Section VI

The said Returns a good Bar in Law for Sheriff, and in Action thereon he may plead the General Issue.; Treble Costs.; Sheriff unduly returning or neglecting Duty, or unduly excusing Persons from serving, &c.; Penalty £20.

And to the end that Sheriffs may not incurr any Penalty to suffer any Damage by su[m]moning or returning any Person named in the Lists or Books of Jurors transmitted to them from the respective Quarter Sessions as aforesaid for not having such Estates as Qualifies such Persons to be Jurors Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Returne to the said Justices shall be a good Excuse & Bar in Law for the said Sheriff for such Su[m]mons and Returnes And if any Action or Information shall be brought or prosecuted against any Sheriff for such Returne the said Sheriff may plead the General Issue and give this Act in Evidence And if the Plaintiff be nonsuited discontinue his Action or if a Verdict be given for the Defendant or a Noli prosequi be entred in any Information or a Verdict passe for the Defendant thereupon the Plaintiffe or Informer shall pay Treble Costs to be awarded by the Court in which such Action or Information was prosecuted & levied by usual Processe And if the said Sheriff his Deputy or Deputies Bayliffe or Bayliffs shall su[m]mons & returne any Free-holder or Coppyholder to any of the aforesaid Services otherwise then as aforesaid or in any ways neglect his or their Duty or Duties in the Service or Services of them required respectively by this Act or excuse any Person or Persons for Favour or Reward or allow of any Writt of Non ponendis in Assizis et Juratis or other Writt to excuse or exempt any Person or Persons from the Service of any Jurie or Juries under the Age of Seventy Yeares such Sheriff X1Bayliff or Deputy shall for every Transgression co[m]mitted against this Act forfeit the Su[m]m of Twenty Pounds to be recovered by such Party or Parties grieved or injured or whom else shall sue for the same in any of the Courts of Record att Westm[inster] by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoigne Priveledge Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed nor any more than one Imparlance.