La Narrativa de Henry Fielding y la Sociedad Inglesa del Siglo XVIII

Who intitled to
pardon.
Justices to return
informations to a
secretary of state,
who is to lay the
same before the
King and council
who may make an
order for their
surrender.
La Narrativa de Henry Fielding y la Sociedad Inglesa del Siglo XVIII
III. Provided nevertheless, That all and every person and persons,
who have been guilty of any of the offences aforesaid, and shall not
be in lawful custody for such offence on the said twenty-fourth day of
July as aforesaid, and shall make such a confession and discovery as
aforesaid, shall by virtue of his act pardoned, acquitted and discharged
of and from the offences so by him, her or them, confessed as
aforesaid; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise
notwithstanding.
IV. And for the more easy and speedy bringing of the offenders
against this act to justice, be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall be charged with being
guilty of any of the offences aforesaid, before any two or more of his
Majesty’s justices of the peace of the county where such offence or
offences were or shall be committed, by information of one or more
credible person or persons upon oath by him or them to be
subscribed, such justices before whom such information shall be
made as aforesaid, shall forthwith certify under their hands and seals,
and return such information to one of the principal secretaries of his
Majesty, his heirs or successors, who is hereby required to lay the
same, as soon as conveniently may be, before his Majesty, his heirs or
successors, to make his or their order in his or their said privy council,
thereby requiring and commanding such offender or offenders to
surrender him or themselves, within the space of forty days, to any of
his Majesty’s justices of the court of the king’s bench, or to any one of
his Majesty’s justices of the peace, tot he end that he or they may be
forth coming, to answer the offence or offences wherewith he or they
shall to stand charged, according to the due curse of law; which order
shall be printed and published in the next London Gazette, and shall be
forthwith transmitted to the sheriff of the county where the offence
shall be committed, and shall within six days after the receipt thereof
be proclaimed by him , or his officers, between the hours of ten in the
morning, and two in the afternoon, in the market places upon the
respective market days, of two market towns in the same county, near
the place where such offence shall have been committee; and a true
copy of such order shall be affixed upon some publick place in such
market-towns, and in the case such offender or offenders shall not
surrender him or themselves, pursuant to such order of his Majesty,
his heirs or successors, be made in council as aforesaid, he or they so
neglecting or refusing surrender him or themselves as aforesaid, shall
from the day appointed for his or their surrender as aforesaid, be
adjudged, deemed and taken to be convicted and attained of felony,
and shall suffer the pains of death as in case of a person convicted
and attained by verdict and judgement of felony, without benefit of
the clergy;
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