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Local Government - From: 1200 To: 1799
This page lists 6 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
The King v Sherman [1685] EngR 3624; (1685) 2 Keb 777; (1685) 84 ER 491 (C)
1685
Local Government
Coleman excepted to order of sessions against the defendant to take upon him the office of church-warden unless he could free himself by law, reciting that he was constable, snd was by Sir John Robinson, alderman of the ward, after the month of Easter appointed by writing without seal to be collector of the assessment for the poor, which is not within 43 Eliz. cap. 2, being a new offlce and not under seal, nor within the month, the Court agreed all these exceptions fatal as to overseers of the poor, and there being no customs to make any other collector, but the overseer retorn'd the Court gave leave to mend the retorn on oath.
[ Commonlii ]
Owen v Saunders [1719] EngR 38; (1719) Lilly Ass 89; (1719) 170 ER 40
1719
Local Government
[ Commonlii ]
The Attorney-General, At The Relation Of - v The Mayor And Aldermen of The Borough of Stafford [1740] EngR 127; (1740) Barn C 33; (1740) 27 ER 543
13 May 1740
Local Government
[ Commonlii ]
Wm Weir, Esq of Waygateshaw v Arthur Naismith, John Syme, Charles Hamilton, Wm Cullen, Jas Hamilton, William Allan, and Others [1743] UKHL 6_Paton_678; (1743) 6 Paton 678
3 Mar 1743
HL
Local Government, Crime
At a time of famine, when meal was scarce, a riot took place in the burgh of Hamilton, whereby the appellant's granaries were broken into, and his meal carried off: Held the magistrates, William Cullen and Charles Hamilton, not liable to make good the damages, having not had any accession to, or connivance with, the rioters, but having done all in their power to prevent it: reversed in the House of Lords, and held them liable as having failed and neglected to perform their duty, and connived at the said riot. Also held William Allan and some others liable as having taken a part in the riot. Quoad ultra affirmed.
[ Bailii ]
Dominus Rex v The Mayor etc of Abingdon [1795] EngR 1546; (1795) 2 Salk 432; (1795) 91 ER 375 (C)
1795
Local Government
[ Commonlii ]
Rex v Company of Fishermen of Faversham (1799) 8 Term 352
1799
Lord Kenyon CJ
Local Government
Lord Kenyon CJ discussed the validity of a byelaw: "With regard to the form of the byelaw indeed, though a byelaw may be good in part and bad in part, yet it can be so only where the two parts are entire and distinct from each other."
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