Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696 (c. 27)

III. Marshal, &c. suing a Writ of Error to reverse Judgment, to put in special Bail.

And to the end that such Satisfaction may not be deferred by any Writt of Error brought for delay onely be it enacted That if the said Marshall or Warden or their respective Deputie or Deputies shall att any Time after the said First Day of May sue forth any Writt or Writts of [X1 Error] to reverse any Judgement given in any Action of Escape such Marshall or Warden or their respective Deputy or Deputies shall be obliged to putt in special Bail or in default thereof no Execution shall be stayed nor any Sequestration of the Proffitts delayed.

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X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Errors O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]