Gaol Delivery Act 1393

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 17 Rich . II. and Anno Dom.1393. Two learned Men in the Law shall be in Commission of Gaol delivery.

(17 Ric. 2) C A P. X.

‘ITEM, Forasmuch as Thieves notoriously defamed, and others taken with the Maner, by their long abiding in Prison, after that they be arrested, be delivered by Charters, and favourable Inquests procured, to the great Hindrance of the People,’ 'it is accorded and assented, That in every Commission of the Peace through the Realm, where Need shall be, two Men of Law of the same County where such Commission shall be made, shall be assigned to go and proceed to the Deliverance of such Thieves and Felons, as often as they...

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