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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	county_n	say_a	sheriff_n	2,933	5	10.0525	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66295	By the King and Queen, a proclamation for apprehending of robbers on the high-way, &c. and for a reward to the discoverers, &c.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary); Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.; William III, King of England, 1650-1702.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2585; ESTC R38087	4,726	2

Counties where such Conviction shall be had are hereby Required upon the Certificate of the Iudge or Two or more of the Iustices before whom such Person or Persons shall be Convicted to Pay unto the Person and Persons who Discover Apprehend and cause to be brought into Custody Prosecuted and Convicted or upon whose Discovery and Apprehension the Offenders herein before particularly Named or any other Offender or Offenders shall be Convicted the Reward of Twenty Pounds for each of the said Persons before particularly Named and the Reward of Ten Pounds for every other like Offender so Apprehended and Convicted out of the Publick Moneys received by him in that County where such Conviction shall be had without any Demand or Defalcation of any part of the said Reward upon any pretence of charge for passing such Sheriffs Accompt for the same in Our Exchequer or otherwise or other matter whatsoever and for Allowance whereof this Our Proclamation shall be a Discharge to such Sheriff for such Money by any Sheriff paid The said Sheriff or Sheriffs producing a Receipt of Payment according to the Tenor of the Certificate of the Iudge or Iustices certifying for Payment of the said Rewards which shall be Allowed unto such Sheriffs paying the same without Feé or other Demand And to that purpose We do hereby Direct and give in Command to Our Vnder-Treasurer and Chancellor of Our Exchequer and Barons of the said Court of Exchequer and all other Our Officers of Our said Court of Exchequer and to every of them to Allow unto every Sheriff and Sheriffs so from time to time paying the said Rewards such Moneys as he or they shall actually pay upon such Certificate for the Reward as aforesaid without any Charge unto or Feé or Money to be Demanded of such Sheriff for passing such part of his said Accompt in Discharge from Vs of so much Money by him so paid or to be paid or for Allowance to be made unto such Sheriff for Re-imbursing him or them any Money so from time to time paid and to be paid in Obedience to this Our Proclamation for the Purposes above mentioned And for the more effectual Execution of the Laws against such Offenders and for the Preservation of Our Peace and the Preventing for the future of Robberies and Violences to Our said Loving Subjects We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all and every of Our Iustices of the Peace that they do forthwith meet and in their several Districts assemble themselves together and cause publick Notice to be given of this Our Proclamation and Intentions and Pleasure for the Apprehending of Offenders and Punishment of them above mentioned to all Inn-keepers Hostlers and such as Lett Horses to Hire And to all Brokers and such as Buy or take to Pawn any Goods that if any of them do furnish any Person who shall commit any the Offences aforesaid with Horses or shall in any manner receive comfort harbour maintain countenance or conceal any such or other Felons that they shall be proceeded against and punished according to the severity of Law And for the furthering of the good Purposes We desire to be effected by this Our Royal Proclamation We strictly hereby Charge and Command Our said Iustices of the Peace and they are hereby Enjoyned to meet once in every Month in their several Divisions of their Counties and Places and to Enquire after and to take an Account of the Constables of the Defaults of Watch Warding and of the Defaults of Hue and Cry and Pursuit of Felons and to take care that all Persons and Places making Default herein be Presented and Prosecuted to Conviction for such their Defaults And also the said Iustices are to Enquire after the Defaults of the Constables Headboroughs and other Officers of Iustice to see that they do their respective Duties as they are of Office to perform in discovery of all Persons committing any Murbers Robberies and Burglaries and other Felonies and to Present their Default at every next Quarter Sessions of the Peace and to see them Prosecuted for the same And also Our said Iustices are Monthly to take an Accompt from the said Constables of all Inn-keepers Hostlers and Keepers of Horses at Livery and of such as keep and Lett out Horses to Hire and of Persons either publickly or privately driving the Trade of Pawn-Brokers and common Buyers of Goods and of their Demeanour in their said Employments And also what suspected Persons there are and where and by whom they are Lodged Harboured or Resort unto in their Constableries to the end the Offenders and their Harbourers Aiders and Countenancers may be proceeded against according to Law And to that end the said Iustices of the Peace are hereby Required to cause the Constables to make frequent Searches after all Persons suspected to be of evil Life and guilty of any of the said heinous Offences their Abettors and Harbourers to the end Our said Iustices may proceed against them for the Preservation of Our Peace as there shall be occasion And Our said Iustices of the Peace and every of them Committing any Person brought before them for any Robbery on the High-Way Burglary or Breaking and Robbing of any Dwelling-House in the Day-time are hereby Required and Enjoyned that with all convenient speed they be transmit a Copy of such Persons Commitment to some of Our Iudges of Our Court of Kings-Bench with such Description as they can give of such Person Charged with or suspected to have committed any Robberies Burglaries or House-breakings as above mentioned and of their Horses and with a Particular of what Goods are taken with such Offender to the end Our said Iudges may give further Direction for Prosecuting and Trial or for Charging them in Custody with any other Robberies and Burglaries which such Offenders have committed as shall be requisite so as they may in no wise escape from Iustice ●ut receive a just Punishment for their Misdoings And Lastly We do hereby Charge and Command all Lieutenants Deputy Lieutenants Iustices of Peace Mayors Sheriffs Bailiffs and other Officers and Persons whatsoever to take notice of this Our Royal Proclamation and to give due Obedience thereunto in being Aiding and giving Assistance in all things tending to the Execution hereof according to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom as they tender Our Pleaure and upon Pain of being proceeded against as Contemners of Our Royal Authority in a Matter of so great Concern to the Publick according to the strict Rites of Iustice Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Thirtieth Day of October 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign God save King William and Queen Mary LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties 1690.