43. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Sir John Milley Doyle, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, with Mary Doyle his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 44. An Act for naturalizing Catherine Caroline Scellier Satis. THE STATUTES AT LARGE. Anno Regni GEORGII IV. Britanniarum Regis Tertio. T the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the A Twenty first Day of April, Anno Domini 1820, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; and from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Fifth Day of February 1822, being the Third Session of the Seventh Parliament of ⚫ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.' CAP. I. An Act to suppress Insurrections and prevent Disturbance of the public Peace in Ireland, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty two. [11th February 1822.] Two Justices may cause HEREAS tumultuous Insurrections have from time to time existed in various parts of Ireland, principally promoted and supported by Persons associating under the pretended Ob⚫ligation of Oaths unlawfully administered: Therefore, in order to restore Peace to such Parts of Ireland as are or may be so 'disturbed by seditious Persons, and to preserve the Peace in 'Counties which may be in immediate Danger of being disturbed :' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Two Justices of the Peace in any County or County of a City Clerk of the or Town in Ireland, to direct, by Writing under their Hands and Peace to sumSeals, the Clerk of the Peace thereof to summon an Extraordinary mon an ExtraSession of the Peace to be holden therein, at such Place and at ordinary Sessuch Time as they shall deem expedient, not sooner than Forty eight Hours after such Direction shall have been delivered to such Clerk of the Peace, in order to consider the State of such County, Town or City, and thereupon such Clerk of the Peace shall forthwith post Notice thereof on the Door of the Court House of such Notice thereof. County, Town or City, and cause, as far as in him lies, every Jus- Justices to be tice of the Peace of such County, Town or City, who shall be re- summoned in sident therein, to be summoned to such Sessions; in serving which manner herein Summons, every Constable, Sub-Constable and Sheriff's Bailiff is hereby required to obey and be aiding and assisting such Clerk of 3 GEO. IV. B the sion. mentioned. Justices assembled may signify, by Memorial to Lord Lieutenant, that County is disturbed, or in Danger. Lord Lieutenant and Council may proclaim such County and adjoining County to be in a State of Dis turbance. Proceedings thereon. Proclamation shall warn Inhabitants to remain in their Houses between Sunset and Sunrise ; and appoint Special Sessions of the Peace. the Peace; and that the Justices assembled in consequence, not being fewer than Seven in a County at large, or than Three in a County of a Town or City, or the major part of such Justices respectively, shall and may, if they shall see fit, upon due Consider. ation of the State of the County, signify, by Memorial, signed by them, to the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, that they consider their County, or any Part thereof, to be in a State of Disturbance, or in immediate Danger of becoming so, and the Grounds and Reasons of such their Opinion, and praying that the Lord Lieutenant and Council may proclaim such County, or Part thereof, to be in a State of Disturbance, or in immediate Danger of becoming so; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, if he and they shall respectively think proper so to do, by Proclamation to declare such County, or any Part of such County, to be in a State of Disturbance, or in immediate Danger of becoming so, as also such Part as he and they shall think proper, of any adjoining County; a Copy of which Proclamation shall be forthwith transmitted by the Clerk of the Privy Council to the Clerk of the Peace of every such County so mentioned therein, who shall thereupon, and he is hereby required forthwith to give Notice thereof to the several Magistrates, and to the Assistant Barrister of every such County, or to the Person duly qualified and empowered to act as Assistant Barrister therein, requiring their Attendance at the Special Sessions to be held as hereinafter mentioned, unless some Part of such County shall have been previously proclaimed under or by a Proclamation then in force, by Virtue whereof the Special Sessions shall be then sitting from Day to Day, as hereinafter mentioned, in which case he shall forthwith give such Notice to the Justices presiding at such Special Sessions, who shall thereupon, or as soon after as the said Court shall sit, cause such further Proclamation to be publicly read in open Court. II. And be it further enacted, That every such Proclamation shall warn the Inhabitants of every such proclaimed County, or Part thereof, to be and remain within their Houses at all Hours between Sunset and Sunrise, from and after such Day as shall be named therein for that Purpose, under the Penalties by Law established and such Proclamation shall further order and