Note A — THOMAS BROCK, JOHN PELHAM, AND MICHAEL POWER, CONVICTED OF COINING.
Reading edition
The following were the parliamentary rewards for the conviction of felons:—
1. By 4 W. & Mary, cap. 8, forty pounds on the conviction of every highwayman.
2. By 6 & 7 Wm. III. cap. 17, forty pounds upon the conviction of every person who had counterfeited the coin, or clipped &c. the same, or had brought into the kingdom clipped coin, &c.
3. By 5 Anne, cap. 31, forty pounds on conviction of every burglar or housebreaker.
4. By 14 Geo. II. cap. 6, ten pounds on the conviction of every sheep-stealer, &c.
5. By 15 Geo. II. cap 28, forty pounds for conviction of any person of treason or felony relating to the coin, upon this Act; and ten pounds on conviction of counterfeiting copper money.
6. By 16 Geo. II. cap. 15, twenty pounds upon conviction of a person returning from transportation before the expiration of his term.