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John Tremaine.

Pleas of the crown in matters criminal & civil: containing a large collection of modern precedents .. (Volume 1)

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of 5/. ol the lavviiil mpnty of England, for the fee of the

faid J. C. as one of the coroners of the faid lord the late

icing, of the faid county, for taliiii^ the laid inquilition upon

the view of the body of the faid John Pcarfe, againll the

'duty of his faid office, to the evil example of all others in

the like cafe oittncilng, to the hindiancc of Juilice, and

againft.ihe peace of tlie faid lord the late kin^ his crown

and dignity, and alfo againft the form of the ftatiite in iacli

cafe made and provided, &c. whereupon the laid coroner

and aliorney, &c. ..



* The Kiug againft Voyfey. ''P. 238.

.iC«-'^ry«//,npHAT one Ben^imin Steven?, on the, 14th ^^^'li^-^'^-^'"^

to wit. Jt of Augiilt, in the 3d year of the reign ot our ^^J'^^^^ ^-^^
lord James, by the grace of God, yf England, &c. king, &c. i,fu,-p,,vT
at Gluvias, in the faid county, was flain, againll the peace the orrice
of the faid lord the now king, his crov/n.and dignity, and"' <^o''"^^''y
that thereupon afterwards to wit, on the isth day of Auguft,'"'^^ '"'"' .
in the 30 year aiorelaid, at (j. alorelaid, nofce ot the ueath^-^,,,„^j,"„ ^
ot the faid Benjamin, and of the body of the faid Benjamin, jury to^en-
thcn and there lying dead, was given to one George Ci.Jlins, quire of the
gentleman, and then and there being one of the coroners of^'^^^'^ "' .'^
the faid lord the king, in and for the county of CornvvallP^'''^'"'^^'''^
afore'faid, and then and there having legal authority wi'hin the
county and pyrifn aForefiid, to do and execute thofe things
which appertain to the office of a coroner, in that hehalf', with
intention tliat the faid coroner, according ta the duty of h's
office, and the cburfe of law, might enquire concerning the
death of the faid lienjamin, then and there lying dead, and
inight take and tranfiiit of record an inquifilion thereof, ac-
cording to the law of the land and the duty of his ouice 5
and that one Thomas Vcyfcy, hue of Gluvias aforefaid, not
being one of \the coioners of the fiid lo:d the king, in the
faid county, but being a perfon illiterate and entirely unfit to
execute thofe things which appertain to the office of a coroner,
in the laid county, not ignorant of the prerAifTcs, but nnlici-
oufly contrivinf^, and unjuftly, wickedly and corruptly defign-
ing and devifing, that no coroner In the faid cafe might »akc an
inquifition upon 'view of the body of the faid Benjamin, ac-
cording to the duty of his office and the law of the lan.l, he

O a lUc



InditSlnients for Mifdemeanors.

the faid T. V. on the faid i5tli day of Auguft, in the 3d year
alorefaid, at Gluvias afoiefaid, unlawfully and unduly with-
out any lawful warrant or authority thereon, did uiurp, and
take upon himklf to execute thofe things which to the office
of one of the coroners of the faid lord the king, in and for
the faid county, appertain to be done in the premifles. And
the laid T. V. then and there of his own proper head and
imagination, without any lawful warrant or lawful authority
thereupon, Suddenly after the death of the faid Benjamin,
knowingly, fiibtily and unduly did caufe and procure 16 feveral
perfons upon the view of the body (;f the faid B. then and
there, to take their "feveral oaths, as the cuftom is, before the
iaid T. V. that they would enquire how and by what means
the faid B. came to his death,, and the faid T. V. then and
' there unUtwKiily did adminilter and caufe to be adminiftered to
the faid 16 perfons, the oath ufed in fuch cafe, whereas in

Averni.-nt. truth and in tadl the faid T. V. had not any power or autho-
rity to adminilter Irich oath to the faid perfons in fuch cafe,
whereby the body of the faid Benjamin was removed and
buried ; and the laid coroner or any other coroner of the faid
cQunty, could not lior can as yet inquire in the due manner,
upon view. of the body of the faid B. within the faid county,
according to the law of this kingdom of England, nor was
. any inquifition ever had, taken or recorded how or by what
means the faid B, came to his death, as according to the lav/

'^P. Z^Q.*^^" ^^^ ^'^"'â– ^ ^^ ^^^^^ kingdom of England, in""^ fuch cafe ought
to be done, in contempt of the faid lord the nov/ king, and of
his lav/s, to the evil and pernicious example of all Others in
the like cafe offending, and againft the peace-, &c. &c.



