Punishment for Cursing and Swearing.
Any servant who may be convicted of cursing and swearing, within eight days of the offence, before one justice, shall forfeit 1s. for the first offence; 2s. for the second; and 3s. for the third; or be committed to hard labour for ten days.
The Interest a Master has in his Servant.
The master can maintain an action for injury done to his servant; or for enticing him away, or for detaining him.
From the interest that a master acquires in his servant, by reason of the wages he pays him, if the servant be maimed or disabled in his master’s service through the fault of another, the master may recover from that other, for loss of his service. Also, for this reason, a man may maintain an action against another for enticing away his servant; or for detaining him after demanded;—or for retaining him with a knowledge of his having left him clandestinely: for this latter offence an action is maintainable against the servant also, or against both.
A Master may protect his Servant, and may assist him to prosecute a Stranger.
A master may be justified in assaulting another in protection of his servant; or, he may assist his servant in supporting the expense of an action at law against a stranger; though in general it is deemed an offence against public justice to encourage animosities by such assistance.
A Servant is bound to defend his Master.
The master may demand the aid of his servant, and the servant may stand up in his master’s or mistress’s defence without being liable to punishment.
The Master is liable for the Acts of his Servant.