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<P>BY HIS HIGHNES COUNCILL IN <HI>SCOTLAND,</HI> For the GOVERNMENT thereof: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE JUSTICES of Peace IN <HI>SCOTLAND.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Moonday <HI>the Twelf</HI> day <HI>of</HI> November, 1655.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>At His Highne&s;&s;e Councill in Edinburgh, ORdered, That the&s;e In&s;tructions for the Iu&s;tices of Peace be forth-with Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>EMANUELL DOWNING, <HI>Cl. of the Councill.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>PRINTED at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and Reprinted at <HI>Aberdene,</HI> by IAMES BROWN, 1656.</P>
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<HEAD>BY HIS HIGHNES COUNCILL IN <HI>SCOTLAND,</HI> For the Government thereof: INSTRUCTIONS for the Iu&s;tices of Peace in <HI>SCOTLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1 _THE Commi&s;sioners and Iu&s;tices of the Peace &s;hal take the Oath following: You &s;hall &s;weare, <HI>That you as one of the Com|mi&s;sioners and Iustices of his Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protectors Peace within the Shire of according to your knowledge and power, &s;hall do equall right both to Rich and Poor; And that you &s;hall not bee of Coun&s;el with any per&s;on in any quarrell or matter de|pending before you, and &s;hall faithfullie &amp; truely di&s;charge your duty as a Iu&s;tice of Peace; and &s;hall endeavour, according to your power, the pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Peace; And that you take nothing for your office of Iu&s;tice of the Peace, but what is, or &s;hal be by the Law allowed.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. That no Per&s;on &s;hall execute the Office of Iu&s;tice of Peace, untill he hath taken the Oath beforementioned, be|fore the Sheriff of the Shire, or before two Iu&s;tices of the
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Peace who haue taken the &s;ame who haue hereby power to admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oath to all other Iu&s;tices, who haue not taken it, within the re&s;pective Shires, at there re&s;pective admi&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P N="3">3. That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall begin their Quarter-Se&s;|&s;ions at the times of the Year following viz. The fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in the month of <HI>February,</HI> The fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in the month of <HI>May,</HI> The fir&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in the month of <HI>Au|gu&s;t,</HI> The la&s;t <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in the month of <HI>October;</HI> At &s;uch places as &s;hall be agreed on by the greater number of them, or (in default thereof) by the appointement of the <HI>Cu&s;tos Rotulorum</HI> in the re&s;pective Counties And &s;hall haue pow|er to continue the &s;aid Se&s;&s;ions, or to adjourn the &s;ame to &s;uch dayes and places as &s;hall be for the better Admini&s;tra|tion of Iu&s;tice and mo&s;t ea&s;e to the People.</P>
<P N="4">4. Any one Iu&s;tice &s;hall have power upon complaint of of any per&s;on being threatned, and fearing to be wronged, to bind the party complained upon, under &s;uch a pecuniall &s;um to keepe the peace, as he &s;hall think fitting; As al&s;o to co~mitt &s;uch per&s;on to &s;afe cu&s;tody, untill Surety be found by him; the &s;aid Complainer alwayes giving his Oath be|fore the Iu&s;tice, That he hath ju&s;t cau&s;e to dread his harm: And albeit no per&s;on complain, yet if the ju&s;tice be credib|lie informed of appearance of trouble betwext any parties, he &s;hall bind them to the peace in manner afore&s;aid, except the parties declare upon their con&s;ciences, that neither of the~ doth bear any grudge to the other: And all &s;uch Bonds or recognizances &s;halbe kept in record by him, and he &s;hal make delivery of the &s;ame to the Clerk of the Peace at the next Se&s;&s;ions, to be kept and regi&s;tred by him.</P>
<P N="5">5. If any per&s;on being charged to make his appearance
<PB N="5" REF="4"> before a Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of Peace, and &s;hall refu&s;e or delay without ju&s;t cau&s;e, the~ the Iu&s;tice, or Iu&s;tices, who&s;e Command &s;hall be contemned, &s;hall hereby haue power to Command the next Con&s;table, or in ab&s;ence of a Con&s;table his, or their owne &s;ervant, or any other per&s;on having a Warrant in writ, &s;ub&s;crived by the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, or Iu&s;tices of Peace, with a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Countrey, to bring any &s;uch per&s;on before him or them.</P>
<P N="6">6. If any Sheriff or Bailiff authorized in that behalf, &s;hal condemn any per&s;on for a Battery, wherin blood is drawn, u&s;ually called <HI>Blood-Wight,</HI> or otherwi&s;e convict him in any pain proper for him to impo&s;e, the Iu&s;tice &s;hall haue no power of new to fine that Offender for that offence; but if they &s;hall find him not condignly puni&s;hed in regard of the offence co~mitted by him, they &s;hall then inform his High|nes Councill therof, that they may take order therein; And if ther be not &s;atisfaction made by the Sheriff or Bailiff au|thorized, as afore&s;aid, to the Party offended, the Iu&s;ti|ces at the Se&s;&s;ions; may modifie &amp; order rea&s;onable &s;atis|faction to the Party offended, he pur&s;uing therefore before them: And if they &s;hall find the &s;atisfaction ordered by the Sheriff or Bailiff, in favour of the &s;aid Party offended, not condign or an&s;werable to the Offence &amp; wrong &s;u&s;tained, Then they &s;hall al&s;o inform his Highnes Councill thereof, that they may take order therewith, as appertaineth.</P>
