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private offense whkh deservetk restraint doth not admiti tke laying cm ofirms^ putHng into the dungean^ or hmg imprisùnment^ it is therefore thaught Jitt that noper^ sans shall be restrained or kept in prison hy the commitUment of the Oovemor longer Hme than the epace o/four and twen^ houres^ nor be laid in ironSy nar putt in the dungeon^ unlesse the partg stand charged with some such matter as is of higher nature than a private offense and may concem htm in his loyali^ to the King's Majestjfs person or to the State^ in which the Bailiff and Jurats (if the matter be such as mag without danger be imparted to so mang) are ta be made acquainted with the cause of his committement so farr forth to reveaU it as to acquaint them^ or any of them^ with ity mag be left to his discrétion how toproceed^ bothfor the time and the manner of imprisonment and for retuming the cause private to himselfe ; allwages to be regarded that the Oovemor committ not to prison the Bailiff ^ or amjf of the Jurats j unlesse it befor some suchgreat cause canceming the King's Majestg^ or the State^ as is before mençoned. Mais cette Ordonnance, qui est de qua* torze ans postérieure au Bapport de Messieurs Fyne et Napper, ne leur pouvoit servir de guide, et ne peut pas détruire, n'étant faite que pour Tlsle voisine, une loy expresse qui ne permrt au Gouverneur de Jersey d'emprisonner que pour le seul cas de trahison.

7. — he septième article est omis dans la copie que j'ai veûe.

Bapport des Commissaires sur le 7e article. '^ Item ^^ to the seavenih, the cause being thus : In a gênerai

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" muster of twelve parishes by twelve hundred men " at least, the said John Pipon and one Hampton, a " Gonstable, being of seyerall parishes, growing from '^ words to blowes, the said Captain presently first *^ meeting with the said Pipon did for his stricking " the said Constable stricke him by way of correction» '' and sent him therefore with consent of the Jurats '^ to prison, where he stayed but one night and was ^* then enlarged. And our Judgment was, considering ^ the time, place and company, and forces in readi- ^' nesse, the inconveniency that might ensue, and ^^ being a marshall matter, this his imprisonment was ^ justifiable. Besides the said Pipon présent confessed '^ that he neither substituted to complaine, nor had " any such cause."

Ce Rapport semble infirmer le précédent Car si le Gouverneur a l'autorité d'emprisonner de son chef, qu'est-il besoin du consentement des Jurez ? £t à quoy bon ces deux autres raisons de réserve, que TafiiEdre étôit martiale, et que Pipon ne se plaignoit pasi