Persons abetting them are also guilty
of felony and shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.
Attainder shall not work corruption of the blood, loss of dower,
or forfeiture of lands, goods, or chattel. The persons sustaining
damages can recover 200 pounds or less from the hundred, with
inhabitants paying proportionately, unless one of the offenders is
convicted within six months. If other hundreds have not diligently
followed the hue and cry, they shall pay half such damages. In
1735, it was required that there be notice to the constable or
other officer or tythingman and public notice in the London
Gazette describing the robbery, offenders, and goods taken before
the hundred had to pay damages. Also, it did not have to pay
damages if one offender was apprehended with 40 days of
publication in the London Gazette, but did have to pay the
apprehender 10 pounds. In 1754 was also included letters
threatening killing people or burning houses, barns or stacks of
grain, hay, or straw, without any demand. Also, persons who
rescued such offenders from gaol were given the same penalty.
Later, persons obtaining money or goods by false pretenses with an
intent to defraud or cheat or sending a letter without a true
signature threatening to accuse any person of a crime with an
intent to extort money or goods, are punishable by fine and
prison, pillory, or whipping or transportation for seven years.
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