The King againft Parry.
Trbiity, 2d James II.

Information Sdcp, rj^U i\T Anthony Parry, late of Lnn St. Kathe-
Mr leni \ - 'I'o Vi/it, X rinf, in the county of Carnarvon, yeoman,
ui^chuich bein^^ a pernicious and irreligious man, on the 9th day of May,
a:)ddilhirn-in the 2d year of the reign of our lord James, by the grace
thcpaifin of God, of England, &,c. king, «SiC being the Lord's-day,
in le.iding called Sunday, with force and arms, &c. at the parifh aforefaid,
vice"^ ""^ in the C'unty aforefa'id, in the parochial church there, at the
Suiidav. '''"'^ *-*'^ ^'^^ ctiebraitoB of divine iervice, the bench of one
Anne Jur;e:, widow, there being fiom its antitnt place, un-
lawful'/



Indi<5lments for Mifdemcraior?.

lawfully and linjuftly did take and remove, and alfo one Evan
Roberts, clerk, then curate of the fald parochial church, in
the execution of his office in reading divine fervice, then and
there being, then and there with force and arms, &.c. unlaw-
fully, unjultly and irreverently did dillurb and obllrucl, in
contempt of "the laws cf this kingdom of England, to the evil
example of all others in the like cafe offending, and againft
the peace of the faid lord the now kin^ his crown and di-/uity,
&c. ,



The King againft Hjmde,

London, npHAT one John Kynde, late of London, gold- indiament
To wit. i fmith, ufing and exercifmg the art cf merchan- againft a
dize, by way of bargaining, exchange, barter and chovifance, |'3"'^'^^'^'^
and feeking his manner of living by buying and felling, on die ^"^'"^^YwJr^
7th day of November, in the lit year of the reign of our lord the com-
James the 2d, of England, &c. king, &:c. at London, to wit, niiflioners
in the parilL of St. Michael BaiTifhaw, in the ward of Balfi- qneftions
fhaw, London, aforefaid, was and as yet is a bankrupt, within "?"".'"»
the leveral Itatutcs againit bankrupts lately made, with inten- ^^ i,efoi-e
tion to defraud and obftruft S. Dafhwood, kt. S. P. and others, them,
his creditors, of their juft debts, due and belonging to the faid
creditors, and the jurors aiorefaid, upon their oath aforefaid,
further fay, that afterwards to wit,- on the faid day and year
aforefaid, the faid John Hynde, fo as aforefaid being a bank-
rupt, a certain commiffion of the faid lord the king, ilfucd
out of the court of Chancery, of the faid lord the king at
Weftminfter, in the county of Middlefex, rnadc under his great
feal of England, direfted to T. Gooding, W. B. efquires,
p. G. &c. * by which commiffion, the faid lord the king did *p ^._
grant to the laid T. G. &c, and to four or three of them, of ' "^
whom the faid lord the king willed, that the faid T. G. or W.
B. Ihould be one, to do and to execute all and all manner of
things whatfoever, as well for the fatisfafcioa and payment of
the faid creditors, as for all other intentions and purpofes
whatlbever, according to the ordinances and proviiions of the
flatutes aforefaid ; and the jurors aforefaid, lurther lay upon
their oath, that the faid T. G. W. B. ai;d J. V. three oi the
commilRoners in the faid commiffion named, afterv;ards to wit,
on the _20th day of March, in the fect;nd year, &,c. at the pa-
rifli ot St. George, Southwark aforefaid, in the county oi
i^urrey, did meet to examine the faid J. Hynde, of and upon
the preniiffes in the commiffion and ftatutes aforefaid fpecified
and that he the faid J, K. then and there at the pariili of St'

George'