direct, that a Special Sessions of the Peace for every such County, whereof the Whole, or any Part, shall be so therein proclaimed, shall be held in such County, at such Time and Place as shall be therein named, not exceeding Seven Days from the Date of such Proclamation, and such Special Sessions of the Peace shall be so held accordingly, and shall from thenceforth continue to sit so long as such County, or any Part thereof, shall be proclaimed, and shall have Power to adjourn from Time to Time, and from Place to Place within such County, as shall be found convenient; and the Clerk of the Peace in every such County is hereby required forthwith to cause such Proclamation to be published in all the public Newsto be published. papers printed within such County, and to cause One or more printed Copies thereof to be posted up in large legible characters in all Market Towns within the said County, or such Part thereof, Clerk of the Peace to cause as shall be so proclaimed: Provided however, that if any Part of If County be III. And be it further enacted, That every County, or Part of From what not before. to be conclusive Evidence in Civil and Cri minal Courts. IV. And be it further enacted, That all Proclamations which Proclamations V. And be it further enacted, That after the issuing of such VI. And Lord Lieutenant may appoint a King's Serjeant or Counsel to preside at Special Ses sions. Assistant Barrister to be present at such Sessions. Such Serjeant or Counsel presiding as Chief Judge, and Court of Sessions to have to Courts of Terminer, &c. and to proceed without Grand or Petty Jury, or Bill found as herein mentioned. VI. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for such Serjeant at Law, or Counsel learned in the Law, to preside in the said Court of Session of the Peace as the Chief Judge thereof; and that such Court of Sessions of the Peace shall, for the Purposes of this Act, and in all Proceedings under the same, have and possess all and every the Jurisdiction, Powers and Authorities belonging and incident to a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, and shall proceed, without any Grand Jury, and without any Bill found, to try any Person or Persons who shall, by Information on Oath, taken before any Justice of the Peace of the County wherein such Court shall sit, and returned to the Clerk of the Peace for the said County, or his Deputy, be accused of any of the Matters and Things in respect whereof any Person is by this Act declared to be an idle and disorderly Person, and shall try such Person or Persons on Evidence on Oath, to be administered by such Court, in support of such Accusation, and on Evidence upon Oath, to be in like manner administered in support of the Defence of such Person or Persons, if any such Evidence shall be offered, and shall convict and pass Judgment upon or acquit the Persons so tried, according as the merits of the Case shall appear to the Court before whom the same shall be tried; and that such Conviction and Judgment or Acquittal, may be had and pronounced without the Verdict of any Petty Jury, and shall be equally good and valid in Law, as if such Judgment had been had on a Bill found by a lawful Grand Jury, and the Verdict of a lawful Petty Jury given thereon: Provided always, that if such Court shall think fit and proper, having due regard to the Circumstances of the Case and the then existing State and Condition of the County, to try any Person, or any Fact alleged on any such Trial, by a Jury, it shall and may be lawful for such Court to cause a Petty Jury to be returned, sworn, and impannelled immediately, or at any Time they may appoint, for the Trial of such Person or Persons, Fact or Facts, as they shall give in charge to such Jury, and to take and consider such Verdict as of the same force and effect as to the Matter given them in charge, as the Verdict of a Petty Jury in a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, and shall pass their Judgment on such Case accordingly: Provided also, that the Execution of any Judgment of Conviction shall be suspended unless the Serjeant at Law, or Counsel learned in the Law, so presiding in such Court of Sessions of the Peace, shall agree with the Majority of the Justices of the Peace present at such Court; and in case such Serjeant at Law, or Counsel learned in the Law, should differ in Opinion from the Majority of the Justices present at such Court of Sessions of the Peace, he shall forthwith report the Case and the whole of the Evidence taken upon the same, together with his Opinion, to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, who is hereby empowered to give such Directions thereupon as he may think proper; and main in custody. that, until the Directions of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being shall have been received, the Prisoner shall remain in Custody: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent the holding the General Sessions of the Peace in such County, in Power given to Court to try Persons by Jury. Suspension of Execution of Judgment in certain Cases. Prisoner to re Proviso for holding General Sessions. the |