Duke's Laws - FUGITIVES
Every Apprentice and Servant that shall depart or absent themselves from their Master or Dame without leave first obtained shall be Adjudged by the Court to double the time of such their absence by future Service over and above other Damage and Cost which the Master or Dame shall Sustain by such unlawful departure and whosoever shall be proved to have Transported, or to have Contrived the Transportation of any such Apprentice or Servant shall forfeit twenty pounds to the Master or Dame and be fined five pounds to the Court, and every Inhabitant that shall harbour or entertain any such Apprentice or Servant, knowing that he had absented himself from his Service, upon due proof thereof shall forfeit to the Master or Dame ten shillings for every Days entertainment or Concealment.
If any Master of Shippe or vessel shall Transport or carry away any freeman whether Merchant or householder that is, or shall be Indebted here, without Pass or Licence he shall be lyable to satisfy the Debts of the person so Transported, unless the same be otherwayes Satisfied or that such Merchant or Householder do return again into this Government, and Appears to Answer in Court within the space of Six Months after such absence.
If any Master of Shippe or vessel shall Transport or carry away any freeman whether Merchant or householder that is, or shall be Indebted here, without Pass or Licence he shall be lyable to satisfy the Debts of the person so Transported, unless the same be otherwayes Satisfied or that such Merchant or Householder do return again into this Government, and Appears to Answer in Court within the space of Six Months after such absence.
