Riot Act 1411
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1411 c. 7 |
| Year | 1411 |
(13 Hen. 4) C A P. VII.
'IT E M it is ordained and established, That if any Riot, Assembly, or Rout of People against the Law, be made in Parties of the Realm, that the Justices of Peace, three, or two of them at the least, and the Sheriff or Under-Sheriff of the County where such Riot, Assembly, or Rout shall be made hereafter, shall come with the Power of the County (if Need be) to arrest them, and shall arrest them; (2) and the same Justices and Sheriff, or Under-Sheriff, shall have Power to record that which they shall find so done in their Presence against the Law; (3) and that by the Record of the same Justices and Sheriff, or Under-Sheriff, such Trespassers and Offenders shall be Convict in the same Manner and Form as is contained in the Statute of Forcible Entries. (4)And if it happen that such Trespassers and Offenders be departed before the coming of the said Justices and Sheriff, or Under-Sheriff, that the same Justices, three, or two of them, shall diligently inquire within a Month after such Riot, Assembly, or Rout of People so made, and thereof shall hear and determine according to the Law of the Land.
II Certificate of a Riot, and the Punishment of Offenders.
II. And if the Truth cannot be found in the Manner as is aforesaid, then within a Month then next following, the Justices, three, or two of them, and the Sheriff or Under-Sheriff, shall certify before the King and his Council all the Deed and Circumstances thereof, (2) which Certificate shall be of like Force as the Presentment of Twelve; upon which Certificate the said Trespassers and Offenders shall be put to answer, and they which shall be found guilty, shall be punished according to the Discretion of the King and his Council.
III A Traverse of a Riot triable in the King's Bench.
III. And if such Trespassers and Offenders do traverse the Matter so certified, the same Certificate and Traverse shall be sent into the King's Bench, there to be tried and determined as the Law requireth. (2) And if the same Trespassers *do not appear before the King and his Council, or in the King's Bench, at the first Precept, then shall be another Precept directed to the Sheriff of the...
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