<P N="7">7. If any Sheriff or his Deputy or Deputies, by Collu&s;io~s with the Delinquent, &s;hall &s;uffer any per&s;on guilty, to bee quitted or cleared by Iury or A&s;&s;ize, the party once, clea|red is not to be brought further in que&s;tion before the Iu|&s;tices, but upon their information the Sheriff, his Deputy or Deputies, re&s;pectively are to be called, cen&s;ured, &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">|verely
<PB N="6" REF="5"> puni&s;hed by his Highnes Councill.</P>
<P N="8">8. The &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall hereby haue power to proceed upon all per&s;ons committing Ryots, &amp; breaking his High|nes Peace, and to puni&s;h and fine according to the quality of the Crime, and the e&s;tate of the Offender; and if any of the &s;aid per&s;ons being charg'd to appear before the &s;aid Iu|&s;tices, &s;hal di&s;obey the Summons being endor&s;ed, the law|full Scitation verified, and fact proved, The Iu&s;tice &s;hall puni&s;h and fine the not-appearing, according to the quali|ty of the Crime, &amp; the e&s;tate of the Offender; And for the more clear determination of the Order, which &s;halbe kept by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, in the deducing of any &s;uch Proce&s;&s;e, It is declared, That it &s;halbe lawfull to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, when&s;oever they may haue occa&s;ion to move any Actions again&s;t Parties for committing any like Fact or Ryot, to re|ferr the fir&s;t Summons to the Parties Oaths of verity, in ea&s;e of want of other lawfull probation, who being per&s;o|nally &s;ummoned by the fir&s;t &s;citation, &s;hal be holden as con|fe&s;&s;ed, and decree to be pronunced again&s;t him, conformed to the Lybell &amp; Summons; And if he be not per&s;only &s;u~|moned by the fir&s;t &s;citation, The &s;aid Iu&s;tices are to &s;um|mond him again by a &s;econd Summons at his dwelling-place; which two &s;citations &s;halbe as &s;ufficient to inferr Decreet &amp; Sentence upon the Lybell again&s;t him, as if hee were apprehended per&s;onally: And which Sentence give~, after the manner and form of approbation above-writen, is declared to be good and lawfull in it &s;elff.</P>
<P N="9">9. The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of the Peace &s;hall put the Lawes and Acts of Parliament to due and full execution again&s;t wilfull Beggers, and Vagabonds, and Idlemen and women, without calling or trade, lurking in Ale-hou&s;es,
<PB N="7" REF="5"> tyed to no certain &s;ervice, reputed &amp; holden as Vagabonds, and again&s;t tho&s;e per&s;ons who ar commonly called <HI>Aegyp|tians,</HI> and they &s;hall puni&s;h &amp; fine their Receptors, &amp; Set|ters of hou&s;es to them accordingly, by &s;uch competent pains as is proper to them to injoyn.</P>
<P N="10">10. The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners and Iu&s;tices of Peace, at hereby authorized, with power to give Order as they &s;hall think mo&s;t convenient, and with lea&s;t charge to the Sub|jects, for mending all Bridges, High-wayes and Pa&s;&s;ages, to, or from any market Towne, or Sea Port, within their re&s;pective Shyres, <HI>videlicet.</HI> by laying a penalty upon the County, Pari&s;hes, or Per&s;ons re&s;pectvelie lyable according to the e&s;timate they &s;hall be informed the charges of the Bridges and High-wayes will amount unto, which penalty they are to levy &amp; di&s;po&s;e of for the repairing of the &s;aid Bridges, and High-wayes. And &s;hall al&s;o call before them all &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;traighten tho&s;e High-wayes and Pa&s;&s;ages, or otherwi&s;e by ca&s;ting of Ditches or any other Trenches through the &s;ame, &s;hall make tho&s;e High-ways noi&s;ome and trouble-&s;ome unto Pa&s;&s;engers, and &s;hal puni&s;h them, and fine them according to the quality of their offence; And to the effect it may be known of what breadth all Common High-ways &s;hould be to market Towns, It is declared, that the &s;ame &s;hould be of Twenty foot of mea&s;ure in breadth, at the lea&s;t, &amp; wher any are of larger breadth, it is ordained, the &s;ame &s;o to re|maine unaltered or &s;traightned; And that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, cau&s;e the &s;ame to be mantained, with all other wayes from any Town in the Pari&s;h, to the Pari&s;h Churches, in the &s;ame breadth as they are, and where they find any nece&s;|&s;ity of other wayes from any Town in the Pari&s;h, to Pari&s;h
<PB N="8" REF="6"> Churches, they &s;hall inform his Highnes Council thereof who &s;hall give them, after &s;ufficient Information their di|rection therein, according whereunto they &s;hal be holden to proceed; and if any County, Pari&s;h, or per&s;on to whom it belongs as afore&s;aid, &s;hal refu&s;e or neglect to concurr for mending of Bridges, High-wayes, &amp; Pa&s;&s;ages, The &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall haue Power to ce~&s;ure and puni&s;h them accor|ding to their di&s;cretion, due regard being had to the qua|lity and nature of the offence; al&s;o they are to take care, that &s;ufficient Fery Boats, and Bridges for Hor&s;es within the &s;ame where Hor&s;es ought to be Ferried, be provyded and keept in repaire by the Ferrier, upon the penalty by the Acts of Parliament in that ca&s;e provided upo~ the Ferrier, who &s;hall neglect to do the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="11">11. The &s;aid commi&s;&s;ioners for the Peace, &s;hall put the Acts of Parliament to execution again&s;t Cutters and de|&s;troyers of Planting, Green-wood, Orchards. Yards, Hed|gings, breakers of Dove-hou&s;es, killers of Deer, &amp; tre&s;|pa&s;&s;ers in Parks, and Counigers, &s;tealers of Bees, and Bee|hives; u&s;ers of unlawfull Games with &s;etting Dogs, &s;layers of red and black Fi&s;h, and Smolts in forbidden time, Fow|lers, fowling in other mens Lands, makers of Moor-burn, and Mo&s;-burn, &s;etters of Crewes, or Nets, in Waters and Dames, having and keeping of Crewes &amp; Yares in forbid|den time, and &s;hall proceed again&s;t them accordingly; And for their better proceedings, It is declared the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace may try &amp; puni&s;h the violaters of the &s;aid Acts, in the tryall whereof, they &s;hall proceed, by witne&s;&s;es, by Oath of Party &amp; puni&s;hment to be inflicted by them, accor|ding to the circum&s;tance of the Offence, and the quality of the Offender, by a pecunial &s;um or corporall puni&s;hment,
