s;ame) &s;hall be henceforth enquireable, triable and determinable before the Iudges and Iu&s;tices of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> and of Goal-Deli|very in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Shires and Li|mits of their Commi&s;&s;ions, where any &s;uch of|fenders &s;hall be found: And the &s;aid Iudges and Iu&s;tices by vertue hereof, and of the &s;everal Com|mi&s;&s;ions of <HI>Oyer, Terminer,</HI> and Goal-Delivery to them directed, &s;hall give the &s;ame in charge at &s;uch time as they &s;hall hold their Se&s;&s;ions by vertue of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions; And &s;hall have full power and authority to enquire of all the Crimes and Offences afore&s;aid, and of every of them, by the Oathes of twelve good and lawful men, Inha|bitants in the Shire limited in their Commi&s;&s;ion, in &s;uch like maner and form, as if &s;uch Crimes and Offences had been committed upon the Land within the &s;ame Shire. And if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons (not formerly di&s;po&s;ed of, or otherwi&s;e order|ed by the Parliament or the Councel of State) &s;hall be indicted for &s;uch Crime, Offence or Offen|ces done, or hereafter to be done upon the Seas, or in any other place above-limited, That then &s;uch Order, Proces and maner of proceedings
<PB N="555" REF="3"> &s;hall be u&s;ed, had, made and done, to and again&s;t &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o being indicted, as is u&s;ed by the cour&s;e of the Law of this Land, and as if the &s;aid Crime and Offence, or Crimes and Offences had been committed or done upon the Land; and that the tryal of all and every the Crimes and Offences before-mentioned in this Act, if the offence be denied by the offender or of|fenders, &s;hall be had by twelve lawful men, inha|biting in the Shire or Shires limited within &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions, which &s;halbe directed as afore&s;aid; and no challenge or challenges to be had for the Hundred: And &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o found guilty of any Crime or Crimes afore&s;aid, by Verdict, Confe&s;&s;ion or Proces, &s;hall without allowance of benefit of Clergy, &s;uffer &s;uch puni&s;h|ment by pains of Death, and lo&s;s of Lands and Goods, as in other ca&s;es of Trea&s;on, Murther, Man&s;laughter, Robbery, or other Felony done upon the Land is u&s;ed. And for the better bringing of &s;uch per&s;ons to due pubi&s;hment, Be it Enacted, and by authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament it is further Enacted, That as often as any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;u&s;pected to be guilty of the Crime or Crimes, and offences afore&s;aid, &s;halbe brought be|fore any Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or other chief officer or officers of &s;uch place or county, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice and Iu&s;tices, chief officer or officers &s;hall take examinations of witne&s;&s;es in writing upon oath (which hereby they are &amp; &s;hal be enabled to admini&s;ter) and information of all or &s;o many of the principal per&s;ons that &s;halbe &s;o brought before them by warrant of the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices, Officer or Officers or otherwi&s;e, and of &s;uch per|&s;ons as &s;hall bring &s;uch offender or offenders be|fore them, as he or they &s;hall think meet and con|venient, to di&s;cover the particular matter or mat|ters
<PB N="556" REF="4"> in fact; and after &s;uch Examinations and Informations had and made, &s;hall commit the &s;aid offender or offenders in &s;afe cu&s;tody to the Goal of the &s;aid place or County, if he or they &s;hall &s;ee ju&s;t cau&s;e; and &s;hall &s;end a tran&s;cript of all the &s;aid Examinations and Informations &s;o taken, under his or their Hand and Seal, inclo&s;ed under Seal to the Councel of State, who are hereby authorized and enabled to di&s;po&s;e of the &s;aid offender or offenders, or &s;o many of them as they &s;hall think meet, and &s;end their directions concerning the &s;ame unto the Iu&s;tices or chief Officers of the place afore&s;aid, who are hereby likewi&s;e authorized and enjoyned to conform them&s;elves unto &s;uch Directions; and to &s;ome &s;uch offender or offenders, not otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed of as afore&s;aid, unto the next Se&s;&s;ions of Goal-Delivery, or <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> for the Shire, to be proceeded again&s;t according to his or their Crime or Crimes: And for the maintenance of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o taken and impri&s;oned as afore&s;aid, or &s;o many of them as are not able to maintain him or them&s;elves, during his or their Impri&s;onment, It is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That he or they &s;hall be maintained as other pri&s;oners not able to main|tain them&s;elves, at the charge of &s;uch Shire where they are in pri&s;on, by allowance out of the pub|lique Trea&s;ury of that Shire, for the pri&s;oners of the Vpper Bench and Mar&s;hal&s;ey; and the &s;aid allowance &s;hall be made by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Quarter Se&s;&s;ions to be holden for the &s;aid Shire. And it is further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in all ca&s;es where &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be committed to &s;afe cu&s;tody as afore&s;aid, the Kee|pers of the re&s;pective Goals or Pri&s;ons &s;hall re|ceive
<PB N="557" REF="4"> &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to them committed, and them hold in &s;afe cu&s;tody, and &s;hall not &s;uffer them to go at large, unle&s;s they &s;hall be di&s;char|ged from Impri&s;onment by the Order and Dire|ction of the Parliament or Councel of State, or legal tryal as afore&s;aid: And in ca&s;e the Keeper or Keepers of &s;uch re&s;pective Goals, &s;hall &s;uffer &s;uch per&s;ons after &s;uch commitment to make any e&s;cape, in &s;uch maner that they &s;hall not have &s;uch per&s;ons before the &s;aid Iudges or Iu&s;tices at the next Se&s;&s;ions of Goal-Delivery, or <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> for the Shire, the &s;aid Keepers of &s;uch Goal or Goals &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t by Indictment, and &s;uffer puni&s;hment, as in other ca&s;es of e&s;capes of Felons by the Law they ought to &s;uffer. And it is further Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That in all ca&s;es afore&s;aid, Commi&s;&s;ions of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> &s;hall be i&s;&s;ued forth by the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Great Seal, &s;o often as by the Councel of State &s;hall be thought meet, and according to their Directi|ons, as touching the places and limits of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Die Jovis,</HI> 20 <HI>Septembr.</HI> 1649.</HEAD>
<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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