# Gaols Act 1698, Section III: Sheriff to have the keeping of such Gaols.


And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Murderers and Felons shall be imprisoned in the said Common Goale and not elsewhere and that the Sheriffe shall have the keeping of the said Goals

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/19/section/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gaols-act-1698/section-III
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