Helier against Hundred De Benhurst
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1792 |
| Date | 01 January 1792 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 79 E.R. 785
IN THE KING'S BENCH.
case 3. helier against hundred de benhurst. Easter Term, 6 Car. 1. Roll 233. Berks. The examination upon oath required by the 27 Eliz. o. 18. in the case of hue and cry, may be taken by a justice of the county, though he is not in the county at the time of taking it, for it is a ministerial act. Jones, 239. 1 Roll. Abr. 538. Leon. 322. Sid. 209. Bull. N. P. 186. 3 Com. Dig. 477. Dougl. 465. The Court will judge from the special matter found by a jury, although they first find a general verdict according to the issue. Anlu, 76. Hob. 53. Cro. Eliz. 459. 481. Cro. Jac. 55. Dyer, 115. 370. 2 Roll. Ab. 695. 1 Term Rep. 141. 2 Term Rep. 666. A justice of the peace cannot exercise any jurisdiction or do any judicial act out of the borough or county for which he is appointed. Dalton, c. 24. 1 Hale, 581. But a justice of the peace may take a mere examination out of his borough or county relating to an act done in it, for it is not an act of jurisdiction. Action upon the statute of Winton, 13 Edw. 1. st. 2. ch. 1. for that he was robbed of seventy pounds, and made hue and cry, and amends was not made, nor any of the robbers taken : and counts upon the Statute of Winton, and that he took his oath before [212] John Saunders, Justice of the Peace within the said county of Berks, and 786 EASTER TERM, 7 CAR. 1. IN B. R. CRO. CAR. 213. inhabiting within the hundred, within twenty days before his writ brought that he was robbed, and did not know any of the parties, according to the 27 Eliz. c. 13. Upon not guilty pleaded, a special verdict was found as for the plaintiff according to the declaration ; and further, that " he took his oath before the said John Saunders, justice of the peace of the said county, and inhabiting in the said hundred, at his chamber in the Middle Temple, London : " and so concludes, if upon all the matter the Court should adjudge for the plaintiff, they find for the plaintiff; and if, &c. for the defendant. The main question was, whether this examination and oath was taken secundum forma-m statuti ? This matter being argued at the Bar, it was alledged by the defendant's counsel, that a justice of peace hath only his jurisdiction within the county where he is a justice of the peace, and may not elsewhere exercise his jurisdiction; and this examination is as justice of the peace of the county where the same fact was done. The '27 Eliz. e. 18. appoints the...
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