...person guilty of an infraction of this law is liable to a penalty of 5l., one half of which sum is to be given to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish, to be levied by distress under the warrant of a justice of the peace ; and for want of distress, the...

...guilty of an infraction of this law is liable to a penalty of five pounds, one half of which sum is to be given to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish, to be levied by distress ; the offender may be sent to the house of correction for three months for...

...required to administer), shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds sterling, one half thereof to be given to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish in which such offence shall be committed ; which said sum of five pounds sterling the said justices...

...to a penalty ofj|ing; though they appear to be esquires by five pounds, one half of which sum is to be given to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish, to be levied by distress ; the offender may be sent to the house of correction for three months for...

...penalties for infringing the law. The Home Office may vary the period. Due half of tlii» penalty is to be given to the Informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish. Provision is made for the trial of offences committed within the Admiralty jurisdiction or on boundary...

...information in the name of the king, for a forfeiture, one half of which, by St. 5 Anne, c. 14, § 4, was given to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish, the informations were held to be good, although the informer did not therein pray that he might have...

...instance, there is a Statute which is still in force called " The Parish Registers' Act," 52 Geo. 3,0. 146, prescribing the mode in which registers are to...The two works which run parallel with and supplement the Statute Book are " The State Trials," and " The Year Books." The State Trials I said something...

...no doubt in the first instance intended to be heavy money penalties. It was provided that one^ half of any penalty should be given to the informer, and...The two works which run parallel with and supplement the Statute Book are " The State Trials," and " The Year Books." The State Trials I said something...

...heretofore, but in home-made woollen cloth, the penalty for infringement being £5, half of which was to be given to the informer and the other half to the poor of the parish where the pel-son died. The following copy of a warrant from the High Sheriff supplies an interesting...

...Otley of a party preferring to pay the statutory fine, which was a penalty of ^5, half of which was given to the informer and the other half to the poor of the parish where the person died. The great flood of 1673 is also referred to under date September 11th, when...