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Quarter Sessions Delays Act 1694

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II.Costs.

Recovery of Costs.; Recognizance not discharged till Costs paid.

And be it further enacted that if the defendant prosecuting such Writt of Certiorari be convicted of the offence for which he was indicted that then the said Court of Kings Bench shall give reasonable costs to the prosecutor if he be the party grieved or injured or be a Justice of the Peace Mayor Bailiffe Constable Headborough Tythingman Churchwarden or Overseer of the Poor or any other Civil Officer who shall prosecute upon the account of any fact co[m]mitted or done that concerned him or them as Officer or Officers to prosecute or present which costs shall be taxed according to the course of the said Court and that the prosecutor for the recovery of such costs shall within Tenne days after demand made of the defendant and refusal of payment on oath have an attachment granted against the defendant by the said Court for such his contempt And that the said recognizance shall not bee discharged till the costs soe taxed shall bee paid.

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