1749: 22 George 2 c.24: Inconveniences of hue and cry.

1749: 22 George 2 c.24: An act for remedying inconveniences which may happen by proceedings in actions on the statutes of hue and cry.

FOR remedying inconveniencies which may happen by proceedings in actions on the statutes of Hue and Cry, be it enacted by the King’s most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the twenty fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and forty nine, no person whatsoever shall recover against any inhabitant or inhabitants of any hundred, in any action on any of the statutes of Hue and Cry, more than the value of two hundred pounds, unless the person or persons so robbed shall, at the time of such robbery, for which such action shall be brought, be together in company, and be in number two at the least, to attest the truth of his or their being so robbed; any law, statute, or provision to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

Source: Pickering, Statutes at Large, volume 19.