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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… led to the formation of the Association for preventing Felony and other Offences. This was in existence by 1787 and … MSS. ii, nos. 9 and 10: Mins. of Assoc. for preventing Felony; mins., accts., etc. 181122, 182287, of Devizes …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… at borough quarter sessions for treason, murder, or felony to the county gaol. The power of the mayor was greatly …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Beyond this the court leet took cognizance of every felony at common law, larceny, murder, treason, &c., the jury …
A History of the County of Surrey
… execution of writs should henceforth be deemed guilty of felony and be liable to transportation; that the sheriff … or impeded execution of process should be deemed guilty of felony without benefit of clergy, and that any who concealed … asked the cause of his flight, whether it were his debt, felony or other transgression, and his answer must be …
A History of the County of Warwick
… mandate, concern themselves with cases involving treason, felony, murder, or loss of life or limb. 86 The warden of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… were in the king's hands. 69 The houses of Jews hanged for felony, or who refused to enfeoff new owners, were ordered to … many. 96 In the 1330s it was found that two men hanged for felony had held a messuage and four cottages from the Bishop …