He may
also inspect any places he chooses.
In 1774, wool making employees not returning all working tools and
implements and wool and all materials with which entrusted back to
their employer or who fraudulently steams, damps, or waters such
wool or who takes off any mark on any piece of cloth shall go to
the House of Correction for one month. If he absconds with or
sells such or anyone fraudulently buys or receives such from him,
a search warrant may be issued to seize any other such tools or
material. If found, the person may be brought to account before a
Justice of the Peace, and if the account is not satisfactory, he
shall forfeit such. A search warrant may also be issued for houses
on "just cause to suspect" by oath of a credible witness. For a
second offense, the penalty is up to three months in a House of
Correction. For a third offense, the penalty is up to six months
in a House of Correction and public whipping.
Bakers must mark their bread with W for white, WH for wheaten, and
H for household or forfeit 20s. to the informer. In 1758, a new
assize of bread set prices for rye, barley, oats, and beans by the
bushel. The prices for the three qualities of wheat, for wheaten
(prized and unprized), and for household grain by the bushel were
to be determined from within a statutory range by the local Mayor
or Justice of the Peace. Mayors and Justices of the Peace were to
determine a fair profit for their local bakers for all the types
of bread.
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