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880 1 ANN. CAP. 6, ESCAPES. Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same. That if any Person or Persons already committed, rendred, or charged, or who shall hereafter be com- mitted, or rendred to, or charged in the Custody of the Mar- shal of the Queen's Bench for the time being, or to or in the Prison of the Fleet, either in Execution, or upon Mesne Pro- cess, or upon any Contempt in not performing such Order or Decree by any of her Majesty's Courts at Westminster, and such Person or Persons shall, at any Time after such Commit- ment, Render, Charge, or being in Execution, and before he, she, or they shall have made Payment or Satisfaction to the respective Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, Creditor or Creditors, or shall have cleared him, her, or themselves of such Contempts, as he, she, or they were, or shall be charged with at the Time of such their Commitment, Bender, Charge, or being in Execution, as aforesaid, make any Escape from the Custody of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench, for the time being, or from the Prison of the said Queen's Bench, or from the Prison of the Fleet, or either of them, or shall go at large, at any Time after the Three and twentieth Day of January, which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and two, it shall and may be lawful upon Oath thereof in writing, to be made by One or more credible Person or Persons, before any One of the Judges of that Court where such Action was entred, or Judgment and Execution were obtained, or where the Party was so committed or charged, as aforesaid, to and for such Judge, before whom such Oath shall be made, as abovesaid, and such Judge is hereby authorized and required, from time to time, to grant unto any Person whatsoever, who shall demand the same, One or more Warrant or Warrants under his hand and Seal, therein reciting the Action or Actions, Execution or Executions, Contempt or Contempts, with which such Person or Persons so escaping, or going at large, stood charged, or were committed at the Suit of any Person or Persons, on whose behalf such Warrant or Warrants shall be demanded at the Time of such Escape, or going at large (which said Warrant or Warrants shall be in force in all Places whatsoever, within the 647 'Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed) directed to all Sheriffs, Mayors, Bailiffs, Constables, Headboroughs and Tithingmen, therein and thereby commanding them, and every of them, in their respective |
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