An
Act
for
the
better
Regulation
of
the
Courts
of
Law
in
the
Guild-Hall
London
.
WHereas
in
the
City
of
London
there
The
Antiquity
a●
great
conveniency
the
Courts
in
Lond●
are
Courts
of
Record
holden
of
ancient
Custome
,
that
have
cognizance
of
all
Actions
and
Causes
,
both
in
Law
and
Equity
,
so
that
no
Citizen
néed
to
go
beyond
the
Walls
of
the
said
City
for
spéedy
Iustice
;
which
Courts
have
béen
in
all
times
supplied
with
able
Iudges
,
many
of
which
,
for
their
Worth
and
Learning
,
have
béen
advanced
to
places
of
great
Honour
and
Dignity
within
these
Realms
;
And
the
KINGS
and
QUEENS
of
England
,
out
of
their
great
Care
,
and
Princely
Respect
to
the
Citizens
of
London
,
have
from
time
to
time
,
by
their
respective
Charters
,
granted
and
confirmed
to
the
said
City
divers
excellent
Privileges
and
Immunities
,
which
have
not
béen
granted
unto
other
Cities
;
amongst
which
it
is
not
the
least
,
That
no
Citizen
should
plead
,
or
be
compelled
to
plead
,
without
the
Walls
of
the
said
City
,
but
in
Charters
of
H.
1.
●d
most
other
Kings
●d
Queens
of
Eng●d
since
the
Con●est
,
(
whereof
di●s
were
granted
in
●rliament
,
)
No
Ci●en
shall
be
com●l'd
to
plead
with●t
the
Walls
of
the
●ty
,
&c.
some
few
Cases
excepted
;
and
that
Pleas
should
be
holden
in
London
for
all
Debts
there
made
,
according
to
ancient
Custome
;
and
that
none
of
the
Fréedome
of
the
City
should
be
impleaded
at
the
Exchequer
,
or
elsewhere
,
by
Bill
,
but
of
those
things
which
concern
the
KING
or
his
Heirs
:
And
whereas
by
several
Acts
of
Common
Council
of
this
City
,
still
in
force
,
it
is
enacted
,
That
no
●d
by
ancient
Acts
●
Common
Council
,
●e
Freemen
are
pro●ited
to
sue
one
an●her
out
of
the
City
,
●en
they
may
have
●eir
Recovery
in
●eir
own
Courts
,
up●
great
penalties
,
●ich
have
been
se●ely
inflicted
upon
●e
Offenders
.
●he
Freemen
also
●e
bound
by
Oath
●
their
admission
to
●e
Freedome
,
not
to
●e
one
another
out
●
the
City
,
&c.
●e
contrary
not●thstanding
much
●ed
by
Citizens
of
●te
t●mes
.
Fréeman
shall
implead
another
Fréeman
out
of
the
City
for
any
thing
done
within
the
City
,
where
he
may
have
his
Recovery
before
the
Mayor
and
the
Sheriffs
,
upon
the
Peins
therein
limited
:
and
whereas
every
Fréeman
of
this
City
stands
obliged
by
his
Oath
,
That
the
Franchises
and
Customes
of
the
City
he
shall
maintain
,
and
that
he
shall
implead
or
sue
no
Fréeman
out
of
the
City
,
whilst
he
may
have
Right
and
Law
within
the
same
:
and
yet
neverthelesse
so
it
is
,
that
of
late
years
divers
Citizens
,
of
all
qualities
and
degrées
,
(
forgetting
their
said
Oaths
and
the
Privileges
of
the
said
City
)
have
commenced
,
and
do
frequently
commence
,
their
Actions
in
other
Courts
without
this
City
,
or
,
being
commenced
within
the
same
,
do
cause
them
to
be
thence
removed
by
Writs
,
whereby
the
Courts
of
Iustice
within
the
City
of
London
are
not
onely
slighted
,
but
the
said
Citizens
,
aswell
for
petty
●…
auses
and
small
Debts
as
great
,
are
troubled
in
●…
ther
Courts
,
to
their
very
great
Charge
and
Vexa●…
ion
:
And
forasmuch
as
the
Clerks
and
Atturnies
in
the
Irregular
practices
of
the
Clerks
&
Atturnies
of
the
Sheriffs
Courts
in
commencing
and
removing
Causes
out
of
the
City
,
and
becoming
Bail
for
their
Clients
.
