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Grand or petit juror not attending quarter sessions on summon, fined not above £5.
and witnesses at discretion,
applied as aforesaid.
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XV. And whereas many notorious offenders, charged with riots, rescues, assaults, and other breaches of the King’s peace, often escape just and speedy punishment by the irregular attendance of the persons returned by the sheriffs to serve as grand jurors and petit jurors at the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace, and the several adjournments thereof, held for the said city and county of the city of Waterford, and by the non-attendance of witnesses at said sessions; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said justices of the peace for the said city and county of the city of Waterford, at every general quarter sessions of the peace, or at any adjournment thereof, from time to time to be held for said county, of said city of Waterford, to impose a fine, not exceeding five pounds on any grand juror or petit that shall be legally summoned to attend the said general quarter sessions of the peace, or any adjournment thereof, and shall refuse or neglect to appear pursuant to the said summons, and for whom no sufficient excuse shall be laid before the court; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said justices to impose such fine or fines, as in their discretion they shall think fit, on any witness that shall be legally summoned to attend the said general quarter sessions of the peace, or any adjournment thereof, and shall refuse or neglect to appear pursuant to the said summons, and for whom no sufficient excuse shall be laid before the court; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said justices, to issue from and out of the said court of sessions, process from time to time in the nature of an execution, directed to the sheriffs of the said city to levy the said fine or fines off the said goods and chattles of such grand juror, petit, juror or witness who shall be so fined as aforesaid, and the same when so levied, to pay over to the chamberlain of the said city, to be disposed of by the mayor and common council of the said city, for the sole purpose and purposes aforesaid; and the said mayor and common council are hereby authorized and required to apply said fines for the purposes aforesaid, and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever.
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