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As to Trials of Prisons Escapes, &c.
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XXXIII. Any Offender escaping, breaking Prison, or being rescued therefrom may be tried either in the Jurisdiction where the Offence was committed, or in that where he or she shall be apprehended and retaken; and in case of any Prosecution for any such Escape, Attempt to escape, Breach of Prison, or Rescue, either against the Offender escaping or attempting to escape, or having broken Prison, or having been rescued, or against any other Person or Persons concerned therein, or aiding, abetting, or assisting the same, a Certificate given by the Clerk of the Crown, the Clerk of the Peace, or the Clerk of any other Court in which such Offender shall have been convicted, shall, together with due Proof of the Identity of the Person, be sufficient Evidence to the Court and Jury of the Nature and Fact of the Conviction, and of the Species and Period of Confinement to which such Prisoner was sentenced.
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