<PB N="9" REF="6"> and no other, with the provi&s;ion; That the &s;aid Commi&s;|sioners of the Peace, &s;hall not extend this power power to any per&s;ons who &s;hall be arre&s;ted, and convened for the &s;aid Crimes, before any other ordinary Iudge, it is al&s;o provy|ded, That the power contained in this Article, &s;hall no wayes be prejudiciall to any Commi&s;&s;ions, or Rights gran|ted to others, and now in force, whereby they haue power to proceed &amp; ce~n&s;ure the Crimes &amp; offences abovewritten.</P>
<P N="12">12. The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of the Peace &s;hall put in execution the Acts of Parliament for puni&s;hing all Fore|&s;tallers, and Regraters of Markets.</P>
<P N="13">13. No In-keeper, or Hoa&s;tler, &s;hall receive any Ma&s;ter|le&s;&s;e Men, Vagabonds, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons guyltie of known Crimes, or u&s;ing Stealth &amp; Robbery, under the pains underwritten, to wit, 40 <HI>S.</HI> to be incurred by them for the fir&s;t fault, 4 <HI>l.</HI> for the &s;econd, and 10. <HI>Merks</HI> for the the third, Scots Money, together with the lo&s;ing of the Liberty of Brewing and &s;elling Drink, The incurrers of which pains &s;halbe puni&s;hed according to the order afore|&s;aid, by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, who &s;hall have power to per&s;ue &amp; fine the Delinquents in their Courts or Se&s;&s;ions according to the pains afore&s;aid, and to levie or uplift the &s;aid pains and fines from them, without prejudice of all Actions Cri|minal or Civil, competent of the Law again&s;t the &s;aid In-keepers or Hoa&s;tlers, in ca&s;e they be in the danger thereof, which &s;hall not be taken away by any puni&s;hme~t &s;et down, and to be inflicted, conform to this in&s;truction.</P>
<P N="14">14. The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of the Peace, &s;hall put in execution the Lawes concerning Malt-makers, again&s;t all breakers and contraveners of the &s;aid Lawes.</P>
<P N="15">15. They &s;hall &s;et down order in the Countrey for Go|vernance
<PB N="10" REF="7"> in time of Plague, &amp; &s;hal puni&s;h &s;everly the di&s;o|beyers of the order appoynted by them, according to the quality of the offence.</P>
<P N="16">16 They &s;hall appoynt at their Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, to be kept in <HI>February,</HI> and <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> the ordinary hyre &amp; wages of Labourers, Work-men, and Servants, and who &s;hall re|fu&s;e to &s;erve upon the price &s;et down by them, &s;hall be im|pri&s;oned, and further puni&s;hed at their di&s;cretion; And to the effect that Servants may be the more willing to obey the Ordinances to be made by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, and the &s;aid Fees, or Wages, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall haue power to di&s;|cern, &amp; compell rhe Ma&s;ters to make payment of the Fees, or Wages appointed by their Ordinance, in ca&s;e the Ser|vants plea&s;e rather to per&s;ue for the &s;ame before them then any other Iudge.</P>
<P N="17">17. The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of the Peace, &s;hall take notice, that in all Sheriffdoms where there are any Gaoles &amp; pri&s;on-hou&s;es within any Burgh, that the &s;ame may not be &s;uffered to decay or become ruinous, but be kept up at the charge of the Shyre, where the re&s;pective Burgh is not chargeable therwith by Law; And if there be any Shire where there is not any Gaol or Pri&s;on-hou&s;e, they &s;hall in|form his Highne&s;&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ouncil thereof, that they may appoint &amp; give order for building of one, in &s;ome convenient place within the Shyre; and according to the directions to bee given thereupon, the Iu&s;tices &s;hall be holden to proceed.</P>
<P N="18">18. And becau&s;e there may be a great many of Pri&s;o|ners apprehended and committed, who having no means of their own for their maintenance and entertainment, will otherwi&s;e fami&s;h and &s;tarve before they can come to their tryals, who neverthele&s;s, in regard of the, Crimes they
<PB N="11" REF="7"> have committed, can no wayes be put under Surety, or o|therwi&s;e in faults of le&s;&s;e con&s;equence, are unable to find &s;ufficient Caution to be made forth coming &amp; an&s;werable at the next Se&s;&s;ions; Therefore it &s;hall be lawfull to the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners and Iu&s;tices, at their Quarter Se&s;&s;ion, to rate every Pari&s;h for a weekly proportion, for the enter|tainment of tho&s;e poor Pri&s;oners, Provided that they do not exceed the &s;um of five &s;hillings &s;cots mo~ey at the mo&s;t, nor under One &s;hilling at the lea&s;t; which &s;um &s;hall be rai|&s;ed and up-lifted for that u&s;e, by the Mini&s;ter, or Reader, who &s;hall &s;erve at every Parish, from &s;uch Deacons who &s;hall be appointed to collect the &s;ame, And the &s;aid &s;ums to be delivered by the Con&s;table of the Pari&s;h at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions in pre&s;ence of the whole Bench then convened, to &s;uch per&s;ons as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall tru&s;t therewith, and who accordingly &s;hall make due accompt, in paying the Gaolers &s;uch rates as &s;hall be allowed for the poore Pri&s;o|ners, and making the re&s;t forth-coming for &s;uch u&s;e and in|tent of the like nature as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall appoint-</P>
