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Wool Act 1695
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VIII.Aiding Exportation of Wool, &c. Punishment and Penalty.
How recovered.; Notwithstanding Death, &c. of Clerk of the Peace, Action may be prosecuted.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Persons who shall be aiding [X1abetting] or assisting in carrying or exporting any of the said Co[m]modities out of this Realme as aforesaid (being legally convicted thereof) shall suffer Three Yeares Imprisonment, without Bail or Mainprize and the Owner of the said Wooll or of any other of the Co[m]modities aforesaid and all and every Person or Persons who shall be aiding abetting or assisting in carrying or exporting of them or any of them out of this Kingdom shall answer and satisfie Treble the Value of all such Forfeitures and Penalties which such Inhabitants shall be so charged with and liable to as alsoe Treble Costs of Suit, which shall and may be recovered by Action of Debt Suit Bill Plaint or Information in any of His Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster wherein noe Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall bee allowed nor any more than one Imparlance by and in the Name of the Clerk of the Peace for the time being of or for every such County or Place without naming the Christian Name or Sirname of the said Clerk of the Peace which Treble Value and Treble Costs of Suit shall be to the onely use and behoofe of the said Inhabitants And that notwithstanding the Death or Removal of any such Clerk of the Peace after such Action of Debt Suit Bill Plaint or Information sued comenced or p[re]ferred the same shall be prosecuted and pursued to Judgment and Execution in such Manner and Forme to all Intents and Purposes as that Clerk of the Peace might have done which first co[m]menced or preferred the said Action of Debt Suit Bill Plaint or Information.
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