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dicted for high treason, or misprision of treason, in the Court of King's Bench, a copy of the indictment shall be delivered within the time and in the manner aforesaid; but the list of the petit jury, made out as aforesaid, may be delivered to the party indicted at any time after the arraignment, so as the same be delivered ten days before the day of trial. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall anyways extend to any indictment for high treason in compassing and imagining the death of the king, or for misprision of such treason, where the overt act or overt acts of such treason alleged in the indictment shall be assassination or killing of the king, or any direct attempt against his life, or any direct attempt against his person, whereby his life, may be endangered, or his person may suffer bodily harm; (2) or to any indictment of high treason for counterfeiting his majesty's coin, the great, seal or privy seal, his sign-manual or privy signet; or to any indictment of high treason, or to any proceedings thereupon, against any offender or offenders who by any act or acts now in force is and are to be indicted, arraigned, tried, and convicted by such like evidence, and in such manner as is used and allowed against offenders for counterfeiting his majesty's coin.

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XLVII. Provided always, and it is hereby Proviso for further enacted, That nothing herein contained dietate lin shall extend or be construed to extend to deprive any alien indicted or impeached of any felony or

(2) See Rex v. Collins, 5 Car. & P. 305.

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misdemeanor, of the right of being tried by a jury de medietate linguæ, but that on the prayer of every alien so indicted or impeached the sheriff or other proper minister shall, by command of the court, return for one-half of the jury a competent number of aliens, if so many there be in the town or place where the trial is had, and if not, then so many aliens as shall be found in the same town or place, if any; and that no such alien juror shall be liable to be challenged for want of freehold or of any other qualification required by this act; but every such alien may be challenged for any other cause, in like manner as if he were qualified by this act.

Embracery. LXI. Provided always, and be it enacted and

declared, That notwithstanding any thing herein contained, every person who shall be guilty of the offence of embracery, and every juror who shall wilfully or corruptly consent thereto, shall and may be respectively proceeded against by indictment or Punishment. information, and be punished by fine or imprisonment, in like manner as every such person and juror might have been, before the passing of this

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An Act to amend two Acts for removing difficulties in the Conviction of Offenders stealing Property in Mines, and from Corporate Bodies.

REPEALED by stat. 7 Geo. 4. c. 64. s. 32.

6 GEO. IV. c. 78.

An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Performance of Quarantine, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof.

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XXV. And be it further enacted, that if any Forging certiperson shall knowingly or wilfully forge or counterfeit, interline, erase or alter, or procure to be forged, counterfeited, interlined, erased or altered, any certificate directed or required to be granted by any order of his majesty, his heirs or successors, in council, now in force or hereafter to be made touching quarantine; or shall publish any such forged, or counterfeited, interlined, erased or altered certificate, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, interlined, erased, or altered; or shall knowingly and wilfully utter and publish any such certificate, with intent to obtain the effect of a true certificate to be given thereto, knowing the contents of such certificate to be false; he or she shall be guilty of felony. (1)

(1) As no punishment is expressly assigned for this felony, it seems to be punishable under the general clause in stat. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 28. s. 8. with transportation for seven years, or imprisonment (with or without hard labour, see id. s. 9.) for a term not exceeding two years, and whipping, if the court shall think fit.

6 GEO. IV. c. 94.

An Act to alter and amend an Act for the better Protection of the Property of Merchants and others, who may hereafter enter into Contracts or Agreements in relation to Goods, Wares, or Merchandize intrusted to Factors or Agents.

REPEALED, as to so much thereof [s. 7, 8, 9, 10,] as relates to any misdemeanor, by stat. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 27. s. 1.

6 GEO. IV. c. 108.

An Act for the prevention of Smuggling. IMPLIEDLY repealed by stat. 3 & 4 Wm. 4. c. 53. s. 1. post, which, after reciting this act, and that other acts have been passed for amending it, and that it was necessary the whole should be consolidated into one act, proceeds (without expressly repealing this act or the acts amending it) to re-enact most of its clauses. Vide post.

6 GEO. IV. c. 127.

An Act for making further provision by Law for the Protection of Property in Orchards, Gardens, and Nursery Grounds.

Repealed by stat. 7 Geo. 4. c. 69. s. 5.

7 GEO. IV. c. 38.

An Act to enable Commissioners for trying Offences upon the Sea, and Justices of the Peace, to take Examinations touching such Offences, and to commit to safe Custody Persons charged therewith. [5th May, 1826.] WHEREAS it is expedient that the commissioners named in the commission of oyer and terminer, for the trying of offences committed within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England; and also the commissioners named in commissions made

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under an act passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign of King George the Third, for the more speedy trial of offences in distant parts beyond the sea; and also the justices of the peace in the united kingdoin, should have the power, severally as well as jointly, of taking examinations: upon oath, touching offences within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England; and of committing to safe custody persons charged upon oath with such offences be it therefore enacted by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That it Commisshall and may be lawful to and for any one or trying offen more of the commissioners for the time being, justices, may named or to be named in the commission of oyer nations touchand terminer, for the trying of offences committed ing such within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of Eng- commit the land; and also to and for any one or more of the commissioners for the time being, named or to be named in any commission made or granted under or by virtue of the said act of the forty-sixth year of King George the Third; and also to and for any one or more of his majesty's justices of the peace for the time being for any county, riding, division, or place, in the united kingdom, and they are hereby respectively authorized, empowered, and required, from time to time to take any information or informations of any witness or witnesses upon oath, which oath they and each of them are hereby respectively authorized to administer, touching any treason, piracy, felony, rob

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