An Act to authorize Justices of any Borough having a separate Gaol to commit Assize Prisoners to such Gaol, and to extend the Jurisdiction of Borough Justices to all Offences and Matters arising within the Borough for which they act.
WHEREAS great Inconvenience and Expense have been found to result to Cities and Boroughs having or providing and maintaining at their own Cost Gaols or Houses of Correction, from the Necessity of committing to the Common Gaol of the County in which such City or Borough may be situated for Trial at the Assizes holden for such County Persons charged with Offences committed within the Limits of such City or Borough, and it is expedient that the Law should be altered and amended: And whereas it i...