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Penalty for counterfeiting or altering weigh-master’s brand.
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XX. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person who shall counterfeit or alter the brand or mark of the said weigh-master or weigh-masters of the said city of Cork, for the time being, or who shall make any brand, mark, or figure or instrument, for the purpose of counterfeiting or altering the brand, mark, or figure of the said weigh-master or weigh-masters, or any person in whose custody any such counterfeit brand, mark, or figure or instrument shall be found, being thereof indicted and lawfully convicted at the quarter sessions of the said city of Cork, or any adjournment of the same, or at the next general assizes and gaol delivery, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds, and be committed to the gaol of said city, until he, she, or they, pay the said penalty of twenty pounds, and if he, she, or they do not pay the said penalty to the clerk of the peace for said city, or his deputy, within forty-eight hours after such conviction, then such offender or offenders shall suffer six calendar months imprisonment, to be calculated from the day of such conviction, and shall in the course of that time stand for the space of one hour in and upon the pillory, between the hour of twelve at noon and two in the afternoon of some market day, to be appointed by the said court of quarter sessions, or any adjournment of the same, in the street opposite to the gate of some one of the weigh-houses of said city.
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