●…
heriffs
Courts
of
this
City
(
contrary
to
several
Orders
of
the
Court
of
Aldermen
,
and
Acts
of
this
●…
ourt
of
Common
Council
)
do
either
advise
their
●…
lients
,
Citizens
of
London
,
to
commence
their
●…
ions
in
other
Courts
,
or
else
,
whenas
Causes
are
●…
epared
ready
for
Trial
in
the
Sheriffs
Courts
of
●…
e
said
City
,
do
cause
them
to
be
removed
by
Writs
●…
to
such
other
Courts
where
they
are
likewise
At●…
rnies
,
and
there
their
Clients
be
enforced
to
begin
●…
pon
a
new
Charge
,
to
the
great
Abuse
of
Citizens
,
●…
d
discouraging
of
the
Fréemen
of
the
said
City
to
●…
mmence
their
Suits
in
London
,
where
they
are
●…
ost
properly
determinable
:
For
remedy
hereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
●…
rdained
and
Established
,
by
the
Right
Honourable
●…
e
Lord
Mayor
,
the
right
Worshipful
the
Alder●…
en
,
his
Brethren
,
and
the
Commons
,
in
this
●…
ommon
Council
assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
〈…〉
the
same
,
That
no
person
,
or
persons
,
be
at
any
None
but
Freemen
shall
be
admitted
Officers
,
Clerks
and
Atturnies
in
the
Courts
of
the
City
▪
for
the
future
.
●…
me
hereafter
admitted
into
any
the
Places
or
●…
ffices
of
Secondaries
of
the
Compters
,
Clerks
〈…〉
Atturnies
in
the
Mayors
Court
,
Clerk
of
the
●…
apers
,
Clerk-sitters
,
Atturnies
in
the
Sheriffs
●…
ourts
,
of
this
City
,
Serjeants
or
Yeomen
of
the
●…
ompters
,
but
that
he
or
they
do
first
take
his
or
●…
eir
Fréedome
of
this
City
,
according
to
former
●…
s
and
Orders
of
Common
Council
.
And
forasmuch
as
it
is
observed
,
that
the
Clerks
●…
d
Atturnies
of
the
Mayors
and
Sheriffs
Courts
of
●…
is
City
do
bréed
and
bring
up
under
them
a
mul●…
ude
of
young
Clerks
,
taking
with
them
considerable
summs
of
money
,
but
for
shorter
terms
the●…
hath
béen
accustomed
within
this
City
;
and
that
the
Atturnies
,
Clerks
and
Officers
,
of
an●…
belonging
to
the
Sheriffs
of
London
,
and
the
Sheriffs
Courts
,
do
often
tender
themselves
to
the
Defendants
arrested
in
their
Courts
,
to
become
thei●…
Bail
,
whereby
to
oblige
them
the
more
to
follow
thei●…
Inconveniences
of
Atturnies
&
Officers
being
Bail
for
their
Clients
.
Advice
in
consenting
to
the
Removal
of
their
Causes
〈…〉
and
whereby
,
in
case
of
the
Defendants
absentin●…
himself
,
all
possible
means
are
used
to
delay
and
disappoint
the
Plaintiffs
in
their
just
Suits
,
to
thei●…
great
wrong
,
and
abuse
of
Iustice
:
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
,
Enacted
and
Establishe●…
by
the
said
Lord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
and
Commons
〈…〉
None
shall
be
admitted
a
Clerk
or
Atturny
in
the
Courts
unless
he
have
served
seven
years
.
in
this
Common
Council
assembled
,
and
by
th●…
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
person
or
person●…
whatsoever
be
henceforth
at
any
time
admitted
,
〈…〉
capable
to
be
admitted
,
a
Clerk
or
Atturny
in
th●…
said
Mayors
Court
,
or
in
either
of
the
said
Sheriff●…
Courts
of
this
City
,
before
he
or
they
shall
bona
fid●…
have
served
some
Master-Clerk
or
Atturny
in
on●…
of
the
Courts
of
this
City
,
as
a
Clerk
,
the
fu●…
term
of
seven
years
;
And
that
every
or
any
Gran●…
Every
Admission
to
the
contrary
shall
be
void
.
or
Admission
,
that
shall
happen
at
any
time
her●…
after
to
be
made
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
be
nu●…
and
void
,
as
if
it
never
had
béen
made
:
And
th●…
no
Atturny
,
Clerk
,
or
Officer
,
of
or
belonging
to
th●…
No
Atturnie
,
Clerk
,
or
Officer
,
to
become
Bail
.
