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Breaking Gaol, Transportation or Imprisonment.
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IV. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, every Person or Persons who shall by Force or Violence break open any Gaol, Prison, or Bridewell, with an Intention to rescue and enlarge him, her, or themselves, or any other Prisoner or Prisoners therein confined on account of any Offence, though the same be not Capital, all and every Person or Persons who shall commit such Offence, and shall be found guilty thereof, shall be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his natural Life, or for the Term of Seven or Fourteen Years, or be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Three Years, and, if a Male, be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped, if the Court shall think fit, in addition to such Imprisonment, and shall and may be tried before the Trial of the Person or Persons so enlarged, any Law or Statute to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
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