<P N="19">19. All Magi&s;trates of Burghs, and Keepers of any Gaols and Pri&s;ons, &s;hall receive into their Pri&s;ons all &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall be brought by the Con&s;tables, or any other per&s;ons, having Warrant under the hand of any one Iu&s;tice of Peace (the &s;aid Iu&s;tices cau&s;ing &s;ati&s;faction to be made for their entertainments:) And if any Magi&s;trates, or their Gaolors, &s;uffer any per&s;ons, committed by the Iu&s;tices to their pri&s;ons, to e&s;cape, they &s;hall be condignly puni&s;hed therefore, at the di&s;cretion of his Highne&s;&s;e Councill.</P>
<P N="20">20. The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are to &s;et a Price upon Craft&s;mens work, and upon the Ordinary of Peny-Bridals, together with the price of Shearers Fees, and to puni&s;h the
<PB N="12" REF="8"> Contraveners, as appertaineth.</P>
<P N="21">21. The &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;ball take care, That good and whol&s;om Beer and Ale be brewed in every Shire, and &s;hall appoint Vi&s;iters to that effect.</P>
<P N="22">22. The &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall put in execution, all Acts of Parliament, made for puni&s;hing all per&s;ons whom&s;oever, who &s;hall Cur&s;e, or profainly Swear, or &s;hall be Mockers &amp; Reproachers of Piety, or the Exerci&s;e therof, and &s;hall re|quire &amp; levy upon every Offender the &s;everal Penalties fol|lowing; viz. Of a Nobleman, 20. pounds; each Baron, 20. merks; each Gentlema~ heritor, or Burge&s;&s;e, Ten marks; eaeh Yeoman 40. &s;hillings; each Servant, 20. &s;hillings Scots mo|ney; each Mini&s;ter the Fifth part of their Years Stipend, without prejudice to other Proceedings again&s;t any &s;uch Mini&s;ter for the &s;ame. And in any of all the Ca&s;es before &s;pecified in this In&s;truction, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall then put in execution all &s;uch Laws, as for corporall puni&s;hments, have any provi&s;ion mentioned in them for &s;uch Ca&s;es: And in ca&s;e of the Inabilities of the parties Delinquents, to pay the fore-mentioned Penalties in any of all the Ca&s;es before mentioned in this In&s;truction: The &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall put in execution (as for corporall puni&s;hments) &s;uch Acts of Par|liament as are made and provided in that behalf: And that the Wives Delinquents, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be puni&s;hed ac|cording to the quality of their re&s;pective Hu&s;bands, And that their Hu&s;bands be liable for payment of their Wives Fines re&s;pectively in manner above mentioned, <HI>toties quoties</HI> for each fault: And all others whatever, not particularly herein enumerated, are to pay in proportion to their re&s;pec|tive qualities and degrees. And al&s;o the &s;aid ju&s;tices are to put in execution the Acts of Parliament, made for the pu|ni&s;hing
<PB N="13" REF="8"> of all per&s;ons that &s;hall be found guilty of the &s;in of Fornication, and &s;hall levy, or cau&s;e to be levied the &s;everal pecuniall Sums therein mentioned, <HI>viz.</HI> For each Noble|man for the fir&s;t Fault, Four hundred pounds, each Baron and Landed-Genteleman, Two hundred pounds; each o|ther Gentleman and Burges One hundred pounds, each Far|mer Twenty five pounds; every other Per&s;on of inferior quality Ten pounds Scots money; and the&s;e penalties &s;hall be doubled, <HI>toties quoiies,</HI> according to the Relap&s;es of the degrees of the offence, and quality of the Offenders; And that the &s;aid Penalties &s;hall be levyed, not only of the man, but al&s;o of the Woman, according to her quality, and the degree of her offence, the one without prejudice of the o|ther: All &amp; &s;undry which penalties &s;o to be levyed, are to be di&s;po&s;ed of as followeth; to wit, One half to pious u&s;es in the &s;ame Pari&s;h where the Offender lives, or the offence hath beene committed; and the other half to be divided in|to two equall parts, one part whereof to be given to the In|former and Pro&s;ecutor, and (out of the other half) to &s;ati&s;|fie the Con&s;table or other Per&s;on, who &s;hall be imployed for bringing the Party accu&s;ed to Iu&s;tice; &amp; the remainder to be di&s;po&s;ed of to Pious u&s;es, or towards &s;atisfying of the Con&s;tabls for their travels &amp; &s;ervices in other parts of their Office, according as the ju&s;tices &s;hall think fit. That the &s;aid ju&s;tices &s;hall put the acts of Parliament in execution, for the puni&s;hing of all per&s;ons found guilty of the &s;in of Drunken|ne&s;&s;e, or Exce&s;&s;ive Drinking, e&s;pecially under the name of Healths, or of haunting Taverns or Alehou&s;es after ten of the clock at night, or at any time of the day, except in time of travell or for ordinary refre&s;hments; As al&s;o again&s;t the keepers of Taverns or Ale-hou&s;es that &s;hall &s;ell the Drink
<PB N="14" REF="9"> unto them, which Penalties in the &s;aid &s;everall Acts con|tained, the &s;aid ju&s;tices are to levy, or cau&s;e to be levied up|on the &s;aid Delinquents; and the &s;aid penalties are to be di&s;|po&s;ed of by the &s;aid ju&s;tices in like manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="23">23. The &s;aid ju&s;tices &s;hall put in execution all Acts of Par|liament, made again&s;t &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall prophane the Lords Day, and require or levy the penalties therein con|tained; which penalties &s;o rai&s;ed, the &s;aid ju&s;tices are to di&s;|po&s;e of in like manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="24">24 Any two or more ju&s;tices of Peace &s;hall be a &s;ufficient number to decide, in matters occurring betwixt the four Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions in their re&s;pective Shires.</P>
<P N="25">25. The &s;aid ju&s;tices of peace, as well to Burgh as Land, &s;hall conveen and be pre&s;ent at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Shire where the Burgh and land lyes, make their record, and make payment of the Fines intromitted with by them, as ju&s;tices of Peace of that Shire, to their Collector.</P>