Mayors
Court
or
Sheriffs
Courts
,
or
their
Clerk●…
or
Servants
,
nor
any
of
them
,
do
or
shall
,
at
an●…
time
from
and
after
the
twenty
third
day
of
Octobe●…
instant
,
presume
to
become
Bail
for
any
person
or
pe●…sons
whatsoever
,
in
any
Action
,
Attachment
,
or
othe●…
Suit
or
Cause
whatsoever
,
that
shall
be
entered
,
commenced
,
or
depending
,
in
the
said
Mayors
Cou●…
or
Sheriffs
Courts
;
And
that
neither
the
Clerk
〈…〉
●…
he
Bails
in
the
Mayors
Court
,
nor
Clerks
of
the
Papers
,
nor
Clerk-sitters
of
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
,
nor
any
of
them
,
nor
their
or
any
of
their
Clerks
or
Servants
,
nor
any
other
whose
duty
it
is
to
take
the
Bails
,
do
presume
,
from
and
after
●…
he
said
twenty
third
day
of
October
instant
,
to
take
,
●…
cept
,
and
enter
upon
Record
,
any
of
the
said
Atturnies
,
Clerks
,
or
Officers
,
or
any
of
their
Clerks
●…
r
Servants
,
for
the
Bail
of
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
or
their
or
any
of
their
Promise
or
Engagement
,
to
save
harmless
such
Clerk
or
other
Of●…
icer
,
for
taking
of
any
other
person
or
persons
to
●…
e
Bail
in
any
Cause
whatsoever
,
to
be
therein
de●…
ending
.
And
to
the
end
that
the
said
City-Courts
,
as
well
None
but
Subsidy-men
,
or
persons
of
like
quality
,
to
be
Jurors
.
●…
he
Mayors
as
the
Sheriffs
Courts
,
may
be
supplied
●…
om
time
to
time
with
able
and
sufficient
Iury●…
en
,
Be
it
farther
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
said
●…
ord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
and
Commons
,
in
Com●…
on
Council
assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
●…
me
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
be
at
●…
y
time
hereafter
returned
,
by
any
the
Inquests
of
●…
he
Wards
of
this
City
,
to
serve
as
Iury-man
,
or
●…
ury-men
,
either
Grand
,
or
Petty
,
in
the
Courts
of
●…
his
City
,
but
such
men
as
either
have
béen
,
or
for
●…
me
to
come
shall
be
,
Subsidy-men
,
and
so
taxed
in
●…
he
KING's
Books
;
or
,
in
default
thereof
,
such
●…
ther
discréet
and
sufficient
persons
as
shall
be
●…
qual
in
Quality
▪
and
Estate
with
them
:
And
that
●…
he
Issues
upon
Default
of
Iury-mens
Appearan●…
s
be
constantly
levied
,
and
duly
and
truly
answered
.
The
Mayors
Court
,
being
a
Court
of
Law
and
Equity
,
and
superior
to
the
Sherifs
Courts
,
hath
power
of
Levating
Causes
out
of
those
Courts
.
