manner as Recovered in the same Not exc. £10 nor less than £5 (s. 25), Forfeit double the sum given or lent, Penalty, &c. to whom payable. Yes Treasurer of (s. 80, Note 128, asylum, or ante, p. 181). for offences at the expense of the parish, &c. (s. 28). (131) At the next general or quarter sessions, the person convicted entering into a recognizance at the time of conviction, with two sufficient sureties in double the sum adjudged to pay, to prosecute appeal, &c. OFFENCES within the 11 & 12 VICT. c. 43. Statute. PAWNBROKERS-continued. I. OFFENCES BY PAWNBROKERS-continued. 9. Purchasing any pawned goods while in his custody as a pledge, except 39 & 40 Geo. 3, at public auction. 10. Suffering same to be redeemed with intention to purchase. 11. Making, or causing to be made, any agreement for purchase of same before the expiration of one year. 12. Taking pledges from persons apparently under 12 years of age, or intoxicated with liquor. 13. Not keeping books as directed (vide s. 6). c. 99, s. 21, (Note 129, ante, p. 182). Id. s. 26. 14. Buying goods in the course of trade before 8 o'clock A.M., Id. s. 21. or 15. After 7 o'clock P.M. 16. Employing any person under 16 years of age to take in pledges. 17. Carrying on trade on a Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas day, or fast or thanksgiving day. 18. Taking, or permitting or suffering to be taken, in goods in pawn before 8 o'clock, A.M. or after 7 o'clock P.M. or 19. Before 7 A.M. or after 8 P.M. during the remainder of the year (25th [Except only, in both cases, the evenings of Saturday through- Id. and 9 & 10 Vict. c. 98. 20. Not placing name and the word "pawnbroker" over door for one 39 & 40 Geo. 3, week. c. 99, s. 23 (Note 129, ante, p. 182). II. ILLEGAL PAWNING, FORGING DUPLICATES, &c. (Note 132). 21. Any person knowingly and designedly pawning, pledging or exchanging, or 22. Unlawfully disposing of, the goods of any other person, not being employed or authorized Id. s. 8. (132) A search warrant may be granted for goods unlawfully pawned (s. 13); as also for unfinished goods, &c. (see s 12). Id. Making satisfaction to party injured, and defraying costs, and remainder to use of poor (s. 8). OFFENCES within the 11 & 12 VICT. c. 43. Statute. PAWNBROKERS-continued. II. ILLEGAL PAWNING, FORGING DUPLICATES, &c.- continued. 23. Counterfeiting, forging or altering, or 24. Causing or procuring to be counterfeited, forged or altered, any note or memorandum (the pawn ticket), or 25. Uttering, vending or selling such note, &c. knowing it to be counterfeited, and with intent to defraud any person. See Offences 65 to 68, tit. " Poor." 39 & 40 Geo. 3, I. OFFENCES BY OVERSEERS, &c. (Note 133). 1. Neglect of Duty.] Any constable, overseer of the poor, or peace or parish officer, neglecting his duty, or 2. Disobeying any lawful warrant or order of a justice. 3. Any overseer, assistant overseer, master of workhouse, or other officer (Note 134), of any parish or union, wilfully disobeying the legal (see s. 96) and reasonable orders of the justices and guardians, in carrying the rules, orders and regulations of the commissioners or assistant commissioners, or provisions of this act, into execution. 33 Geo. 3, c. 55, s. 1. 4 & 5 Will. 4, (133) Authority from Guardians to proceed.] Before the informations for the offences to which this note is appended, in this title and " Vagrants," are taken, the party laying it (who should be an officer of the guardians) should (except in cases where it is desirable to avoid delay in punishing an offender) obtain an authority in writing from the board of guardians under their seal, empowering him to prefer the complaint, &c. by virtue of s. 17 of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 57, and the information should show on the face of it that the officer laying it is duly authorized, and that the place where the offence was committed or happened is included in the union for which such board act. The information would be in the following form : -, in the county of The information [or "complaint"] of A. B., of the parish of being an officer of the guardians of the N. Union, to wit, a relieving officer, and duly empowered by them in this behalf, by virtue of the statute in such case made and provided, taken on oath, &c., that A. B., of, &c. at the parish of D., in the county of C. (the said parish of D. being included in the said union), did [state the offence and conclude as usual]. (134) Definition of "officer of union."] The definition of the word "officer" is (by s. 109) construed to extend to any clergyman, schoolmaster, person duly licensed to practise as a medical man, vestry clerk, treasurer, collector, assistant overseer, governor, master or mistress of a workhouse, or any other person employed in any parish or union in carrying this act or the laws for the relief of the poor into execution, and whether performing one or more of the above mentioned functions. (135) By sect. 70 of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 101, a witness refusing to give evidence may be committed for not exceeding 14 days, or until he sooner submit to be examined. The power to commit witnesses on proceedings for offences under the 4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 76; 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 96; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 57, and 9 & 10 Vict. c. 66, although not in any of those acts, follows by virtue of the incorporation clause (s. 74) of the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 101, which enacts that the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 57, and the acts therein mentioned (s. 18) [1. e. 4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 76; 5 & 6 Will. 4, c 69; 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 96, and c. 107; 1 Vict. c. 50; 1 & 2 Vict. c. 25, and c. 56, ss. 118, 122; 2 & 3 Vict, c. 84 and c. 85], shall be construed as one act. |