Indidments for Mifdemeanoir,

George aforefaid, in the county of S. aforefafd, being prtfent,
before the faid commifTioners laft named, and then and there
being duly examined and required by the faid commiffioners,
to make known to the faid commiffioners what accidental loffes
he the faid J. H. had fuflained, by which he became unable to
pay his debts, he the faid J. H. being a pcrfon oF difhoncit dif-
pofition, and devifing and fraudulently intending not only the
iaid S. D. J. P. &c. the creditors of the faid J. H. but alfo
all the other creditors of the faid J. H. (whofe nam.es to the
jurors afort'faid, are yet unknown) of their juft debts to de-
ceive and defraud, he the faid J. H. aforefaid to wit, on the
faid 2oth day of March, in the 2d year, 6:c. aforefaid, at the
parifh aforefaid, in the county aforefaid, falfely, unlawfully
and Iraudulently, did fay and anfwer to the faid commiffioners,
that he the faid J. H, could not give the faid commiffioners
any account thereof (they the faid commiffioners laft named,
then having full power and authority to examiiie the iaid John
Hyndc in that behalf) but then and there falfely and deceit-
fully did refufe, and totally negleft to give any account concern-
ing the faid premiffes, to the faid commiffioners, in contempt
ot the faid lord the now king, and of his laws, to the great
obftruftion of the execution of the faid llatutes, to the de-
ceiving and defrauding the faid creditors of great fums of mo-
ney, due to the faid creditors, to the evil and pernicious ex-
ample, &c. and againft the peace, &c.

The King againft Pick.
iadiament MUarv^ the 36th of Charles the 2d.

*or^"'ng a ^/^^/e^^,'-p HAT Robert Pick, late of the parifli, &c._i«

^tl^^^ To wit. X the county, &c. on the day and year, &c. with

en a man, _ , i • 1 t 1 t\/t rr

who bit and "^orce and arms, &c. at, &c. in and upon one John Mellenger,

wounded in the peace of God and of the faid lord the now king, then

liim on his and there being, did make an aflault, and that the faid R. P.

left leg. then and there having with him a certain malliff dog, the faid

*r, 24I'!TiaftifF dog, in and upon the faid J. M. did incite, by reafon

of which incitement, the iaid maflift dog, '^ in and upon the

faid J. M. then and there did feize, and the faid J. M. in the

left leg of the faid J. M. then and there did gricvoully bite

and wound, by reafon of which grievous biting and wounding

of the faid J. M. in his left leg aforefaid, he the faid J. M.

from the faid day and year, &c. to the day of the taking of this

inquiiition, at the parifh aforefaid, in the county aforefaid,

did languifli, and languifhing did live, and as yet is in great

peril of his life, and other wrongs to the faid J. M. then and

there- did, to the great damage of the faid J. M. and againil

the peace of the faid lord the now king his crown and dig-

HJty, &c.

The



Indi^lments for Mifdemeanois,



The King tigainjl Milner.
Michaelmas, the ifl. of James the 2d.

London,nrRAT Jonathan MWncr, late of the paiifh, &c. Inforn.tion
to wit. JL being a pcrfon greedy of gain, of wicked mind fo|;|^^^Pj|^*
and diilionell converfation, and devifin^, practifing ^"<J raffling
falfely, fraudulently and deceitfully intending to deceive and (hop.
defraud tlie apprentices, young mcni and other liege and faith-
ful fubjcds of this kingdom of England, of their monies,
goods and chattels, by a certain falfe, deceitful and unlawful
game, with dice, called raffling, for filver money, goods and
chattels, and divers great fums of money, from divers fubjefls
of the laid lord the king unknown, to acquire and obtain at
the faid unlawful game with dice, in the fhop of the faid J.
M. fituate within the parifh, cScc. he the laid J. M. to fulfil,
pcrfed and bring to effei'l his moft wicked devices, pradifes
and intentions aforefaid, on the 24th day of Auguft, in the ^

lit year of the reign of our lord James the cd, and for the
fpace of fourteen days then next enfuing, with force and
arms, &c. falfely, unlawfully, unjuftl^, wickedly, fraudu-
lently and deceitfully, for the proper advantage and gain of
the faid J. M. unlawfully and v/ickedly did maintain, conti-
nue and keep a certain unlawful, publick and open gaming
houfe, for the faid game, called raffling, and in the faid fhop,
the faid game called raffling, with dice* for filver money,
goods and chattels, with force and arms, &c. during the
whole time aforefaid, falfely, deceitfidly and unlawfully, did
maintain, exercife and continue, to wit, at, &c. and there
within the time aforefaid, falfely, unlawfully, unjuftly,
wickedly, fiaudulently and deceiiudly did feduce, caufe and
procure divers apprentices and poor perfons unknown, to
play at the laid unlawful game, called raffling, and to lofe
divers goo'Is of gveat value and fums of money at the faid
game, with dic.% to the great deceit, ruin, fraud and impo-
verilliment of the aporentices and poor perfons aforefaid, and
of other liege fuhjccrs of the faid lord the king, frequenting
and goinji to the faid 2'amin;' lliop of the faid J. M. at un-
lawful times, as well in the night as -in the day, in mandelt
contempt cf the laws of this kingdom of England, to the
evil and perBicious example, &c. and agalnft the peace, &c.

