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Offences against 5 G. 8. c. 3. (unless indicted or in custody, or for murder or arson, maiming or disfiguring) pardoned on surrender by 1st Aug. 1776, and recognizance with sureties 7 years.
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XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all and every person and persons, who hath or have been guilty before the first day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy five of any of the offences created by the aforesaid act passed in the fifth and sixth years of his present Majesty's reign, (other than such as are indicted, or in actual and lawful custody for the same, and other than such person or persons who hath or have been guilty of murder, or been guilty of burning houses, corn, or hay; or who hath or have been guilty of maiming or disfiguring of any person) shall by virtue of this act be pardoned, acquitted, and discharged of the same; provided such person or persons shall on or before the first day of August one thousand seven hundred and seventy six surrender him, her, or themselves to any of the justices of his Majesty's court of king's bench, or to any one or more of his Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the county where he, she, or they did commit such offence or offences, and shall enter into a recognizance, with sureties, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the term of seven years; which recognizance shall be returned by such justice to the next assizes, and shall there remain among the records of the county.
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