<P N="26">26. The &s;aid ju&s;tices are impowred to appoint a &s;ufficient Collector for levying the Fines and penalties which they have power to impo&s;e upon any offender, &amp; are to take cau|tion or Security of him for making due accompt.</P>
<P N="27">27. The &s;aid ju&s;tices &s;hall have, during the time of Quar-Se&s;&s;ions, for every day of their abode (&s;o it do not exceed the number of three dayes at the mo&s;t at one time) allowed for every one of them, Fourty &s;hillings Scots money, daily to be paid and uplifted by the Collectors of the Fines; And al &s;uch ju&s;tices as take the benefit of that allowance, and &s;hall be ab&s;ent from any Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions in their re&s;pective Divi&s;ion, &s;hall incur the Penalties of Fourty pounds Scots money, not having a lawfull excu&s;e, allowed of as &s;uch, by the re&s;t of the ju&s;tices there a&s;&s;embled.</P>
<P N="28"><PB N="15" REF="9">28. The Commi&s;&s;ioners for Admini&s;tration of ju&s;tice to the People in <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hall direct generall and &s;ummary charges of Horning and Poinding at the in&s;tance of the Collector (appointed in every County for ingathering of all Fines and penalties wha&s;oever incurred) upon &s;imple Charges of fifteen dayes, and no &s;u&s;pen&s;ion &s;hall be gran|ted but upon con&s;ignation of the &s;ums contained in the Sen|tence, and by finding Caution for payment of the Charges at the modification of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P N="29">29. And at what time and when&s;oever any per&s;on &s;hall accu&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to be guily of Trea&s;on, Mur|der, or other Felony, Bla&s;phemy, Ince&s;t, or any other hey|nous Crimes, in &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices &s;hall forthwith cau&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or pet&s;ons to be apprehended, and after inquiry made into the ca&s;e, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu|&s;tices, if they find cau&s;e, &s;hall committ the Offender to Pri|&s;on, or take &s;ufficient Bail, if the ca&s;e by Law be bailable, And &s;hall take the information of the party accu&s;ing upon Oath, and bind him to pro&s;ecute, and &s;hall take the Te&s;ti|mony or depo&s;itions of the Witne&s;&s;es likewi&s;e upon Oath, &amp; bind them to give in Evidence, And &s;hal al&s;o take the ex|amination of the party accu&s;ed: All which Recognizances, Informations, Depo&s;itions, &amp; Examinatio~s, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, or Iu&s;tices, &s;hal certify to the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, A&s;&s;izes or Criminal Courts for Gaol-delivery re&s;pectively, to the end the ju&s;tice may proceed again&s;t them according to the Law.</P>
<P N="30">30. And fora&s;much as there have been divers Acts of Par|liament made for maintaining of the Poor in every Pari&s;h, It is declared, that the &s;aid ju&s;tices &s;hall take care to put the &s;aid acts in execution: <HI>viz.</HI> They &s;hall appoint two or more
<PB N="16" REF="10"> per&s;o~s of good fame &amp; quality in every pari&s;h to Landward to be Over&s;eers for the poor in each Pari&s;h afore&s;aid, and to authorize the &s;aid over&s;eers to take due tryall and exami|nation of the condition and number of &s;uch poor, Aged, Sick, Lame and Impotent Inhabitants of the &s;aid pari&s;h, who (of them&s;elves) have not to maintain them, nor are able to work for their living; as al&s;o of all Orphans and other poor Children within the &s;aid pari&s;h, who are left de&s;titute of all help, And the &s;aid Over&s;eers are to li&s;t and inroll all &s;uch per&s;ons, and to provide them &s;uch convenient hou&s;e for their dwelling, either apart or together, as they &s;hall judge requi&s;it; And upon con&s;ideration had what their ne|ce&s;&s;ary maintenance will extend to weekly, the &s;aid Over|&s;eers are to call for the Collections of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, or o|ther &s;ums appointed for the maintenance of the Poor there of, And the per&s;ons who have the &s;aid &s;ums in their hands, are hereby required to deliver the &s;ame to the &s;aid Over|&s;eers, and their receipts under their hands &s;hall be their &s;uffi|cient Di&s;charge; which &s;ums &s;o received, the Over&s;eers are to di&s;tribute proportionably to the &s;everall poor people a|fore&s;aid, according as they &s;hall find their nece&s;&s;ities to re|quire: And where the collections and other moneyes afore|&s;aid are found deficient for the maintenance of the &s;aid poor the &s;aid ju&s;tices are hereby impowred to give order to the &s;aid Pari&s;h, to lay a tax or Stint upon the whole Pari&s;hioners or Inhabitants, according to the e&s;timation of their e&s;tates and conditions, for &s;uch a weekly or monthly Contributi|on as &s;hall be found nece&s;&s;ary towards the maintenance of the &s;aid poor, and putting the &s;aid Orphans to Schools or Callings as they &s;hall Iudge them fitte&s;t for, and to take care that it be effectually done: And the &s;aid Over&s;eers are
<PB N="17" REF="10"> to demand and receive from al and every per&s;on of the &s;aid Pari&s;h according to the &s;aid Stint or Tax; and in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e to make payment of the &s;aid proportions, upon repre&s;enting thereof to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, they &s;hall give Order for the di&s;treining and poin|ding of their Goods for payment thereof And the &s;aid O|ver&s;cers are to take due tryall of the good behaviour and carriage of the poore per&s;ons li&s;ted and inrolled as afore|&s;aid, That if any of them, being &s;o provyded for, do go a|broad to beg, or otherwi&s;e mi&s;carry them&s;elves, or &s;hal re|fu&s;e, being able, to work any manner of work that they are able to perform, in &s;uch ca&s;es the &s;aid Over&s;eers are to ac|quaint the &s;aid Iu&s;tices therwith, who &s;hal appoint &s;uch pu|ni&s;hments for the fir&s;t fault as in their judgements they &s;hall find requi&s;ite; &amp; if they &s;hall continue in &s;uch mi&s;carriages, they are to