etc.

WOOL, CLOTH, from the information of the person making such oath he shall have reason to suspect to have been so stolen, &c., he shall apprehend the person in whose custody or possession the same shall be found, and carry him before some justice of the same county, &c.; and if he shall not give a satisfactory account how he came by the same, or in a convenient time, to be set by the justice, produce the party of whom he had the same, or some other credible witness, to depose on oath his property or right to the possession thereof, he shall be convicted of stealing or taking away the same, and shall for the first offence forfeit to the owner treble value; and in default of payment thereof in the time appointed by such justice, he shall issue his warrant to levy the same by distress and sale, returning the overplus, if any; and in default of distress, shall commit him to the common gaol where he shall be apprehended, for three months, or till he shall pay the same; for the second offence, treble value and six months imprisonment; for the third offence, such justice shall commit him to the common gaol till the assizes, and if he shall be there convicted he shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and transported for seven years. But persons aggrieved, except on the third conviction, may appeal to the next general quarter sessions, whose order therein shall be final. But nevertheless this act shall not alter any former law in force for the punishment of any person stealing or receiving such cloth or goods, except where the proof is laid on the offender. (1)

(1) 15 Geo. 2. c. 27.

INDEX.

ABANDON

BANDONMENT.-(See vol. 3., tit. " Abandonment.")

what amounts to, to create a wreck, 103 to 105.-(See "Wreck.")

ACTION. (See Indices, vols. 1 and 3., tit. "Action.")

for tolls, and injuries to the right of, 20.

for pilotage, 56.

in action for penalties under 43 Geo. 3. relative to convoys, venue is local,
99.

trespass or trover lies for goods wrongfully taken from wreck, but not felony,
103.

for tolls due or extortiously taken, form of, 133.

assumpsit or debt for subtraction of tolls in fair or market, 158.

case for taking toll from any exempt, 160.

or for taking excessive tolls, 160.

of the limitation of actions.-(See

“Limitations.”)

ADJUSTMENT.-(See Index, vol. 3., tit. “ Adjustment.")

of salvage, 108, 109, 110.—(See 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 75. s. 10. See "Wreck.")
of labourers wages, 381. 386.-(See "Servants.")

ADMIRALTY, Court of.-(See "Wreck." See Index, vol. 1., tit. "
Index, vol. 3., tit. "Admiralty.")

when to be applied to for remedying nuisance on high seas, 26.
jurisdiction of, &c. in case of adjustment of wreck, salvage, &c., 109.
of trials for piracy, &c. in, 124.

AGREEMENTS.-(See " Contract.")

ALUM.

must not be mixed in bread, 274.-(See" Bread.")

ALIEN.-(See vols. 1 and 3. tit. " Alien.")

how far he may trade, 229 to 231.

ALMANACKS.

who may print, &c., 252.

ANCHORAGE.-(See " Tolls.")

what it is, 16.

when claimable, 16.

APPORTIONMENT.-(See vol. 3., tit. "Apportionment.")

Prize,''

none made where a charterparty agrees to pay certain toll, &c., and only part

APPRENTICE.-(See "Silk." See vol. 3., tit. "Apprentice.")

on discovering two offenders guilty of coining, becomes freeman, and as though
he had served his time, 232.

must serve apprenticeship where there is a custom or bye-law to that effect,
233.

contract for binding adult held good, 235.

absenting himself does not amount to avoidance, 235.

must execute deed to complete a valid binding, 235.

but not necessary in parish apprentice, 235.

statutes generally relating to, 236.

regulation of, in manufactories, statutes relating to, 236 to 238.
appointment of visitors, 237.

power of the same, 237.

penalties for obstructing visitors, 237.

duration of daily labour, 236, 7, 8.

regulation for cleanliness of manufactory, 238.

loss of labour in case of fire, 238.

APPRENTICE DEED.

for binding adult held good, 235.

for less than seven years, voidable, but not void, 235.

apprentice must execute to make a valid binding, 235.

not necessary in parish apprentice, 235.

a stamp is necessary, 235.

and duty paid, 235.

duty to be paid by master, 235.

father seeking to recover money for execution of, must show imposition,
235.

when void for want of stamp no action maintainable on note given as fee,
235.

act privileging woolcombers in Yorkshire does not annul, 439.

