13 E. 1, STAT. 2, CAP. 1, HUE AND CRY.
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THE STATUTE
OF WINCHESTER,
Made 8 die Octobris, Anno 13 EDW. 1, Stat. 2, and Anno
Dom. 1285.
CAP. I.
Fresh Suit shall be made after Felons and Robbers from Town to
Town, &c.
Forasmuch as from day to
(lay Robberies, Murthers,
Burnings, and Theft, be more
often used than they have
been heretofore, and Felons
cannot be attainted by the
Oath of Jurors, which had
rather suffer Strangers to be
robbed, and so pass without
Pain, than to indite the Offen-
ders, of whom great part be
People of the same Coun-
try. or at the least, if the Of-
fenders be of another Country,
the Receivers be of Places
near; (2) and they do the
same, because an Oath is not
* given unto Jurors of the
same Country where such Fel-
onies were done, and to the
Restitution of Damages hith-
erto no Pain hath been limited
for their Concealment and
Laches: (3) Our Lord the
King, for to abate the Power of
Felons, hath established a Pern
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Pur ceo qe de jour en jour
roberies homicides arsines plus
soveuerement snnt fetes qe
a vaunt ne solcyent e f clones ne
pount estre ateiutz par ser-
inent de jururs qi plus volun-
ters sufferent felonies fetes a»
estraunges genz passer saunz
peyoes que enditer meffessours
dunt grauut partie sunt gent
de mesmes la pais ou ameyns
si les fessours sont doutre pais
lour recetturs simt del visne e
ceo sunt ils pur taunt qe ser-
ment nest mie here ditto as
jururs lie au pays ou les felo-
nies furent fetes qanut a resti-
tucion des damages payue 152
avant ne fu purveu pur lur
conceleaient e lur lachesche
nostre seignur Ie rey pur abat-
tre Ie poer de feluns si estab-
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