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A Caveate for sherriffs: or, a whip for corrupt officers. Whether baliffs of franchises, or liberties, bumms, bumms fellows, bumm setters, setters mates, scumms and varlots. Discovering their unjust exactions, and cruell oppressions of the people; and the good provision made by the law (now in force) to curb their exorbitancy, and the forfeitures and dammages from them that do contrary. With proposalls to prevent this horrid charge and exaction for the time to come, which may be done with great safety and ease to the people.

Title:A Caveate for sherriffs: or, a whip for corrupt officers. Whether baliffs of franchises, or liberties, bumms, bumms fellows, bumm setters, setters mates, scumms and varlots. Discovering their unjust exactions, and cruell oppressions of the people; and the good provision made by the law (now in force) to curb their exorbitancy, and the forfeitures and dammages from them that do contrary. With proposalls to prevent this horrid charge and exaction for the time to come, which may be done with great safety and ease to the people.
Note:London, : [s.n.], Printed in the year of our Lord, 1655
  
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Subject:Political corruption -- England -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Police corruption -- England -- Early works to 1800
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