Robert Bankes Case,
Mich. 6 Jac. Regis.
Mich. 6 Jac. Rot. 639. Robert Bankes Gent. brought an Action upon the Statute of Winton 13 Ed. 1. against the Inhabitants of the Hundred of Burnham in the Coun∣ty of Bucks, and counted that certain misdoers, to the Plaintiff unknown, at Hitcham the 22d. of Nov. 5 Jac. assaulted the Plaintiff, and robbed him of 25 l. 3 5. 2 d. ob. and that he immediately after the robbery, the same 22d. of Nov. at Joplow and Maalow, the next Towns to Hitcham in the said County, made H••e-and Cry, &c. and after the said Robbery, and within 20 dayes before the purchase of the Writ, viz. the 19 of F••br. A••. 5. at Dorney in Com. praed. the Plaintiff before Sir William G••r∣rard Knight, then Justice of Peace in the said County, and living next the said Hundred, being examined upon Oath, according to the Statute 27 El••z. the Plaintiff upon his Oath said, He knew not the Parties who rob∣bed him; and since the said Robbery 40 dayes are past, and the said Inhabitants of Burnham have not made him any amends, nor the Bodies of the Felons, or any of them, have taken, but suffered them to escape; to which the Defendants plead, Not Guiley; and V••. fa. was awarded de vicineto, &c. And the Jury gave a special Verdict, and found that the Plaintiff was robbed, and made Hue-and-Cry as aforesaid, and found over, That the Plaintiff was sworn before Sir William Gerrard as aforesaid, and said upon his Oath in these English words, viz. That he on Thursday the 22d. of Nov. 1604. riding under Hitcham wood, &c. was then and there set upo•• by Horsemen, which