be held and reputed as Vagabonds, and &s;o to be proceeded again&s;t according to the Law in that ca&s;e provy|ded. And to the end that there may be a due and exact per|formance of the Premi&s;&s;es, The &s;aid Iu&s;tices are hereby re|quired to call before them the &s;aid Over&s;eers, once in eve|ry &s;ix moneths, or oftner if they &s;hall think it expedient, to an accompt upon Oath of the whole Sums received by the~, and to produce the Roll of the &s;aid poor, together with the Stint Roll, and an accompt of what moneys they have re|ceived any other wayes for the u&s;e of the &s;aid poor, &amp; after a due con&s;ideration of the Charge, together with the di&s;|charge thereof, to approve, allow, or di&s;alow the &s;ame as they &s;hall be found ju&s;t. And the &s;aid Ju&s;tices are to take due Tryall and Examination how the &s;ayd Over-&s;eers have di&s;charged their Tru&s;t; AND in ca&s;e of the re|fu&s;al of any of the &s;aid Over&s;eers, nominated and elected
<PB N="18" REF="11"> as afore&s;aid, to accept the &s;aid Office, or having accepted, &s;hall be found negligent therein; or &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to give an accompt of their Intromi&s;ions when required, as a|fore&s;aid, or to deliver what Moneys &s;hall be found re&s;ting in their hands, undi&s;po&s;ed of at the end of the year, unto &s;uch new over&s;eeres as &s;hall be appointed: In &s;uch ca&s;es the Offenders &s;hall incur the penalty of Twenty pounds &s;cots, to the u&s;e of the poor, and to &s;uffer &s;uch further Cen&s;ure as the &s;aid ju&s;tices at their quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, upon con&s;iderati|on had of their fault, &s;hall &s;ee meet to impo&s;e.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="forms">
<P>A Forme of VVarrants, Recogniz|ances, and Mittimu&s;e's, to be u&s;ed by Ju&s;tices of the Peace in their re&s;pective Counties, as their re&s;pe|ctive Ca&s;es shall require.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="warrant">
<HEAD>A Generall Warrant for Felonies, or other Mi&s;de|meanours.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Mid-Lothian.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe&s;e are in the Name of his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, to charge and command you, to give Summons, or to bring before me, or &s;ome other of his Highnes ju&s;tices of the Peace <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> to an&s;wer &s;uch matters as are al|ready complained of, and &s;hall be then further objected again&s;t
<PB N="19" REF="11"> him concerning <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> And that he come provided with &s;uficient Sureties to be bound as the cau&s;e &s;hall require: Hereof fail not.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my hand <DATE>the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To the Con&s;tables of and to either of them, or to their Deputy or Deputies.</TRAILER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="warrant">
<HEAD>Warrant for the Peace and Good haviour.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas <HI>A.</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> hath <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> taken his corporall Oath before me, That <HI>B.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mid-Lothian.</NOTE> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> hath threatned to burn his hou&s;e, beat him&s;elf, his wife or children, whereupon he is afraied of bodily harm to be done to him, his wife or children, by the &s;aid <HI>B.</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> or by his procurement: The&s;e are therefore in the Name of his Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of Eng|land, Scotland, and Ireland, to charge and command you to bring the &s;aid <HI>B.</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> before me, or &s;ome other of his Highne&s;&s;e Iu&s;tices of Peace of this County, provyded with &s;ufficient Surties, to be bound with him for his appearing at the next Quarter-Se&s;sions to be held for this County or Divi|&s;ion, then, and there to an&s;were the Premi&s;&s;es; And that in the meane time he &s;hall keepe his &s;aid Highne&s;&s;e Peace, towards his Highne&s;&s;e and all the people of this Nation, and more e&s;peci|ally towards, <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> which if he &s;hall refu&s;e to do, That then you carry him the &s;aid <HI>B.</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> to his Highne&s;&s;e Gaol at burgh of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> their to remain till he &s;hall do the &s;ame, or be delivered by due
<PB N="20" REF="12"> cour&s;e of Law <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand and Seale <DATE> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="warrant">
<HEAD>The like Warrant for Good-behaviour, as the ca&s;e cau&s;e &s;hall require.</HEAD>
<HEAD>Recognizance for &s;ureties.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Mid-Lothian.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>A. B. of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the County of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> Yeoman, came before me, one of his Highnes ju&s;tices of Peace in the &s;aid County, the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the year of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and then did acknowledge to owe unto his Highnes the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the &s;um of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> pounds &s;terling, to be levyed upon his e&s;tate reall and per&s;onall, to his Highnes u&s;e, and likewi&s;e C. D. of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and E. F. of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> did each of them acknowledge to owe unto his &s;aid Highnes the &s;everall &s;ums of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> pounds &s;terling a piece, to be levied upon their re&s;pective e&s;tates both reall and per&s;onall, to his Highne&s;s u&s;e; up|on condition, neverthele&s;&s;e, That if A. B. &s;hall per&s;onally appear before his Highnes ju&s;tices of peace, at the next Quarter-Se&s;sions and then an&s;wer &s;uch matters as &s;hall be objected again&s;t them by <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> concerning <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> And in the mean time keep his Highne&s;&s;e Peace towards his Highne&s;s, and all his <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and more e&s;pecially towards <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> And not depart the Court without Licence; Then the above&s;aid Recognizance to be void.