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A35644 The case of Sir Edward Hales, Baronet being an exact account of the tryal upon an action of 500 pound brought against him, with his plea thereto, upon the King's dispensing with the Stat. 25. Car. II and the opinion of the judges thereupon. Hales, Edward, Sir, d. 1695, defendant. 1689 (1689) Wing C993; ESTC R8988 8,238 11

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THE CASE OF Sir EDWARD HALES Baronet Being an EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE TRYAL UPON AN ACTION Of 500 Pound brought against him with his Plea thereto UPON THE KING'S Dispensing with the Stat. 25. Car. II. and the Opinion of the Judges thereupon LONDON Printed for J. Watts MDCLXXXIX ARGUMENTS UPON Sir Edward Hale's CASE BARONET On an Action of 500 Pound brought against him with his Plea thereto upon the King 's Dispensing with the Stat. 25. Car. II. and the Opinion of the Judges thereupon Ter. Trinity 2 o. Jacob. Secundi Regis Godwin versus Sir EDWARD HALES Baronet THE Plaintiff brought an Action of Debt against the Defendant for 500 Pound and declares the Defendant was admitted such a day to be Lieutenant of a Foot Company which Office the Plaintiff avers to be an Office of Trust within the 25 Caro. II. and that the Defendant held the same Office for above 3 Months and he did neither in the next Term nor 3 Months after the grant of the said Office take the several Oaths nor Subscribe the Declaration according to the said Statute and yet he did continue in the said Office and that the Defendant at the Assises held at Rochester was Indicted for neglecting to take the said Oaths and there was Legitimo Modo Convictus as by record of his Commission may more fully appear and the Plaintiff entitles himself to the Sum of Five hundred pound forfeiture given by the Statute to any that will Sue for the same To this the Defendant Pleads that the King after his admission into the said Office and before three Months were ended did by his Letters Patents Dispence with Pardon and Discharge the Defendant from taking the Oaths and Subscribing the Declaration according to the Statute and off and from all Crimes and Convictions incurred or to be incurred by the virtue of the said Statute and that the King did grant to the Defendant that he should hold the said Office as though the Statute had never been made To this Plea in Bar the Plaintiff Demurred and the Defendant joined in the Demur The Questions are two 1. Whether the Defendant ought to have pleaded this Pardon and Dispensation to the Indictment or whether he may not plead it in Bar to the Action 2. Admitting he may plead it to the Action whether it be a good Bar and whether the King by his Prerogative may dispense with the Statute Mr. Northey who argued for the Plaintiff held that the Defendant may not be permitted to plead this Matter in Bar of the Action because he ought to have pleaded it to the Indictment and he having not pleaded it then the Law will construe it to be waving of it as the Case in Brooks Abridgment Charter of Pardon 15 o. That in Case of an Indictment for Murther one that has pleaded not Guilty cannot plead the pardon after unless dated since this Plea of not Guilty So 3 o. Crooke and 4 o. in a Fire Facias if the Defendant appears and has a Release and does not plead it he has lost the benefit of it and shall not be released by Audita Quieta now the Defendant shall not be permitted to plead it against the Plaintiff no more than he could have pleaded it against the King for this Action is in the nature of an Execution upon a Judgment and may be likened to this Case an Administrator de foins non by 17 o. Car. Secundi 2. is enabled to sue forth Execution upon a Judgment recovered by an Executor of the first Testator and the Statute doth put the Administrator in the same Case as the Executor was and the Defendant in that Case can alledge no other matter against the Administrator than he could have done against the Executor neither can he avoid this Execution by any Plea that he might have pleaded to the First Action And if this Defendant shall be received to plead this Plea now he will falsifie the Indictment that was found against him for if the offence be pardoned he ought not to have been Indicted but admit this Defendant may well plead this Plea yet I hold it no Bar to the Plaintiff's Action I do allow that the King may Dispense with several Penal Laws in some Cases but that Prerogative of the King is bounded so that with some Statutes he cannot Dispense as wherein the Subject is interessed as in 4 o. Instit 135 So the King cannot License a Man to make a Nuisance or Commit a Murther as 11 o. Henry 7th 11. 12. And that this is an Act wherein all the Subjects have an Interest I humbly submit to the Judgment of the Court. The King cannot Dispense with the Statute 31 of Eliz. Cha. 6. against Simony nor with the Statute 17 Edw. 6. 1. against Buying and Selling of Offices as appears by the 1 o. Instit 12 o. a. 30. Instit 154. 20. Crooke 385. Hobart 75. 1 o. Institu 234. a. A Man that is Disabled by Law to take such an Office the King cannot Capacitate him as if the King should grant to one to sell an Office within the Statute Ed. 6 o. and to another to buy that Office these Grants would be void as in Vaughan 534 in the Case of Thomas and Sorrel there are several Cases put wherein the King cannot Dispense with a Statute Now by this Statute that we are upon it is Enacted that every Officer shall take the Oaths that every Person that does neglect it shall be disabled to hold the said Office now this Act does not work upon the Taking but upon the Holding and if such Conditions be not performed he is thereby rendred uncapable to hold his Office and the King can never Enable a Man whom the Law hath Disabled 3 o Inst 154. But I foresee the Case in 12 Cook 18. will be objected against me where it is said that no Act of Parliament can bind the King from any Prerogative which is solely and inseparably annexed to his Person but that he may Dispense with it by a Non Obstante and the Book doth instance in the Case of Sheriffs upon the Statute 23 Henry 6. which does Enact that all Patents made or to be made of any Office of a Sheriff c. for term of years c. within any County of England c. and shall forfeit 200 Pound yet saies that Book the King may Dispence with that Statute and Cites 2 Henry 7. 66. to be there so adjudged by all the Judges of England and that this is the only Authority that seems to countenance this Case but this is the Opinion only of my Lord Cook for the Book which he Cites and depends upon was never adjudged as appears by Brook 5. pt 45. 109. and what was said in that Case was only said by one Judge and never judicially determined nor so much as spoken to by any other Judge therefore the foundation that my Lord Cook has laid failing the Superstructure must needs fall and