PART II 



THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATUTES OF LABOURERS IN THE 

 OLD LOCAL COURTS AND IN THE CENTRAL COURTS 



The organization by the crown of the office of justice of 

 labourers for the express purpose of executing the new 

 labour laws is not the only method by which they were en- 

 forced. They are included as a matter of course in the 

 jurisdiction of the court of king's bench and of the court 

 of common pleas ; but it is by no means equally obvious that 

 they would also come within the competence of the old local 

 courts. The relation of these latter courts to this national 

 legislation must now be considered. 