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Taken and acknowledged before <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> <DATE>the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the year of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="warrant">
<PB N="21" REF="12">
<P><HI>A. B.</HI> of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the County of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> Yeoman, came before me, one of his Highne&s;s ju&s;tices of Peace in the &s;aid County, the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the year of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> And <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> then did acknowledge to owe unto his High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scot|land, and Ireland, the &s;um of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> pounds &s;terling, to be levied upon his e&s;tate reall and per&s;onall, to his Highne&s;s u&s;e.</P>
<P>Vpon condition, That if the &s;aid <HI>A. B</HI> &s;hall appeare before Highnes Iu&s;tices of Peace to be held for this County or Divi|&s;ion at the next Quarter-Se&s;sions, And then pro&s;ecute his High|ne&s;&s;e Evidence again&s;t <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> concerning <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> that then this Recognizance to be void.</P>
<P>Vpon condition, That if <HI>A. B.</HI> of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> do per&s;onally appear before his Highne&s;&s;e Iustices of Peace at the next Quarter-Se&s;sions to be held for this County or Divi&s;ion, and then testifie his knowledge concerning certain mi&s;demea|nours, whereof <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;tands charged, or is &s;u&s;pected, and not depart the Court without Licence; Then this Recogniz|ance to be void.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Taken and acknowledged before <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> <DATE>the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the year of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="warrant">
<P><HI>I</HI> Send you herewithall the body of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> brought before me this day, and charged with a Felonious ta|king and carring away Clothe &amp; <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> being the Goods of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> or taking and driving away certain<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mid-Lothan.</NOTE>
<PB N="22" REF="13"> Sheep and <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> being the Goods of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> with a&s;&s;ault of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and taking from his per&s;on, goods or money <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> or with the wilfull murder of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> or the mortall woun|ding <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> or with any other Felony to bee exprest, or the &s;u&s;picion of it; Him therefore receive into his Highne&s;&s;e Gaol and Pri&s;on in the Burgh of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </P>
<P>And there him &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">fely keep, untill he &s;hall be thence delivered by due cour&s;e of Law: Hereof faill not, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my Hand and Seall <DATE>the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To the Keeper of his Highne&s;&s;e Goale at the Burgh of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> </TRAILER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="declaration regarding constables">
<P>And it being found nece&s;&s;ary for the better execution of the Office of ju&s;tices of the peace, that Con&s;tables &s;hould be ap|pointed in every pari&s;h throughout this nation, It is Decla|red, That any two ju&s;tices of peace in each re&s;pective Divi|&s;ion in the &s;everall Counties and Shires, are impowred a&s;|&s;oon as conveniently they may, to nominate and appoint two, or more, fit per&s;ons in every pari&s;h according as they &s;hall find needfull, to be Con&s;tables, and give them their Oath, for the ob&s;erving &amp; putting in execution the In&s;truc|tions following.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e in great Towns, not being Cities nor free Burghs the &s;aid ju&s;tices are to appoint a number of Con&s;tables pro|portionably to the greatne&s;s thereof, all which Con&s;tables are to be Nominated and Elected once every year, or oft|ner if the &s;aid ju&s;tices &s;hall find ju&s;t occa&s;ion; And the ma|gi&s;trates of all Cities and free Burghs are to elect &s;o many at per&s;ons to be con&s;tables in the &s;aid Cities and Burghs as
<PB N="23" REF="13"> they &s;hall find needfull, having con&s;ideration of the qualtie thereof, and to give them their Oath for puting in executi|on the &s;aid In&s;tructions; Which Con&s;tables &s;o to be Elec|ted, are to be changed every year.</P>
<P>And if any of the Con&s;tables nominated and elected as a|fore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e to accept the &s;aid Charge, and not take his Oath for dutifull execution thereof, &s;hall be impri&s;oned and fined at the di&s;cretion of the ju&s;tices of Peace at their next Sitting.</P>
