Search warrants were authorized in case of suspicion. Officers and
solicited buyers and receivers were required to take persons who
at night were reasonably suspected of having or carrying such
items, to an accounting before a Justice of the Peace. Also a
notice was put in the newspaper for any owners to claim such. If
the person did not give a satisfactory account of the items, he
was guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by forfeiture of 2 pounds
or prison up to one month for the first offense, 4 pounds or
prison for two months for the second offense, and 6 pounds or
prison for any subsequent offense (without bail). An officer or
solicited buyer or receiver who did not take a suspect to a
Justice of the Peace was punishable by the same penalties except
the amounts of forfeiture were 1 pound, 2 pounds, and 4 pounds
respectively. A felon who brought two buyers or receivers to
justice was to be pardoned.
A description of any goods and the appearance of a rogue or
vagabond or idle and disorderly person shall be advertised in a
public paper for identification by the owner as stolen.
Pawning goods without consent of the owner is punishable by
forfeiture of 20s. or hard labor for fourteen days with whipping
there.
Maliciously destroying river banks resulting in lands being
overflowed or damaged is a felony for which one shall suffer death
without benefit of clergy. Later, transportation for seven years
was made an alternative.
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