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Persons aggrieved may appeal to next sessions,
jury empanneled and if found frivolous, appellant to pay 5l. and full costs.
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LXIII. Provided always, That if any person or persons shall apprehend themselves aggrieved by any such orders or directions as aforesaid, they may appeal to the justices of the peace in their next sessions to be held for the said city; and said justices are hereby impowered and required to hear and finally determine the same, and to order the sheriff’s of said city at such sessions to impannel and return a jury immediately for the trial of the same; and in case said jury shall by their verdict find such appeal to be frivolous or vexatious, then, and in such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for such justices to impose a fine not exceeding five pounds on every such appellant whose appeal shall be so found frivolous or vexatious as aforesaid, and to award full costs to the respondent, such fine to be levied by distress and sale of such appellant’s goods, by warrant under the hand and seal of the said mayor, and to be paid when so levied to the chamberlain of the said city, and to be disposed of by the mayor and common council of said city as aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever.
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