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Wool Act 1695
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IX.In Actions, &c. Jury of Freeholders to be summoned out of other Counties.
The first Three Aiders being Informers exempted from Penalties, &c.
And for the better and more impartial Tryals of all such Actions and Informations which shall be co[m]menced or prosecuted by virtue of this Act be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That such Actions and Informations shall be tryed in any of His Majesties Courts of Record by a Jury of good and lawfull Freeholders to bee su[m]moned out of any other County than that wherein the Fact shall bee co[m]mitted And to encourage Persons to discover the said Crime the first Three Persons who have been aiding abetting or assisting in carrying out or Exportation of Wooll or any other of the Co[m]modities as aforesaid that shall informe thereof any Justice of the Peace in either of the said several Counties aforesaid whereby the Punishment and Penalties appointed by this Act may be inflicted and recovered the Party or Parties so discovering (not being Owner or part Owners of the said Wooll or other Co[m]modities aforesaid) shall not suffer any of the said Penalties or Punishment.
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