Gauze mixed with Silk, Satin, or other Ma- Velvet, or Silk embossed with Velvet, the lb. Artificial Flowers wholly or in part of Silk, for every 1001. Value 090 0 10 0 15 0 9 0 10 860 300 300 000 15 0 0 000 0 10 0 0 14 0 25 0 0 Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk and any other Fancy Silk Net or Tricot, the lb. Plain Silk Lace or Net, called Tulle, the lb. Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed with any other Materials, not particularly enumerated or otherwise charged with Duty, for every 10017. Value Ribbons, of and from a British Possession, for every 1001. Value Millinery of Silk, or of which the greater Part of the Material is Silk, viz. Turbans or Caps, each Hats or Bonnets, each 1 10 0 600 15 0 0 Silkworm Gut, for every 1007. Value Skins, Articles manufactured of Skins or Furs, for every 1001. Value of and from a British Possession Soap, hard, the Cwt. of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. Spa Ware, for every 1001. Value Spirits or strong Waters of all Sorts; viz. For every Gallon of such Spirits or strong not being Spirits or strong Waters the Pro- Starch, the Cwt. of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. Gum of, torrified or calcined, commonly of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. Steel, Manufactures of, for every 1001. Value 010 of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. Tapioca, the Cwt. Tin, Manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated, for Tobacco Pipes of Clay, for every 100%. Value of and from a British Possession, the Cwt. Turnery, not otherwise described, for every 100l. Value Twine, for every 1001. Value of and from a British Possession, for every 5 0 0 WE CA P. XXIV. An Act for removing some Defects in the Administration of Criminal Justice. [26th June 1846.] HEREAS in certain Cases of Felony the Court is not empowered by Law to award Sentence of Transportation 'for a less Period than the Term of the Offender's Life or some 'long Term of Years, or Sentence of Imprisonment for any shorter 'Term than Two Years; but it is desirable that some such Offenders should suffer Transportation or Imprisonment for a shorter Period respectively, at the Discretion of the Court 'before which they are convicted:' Now be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in all Cases where the Court is now by Law empow- Power of Crimiered or required to award a Sentence of Transportation exceeding nal Courts as Seven Years it shall be lawful for such Court, at its Discretion, to Terms of Transportation to award a Sentence of Transportation for a Term of Years not and Imprisonless than Seven Years, or to award such Sentence of Imprisonment. ment for any Period not exceeding Two Years, with or without hard Labour, as shall to the Court in its Discretion appear just under all the Circumstances. $13. II.' And whereas it is now required by Law that no Indict- Repeal of ⚫ment shall be presented before the Grand Jury of the Central 4&5W. 4. c. 36. Criminal Court for certain Offences unless the Party prose'cuting shall have first entered into Recognizances to prosecute;' be it enacted, That the said Provision be and the same is hereby repealed; and that Bills of Indictment may be preferred by any Before what L 2 Person Court Indict ments may be preferred. Writs for removing Indictments from Central Criminal Court to specify where same shall be tried. Certificate of Recognizance filed to prosecute Writ of Error to be made out by the Clerk of the Crown, Master or Assistant Master on the Crown Side of the Court of and to be a sufficient Warrant for De Person before the Grand Jury of the said Court for any Offence alleged to be committed within the Jurisdiction of the said Court in the same Manner as may be done before any other Grand Jury. III. And whereas Doubts have been raised as to the proper Place of Trial, where Indictments have been removed by Writ ' of Certiorari from the Central Criminal Court into the Court of Queen's Bench;' be it enacted, That every Writ of Certiorari for removing an Indictment from the said Central Criminal Court shall specify the County or Jurisdiction in which the same shall be tried; and a Jury shall be summoned and the Trial proceed in the same Manner in all respects as if the Indictment had been originally preferred in that County or Jurisdiction. 