<DIV4 TYPE="oath">
<HEAD>The Con&s;tables &s;hall take the Oath following.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall &s;wear, That you &s;hall faithfully and truly di&s;|charge your Office of Con&s;table, within the Pari&s;h of</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="instructions">
<HEAD>In&s;tructions for CONSTABLES.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. ALL the Con&s;tables, or at lea&s;t one of every Pari&s;h in&s;tructed with power to an&s;wer for the re&s;t within the &s;aid Pari&s;h, &s;hall attend at every Quarter-Se&s;&s;ion, ther to giue information of all &s;uch Breaches of the peace, and o|ther Mi&s;demeanors as have hapned within their Bounds from the preceeding Se&s;&s;ions, and hath come to their know|ledge, and &s;hall no way hide, cover nor conceall the &s;ame, nor any of the Proofs and Evidences which they give for the clearing and proving thereof, and otherwi&s;e to give the Bench further &s;atisfaction in any thing wherein they &s;hall be required; and to receive from the &s;aid ju&s;tices at the end of the Se&s;&s;ion, &s;uch Orders and directions as they &s;hall then enjoyn and appoint.</P>
<P N="2">2. Every Con&s;table in their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, &s;hall ap|prehend
<PB N="24" REF="14"> any &s;u&s;picious per&s;ons who are night-walkers, and cannot give a good accompt of them&s;elves, and carry them to the next ju&s;tices of Peace to find Surety for his good be|haviour, or otherwi&s;e to be commited to Pri&s;on; And the &s;aid Con&s;table or Con&s;tables, &s;hall &s;tay and arre&s;t all Vaga|bonds, &s;turdy beggars and <HI>Egyptians,</HI> and carry them before &s;ome ju&s;tice of Peace, who &s;hall take order for their com|mitting to pri&s;on, or other puni&s;hment, according to the Sta|tutes of Parliament.</P>
<P N="3">3. Every con&s;table in their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, &s;hall arre&s;t all Idle per&s;ons whom they know to have no means to live upon and will betake them&s;elves to any labour, trade or oc|cupation, and &s;hall carry them before &s;ome ju&s;tice of Peace, who, after examination, &s;hall either commit them to Pri&s;on or take Surety of them for their appearance at the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P N="4">4. All Con&s;tables in their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, &s;hall ap|prehend every per&s;on or per&s;ons, that &s;hall be guilty and culpable of Slaughter, Murder, Theft, or any other capitall Crime what&s;oever, and &s;hall require his Neighbours to a|&s;i&s;t for &s;afe conveying of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to the next ju&s;tice of peace, who &s;hall commit him, or them, or take Surety, according to the In&s;tructions given to the ju&s;tices of peace in &s;uch like ca&s;es.</P>
<P N="5">5. If any per&s;on or per&s;ons, &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to a&s;&s;i&s;t the &s;aid con&s;table or Con&s;tables, in executing his or their Offices, &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or delaying, &s;hall be im|pri&s;oned, or otherwi&s;e puni&s;hed by the &s;aid ju&s;tices at their Se&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P N="6">6. A Con&s;table &s;hall arre&s;t any per&s;on, not being in his Highne&s;s Service, who &s;hall be found wearing Haugbuts, or
<PB N="25" REF="14"> Guns, or pi&s;tols of any &s;ort, and &s;hall carry them before &s;ome ju&s;tice of peace, who is either to take &s;urety for their Appearance the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ion, or commit them Pri&s;oners till they do the &s;ame; unle&s;s they be licenced from the Councill, or the Commander in cheif, or &s;ome impow|red from them, or him, to give &s;uch Licences.</P>
<P N="7">7. Vpon the Appearence of any Fray or &s;tir between par|ties, the Con&s;table &s;hall require the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of his neigh|bours for &s;undring of the Parties; and if there be any harme done to the Con&s;table or any of the a&s;&s;i&s;tants by them who made the Affray, they &s;hall be puni&s;hed by the ju&s;tices at the next Se&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P N="8">8. When any per&s;on or per&s;ons have, made an affray, and then flee to an Hou&s;e, the Con&s;table, or Con&s;tables, may follow to the hou&s;e; and if the doors be &s;hut, he &s;hall require the ma&s;ter, or the then keeper of the hou&s;e, to open the Doors; which if he or &s;he &s;hall refu&s;e, he &s;hall take notice of the &s;aid ma&s;ter or keeper of the hou&s;e, and require witne&s;s thereon; and albeit the Delinquent &s;hall flee further with|out the bounds of the Con&s;tables charge, yet may the Con&s;table follow and apprehend him in a fre&s;h per&s;uit, and require concurrence of the Country to that effect.</P>
<P N="9">9. The Con&s;tables in every Pari&s;h &s;hall execute all &s;uch Precepts and warrants as they &s;hall from time to time re|ceive from the ju&s;tices of the peace.</P>
<P N="10">10. And that the &s;aid Con&s;tables may have rea&s;onable &s;a|tisfaction for their travels, It is Declared, That the ju&s;tices &s;hall allow unto them out of the Fines afore&s;aid, as in their di&s;cretion they &s;hall think their labour and diligence doeth de&s;erve, not exceeding Twelve pence <HI>per diem</HI> for each day they &s;hall attend the Se&s;&s;ions, or be imployed in carrying
<PB N="26" REF="15"> Delinquents to pri&s;on.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Moonday the Twelfth of NOVEMBER, 1655.</DATE> At His Highne&s;&s;e Council in EDINBURGH,</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered, That the&s;e In&s;tructions for Con&s;tables be forth-with Printed and Published.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>EMANUEL DOWNING, Cl. of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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