ARBITRATION.

of the adjusting disputes as to labourers wages by, 386. 381.-(See vol. 3.)
ARMY AND NAVY.

56 Geo. 3. relative to setting up trades by persons in, 233, 234.

ARTIFICERS.-(See "Servants.")

AUTHOR. (See "Literary Property.")

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

how introduced, 170.

what goods are sold by this weight, 170.)
its component parts, 170.

BAKER. (See "Bread.")

corporation of, their exemptions, 276.

BALLASTAGE.-(See "Tolls.")

nature of it, 16.

who a right to, 16.

granted to Trinity House free of toll, 16.

provisions, &c. against throwing it over in ports, &c., 26.

BANK NOTES.

of the payment of cutlers' wages in, 323.
punishment for making paper like, 369.

party in possession of forged one, how far liable, &c., 186.

BEER AND BREWERS.

what ingredients may be used in beer, 293.

penalty and consequences of using noxious ingredients, 239.
penalty against supplier of noxious ingredients, 239.
penalties how recoverable, 293.

as to the casks, &c. to be used in sale of, 294.
brewer not to make casks, 294.

but may repair them, 294.

of the size of the casks, 294.

when number of gallons to be marked on, 294.

as to the marking of the casks, 294.

of the different sorts of beer, 294.

where the beer to be placed, &c., 294.

when beer may be mixed, 294.

penalty for having secret pipes, &c., 294, 5.

BESTIALS.

lading and landing of, not regulated by 13 & 14 Car. 2., 11.

BILL OF HEALTH.-(See "Quarantine." See Index, vol. 3., tit. " Bill of

Health.")

utility of, 66.

what it is, 66.

ship must hoist different signals according to purport of, 73.

master must deliver, to quarantine officer, on arrival of vessel, 74.

BIRMINGHAM.-(See " Fire Arms.")

BLEACHING.-(See " Linen.")

punishment for stealing from bleaching grounds, 360.

BOATMEN.-(See "Dover," "Deal,"
"Deal," "Margate,"
"Margate," "Ramsgate.")
140 shall be licensed by warden of Cinque Ports, 53.

their general utility, 53.

forfeit licence on quitting place specified therein, 53.
must be examined before licence granted, 53.

BOOKS.-(See "Literary Property.")

BOOTS AND SHOES.-(See "Leather.")

BREAD AND BAKERS.

within bills of mortality.

1. Price, regulation of, abolished, 274.

2. The materials wherewith it may be made, 274.

penalty for mixing alum or other unwholesome ingredient, 274.
power of magistrate, 274.

baker liable to indictment for delivering same, 274.
loaves made of other than wheat to be marked, 275.
justices, &c. may search for, when and how, 275.
penalty for having pernicious articles in possession, 275.
obstructing search or seizure, 275.

3. Weight of, 275.

seller of, must have scales fixed convenient in shop, 275.
purchaser may weigh same, 275.

penalty for not having them or refusing to weigh, 275.
deficiency of weight, 275.

French and fancy bread under no restriction as to weight, 275.
4. Time and mode of sale.

how far baker may sell and work on Sunday, 276.

5. Penalties and indemnities.

mealman or baker cannot act as justice of peace, under penalty,

276.

how offender to be proceeded against, 276.
limitation of action, 277.

city of London exempted, 277.

Westminster and Southwark exempted, 277.
corporation of bakers, 277.

without bills of mortality.

where assize set.

assize not abolished, 278.

by whom set, 278.

selling otherwise than according to assize, 278.

must be sold at assize price, 279.

refusal to sell bread how punished, 279.

price of bread inferior to wheaten, 279.
conspiracy to raise price of, 279.

the ingredients, 279.

penalty on baker offending, 279.

on servant or journeyman, 280.

of the weight of, 280.

short weight, 280.

must have scales fixed convenient in shop, 280.

must weigh when required, 281.

of the weight when an assize, 281.

where deficient according to assize, penalty, 281.

time of sale.

sale must not be made within what time after baking, 281.
observance of Sunday, 281.

where no assize set.

enactment of 53 G. 3. c. 116., 282.

of 59 G. 3. c. 36., 283.

most of provisions where assize is set, here apply, 283.

punishment for deficient weight, 283.

of sales, &c. on Sundays, 283.-

of the rights duties, and liabilities of millers, mealmen, &c., 284.
-(See " Miller.")