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cause_n	appear_v	great_a	see_v	1,485	5	2.9490	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61642	Freedome. Or, The description of the excellent civill government of the island of Jersey published by James Stocall Esq; Collonel of a regiment of the trained bands of the said island, consisting of 1500 men. Under the government of the honorable Colonel Heane governour thereof, for the service of the Commonwealth of England.	Stocall, James.	1652 (1652)	Wing S5691A; ESTC R222041	7,464	19

of the publick Revenue and Treasure of each Parish which are accomptable to the Constable and those Officers which have the dispensation of the same as they represent the parish Besides there it a Provost in every Parish as the name signifies Warner so their Office is to Summon or Warn any Parties who have Suites in Law together to appear before the Bailly and Justices who decide those differences Those Summons are in a very short and pithy forme either written by the parties themselves or any body else Provided that he that writes them must subscribe them And the Provost warneth the parties in many causes for nothing in others for a penny Moreover there is in every Vingtaine one Sermenté Juror or sworn man for the High-ways and common-paths to see them duly repaired and in order All these Parochiall Officers are elected and chosen by the Votes of all the Parishioners great and smal poore and rich then presented to the Bailly who giveth them Oath to exercise their severall Functions The whole Island is generally ruled by the great Court so called in relation to inferior Courts of which hereafter mention shal be made held in a fair Cobuë or Court-House erected for that purpose The Assembly there consists of the Bailly Twelve Jurates or Justices the Kings Procurator or Atturney so called heretofore the Kings Advocate or Solicitor heretofore the Vicount or Sheriffe the Greffier or Clerk of the Court the Denuntiator or Under-Sheriffe five or six Advocates at the Ballys discretion an Huissier or Door-keeper The Bailly heretofore was nominated by the King and had his Patent under the Great Seale of England He is the Head and President of the Court collects the voyces of the Jurates and pronounceth the Sentence according to their plurality but if equality then he hath the casting voyce The twelve Jurates or Justices are chosen by the suffrages or voices generally of all the Islanders without exception and sworn in the Court by the Bailly The Procurator and Advocate were named by the King their Offices was to plead for the Kings Rights and to see all manner of crimes punished They might also plead betwixt party and party The Vicount was also nominated by the King his Office was to arrest and imprison Debtors after Judgement of Execution given and never before to seize goods when he is so appointed to do by the Court and to sell them at the Market place on publick dayes to those who wil give most to be applyed for the payment of Creditors who may redeem them fourteen daies after He taketh Inventories of Orphans goods and sometimes selleth them at Out-cries for their use and behoofe he is Clerke of the Market hath the care of all sorts of Measures for dry and liquid Wares Hee lookes to the Water-Courses of Rivolets and Brooks with some Officers with him that all might be in good order for the benefit of the Inhabitants He is also Crowner and Cryer of the Court The Denuntiator hath the like power in the Vicounts absence with many other cares conducing to the accommodation of the Islanders The Greffier or Clerk of the Court doth inrole all the Sentences pronounced by the said Bailly And that sedente curiâ in very faire Register-Books of which he hath the keeping as of all the ancient Records Archives Priviledges Franchises Liberties and Immunities heretofore granted to the Inhabitants by the late Kings and Queens of England under the Bailly who hath that care from Superiour Authority The Advocates Offices are to plead for partyes which they doe for very small and easie Rates viz six pence by reason that the people of all Sorts and Sexes and upon all manner of Pleas may and doe plead their own Causes and have as much audience as the Advocates themselves There is also another Officer of high concernment in the Island called L' Enregistreur or Register who doth Register all and all manners of Deeds which passe under the common Seale of the Isle as partitions of Lands or Wheat-Rents either in Fee-Farme or for ready mony Letters of Atturney Morgages Bonds c. for three pence each All which are written in a compendious manner without Equivocations or Lawyers Quiddities and passe all by Oath administred to the Parties by the Bailly in the presence of one or more of the Jurates neither to do or cause to be done any thing against their Demises upon paine of perjury all written in our naturall tongue Neither are the Deeds Authentiques unlesse the Bailly and two Jurates at least are signed in them besides the Seal Of this Seal the Bailly is keeper but it is sealed in a Bag by some of the Justices under their seals and not opened but in their presence The Impresse of it is three Lyons Passant with an Inscription bearing Sigillum Insulae de Jersey The nomination of the Greffier Denuntiator Register Inferior Advocates Huissier belongeth to the Bailly The great Court is kept very solemne at their Assizes or opening of their Courts in the beginning of the Termes The Governour being present to answer for those Lordships that owe their Compearance or appearing at the said Assizes whereof there is a good number Likewise all the Justices and Officers of the Court with the Provosts and other Lords of Mannors which hold in Capite and other Frank-Tenants which are duly called according to their Ranks And Fines set upon those which doe not appeare And if they failed foure times together their Lands were put in the Kings Possession They keep three sorts of Courts though with the same Judges viz. The Court of Heritage the Court of Cattell and the Court of Remedies or the Court Extraordinary In the first Court is treated of Inheritance as partitions of Lands betweene Co-Heires and in fine of all differences which do arise for Lands or any Rents that are for ever The benefit of retyring of Inheritance sold is granted to the first of the kindred that doth claim it within a year In the second called the Court of Cattell first of all Criminall Causes which are determined definitively without Appeale except those of High Treason the cognizance of which the King reserved to himselfe but are judged with the greatest Discretion and Favour that can be imagined For first a Malefactor being brought before the Judges by the Constable and his Sermentez which make the petty Jury before mentioned if they have found the Malefactor seised of any Goods or vehement suspitions after examination of Witnesses in their presence they having the freedome to refuse any of them upon evidences of hatred or malice either of Theft Murther or Witchcraft then their Verdict is That they thinke in their Consciences they are guilty of the Fact which is called Indictment whereupon the Parties so indict d are demanded Whether they will be tried by the Bench or the Country by the Bench is meant the Bailly and the twelve Justices whereof there must be seven of them at least of one