Coroners’ Bail for Manslaughter Act of 1861 No 15a (NSW)

No. XVIII.

An Act to enable Coroners to admit to Bail

persons charged wi th Manslaughter.	[7th
May, 1861.]

WH E R E A S inconvenience and expense are occasioned by t h e M a n s l a u g h t e r by t he verdict of a Coroner ' s J u r y Be i t therefore

inabil i ty of Coroners to admi t to Bai l persons charged wi th

enacted by t h e Queen ' s M o s t Excellent Majesty by and wi th t h e advice and consent of t h e Legislative Council and Legislat ive Assembly of N e w South W a l e s in Pa r l i amen t assembled a n d by t h e au thor i ty of t he same as follows :—

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1 . W h e n e v e r a Coroner ' s J u r y shall have found a verdic t of

M a n s l a u g h t e r agains t any person the Coroner before w h o m t h e I n q u e s t

was t a k e n m a y accept Bai l if he shall t h i n k fit w i th good a n d suffi­

c ient suret ies for t h e appearance of t h e person so charged to t a k e his

t r i a l for such offence a t such Cour t and on such day as t h e A t t o r n e y

Genera l for t h e Colony shal l specify u n d e r h i s h a n d by indorsement on t h e recognizance and of which t h e person so charged and his suret ies shal l have not ice A n d the reupon such person if i n cus tody of a n y

officer of t h e Coroner ' s Cour t or in any gaol u n d e r any w a r r a n t of

c o m m i t m e n t for such offence shall be discharged therefrom.

2. Such Coroner shall in every such case cause recognizances

to be t a k e n in t h e form of t h e Schedule here to and shall give a not ice

thereof to every person so b o u n d and shall r e t u r n such recognizances

to t h e Cour t before w h o m such person is t o be t r ied .

3 . A t a n y t ime after t h e deposit ions of witnesses shal l have

been t aken the Coroner shall t r ansmi t a t r u e copy thereof certified

u n d e r h i s h a n d to t h e A t to rney Genera l A n d every person aga ins t

w h o m such verdic t shal l have been found by a Coroner ' s J u r y shal l be ent i t led to have copies of such depositions from the person having custody thereof on p a y m e n t of a reasonable sum for t h e same n o t exceeding t h e ra te of four-pence for every folio of n ine ty words.

4. This Ac t shall be styled and m a y be cited as t h e " Coroners '

Bai l for M a n s l a u g h t e r A c t of" 1 8 6 1 . "

S C H E D U L E .

B E it remembered That on the day of in the year of our Lord

A. B . of [laborer] L. M. of [grocer] and N. 0. of [butcher]

personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Coroners for and severally acknowledged themselves to owe to our Lady the Queen the several sums following that is

to say the said A. B . the sum of and the said L. M. and N. 0. the sum of

each of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be made and levied of their goods and chattels lands and tenements respectively to the use of our said Lady the Queen Her Heirs and Successors if he the said A. B. fail in the condition hereunder written.

Taken and acknowledged the day and year first above mentioned at

before mo.

J. S.

Coroner for the [ County] of

C O N D I T I O N .

The condition of the above-written recognizance is such That whereas a verdict of Manslaughter has been found against the said A. B. by a Jury impannelled to inquire how and by what means came by [his] death if therefore the said A. B. shall appear at the Court and at the time to be hereon indorsed by the Attorney General for the Colony and of which the said A. B. L M. and N. O. shall have notice there and then surrender himself into the custody of the Keeper of the Gaol there and plead to such inquisition or any information which may be duly filed against him for the said offence and take his trial upon the same and not depart the said Court without leave then the said recognizance shall be void or else the same shall stand in full force and virtue.