case the queen against Atkinson and other indictment against the collector of  a tax for false extort money under colour of their office demurrer joinder  borough of Leeds to wit heretofore that be to say on the ten day of January in  the three year of the reign of our lady whether by the grace of God queen of  England c at the general quartersession of the peace of the lady the queen  hold at Leeds for the borough aforesaid before Edmund Barker Esq mayor jasper  Blythman Esq recorder Thomas Dixon William rook and other their fellow  alderman and justice of the say lady the queen assign to keep the peace within  the borough aforesaid and also to hear and determine diverse felony trespass  and other misdemeanour commit and do in the same borough and from thence  continue and hold by adjournment at Leeds aforesaid for the borough aforesaid  on the fourteenth day of February in the year abovesaid before the say Edmund  Barker mayor jasper Blythman recorder and William rook and before Thomas  Kitchingham John Dodgson and other their fellow justice of the say lady the  queen as aforesaid assign to keep the peace within the borough aforesaid by  the oath of twelve juror of good and lawful man of the borough aforesaid  impanel swear and charge to inquire for the say lady the queen for the body of  the borough aforesaid it be present that whereas on the twentyfourth day of  march in the second year of the reign of our lady whether by the grace of God  now queen of England c John Atkinson late of Leeds in the borough aforesaid  linen draper and William Barstow late of Leeds aforesaid in the borough  aforesaid grocer then be collector of several sum assess upon the inhabitant  of a certain liberty call Leeds Upper division within the borough aforesaid  mention and express in a certain assessment make and confirm in pursuance of a  certain Act of parliament make in the first year of the reign of our say lady  the now queen of England c entitle a Act for grant a aid to her majesty by  diverse subsidy and a landtax the say John Atkinson and William Barstow on the  say twentyfourth day of march in the abovesaid second year of the reign of the  say lady the now queen at Leeds aforesaid in the borough aforesaid by colour  of the office aforesaid unlawful extorsively and deceitful and of their own  wrong exact receive and have of one Thomas Calverle then of Leeds aforesaid in  the borough aforesaid be not assess at all by virtue of the Act of parliament  aforesaid the sum of four shilling and that the say John Atkinson and William  Barstow the same sum of four shilling so as aforesaid of the say Thomas  Calverle unlawful extorsively and deceitful exact receive and have and to the  proper use of they the say John Atkinson and William Barstow then and there  unlawful injurious and deceitful convert to the great damage of he the say  Thomas Calverle to the evil example of all other delinquent in such case and  against the peace of the say lady the now queen her crown and dignity which  say indictment the say lady the now queen afterward for certain cause make to  come to be determine before her by which the sheriff of the county of York be  command that he do not omit c but that he cause they to come to answer c and  now to wit on Friday next after the morrow of the holy Trinity in this same  term before the lady the queen at Westminster come the say John Atkinson and  William Barstow by Francis Pember their attorney and have several hear the  indictment aforesaid say that they do modern report er p not apprehend that  the say lady the now queen will or ought any further to impeach or trouble  they the say John and William for the premise because they say that the say  indictment and the matter in the same contain be not sufficient in law to  which they have no necessity neither be they bind by the law of the land in  any manner to answer and for the insufficiency thereof pray judgement and that  they may be dismiss of the premise by the court here c and Simon Harcourt Esq  coroner and attorney of the say lady the queen in the court of the say queen  before the queen herself who prosecute for the say lady the queen in this  behalf say that the indictment aforesaid and the matter in the same contain be  good and sufficient in law to compel the say John Atkinson and William Barstow  to answer to the same indictment which say indictment and the matter in the  same contain the say coroner and attorney of the say lady the queen for the  say lady the queen be ready to verify and prove as the court c wherefore since  the say John Atkinson and William Barstow have not answer to the say  indictment nor deny the matter in the same contain the say coroner and  attorney of the say lady the queen for the say lady the queen pray judgement  and that the say John Atkinson and William Barstow may be convict of the  premise in the say indictment above lie to their charge c