Monarch

GEORGE III

Year

1799

Title

39 Geo. III, c. 3,

Description

An Act for indemnifying such Persons as have acted since the Sixth Day of October One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight for the Preservation of the Public Peace and Suppression of Insurrections prevailing in several Parts of this Kingdom.

Classification

Law and order - indemnity for those imposing law and order, double costs if plaintiff withdraws from prosecution; seduction of soldiers and sailors to desert - capital felony; those tried under this act cannot be tried again for the same offence [j]