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XI. And be it enacted, That if the Person against whom any such Warrant shall be issued as aforesaid shall not be found within the Jurisdiction of the Justice or Justices by whom the same shall be issued, or if he shall escape, go into, reside, or be, or be supposed or suspected to be, in any Place in Ireland out of the Jurisdiction of the Justice issuing such Warrant, it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the Peace for the County or Place into which such Person shall so escape or go, or in which he shall reside or be, or be supposed or suspected to be, upon Proof alone being made on Oath of the Handwriting of the Justice issuing such Warrant, to make an Indorsement (K.) on such Warrant, signed with his Name, authorizing the Execution of such Warrant within the Jurisdiction of the Justice making such Indorsement, and which Indorsement shall be sufficient Authority to the Person bringing such Warrant, and to all other Persons to whom the same was originally directed, and also to all Constables and other Peace Officers of the County or Place where such Warrant shall be so indorsed, to execute the same in such other County or Place, and to carry the Person against whom such Warrant shall have issued, when apprehended, before the Justice and Justices of the Peace who first issued the said Warrant, or before some other Justice or Justices of the Peace in and for the same County, Division, City, Liberty, Borough, or Place, or before some Justice or Justices of the County, Division, Liberty, City, Borough, or Place where the Offence in the said Warrant mentioned appears therein to have been committed: Provided always, that if the Prosecutor, or any of the Witnesses upon the Part of the Prosecution, shall then be in the County or Place where such Person shall have been so apprehended, the Constable or other Person or Persons who shall have so apprehended such Person may, if so directed by the Justice backing such Warrant, take and convey him before the Justice who shall have so backed the said Warrant, or before some other Justice or Justices of the same County or Place; and the said Justice or Justices may thereupon take the Examinations of such Prosecutor or Witnesses, and proceed in every respect in manner herein-after directed with respect to Persons charged before a Justice or Justices of the Peace with an Offence alleged to have been committed in another County or Place than that in which such Persons have been apprehended.
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