And
whereas
the
said
Court
,
called
the
Lord
●…
ayors
Court
,
is
an
ancient
Court
of
Record
,
●…
herein
Causes
,
both
of
Law
and
Equity
,
and
also
●…
ttachments
,
are
determinable
,
and
the
same
Court
is
superiour
to
the
Sheriffs
Courts
;
And
wherea●…
also
the
Lord
Mayor
for
the
time
being
,
of
ancien●…
Custome
and
constant
practice
,
hath
,
and
time
whereof
the
memory
of
man
is
not
to
the
contrary
ever
had
power
and
authority
,
by
his
Warrant
called
a
Levetur
Querela
,
to
remove
Causes
from
and
out
of
th●…
Sheriffs
Courts
into
the
Lord
Mayors
Court
,
without
any
restriction
or
limitation
of
time
,
so
as
th●…
same
Levetur
be
brought
before
the
Iury
,
or
any
o●…
them
,
(
summoned
for
trial
of
such
Cause
or
Causes
▪
shall
be
sworn
;
And
whereas
of
very
late
time
suc●…
Levetur
hath
béen
often
disallowed
,
contrary
to
th●…
said
ancient
Vsage
,
and
in
Contempt
of
the
sai●…
Mayors
Court
,
upon
several
new
pretences
,
neve●…
heard
of
till
of
late
time
,
whereby
Clients
are
necessitated
(
especially
where
they
have
cause
to
appea●…
to
Equity
)
to
remove
their
Suits
out
of
London
i●…
to
other
Courts
,
whereas
they
might
otherwise
b●…
relieved
in
the
Lord
Mayors
Court
,
with
far
less●…
Charge
and
greater
Expedition
:
For
remedy
hereof
it
is
Ordained
,
Enacted
an●…
No
Judge
or
Clerk
of
the
Sheriffs
Courts
shall
disallow
any
●evetur
brought
before
the
Jury
sworn
.
Established
,
by
the
said
Lord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
an●…
Commons
,
in
this
Common
Council
assembled
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
at
all
times
her●…
after
the
said
Warrant
of
Levetur
Querela
,
unde●…
the
hand
of
the
Lord
Mayor
or
Recorder
of
the
Cit●…
of
London
for
the
time
being
,
for
removing
of
an●…
Plaint
,
Attachment
,
or
other
Cause
or
Causes
,
lev●…ed
or
depending
in
either
of
the
Sheriffs
Courts
〈…〉
this
City
,
into
the
Mayors
Court
,
(
being
brough●…
by
a
Serjeant
at
Mace
and
Minister●
of
the
Mayor●…
Court
to
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
,
either
at
th●…
Guild-Hall
or
Compter
,
at
any
time
before
the
Iur●…
or
any
of
them
,
shall
be
sworn
for
trial
of
such
Caus●…
or
Causes
,
)
shall
be
presently
obeyed
and
allowed
o●…
And
that
neither
the
Iudge
,
nor
any
Clerk
or
Officer
,
of
either
of
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
,
do
at
any
time
hereafter
presume
to
reject
or
disallow
of
any
such
Levetur
Querela
,
so
brought
or
tendered
unto
him
or
them
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
other
then
in
case
of
a
farther
Order
or
Warrant
,
by
and
under
the
Hand
of
the
Lord
Mayor
or
Recorder
for
the
time
being
,
in
that
behalf
first
had
and
obtained
,
as
anciently
hath
béen
used
and
accustomed
.
And
to
prevent
the
daily
Inconveniences
happening
The
Novel
device●
▪
Continuances
condemned
and
remedied
.
in
Suits
now
depending
,
or
hereafter
to
be
depending
,
in
the
Courts
of
the
said
Sheriffs
,
by
reason
of
the
great
Delays
they
méet
with
there
by
putting
off
of
Causes
,
under
pretence
of
Continuances
entered
by
the
Atturnies
on
both
sides
,
for
the
most
part
at
the
very
time
they
should
be
tried
,
without
the
Consents
of
the
Parties
Clients
,
contrary
to
the
ancient
practice
and
usage
of
the
said
Courts
,
whereby
the
Client
is
delayed
,
Witnesses
and
Iury-men
discouraged
,
by
frequent
and
fruitlesse
Attendances
,
to
the
intolerable
Expence
of
the
Suitor
:
For
the
preventing
hereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
said
Lord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
and
Commons
,
in
this
Common
Council
assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
no
Cause
or
Causes
in
either
of
the
Sheriffs
Courts
be
at
any
time
hereafter
,
from
and
after
Issue
joyned
,
put
off
from
Trial
by
pretence
of
any
such
Continuances
entered
,
or
hereafter
to
be
entered
,
by
consent
of
the
Atturnies
on
either
part
,
but
upon
motion
thereof
●…
irst
made
in
open
Court
,
and
for
some
just
and
rea●…
onable
cause
to
be
shewed
and
allowed
upon
Oath
●…
efore
the
Iudge
of
the
same
Court
,
and
upon
payment
of
such
Costs
to
the
party
thereby
delayed
as
the
Court
shall
sée
cause
to
tax
and
allow
;
And
that
no
Clerk
do
henceforth
presume
to
enter
any
Continuance
in
any
Cause
summoned
for
Trial
,
without
the
special
Order
and
Directions
of
the
Iudge
of
the
Court
in
that
behalf
first
had
,
as
aforesaid
;
And
that
no
Fée
be
henceforth
demanded
,
taken
,
or
allowed
,
by
or
to
any
of
the
Atturnies
of
the
Sheriffs
No
Fee
upon
a
Continuance
.