The



Indidmcnts for Mifdemeanors.



^* '^'^'^' * The King againfl Harfant.

Iliiary, 2d and 3d James 2d,

againft an ^i'ffolk*'t'*ilAli Jolin Harfant, of, &c. being an illiterate
empirick, to wit. -i- niTin, and unlearned and un{killed in the art or
for exer- lacuUy oi medicine and furgery, and devifing and intending
cifing the |j^ divers unlawful mean?, falfely, unlawfully, craftily and
phyfi-ian wickedly to deceive and defraud the liege and faithful lubjeft?
and fui-geon^^ '^^ ^^'''' ^"'"^^ ^^^ king, of their goods, chattels and monlef,
without to maintain his diftioneit courfe of living, on the day and
licence. year, &c. and continually afterwards, until the day of the
exhibition of this information, to wit, for the fpace of ten
whole months and more, with force and arms, &c. at, &c.
in the county, <?:c. and in divers other places in the faid coun-
ty, falfely, unlawfully, impudently, and for the fake of
â– wicked gain, did alTume upon himfelf, to execute, exercife
and occupy the art, faculty and fcience of a phyfician and
furgeon, and then and there falfely and Impudently did pub-
lifh that he was a phyfician and furgeon, and as a phyfician
and furgeon did give, adminifter and apply improper, noxi-
ous, infalubrious and mofl danp-erous medicines, as good
and falubrious medicines to divers fibjefts of th^ faid lord
the king, afflidted with various infirmities, difeafes and
wounds, in the county, <Sic. to wit, in the parifh, &;c. in the
county, &c. and in divers other places in the faid county,
(the faid J. H. never being admitted, approved or allowed
by the bifhop of Norwich, in whofe dincefe the faid J. H,
ibr the whole time aforefaid did dwell, and for the fame
time did aft and praflife as a phyfician and furgeon, or in
the abfence of the faid bifhop from his diocefe, by the vicar
general of the faid bifhop, to exercife the faid faculty) to
the great damage, injury and manifeft deceit of very many
liege fubjects of the iaid lord the king, to the evil and per-
nicious exajnple, &c, and againft the peace, &c.



The



Indidments for Mifdemeanors.



The Kiilg (igainfi Lewis and others.
Trinity, 4th James 2d.

Eex, ^ I^HAT feveial livers and waters commonly na nic J jnfrir 113(1011
To wit. A and called by the feveial nimes of Burnham.for djflroy-
otherwife Wallfleet-pont, Laylins^fleet, Mazyfliole, Mazv-mg a .r,r at
fleet, Pcldonfleet, Coanepyefleet, Baflethansfl'eet Ryefands,']^-^^ '^y |.'^
Manning-tree-water, Southllect, running and flowing in thcj^"^ ^^^
county of EfTex, are and from the time whereof, the memory ot fpat and
of man is not to the contrary, have been common rivers andculcli by
navigable waters, and arms of the fea in which the fult water '^'"^'•i?'-? '"
daily ebbs and flows, by its own courfe, and the ve/Tcls of^j'"^ ^."'^^ '^^
this kingdom of England may and can fail, and in * which ^p ^'
rivers and waters, oyiteis and other fiQi from time to time * ^•^•^'
for the whole time aforefald, have been uied and accuRonied^^'!f^"„^ Jr^.
to grow, encrcafe, propagate and multiply, and the f ibjcvTls ^^ breeil. "
of this kingdom of lingland there coming and willing to
fith with lawful nets of whatfoever kind, and with dredges
for oyftcrs and other filh of whatfoever kind, at, feafonable
times, of common right have been nfed, accuftomed, ought
and may freely fiih, and that John Lewis, the younger, of
Biirnham, in the coi'.nty of EtTtx, filfieiman, Joiin L(>ndon
of the fame, filhcrman, _ Richard Rowe of S. a!'orcfaid, in
the county aforeiai(i, filherman, Dionylius Ignat(/r, of P. in
the county aiorefiid, fifherman, and others, not ignorant of
the premiffes, but knowing them well, and being malicious
and evil difpc'ft'd pcrlons, and feeking their living alihough
by the injury of others, and mnlicioully, unjulUy, unlavv'fully
and unduly contriving, devifing and intending to ruin, defcroy
and defpoil the oyflcrr, and the incrcafe, pro()agatiun and
multiplication of oy{tcr<;, and alfq the fpats of oyllers,
from time to time growing, renewing and rncreaung in the
rivers or waters of the f:a aforefaid, and to depjive, fnrf-
trate and hinder the fubjeOls ot" the faid lord the king iheie
coming and willing to fifh for the piofit, advantage and
benefit of fifliing lor and catching oyfters, which they there
at feafonable times have been life I and aceuAomed to have
and enjoy, and ^ought to ufe have artd enjoy, ihey , the faid
J. L- the younger, and other?, on the i it day of December,
in the 2d year of the reign of our lord J.imes the 2d, the
ROW king of England, &c. and at divers other days an.i times

