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Penalty for cutting the lip, rump. &c. without owner’s consent.
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XXXIV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall cut, without the consent of the owner of such hide, or steal from any hide which shall be carried to be weighed by the weigh-master or weigh-masters, for the time being, of the city of Cork, his or their deputy or deputies, the lip, rump, or any other part of the flesh adhering to such hide, such person being thereof convicted before the mayor of said city, by the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses (which oath or oaths the said mayor is hereby empowered and required to administer) shall, by warrant under the hand and seal of said mayor, (which warrant he is hereby empowered and required to issue) be committed to the bridewell of said city, there to remain without bail or mainprize for a space of time not exceeding one week, nor less than forty-eight hours, at the discretion of the said mayor; and it shall be lawful for the said mayor, if it shall appear to him proper, to order such offender to be once privately whipped during the time of such offender’s confinement in bridewell.
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