The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by David Dickinson Mann
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licensed retailers; and if any spirits be obtained by fraud and
collusion, by any licensed person, if free, he will suffer the penalty of one year's hard labour for the crown, and forfeit his license; and, if a prisoner, he will undergo such punishment as a bench of magistrates may direct. _Petitions_--signed by more than one person, to be sanctioned by three magistrates, under the penalty of prosecution. _Prisoners_--not to be conveyed on board any vessel about to depart: penalty for breach of this order, forfeiture of the boat, and the person rowing it to be subject to two months imprisonment. Nor is any prisoner to be seduced or diverted from the public harvest, under the penalty of ten pounds, half of which to be paid to the informer. _Provisions_--including flour, bread, meat, wheat, etc. not to be sent on board vessels, but by permit for that purpose. _Public Registers_--applications respecting them to be made to the secretary only. _Public Roads_--not to be encroached upon: persons aggrieved thereby, to obtain redress by complaint to the nearest magistrate. _Rations_--allowed to prisoners, prohibited to be purchased or exchanged, under the penalty of being indicted; and, |
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