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Causes affecting J ) i $ senters at the lost Assizes at Salisbury . Exemption from Toix .- ? t £ pw > m v . Hammond . —TJje pleadings being- opened bjr 5 f r . CJazelee , Mr . Serjeant jPell stated ^ tl ^ at t % e sums sou ght to be recovered by this potion amounted only to ten pence j but a
yerdict for that sum would carry cost * . Although the amount was nominally small , yet "the matter was really so important , that he w $ s instructed l > y the Protestant Society for the protection of the Religious Liberty of Dissenters , established in the metropolis , to seek to r £ cpver l * jr thejr verdict that sraaLl amount . That real iinportaoce would appear , if it was considered
that an improper demand of tolls might be justl y regarded as an infractio / i <| f those r % Jfk * ¦'¦ # ? exemption , ybjcb Pi ^ se ^ rs were entitled to claim wijjj tjxe ^ r coup try - men , who were members of the Established Church , and that a vjery small ampiiat weejdy demanded from multitude * pf
persons , would constitute $ a aggregate of contribution which , if improperly imposed , it would be absurcjl to sustain . Tfce pl ^ ntiff , in this case ^ wasrljenry jLewis , a y , epr man , residing at Foxliaoger , in the parish of Rowde , near Devizes , in this county , He is a member pf a congregation of J ) is « centers of the Independent denomination at Devizes , where he regularly attends on Sundays . In travelling from his house to the Tweeting-house he passes through a turnpike gate , at which the defend ( tut jg the collector . Ever since the first introduction of turnpike act £ , tjj e Legislature to promote religious worship on Sundays , ha ^
wiaely exempted persons attpnUinff , from the payment of tpjls oa passing through turnpike gates on those days . WiUi equal wisdom and liberality , tl > e legislature \ ias f ?*! *^ * o Dissenters q . q exemption ^ ifnilar to that conferred on member ^ pf ffte JEJ ^ ftr tyuhea Church ; ^ indeed , t ^ ie ex ^ mp ' ^ n ^ ft * l » f e » ^«^ sp , riiy fii ^ re extenji fyfy 1 ** $ MP te ^ WW W * iM fWf W operates when mWWfgMMMMf , Offi *» m <> mm m X > # mi * m , # & &m >»
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reserved to ^ tteijd ^ ich places of religious worship as they conscientiously approve ^ But the exemption ju each tfirnpike apt de : peiiding on each particular act , ayd ^ exempting words paving been various , iq different acts , questiqn ^ on their construe ^ tion bad occasionally arisen . Such ^ as
the origin of this action . In this ac ^ tp « words exempted persons residing ija a parish or township in which the roads should lie , from the payment of toil on Sundays , when " going to or returning from th ^ ir parochial church , chapel or other place of religious worship on Sundays . " The beof the
ne ^ t this exemption plaintiff ha 4 claiuie 4 * By the collector it jja / 1 b ^ eii refuised . He had ipsisted £$ tb ^ sum pf tenponce as feojl for tjae plaia ^ iff , which h * WM Gompsejleil ^ o pay , agjj tfeif option was brought to rejcov / Rr l > act t | ie ^ o , Wif- Tip radons od wfilcii # & 4 efen 4 ajit wished to
exclude the plaintiff from tfee } &fl § fi % ftf the ex £ njptjon , wojul / 1 foe ^ te 4 to the coyrt . fle u ^ er ^ qd (^ ejr w ^ rp , Qm 9 beca-usie t ^ ^ pp # Mm&fal r ^ strfc ^ ib » exemption * o tlve ^^ i ^ »» Wfcfe * tt f plaintiff d ^ elt ; % o 4 fe ^ ndjy , l > ftca ^ e there was another fiisae ^ tioc ; njjaa ^ pf fejiy
gipiis worship in tJ ^ Mt p ^ ri ^ , anrf nearer to his residep ^ e , yyb ^ ch woulfl h ^ ve b # m h \ 8 prop& ^ ace , and whereaj : ftp rfioul / i t ^ i efore ^ eud- §» c ^ reasaujug » p ^ planed u ^ Mip p ^ rt ^^ eqiiAl lj > y l ^ e l ^^ tr ^ u 4 by , % e spirit of ^ e a ^ 5 and tfet pi « T nable nature of thai r ^ a » W ^^ b ^ en c ^^ e , ajt
aJi pady ( d ^ ci 4 l ^ d ^ a ^ h ^ $ w $ > lk Assies , before % # ^ ustjee % O 8 £ , in which he had dire ^ p ^ d a verdipt for a plaj , mitf w ^ bro u ght a sjimjtar ftctjflii , Wf ( had refused tfre defejndant & cfts ^ . A r ?» ult precisely similur ^ ^ tep ^ n ^ p ipafed and thereat he should rpjpic ^ , becau se thejr ^ ^ y int on } e ^^
^ e enti M pjT t ) i c r # w aj ^ 4 ^ eftie ^ ia ^» > 4 * h % t ver 4 jpt ^ ro ^ grUfr W ^ PHWi « WOffihip , RUpft W ^ riMt aj ^ j P ^ W lP iP ^ a ^ . William W € < 4 ^ k ^ i i ^ g ^| fd , proved | fe || ^ I » *^ i 4 wM # ; , TObo ; w ^ ^ » ry Vfr ^^ TJcSWftH ?"' ro ^^^ Bv > tf ^ Kw ** w # SMplPf > Mf 9199 p * mh of Eowde , where the tu rnnifcfl mm «« s iK ^ fiiw > te At-. ^ cmvNiitf
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mat ^ n that may facilitate the enj ^ rgi ^ and ^ nil 4 i « i f f > f cfeqrcfew , p ^ rfic 4 ilar l ^ with res pest to economy in building . $ Q . That if \ ie a condition in eyerj ^ g ^ n t , that no expense shall be incurred for ornameptal architecture beyond what shall » by the comtnittee , be deemed essential to give to the buildings to be erected and enlarged with the aid Qf this spci «| ty , tjie
character of churcl | ps or chapels « f the ^ iiflih pf ^ 95 f ian 4 . ' : t , l , 21 . That in ttie ai ^ l to be g : rauteA by this society , prefferea ^ shall be given to , W&h parijilie ^ and pjuftpes asj || iaji prppo ^ fi to aflx ) rd the ^ reatssf exte &t of f ^ ree ^ ittin . gs in proportion to t ^ aid praqted ; ^ u ^ It ^ xf e ^ t tp 1 }? in iip case less ttyui half the a ^ di tipp ^ l area and accommpdation .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 214, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/62/
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