Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans TownGreat Britain
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Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans Town
Great Britain
Chelsea (London, England) -- History
X. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or persons shall run,
drive, or draw, or cause to be run, driven, or drawn, on any of the Foot
Pavements within any of the Streets, or other publick Passages and
Places, within the said District, any Wheel or Wheels, Sledge,
Wheelbarrow, Truck, or any Carnage whatsoever, or shall wilfully ride,
lead, or drive any Horse, Cow, Ass, or other Cattle, Coach, or other
Carriage whatsoever, upon any Part of the said Foot Pavements, then and
in any such Case, it shall and may be lawful to and for any Justice of
the Peace for the said County of _Middlesex_, upon Complaint to him made
by One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to issue a Warrant,
requiring such Offender or Offenders to appear before him at such Time
and Place as shall be in such Warrant specified; and it shall and may be
lawful to and for any Person or Persons who shall see such Offence
committed to seize, and also for any other Person or Persons to assist in
seizing the Offender or Offenders, and they are hereby required so to do
by the Authority of this Act, and without any other Warrant to convey and
deliver him, her, or them into the Custody of a Peace Officer, in order
to be secured and conveyed before such Justice of the Peace; and the
Party or Parties accused being so brought before such Justice, such
Justice shall proceed to examine upon Oath any Witness or Witnesses who
shall appear or be produced to give Information touching such Offence,
(which Oath the said Justice is hereby authorized and required to
administer); and if the Party or Parties accused shall be convicted of
such Offence, either by his, her, or their own Confession, or upon
Information as aforesaid, he, she, or they so convicted of any such
Offences respectively, shall forfeit the Sum of Ten Shilling, over and
above the Expences of repairing any Damage that may be occasional
thereby, the Amount of which shall be ascertained by the said Justice,
for the First Offence, the Sum of Twenty Shillings for the Second
Offence, and the Sum of Forty Shillings for the Third and every other
subsequent Offence; and in case such Offender or Offenders shall not upon
such Conviction pay such Forfeitures by him, her, or them incurred as
aforesaid, the Justice before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be
convicted, is hereby required to commit him, her, or them to the House of
Correction for the said County, there to be kept to hard Labour for any
Space of Time not exceeding Thirty Days nor less than Five Days.
Penalty on obstructing Officers.
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