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4 E. 3, CAP. 2, JUSTICES OF PEACE.
STATUTES
Made at WESTMINSTER, 27 Novemb' Anno 4 EDW. III. and
A. D. 1330.
CAP. II.
The Authority of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, and of the Peace.
Item it is ordained, That
good and discreet Persons,
166* other than of the
Places, if they may be found
sufficient, shall be assigned in
all the Shires of England, to
take Assises, Juries, and Cer-
tifications, and to deliver the
Gaols; (2) and that the said
Justices shall take the Assises,
Juries, and Certifications, and
deliver the Gaols at least three
times a Year, and more often
if need be. (3) Also there
shall be assigned good and
lawful Men in every County
to keep the Peace. (4) And at
the time of the Assignments,
mention shall be made that
such as shall be indicted or
taken by the said Keepers of
the Peace, shall not be let to
Mainprise by the Sheriffs, nor
by none other Ministers if
they be not mainpernable by
by the Law; (5) nor that such
as shall be indicted, shall not
be delivered but at the com-
mon Law. (6) And the Jus-
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