Summary of the Duties of a Justice of the Peace Out of Sessions: With Some Preliminary Observations |
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... suspects a person of selling ale without a license , he may summon him and the excise officer to pro- duce his books and examine him on oath , and if he finds him charged as a victualler , he shall be deemed such . 26 Geo . 2. c . 31. s ...
... suspects a person of selling ale without a license , he may summon him and the excise officer to pro- duce his books and examine him on oath , and if he finds him charged as a victualler , he shall be deemed such . 26 Geo . 2. c . 31. s ...
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... suspect any return not to have been truly made , they may summon the party making the return within fourteen days after return made , and examine him on oath . P. for non - attendance , or refusal to answer , not exceeding 10 % . R. and ...
... suspect any return not to have been truly made , they may summon the party making the return within fourteen days after return made , and examine him on oath . P. for non - attendance , or refusal to answer , not exceeding 10 % . R. and ...
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... suspected persons , and seize the articles if found . 13 , 14 C. 2. c . 13. s . 3. 4 W. c . 10. s . 3 . Making or selling buttons made of wood only , P. 40s . dozen . R. by action . A. half to the king , and half to him who shall sue ...
... suspected persons , and seize the articles if found . 13 , 14 C. 2. c . 13. s . 3. 4 W. c . 10. s . 3 . Making or selling buttons made of wood only , P. 40s . dozen . R. by action . A. half to the king , and half to him who shall sue ...
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... suspected of counterfeiting foreign coin , or the copper coin of this realm , to be searched , and tools and implements to be seized and detained . 11 Geo . 3 . c . 40. 37 Geo . 3. c . 126. s . 7 . No weights but such as are legally ...
... suspected of counterfeiting foreign coin , or the copper coin of this realm , to be searched , and tools and implements to be seized and detained . 11 Geo . 3 . c . 40. 37 Geo . 3. c . 126. s . 7 . No weights but such as are legally ...
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... suspected of having stores or other stolen articles from the king's ships on board ; and detain any suspicious person , and take him with such articles before a justice ; and if he does not give a satisfactory account how he came by ...
... suspected of having stores or other stolen articles from the king's ships on board ; and detain any suspicious person , and take him with such articles before a justice ; and if he does not give a satisfactory account how he came by ...
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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...