f' p Letv\xta



Iiidiclments for Mifdemeanors.

between the faid ift day of December, in the 2d year afore-
faid, and the day of the exhibition of this information, to
V'it, the lit day 01" May, in the 4th year, &c. aforefiid, in
and upon the rivers or waters of the fea, aforefaid, to wit,
at WeRmearfy, in the county aforefaid, in and with feveral
boat?, wherries, and other veffels did row and fail, and
each and every of them did row and fail, and in fuither pro-
Jectition of their malicious and unlawlul intentions afortlaid,
and for their fole and private gain, and proper advantage^
ttiea and there in the rivers or waters aforefaid, at unfeafon-
ab!e times, with force and arms, unlawfaiiy, unjuftly, un-
duly, injurloully and for the fake of wicked gain, with
certain unlawhil trammels, drag-nets, fweep-ntts, engines
and iii/lrumen;?, did dredge and fifh for oyfters, and feveral
great quantities of very fmall oyfters, of the length and
breadth of only one inch, then and there found and propa-
gated, to wit, 40,000 bulhels of very fmall oyfters aforefaid,
and great quantities of fpats of oyfters, and culcK for the
prefervation and fctting of the fpats of oyfters, there, to
wit, 4o,»oo buflieis of the fpats of oyfters, and 40,000
buibels of culch for the prefervation and fetting of the fpats
cf oyfters, in the rivers or waters aforefaid, then and there
being and found, with force and arms, &c. unlawfully, un-
juftly, unduly and injurioufly, at unfeafonable times, in
and from the rivers or waters aforefaid, then with the faid un-
lawlul trammels, diag-neis, fweep-nets, engines and inftru-
nients, did dredgr, take, ruin, deftroy and carry away, and
to their owri proper uft did convert and difpofe, and each
and every of them did dredge, take, ruin, deftroy and carry
away, to the great deftrudion, ruin and fpoliation of the
j^^j ^ ^ oyfters, and the ipats of o/fters, in the rivers or * waters afore-
i»^4'r'iaid, growing, incrcaftng and coming, and to the hindrance
of the increafe, propagation and multiplication of oyfterc,
tliere, to the evil example, &c. and againft the peace, &c,
V'heieupon the faid attorney, &c. &c.

Act gmlty phadcJ, and 'venire Juc:as azvarded^



The King agahiji Glover.
Eajler, id James 2d.

Surrey, * I ''HAT whereas on the 8th day of July, In the
Inform?.tJonTo wit. J- i ft year of the reign of our lord James the 2nd
rtiai'H'Iuf ^y}^^ g'"^'^^ ^^ ^°^' ^^ England, &c. king, &c. a certain
the'kini;"s ^^''^'- <^'f t^i<^ ^^i'^ lord the king of habeas corpus, out of the
Bench,7-jr court 9f the f^id loidl the king before the king himfelf, at
("Hiferin; a Weilminftcr,



Indictments for Mlfderacanors.

