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.
Citations:
[1685] EngR 3624, (1685) 2 Keb 777, (1685) 84 ER 491 (C)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.400399
