Choice presidents upon all Acts of Parliament relating to the office and duty of a justice of peace. With necessary notes and instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament, and other particular cases in law adjudg'd therein. As also a more useful method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print. By Rich. Kilburne, Esq; late one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, and principal of Staple-Inn.
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Choice presidents upon all Acts of Parliament relating to the office and duty of a justice of peace. With necessary notes and instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament, and other particular cases in law adjudg'd therein. As also a more useful method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print. By Rich. Kilburne, Esq; late one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, and principal of Staple-Inn.
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Kilburne, Richard, 1605-1678.
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London :: printed by the assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, Esquires, for Richard Tonson within Grayes-Inn-Gate next Grayes-Inn-Lane,
1681.
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Forms (Law) -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Justices of the peace -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"Choice presidents upon all Acts of Parliament relating to the office and duty of a justice of peace. With necessary notes and instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament, and other particular cases in law adjudg'd therein. As also a more useful method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print. By Rich. Kilburne, Esq; late one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, and principal of Staple-Inn." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47352.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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The Oath of a Constable.
YOU shall well and truly serve the King's Majesty in the Office of a Constable of the Parish of A. all Commissions, Precepts and Warrants that are directed to you, and shall come to your hands, you shall to the best of your power cause to be duly and truly execu∣ted, all Riots and Misdemeanours and breach of the Peace suppress. You shall punish all Rogues, Vagrants and idle persons, according to the Laws of this Land in that case made and provided; you shall diligently pursue all Hues and Cries; you shall see that the King's Maje∣stie's Watch within the said Town of A. be duly and truly set according to His Majestie's Laws; you shall also do your best endeavour to suppress Drunkenness within the said Pa∣•…•…ish, and to see the Laws and Statutes concer∣ning the same to be duly put in execution; and all other things belonging to the Office of
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Constable, so long as you shall continue in your Office, you shall well and truly perform and doe so near as you can.
So help you God.
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