Summary of the Duties of a Justice of the Peace Out of Sessions: With Some Preliminary Observations |
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... . 3 Geo . 4. c . 77 . s . 12. 14 . Penalty on witnesses not attending , 40s . Application of penalties . Ibid . s . 22 . Ibid . s . 13 . ALIENS . ALIENS neglecting after proclamation to depart the realm ALEHOUSES . 7.
... . 3 Geo . 4. c . 77 . s . 12. 14 . Penalty on witnesses not attending , 40s . Application of penalties . Ibid . s . 22 . Ibid . s . 13 . ALIENS . ALIENS neglecting after proclamation to depart the realm ALEHOUSES . 7.
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... attendance , or refusal to answer , not exceeding 10 % . R. and A , as above . Ibid . s . 11 . When an assize is set , making or selling bread deficient in weight , P. not exceeding 5s . for every ounce of bread deficient , and ...
... attendance , or refusal to answer , not exceeding 10 % . R. and A , as above . Ibid . s . 11 . When an assize is set , making or selling bread deficient in weight , P. not exceeding 5s . for every ounce of bread deficient , and ...
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... attending , 50l . Half to the informer , and half to the poor . Appeal . R. distress . 57 Geo . 3. c . 46. s . 1. 2 . Justice may order offender to be detained until return of warrant of distress , unless security is given for his ...
... attending , 50l . Half to the informer , and half to the poor . Appeal . R. distress . 57 Geo . 3. c . 46. s . 1. 2 . Justice may order offender to be detained until return of warrant of distress , unless security is given for his ...
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... attended with very serious consequences to the magistrate , it is necessary for him to be very cautious and accurate in his proceedings , as well in the conviction itself as in the information upon which it is founded . The difficulty ...
... attended with very serious consequences to the magistrate , it is necessary for him to be very cautious and accurate in his proceedings , as well in the conviction itself as in the information upon which it is founded . The difficulty ...
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... attendance , justices are to proceed to hearing and condemnation of goods . Ibid . s . 76 . Persons detained for certain offences ( specified in this sec- tion ) , to pay a pecuniary penalty , & c . or , if seafaring men , to be sent ...
... attendance , justices are to proceed to hearing and condemnation of goods . Ibid . s . 76 . Persons detained for certain offences ( specified in this sec- tion ) , to pay a pecuniary penalty , & c . or , if seafaring men , to be sent ...
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Page 169 - ... every person wandering abroad, or placing himself or herself in any public place, street, highway, court, or passage, to beg or gather alms, or causing or procuring or encouraging any child or children so to do, shall be deemed an idle and disorderly person...
Page 270 - CD ; and if, within the space of days next after the making of such, distress, the said last-mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods...
Page 183 - That if any person shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, bark, root up, or otherwise destroy or damage the whole or any part of any...
Page 169 - Every person wandering abroad, and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself.
Page 136 - ... if any credible witness shall prove upon oath before a justice of the peace a reasonable cause to suspect that any person has in his possession or on his premises any property whatsoever on or with respect to which any offence...
Page xxiv - That if any Person shall by any false Pretence obtain from any other Person any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, with Intent to cheat or defraud any Person of the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor...
Page 247 - JP one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, (or riding, &c.) for that he the said AO did (specify the offence, and the time and place when and where the same was committed, as the case may be ; and on a second conviction, state the first conviction) ; and I the said JP adjudge the said AO for his said offence...
Page 74 - Whosoever shall steal, or shall cut, break, root up or otherwise destroy or damage with intent to steal, the whole or any part...
Page 229 - Correction] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept ; and I do hereby command you the said keeper of the said [House of Correction...
Page 182 - ... cut, break, root up, or otherwise destroy or damage with intent to steal, the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, respectively growing...