Weftminfter, in the county of Middlefex, to the then flicrifFprironcr
of the county of Middlcl'ex aroieiaicl diredied, duly and law- '""/lxI over
hich writ the Iheriff of the comity pfy/^J;.";^";;^""
Middlffcx aforefaid \v:u conunaudfd, that he the faid iherifFp,,^' f,y ^
dy of one Zuchcus Green, in the priri^njii.jjre,



ed

en



liilly iffued, hv which writ the iheriff of the connty ofV; ,"
Middkicx aroreiaicf
fhould have the boc

of the faid loid the king, under the cuftcdy of the faid Ihe- didi:irr,ei
riiT (leiaincd, under fate and fecure coiidu(fl:, together \v i t h ^"^^^^ '''^'
the day and caule of the caption and detention of the faid ;'' ' '*
Zacheus, bctorc trancis VYuhins, knight, one ot the juIliceSyf i^j^
of the laid lovd the king, ajligntd to hold pleas before thccuftydy.
king hinifelf, at his chamber lituate in Serjeants-inn, Fleet
ilreet, London, immediately after the receipt of the faid
writ, to do and rrceive ail and fingiilar the ihini^f, which the
faid Francis Withins, knight, then and there concernin!>;
liim fliould confidcr in that behalf, '.vhich writ afterwards
to wit, on the 2 J It day of November, in the ift year afore-
said, at Welunifu'ter aforefaid, in the faid county of Mid-
diefex, was dflivered to Beiijamin Thorowgpcd, knight,
and Thomas Kinfey, knight, then being faeriff of the county
of Middlefec afortfaid, in the form of \?,\v to be executed,
upon which writ the iaid B. T. and T. K. then l)cing Iheriif
of the county of Mlddlefex afciefaid, afterwards to wit,
on the faid 2iil day of November, in the lit year, &c.
aforefaid, returned and certified to the faid Francis Withins,
knight, then being one of the judices of the faid lord the
king, affigned to hold pleas before the king himlelf, at his
chamber fuiiate in Serjeants-inn, Fleet ftreet, London afore-
faid, " That hef:>re the delivery oj ike /aid writ nf the lord tli«
" king of habeas corpus to the faid Jheriff directed, to tvit, on
" ths iji day of Oiider, in the \ii year rf the reign of the faid
" lord the 7iow king, thejaid Zauieus Green, in the faid xirit
" named, was taken by the /aid Jher'-ff and in the pri/on of tht
" faid lord the iiczu king under the cvf.dy 'f the faid ferif is
" detained, hy -virttii oj a certain ivrit f the faid hrd the king
" of capias utCagatiim, at the J nit cf one, Humphrty j-iunevs,
" e/quire, rf a pUa of irsfpa/s upon the ca'.e, returnable into the
'"'â–  court of thejai I hrd the king of the bench, at Wefmif.er, at
" the oclave of St. Martin, from thence next enfuing^ before the
'â– 'â–  fftices of the faid court of ihe J aid krd the king f /ke bench
" ajorefuid. " And alfo the faid faeriiF of the county of
Middiefex aforefiitl, then and there to the faid Fiancis VVith-
jns, knigiit, then being one of the juib'ces of the faid lord
the ^ kiiig, aifigned to hdd pleas before the king hlmfelf,,,p^ 2 < <.
farther returned and certified 'â– 'â–  that the faid Zacheus zi'a.; taken,
" hy hi7n the faid fen f of ihe ciunty of IViiddifex nfrfaid, .
" and in tr.e prifon of the faid Irrd the king under the cujijy of '
â–  " the fa-dfnrijf is cUtained, by virtue of a certain precept of the
'â– \faid hri the king, called a bill of M:dJlcfcK, nturnabkhefori
"'' the faid Lrd the king ut Wfiniinfur, on the Thurjdjy lycKt ajtcr>
i' p 2 ''• Ihf



Indi(ftnients for Mifdemeanors.

'â– '' ilie oSiave of St. Martin, to anjzuer to one John Green, Gentle'
*' mcin, one of the att^.rneys, &c. of a plea of trefpa/s upon the
" cafe. And that theje -were the caufes of the captitn and detention
*'' of the faid Zachew;, in the prifon afhrefaid, under the cu/iody of
'â– '' the fuid Jheri f of the county of Middle f ex aforefaid, and that
" the /aidjheriff had the body of the faid Zacheus ready, lefore the
^^ faid Francis ^f-lthins, knight, tne of the fiifi ices of the /'aid lord
''''the king, ojfigned to hold pleas before the king himfelf accord-
*' ing to the ten.r of the /aid vjrit of habeas corpus." And the faid
coroner and attorney of the faid lord the king, for the faid lord
the king further gives the court here to underltand and to be in-



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