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Gaols Act 1698
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VI.In Action brought for executing Act,
General Issue may be pleaded; Treble Costs.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Action Plaint Suit or Information shall be commenced or prosecuted against any Person or Persons for what he or they shall doe in pursuance or in Execution of this Act such Person or Persons soe sued in any Court whatever shall and may plead the Generall Issue (Not Guilty) and upon any Issue joyned may give this Act and the Speciall Matter in Evidence And if the Plaintiffe or Prosecutor shall become Nonsuit or forbeare further Prosecution or suffer a Discontinuance or if a Verdict passe against him the Defendants shall recover their Treble Costs for which they shall have the like Remedy as in any Case when Costs by the Law are given to Defendants
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