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therefore_o act_n 89._o par._n 6._o ja._n 1._o ratify_v act_n 28.3_o par._n k._n ja._n 4._o with_o this_o addition_n that_o if_o any_o heritable_a sheriff_n omit_v his_o duty_n in_o prosecute_n of_o this_o crime_n after_o this_o manner_n he_o shall_v lose_v his_o heritable_a office_n for_o three_o year_n but_o if_o he_o have_v only_o that_o office_n for_o the_o time_n he_o shall_v lose_v it_o during_o all_o that_o time_n from_o which_o act_n it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o the_o sheriff_n be_v not_o only_o judge_v competent_a to_o slaughter_n but_o to_o murder_v and_o both_o to_o the_o one_o and_o to_o the_o other_o at_o any_o time_n if_o he_o have_v either_o apprehend_v the_o person_n or_o have_v ex_fw-la in_o continenti_fw-la do_v diligence_n for_o apprehend_v he_o but_o the_o sheriff_n be_v not_o judge_n competent_a to_o murder_v though_o commit_v within_o his_o jurisdiction_n except_o in_o either_o of_o these_o case_n iv._o the_o way_n of_o procedure_v before_o the_o sheriff_n 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be_v pursue_v by_o way_n of_o indictment_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o any_o party_n the_o justice_n general_n be_v only_a judge_n competent_a thereto_o skeen_n verbo_fw-la sheriff_n but_o that_o rule_n be_v too_o general_a and_o may_v admit_v of_o this_o distinction_n viz._n that_o either_o the_o thief_n be_v take_v with_o fang_n and_o then_o the_o sheriff_n may_v proceed_v to_o judge_v he_o though_o no_o private_a pursuer_fw-mi insist_v against_o he_o nor_o need_v there_o three_o fang_n for_o justify_v that_o pursuit_n albeit_o sheriff_n now_o never_o proceed_v but_o where_o three_o fang_n be_v prove_v or_o else_o no_o fang_n be_v find_v &_o eo_fw-la casu_fw-la the_o sheriff_n can_v judge_v the_o thief_n except_o there_o be_v a_o pursuit_n intend_v at_o the_o instance_n of_o a_o private_a party_n vi_o the_o sheriff_n shall_v assist_v in_o all_o justice_n air_n hold_v by_o the_o justice_n general_n or_o the_o chamberlain_n and_o shall_v produce_v the_o verification_n of_o all_o 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abstain_v because_o my_o design_n be_v rather_o to_o inform_v other_o then_o to_o raise_v in_o they_o any_o esteem_n for_o i_o by_o l._n 5._o c._n the_o custod_a reor_fw-la it_o be_v ordain_v that_o convictos_fw-la velox_fw-la paena_fw-la subducat_fw-la but_o l._n 20._o c._n de_fw-fr paenis_fw-la it_o be_v say_v nollumus_fw-la statim_fw-la eos_fw-la aut_fw-la subire_fw-la paenam_fw-la aut_fw-la excipere_fw-la sententiam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la triginta_fw-la dies_fw-la super_fw-la statu_fw-la eorum_fw-la sor_n &_o fortuna_fw-la suspensa_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o reconcile_a which_o law_n cujac_n think_v that_o general_o the_o punishment_n shall_v be_v present_o inflict_v and_o that_o thirty_o day_n be_v only_o to_o be_v allow_v where_o the_o prince_n himself_o have_v impose_v a_o severe_a sentence_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v allow_v by_o that_o learned_a greek_a scoliast_n thalalaeus_fw-la si_fw-la princeps_fw-la statucrit_fw-fr paenam_fw-la in_o aliquens_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la punitur_fw-la sed_fw-la dierum_fw-la triginta_fw-la dilatio_fw-la datur_fw-la forte_fw-fr enim_fw-la princeps_fw-la interim_n paenam_fw-la revocabit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o though_o l._n 19_o basil._n the_o custod_a reor_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la conuâ—ctus_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la paenam_fw-la pendere_fw-la sed_fw-la rursus_fw-la conjici_fw-la in_o custodiam_fw-la iterumque_fw-la eductum_fw-la audiri_fw-la nam_fw-la haec_fw-la dilatio_fw-la iram_fw-la judicum_fw-la moderatiorem_fw-la reddit_fw-la yet_o by_o the_o word_n convictus_fw-la there_o be_v not_o mean_v the_o last_o sentence_n but_o the_o be_v so_o convict_v that_o he_o may_v be_v put_v in_o iron_n which_o be_v not_o allow_v till_o the_o prisoner_n be_v think_v guilty_a be_v by_o the_o judge_n as_o thalalaeus_fw-la excellent_o observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o may_v be_v likewise_o observe_v that_o the_o former_a l._n 5._o do_v not_o ordain_v that_o the_o sentence_n shall_v be_v 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that_o at_o st._n ambrose_n desire_v he_o do_v endeavour_v to_o bridle_v that_o rage_n in_o succeed_a prince_n which_o he_o do_v then_o so_o abominat_fw-la in_o himself_o euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 18._o and_o yet_o i_o find_v that_o this_o same_o law_n indulge_v thirty_o day_n have_v be_v much_o old_a as_o appear_v by_o quintilian_n declamatione_fw-la de_fw-la falso_fw-la caedis_fw-la damnato_fw-la the_o word_n be_v &_o mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la ideo_fw-la constituta_fw-la esse_fw-la lex_fw-la quae_fw-la damnatum_fw-la post_fw-la tricesimum_fw-la diem_fw-la puniri_fw-la voluit_fw-la quia_fw-la modo_fw-la videbat_fw-la legumlator_fw-la possi_a fieri_fw-la ut_fw-la deciperetur_fw-la accusator_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la calumniaretur_fw-la and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v urge_v that_o a_o present_a execution_n be_v convenient_a because_o that_o prevent_v the_o prisoner_n escape_v by_o tumult_n or_o kill_v himself_o and_o that_o the_o more_o speedy_a the_o execution_n 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