Summary
Statutory Text
Further it is Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every Justice of the Peace in the County where the Offence is committed, may cause to be staid and arrested all Affrayers, Rioters, Disturbers, or Breakers of the Peace, and such as shall ride or go armed Offensively before any of their Majesties Justices, or other Their Officers or Ministers doing their Office or elsewhere, by Night or by Day, in Fear or Affray of their Majesties Liege People; and such others as shall utter any Menaces or Threatening Speeches; and upon View of such Justice or Justices, Confession of the Party, or other legal Conviction of any such offense, shall commit the Offender to Prison, until he find Sureties for the Peace and good Behaviour, and seize and take away his Armour or Weapons, and shall cause them to be apprized and answered to the King as forfeited: And may further punish the Breach of the Peace, in any Person that shall smite or strike another, by Fine to the King, not exceeding Twenty Shillings, and require Bond with Sureties for the Peace, or bind the Offender over to answer it at the next Sessions of the Peace, as the Nature or Circumstance of the Offence may be; and may make Enquiry of forcible Entry and Detainer, and cause the fame to be removed, and make our Hue and Cries after Runaway Servants, Thieves, and other Criminals.