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by civil bill, where the goods not above 20l.
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IV. Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where the goods and chattles so fraudulently carried off or concealed shall not exceed the value of twenty pounds, it shall and may be lawful for the grantee or grantees of rent-charges, grantor or grantors of fee-farms, landlord or landlords, lessor or lessors, from whose estate such goods or chattles were removed, his, her, or their bailiff, servant, or agent, in his, her, or their behalf, to exhibit a complaint by civil bill against such offender or offenders before the judges of the respective assizes, to be held for the several counties wherein such offender or offenders do reside respectively, or before the justices at the quarter-sessions to be held for the county of Dublin, or for the county of the city of Dublin, in case the premises, from which such removal is made, lie within those districts; who upon full proof of the offence, and also the value of the goods and chattles by such tenant, lessee, or other person respectively, so fraudulently carried off or concealed as aforesaid, shall adjudge and decree the offender or offenders to pay double the value of the said goods and chattles to such grantee or grantees of rent-charges, grantor or grantors of fee-farms, landlord or landlords, lessor or lessors, his, her, or their bailiff, servant or agent, with like execution and remedy by appeal, as in other cases of civil bill.
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