[11] 5 Elizabeth, Cap. iv.
[12] Sect. 3.
[13] Sect. 25.
[14] Sect. 26.
[15] Sect. 31.
[16] 5 Elizabeth, Cap. iv., Sect. 35.
[17] 43 Elizabeth, Cap. ii., Sect. 5. Similar powers had been given to Justices of the Peace in earlier Acts (see 27 Henry VIII., Cap. xxv.; Edw. VI., Cap. iii.)
[18] W. Cunningham, “Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times,” pp. 29-30.
[19] Ibid., p. 33.
[20] See 3 Chas. I., Cap. v.