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any Constable or other peace Officer shall
refuse or wilfully neglect to take such Offender
into his custody, and to take and convey him
or her before some justice of the peace or
shall not use his best endeavors to apprehend,
and convey before some Justice of the Peace,
any person that he shall find offending
against this Act, it shall be deemed a
neglect of duty in such Constable, or other
peace officer, and he shall on conviction be
punished in such manner as is hereinafter
mentioned.
5 And be it further Enacted that it shall
be lawful for any justice of the peace upon
Oath being made before him that any person
hath committed or is suspected to have com-
mitted any offence against this Act to issue
his Warrant to Apprehend and bring before
him or some other Justice of the peace the
person so charged for examination and inquiry
respecting the same and upon conviction
thereof to be dealt with as is directed by
this Act.
6 And be it further Enacted that it
shall be lawful for any Constable peace officer
or other person apprehending any person charged
with being an idle and disorderly person
or a Rogue and “Vagabond or an incorrigible
rogue to take any horse, mule, ass, cart,
[notes in margin]
None of this seems
to me to apply to the
case of this Colony.
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