Courts
aforesaid
,
for
or
in
respect
of
the
putting
off
of
any
Trail
,
under
the
pretence
of
such
Continuance
entered
,
or
hereafter
to
be
entered
,
as
aforesaid
,
upon
pein
,
that
every
Atturny
so
demanding
,
taking
,
or
receiving
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
,
Penalty
.
for
the
first
time
,
forfeit
the
summe
of
five
pounds
,
and
for
the
second
,
to
be
finally
discharged
of
and
from
his
place
of
Atturny
in
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
.
And
to
prevent
the
great
Mischiefs
now
daily
growing
and
increasing
in
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
What
Costs
shall
be
taxed
in
the
Sheriffs
Courts
,
and
how
,
for
avoiding
the
present
Abuses
in
that
ease
.
by
excessive
Costs
taxed
upon
Iudgements
there
given
,
by
the
consent
,
for
the
most
part
,
of
the
Atturnies
of
both
sides
,
contrary
to
the
usage
of
all
former
Ages
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
said
Lord
Mayor
,
Aldermen
,
and
Commons
,
in
this
Common
Council
assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
Bill
of
Costs
,
excéeding
the
summe
of
four
and
twenty
shillings
for
the
Trial
of
a
Grand-Iury
Cause
,
or
excéeding
the
summe
of
twenty
two
shillings
for
the
Trial
of
a
Petit-Iury
Cause
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
charge
the
Client
of
either
side
:
Neverthelesse
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Iudges
of
the
said
Courts
respectively
,
for
good
and
reasonable
cause
shewed
to
them
respectively
by
the
Parties
of
either
side
,
upon
due
examination
of
the
circumstances
of
the
Case
,
(
in
the
presence
of
both
Parties
,
)
to
increase
the
said
Costs
of
Suit
by
their
discretions
,
by
special
Rule
of
Court
to
be
entered
for
that
purpose
,
expressing
the
cause
why
such
Costs
are
so
increased
:
And
upon
complaint
made
by
any
person
of
greater
Charges
then
as
aforesaid
,
and
producing
the
Bill
under
the
Atturnies
hand
,
or
other
Witnesse
,
that
the
respective
Iudges
of
the
same
Court
punish
the
Offender
,
and
relieve
the
party
grieved
,
according
to
their
good
discretions
,
and
the
Rules
aforesaid
:
And
that
no
Officer
of
either
of
the
said
Courts
shall
presume
to
make
out
Execution
upon
any
Iudgement
,
wherein
the
Costs
of
Suit
shall
excéed
the
summs
aforesaid
respectively
,
without
such
special
Rule
as
aforesaid
to
warrant
the
same
,
on
pein
to
forfeit
for
Penalty
.
his
first
Offence
five
pounds
,
to
the
relief
of
the
Prisoners
of
that
Compter
wherein
the
Action
shall
be
entered
;
and
for
the
second
Default
,
to
be
expelled
the
Court
for
ever
.
And
to
prevent
the
daily
Abuses
of
the
Serjeants
and
For
redresse
of
sundry
Abuses
committed
by
the
Serjeants
and
Yeomen
.
