ABSTRACT of STATEMENTS made under the provisions of the law respecting Annual Statistical Returns of Judicial Matters, chapter tenth of title sixth of the Revised Statutes of the Province of Quebec, for the year 18 . (No. 8.) REGISTRARS OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC-Continued. NAMES OF REGISTRATION DIVISIONS. Pontiac, County of...... Portneuf, County of.... Richelieu, County of...... Soulanges, County of..... Ste. Anne des Monts.. Vaudreuil, County of... The whole Province ABSTRACT of STATEMENTS made under the provisions of the law respecting Annual Statistical Returns of Judicial Matters, chapter tenth of title sixth of the Revised Statutes of the Province of Quebec, for the year 18 TITLE VII. POLICE AND GOOD ORDER-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CHAPTER FIRST. POLICE AND GOOD ORDER. SECTION 1. POLICE ORDINANCE. § 1.-General Provisions. 2781. This and the next subsection of this section apply Application to the cities of Quebec and Montreal, and also to every town and village and local municipality in the Province, erected or existing under the provisions of the Municipal Code. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 9; 29-30 V., c. 32, s. 1. 2782. Any justice of the peace may condemn any loose, idle Proceedings and disorderly person convicted before him, on his own view or as regards disorderly on the confession of such person, or on the oath of one or more persons. credible witnesses, to pay immediately or within such period of time as he thinks fit, a fine not exceeding five pounds sterling. In default of payment, such person shall be imprisoned Imprisonin the common gaol or house of correction of the district or in ment. any lock-up house or other place provided by the municipality for the purpose, at hard labor, for any time not exceeding two months, the imprisonment to cease upon payment of the sum due. the peace. 2. It shall be in the discretion of the justice before whom Discretion of any person apprehended as a loose, idle and disorderly person the justice of is brought, either to commit such person or to discharge him, although an act of vagrancy be proved to have been committed by him; and it shall also be in the discretion of such justice on discharging any such person to bind him in sufficient recognizance to appear before the justices of the peace at the next general sessions of the peace or Court of Queen's Bench, if no court of general sessions be held in the district, to answer any charges that may be brought against him. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 10. §2.-Loose, Idle and Disorderly Persons and Proceedings against such. 2783. Shall be deemed loose, idle and disorderly persons, Loose, idle within the meaning of this section : and disorder ly persons: Persons refus 1. Persons who, being able to work and thereby or by other ing to work; means to maintain themselves and families, wilfully refuse or neglect so to do; Exposing 2. Persons openly exposing or exhibiting in any street, road, their persons, public place, or highway, any indecent exhibition, or openly and indecently exposing their persons; &c; Obstructing 3. Persons loitering in the streets or highways and obstructpassengers, ing passengers, by standing across the footpaths, or by using insulting language, or in any other way; &c; Tearing down signs, &c; Prostitutes, &c.; Frequenters of houses of ill-fame; And taverns; Gamblers. Justice may warrants. 4. Persons tearing down or defacing signs, breaking windows, breaking doors or door-plates, or the walls of houses, yards or gardens, destroying fences, causing a disturbance or noise in the streets or highways by screaming, swearing, or singing, being drunk and impeding or incommoding passengers in the streets or in any other manner troubling the peaceable inhabitants; 5. All common prostitutes or night-walkers wandering in the fields, public streets or highways, not giving a satisfactory account of themselves; 6. Persons in the habit of frequenting houses of ill-fame, not giving a satisfactory account of themselves; 7. Persons tippling in taverns or tap-rooms, after the hour of ten at night and before the hour of five in the morning, between the twenty-first day of March and the first day of October, and after the hour of nine at night and before the hour of six in the morning, from the first day of October to the twenty-first day of March; and 8. Persons winning money or other valuable thing in playing at cards, dice or other game of chance, in taverns. C. S L. C., c. 102, s. 11. 2784. Any justice of the peace, upon information upon issue search oath, before him made, that any persons herein before described are loose, idle and disorderly persons, and are or are reasonably suspected to be harbored or concealed in any house of ill-fame, tavern or boarding house, may, by warrant under his hand and seal, authorize any constable or other person to enter at any time such house, or tavern, and to apprehend and bring before him or any other justice of the peace, all persons found therein and so suspected as aforesaid. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 12 § 1. How such per 2785. If, on examining such persons so persons so apprehended sons shall be and brought before him, it appear to such justice of the peace punished. that they or any of them cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves, such justice of the peace may condemn them to pay, either immediately or within such period as he or they think fit, a fine not exceeding five pounds sterling. Imprisonment in default of payment. In default of payment they shall be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction, or in the lock-up house, or other place provided by the municipality for the purpose, at hard labor, for any time not exceeding two months, in the city of Quebec or of Montreal, or thirty days in any other town, village or local municipality, the imprisonment to cease upon payment of the sum due. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 12 § 2; 29-30 V., c. 32, s. 1. 2786. In all proceedings against loose, idle and disorderly Charges persons, the charge shall be reduced to writing and shall be against them stated by the justice or justices of the peace to the party ing accused, who shall be held to plead forthwith to the same. to be in writ The said charge shall be summarily tried, due time being Proceedings given to the party accused to procure the attendance of the summary. necessary witnesses to establish his defence, if he so require. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 13. facts of the 2787. Every commitment to gaol or to the house of correc- Commitments tion or lock-up house, shall specify the particular facts, as to to specify the time, place and circumstance, which constitute the offender a case. loose, idle and disorderly person; and any commitment, which does not specify such facts, shall be held to be insufficient, and the party imprisoned under color thereof shall be entitled to be discharged from imprisonment, upon application to that effect to any judge of the Court of Queen's Bench or of the Superior Court, or any other person authorized by law to act in the absence of such judge. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 14. shall be punished. 2788. Any justice of the peace may commit any person How cruelty convicted before him, by his own view or by the oath of one to animals or more credible witness or witnesses, or by his confession, of overloading, overdriving or otherwise illtreating any horse, dog or other animal, to the common gaol, for any time not exceeding one month; and all constables shall and may apprehend any such person, and bring him before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to the provisions of this section. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 15. to enforce appearance. 2789. Whenever any person is charged on the oath of a Proceedings credible witness, before any justice of the peace, with any offence punishable by a penalty, on summary conviction under this section, the justice of the peace may summon the person charged to appear before any two justices of the peace at a time and place to be named in such summons; and if the person charged do not appear accordingly, then (upon proof of the due service of the summons, by delivering a copy thereof to such person or by delivering a copy to his wife or servant or some inmate of the family of such person, at his usual place of abode,) the justices of the peace before whom he ought to have appeared, may either proceed to hear and determine the case ex parte, or may issue their warrant for apprehending such person, and bringing him before them. C. S. L. C., c. 102, s. 16 § 1. 2790. The prosecution for any offence punishable by a Limitation of penalty upon summary conviction by virtue of this section, prosecutions. |