6 6 IV. And whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of 'Parliament, intituled An Act to stay Execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors upon giving Bail in Error, it is (amongst 'other things) enacted, that the Clerk of the Crown in the Court ' of Queen's Bench shall, for the Purposes in the said Act mentioned, make out and deliver Certificates in Writing under his 'Hand of the due filing of Record in the said Court of any Recog'nizance given to prosecute any Writ of Error in the Manner in 'the said Act mentioned, and that any such Certificate, when duly verified by Affidavit, shall be a sufficient Warrant to every Queen's Bench, Gaoler or other Person having the Custody of such Defendant or Defendants in Execution of such Judgment to discharge him or them out of Custody, and also to every Person having in his 'Possession the whole or any Part of any Fine levied in Execution of any such Judgment to authorize and require the Repayment thereof to the Defendant or Defendants: And whereas the making of such Affidavit creates unnecessary Expence and Delay, and it is expedient to dispense with the same, and to 'make further Provision for the making and Delivery of such 'Certificates;' be it therefore enacted, That any such Certificate as aforesaid under the Hand either of the said Clerk of the Crown or of the Master or Assistant Master on the Crown Side of the said Court, and sealed with the Seal of the Crown Office in the said Court, shall be a sufficient Warrant for the Discharge of any such Defendant or Defendants, and for the Repayment of any such Fine. fendant's Discharge. Persons mali ciously blowing up Dwelling Houses, any one being therein, stances. CA P. XXV. An Act for preventing malicious Injuries to Persons and throw throw down, or damage the whole or any Part of any Dwelling House, any Person being therein, shall be guilty of Felony. II. And be it enacted, That whoever shall unlawfully and mali- or blowing up ciously, by the Explosion of Gunpowder or other explosive Sub- Buildings with stance, destroy or damage any Building with Intent to murder Intent to murany Person, or whereby the Life of any Person shall be endangered, shall be guilty of Felony. der, III. And be it enacted, That whoever shall unlawfully and or injuring Permaliciously, by the Explosion of Gunpowder or other explosive sons by exploSubstance, burn, maim, disfigure, disable, or do any grievous bodily Harm to any Person, shall be guilty of Felony. sive Substances, or attempting to do bodity Injury by sending, &c. dan. IV. And be it enacted, That whoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cause any Gunpowder or other explosive Substance to explode, or send or deliver to, or cause to be taken or received by, any Person any explosive Substance, or any other dangerous or noxious Thing, or cast or throw at or upon or otherwise stances, guilty apply to any Person any corrosive Fluid or other destructive or of Felony. explosive Substance, with Intent, in any of the Cases aforesaid, to burn, maim, disfigure, or disable any Person, or to do some grievous bodily Harm to any Person, shall, although no bodily Injury be effected, be guilty of Felony. gerous Sub V. And be it enacted, That whoever shall be convicted of any Punishment for Felony herein-before mentioned shall be liable, at the Discretion Felonies hereinof the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of before specified. his natural Life, or for any Term not less than Fifteen Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years. Persons at tempting to blow up Build VI. And be it enacted, That whoever shall unlawfully and Punishment for maliciously place or throw in, into, upon, against, or near any Building or Vessel any Gunpowder or other explosive Substance with Intent to do any bodily Damage to any Person, or to destroy ings, &c. or damage any Building or Vessel, or any Machinery, working Tools, Fixtures, Goods, or Chattels, shall, whether or not any Explosion take place, and whether or not any Injury is effected to any Person, or any Damage to any Building, Vessel, Machinery, working Tools, Fixtures, Goods, or Chattels, be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fifteen Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years. fire to Build ings. VII. And be it enacted, That whoever shall unlawfully and Punishment for maliciously by any overt Act attempt to set fire to any Building, Persons atVessel, or Mine, or to any Stack or Steer, or to any Vegetable tempting to set Produce of such Kind, and with such Intent that if the Offence were complete the Offender would be guilty of Felony, and liable to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his natural Life, shall, although such Building, Vessel, Mine, Stack, Steer, or Vegetable Produce be not actually set on fire, be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fifteen Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years. VIII. And be it enacted, That whoever shall knowingly have Punishment for making any in his Possession, or make or manufacture, any Gunpowder, ex- Article for Purplosive Substance, or any dangerous or noxious Thing, or any pose of offending Machine, against Act. L 3 |