Courts, for taking mens goods, Lands or bodies, as the cause requireth; and by the Order of the Common Law, and Statutes of the Realm, he may for the better execution of his Majesties writs, and process of Law, after resistance, take posse Comitutus.
He is to return indifferent Juries, for the Tryal of mens Lives, Liberties, Lands, and Goods.
He ought to see, that the publique Peace be kept, which is the Life of the Commonwealth; and therefore he is said to be Principalis Conservator Pacis, within the County.
It is his duty, to gather the publique monies, and profits of the Prince in his County, to collect, and bring into the Exchequer, all fines imposed, even by distreining.
He is to see condemned persons exe∣cuted. To conclude, he is to determine, and examine certain smaller pleas Civil and Criminal; the former are decided in the County Court; the latter in his Court, called the Town.
Quaere 5. If one be in the Sheriffs Custody, by process of Law, and then another writ is delivered to apprehend