Alehouse Act 1627

III. Constables, &c. neglecting to execute Warrant, &c.

Punishment.

And be it enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid, That if any Constable or inferiour Officer shall neglect to execute the said Precept or Warrant or doe refuse or doe not execute by himselfe or some other to be by him appointed uppon the Offendor the Punishment limitted by this Statute, that in that Case it shall and may be lawfull for the said Mayor Bayliffe Justice [X1 and] Justices of Peace or other Head Officer to co[m]mitt the Constable or other inferior Officer so refusing or not executing the said Punishment by himselfe or some other to the Co[m]mon Gaole of the said Countie Cittie or Towne Corporate there to remaine without Bayle or Mainprise untill the said Offendor or Offendors shalbe by the said Constable or Constables or other inferiour Officer so refusing or not executing the said Punishment or some by or his their p[ro]curement punished [X2 or] whipped as is above lymitted and declared or untill he or they so neglecting or refusing shall have paid the so[m]me of Fortie Shillings of lawfull Mony of England unto the Use of the Poore of the Parish for their said Contempt.

Editorial Information

X1 The Two following Clauses are annexed to the original Act in a separate Schedule.

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: of O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]