Yeomen
of
the
Sheriffs
,
sometimes
in
permitting
persons
arrested
by
them
to
goe
at
large
without
Bail
,
sometimes
in
kéeping
them
in
Ale-houses
,
or
some
other
private
places
,
and
not
returning
the
Processe
in
due
time
(
by
which
the
parties
were
arrested
,
)
so
that
the
Plaintiff
is
delayed
,
and
the
Prisoner
,
by
the
extortion
of
the
said
Serjeants
and
Yeomen
,
oftentimes
put
to
a
greater
Expence
then
will
discharge
the
originall
Cause
of
Action
,
and
sometimes
by
discharging
persons
by
them
duly
arrested
,
without
causing
the
Actions
whereon
they
were
so
arrested
to
be
withdrawn
,
although
they
take
money
from
the
Defendant
sufficient
to
do
the
same
with
,
and
sometimes
in
not
duly
returning
Executions
by
them
executed
,
or
by
discharging
persons
taken
in
Execution
before
Satisfaction
be
entered
upon
Record
,
whereby
the
said
persons
are
oftentimes
doubly
charged
for
the
same
Debt
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Serjeants
and
Yeomen
of
the
said
Sheriffs
,
and
every
of
them
,
shall
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
make
due
Returns
into
the
said
Sheriffs
Courts
of
all
the
Precepts
of
the
said
Courts
to
them
to
be
directed
,
at
the
next
Court
after
the
Execution
of
the
same
Precepts
:
and
that
all
persons
by
them
to
be
arrested
by
virtue
of
the
said
Precepts
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
be
either
delivered
upon
good
and
sufficient
Bail
,
or
,
in
default
thereof
,
by
him
or
them
committed
to
some
of
the
Prisons
within
the
said
City
,
at
or
before
the
next
Court
to
be
holden
after
such
Arrest
so
to
be
made
,
to
the
end
the
party
Plaintiffe
may
procéed
in
his
Action
according
to
Law
:
and
that
none
of
the
said
Officers
presume
to
discharge
any
person
or
persons
so
by
him
arrested
,
after
Agréements
made
betwéen
the
parties
,
till
such
time
as
the
said
Officer
shall
have
caused
either
the
Action
to
be
withdrawn
,
or
Satisfaction
to
be
acknowledged
on
Record
,
as
the
case
shall
require
.
And
if
any
of
the
said
Officers
shall
hereafter
offend
in
any
of
the
cases
aforesaid
,
and
shall
be
thereof
convicted
by
Examination
of
the
Iudge
in
open
Court
,
upon
complaint
of
the
parties
grieved
,
or
,
in
default
thereof
,
by
any
other
who
shall
inform
the
same
,
That
then
,
and
in
every
such
case
,
the
said
Officer
or
Officers
so
offending
shall
,
for
the
first
Offence
,
be
by
the
said
Iudge
forthwith
committed
to
the
Compter
,
there
to
remain
till
he
shall
have
paid
down
the
summe
of
five
pounds
,
the
one
moiety
to
the
party
grieved
,
or
,
in
default
of
Information
to
be
given
by
him
or
them
;
as
aforesaid
,
then
to
such
other
person
or
persons
who
shall
inform
the
same
to
the
said
Court
,
over
and
besides
such
Remedy
as
the
said
party
grieved
may
have
by
his
or
their
Actions
at
Law
against
the
said
Officers
,
or
any
of
them
,
for
any
of
the
Defaults
aforesaid
,
and
the
other
moiety
to
the
relief
of
the
poor
Prisoners
in
such
of
the
said
Compters
wherein
the
said
Cause
is
or
shall
be
entered
:
and
if
any
of
the
said
Officers
,
after
he
or
they
shall
have
béen
once
convicted
of
any
of
the
Offences
aforesaid
,
shall
presume
to
offend
in
any
of
the
said
cases
the
second
time
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
,
as
aforesaid
,
That
then
,
and
in
every
such
case
,
the
said
Offender
,
over
and
above
all
other
Penalties
herein
above
limited
and
appointed
,
shall
be
ipso
facto
absolutely
discharged
from
his
said
Office
;
and
the
Sheriffs
of
the
City
for
the
time
being
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
nominate
and
present
to
the
Court
of
Aldermen
some
other
fitting
person
,
to
be
by
them
admitted
in
his
or
their
places
,
as
if
the
persons
so
offending
and
convicted
,
as
aforesaid
,
were
naturally
dead
.
Provided
alwayes
,
that
no
Informer
shall
be
any
wayes
intituled
to
the
moiety
of
the
said
five
pounds
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
unlesse
the
said
Offender
shall
be
convicted
by
the
Evidence
of
one
or
more
persons
indifferent
,
and
unconcerned
to
the
profit
or
prejudice
coming
by
the
Default
of
the
said
Officer
.
Avery
.