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PART V.-CLASS XI,

False Pretences.

[ No. I. ] 1 W. IV. c. 66.—An Act for reducing into One Act all such Forgeries as
shall henceforth be punished with Death, and for otherwise amending the Laws
relative to Forgery.

816

[ No. II. ] 2 & 3 W. IV. c. 123.—An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death
in certain cases of Forgery.

828

[ No. IV. ] 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 47.-An Act to prevent the Selling and Uttering of
Forged Stamps, and to exempt from Stamp Duty Artificial Mineral Waters in
Great Britain, and to allow a Drawback in the exportation of Gold and Silver
Plate Manufactured in Ireland.

ib.

[No. V. ] 5 & 6 W. IV. c. 73.-An Act to provide that Persons accused of For-
gery in Scotland shall not be entitled to Bail, unless in certain Cases.

ib.

Offences relating to Quarantine.

[ There has been no statute upon this subject since the G. IV. c. 78. ]

836

[ No. 1. ] 1 W. IV. c. 73.-An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Sixtieth
Year of His late Majesty King George the Third, for the more effectual Prevention

and Punishment of blasphemous and seditious Libels, as relates to the Sentence of
Banishment for the Second Offence: and to provide some further Remedy against
the abuse of publishing Libels.

870

[ See ante Part IV. Class VIII. 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 27, s. 36. ]

[ No. I. ] 11 G. IV. c. 25.—An Act to repeal an Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of His

late Majesty, for procuring Returns of Persons committed, tried, and convicted for

Criminal Offences and Misdemeanors.

880

[ No. II. ] 1 W. IV. c. 37.—An Act to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of His late
Majesty King George the Fourth, to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland, and to
abridge the period now required between the pronouncing of Sentence and Execu-
tion thereof, in Cases importing a Capital Punishment.

ib.

[ No. III. ] 1 W. IV. c. 39.-An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifth Year of
His present Majesty, for the Transportation of Offenders from Great Britain; and
for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies. 886
[No. IV. ] 1 W. IV. c. 57.—An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Fifty-
fifth Year of King George the Third, for the Payment of Costs and Charges to
prosecutors and witnesses in Cases of Felony in Ireland.

889

[ No. V. ] 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 79.-An Act to provide for the more impartial Trial of
Offences in certain Cases in Ireland.

890

[ No. VI. ] 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 26.-An Act to abolish the Practice of Hanging the
Bodies of Criminals in Chains.

891

[ No. VII. ] 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 27.-An Act for the bettet Administration of Justice
in certain Boroughs and Franchises.

892

[ No. VIII. ] 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 67.-An Act for abolishing Capital Punishment in
case of returning from Transportation.

893

[ No. IX. ] 5 W. IV. c. 1.-An Act to explain an Act of the First Year of His
present Majesty, for the more effectual Administration of Justice in England and
Wales, so far as relates to the execution of Criminals in the County of Chester 894

[ No. X. ] 5 & 6 W. IV. c. 33.-An Act for preventing the vexatious_removal of
Indictments into the Court of King's Bench; and for extending the Provisions of
an Act of the Fifth Year of King William and Queen Mary, for preventing Delays
at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to other Indictments; and for extending the
provisions of an Act of the Seventh Year of King George the Fourth, as to taking
Bail in Cases of Felony

895

PART VI.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Apprentices, Young Persons Employed in Factories, &c.

[ No. 1. ] 1 & 2 W. IV. c. 39.—An Act to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices
and other Young Persons employed in Cotton Factories and in Cotton Mills, and
to make further Provisions in lieu thereof.

934

[ No. II. ] 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 63.-An Act to render valid Indentures of Apprentice-
ship allowed only by Two Justices acting for the County in which the Parish from
which such Apprentices shall be bound, and for the County in which the Parish
into which such Apprentices shall be bound, shall be situated; and also for reme-
dying defective Executions of Indentures by Corporations.
937

939

[ No. III. ] 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 103.-An Act to regulate the Labour of Children and
young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom.
[No. IV. ] 4 W. IV. c. 1.-An Act to explain and amend an Act of the last Session
of Parliament, for regulating the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the
Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom
950

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[ No. V. ] 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 35.-An Act for the better Regulation of Chimney
Sweepers and their Apprentices, and for the safer Construction of Chimneys and

Flues.

ib.

PART VI.-CLASS III.

Banks Destroying, and other Trespasses.

[There have been no recent acts upon these subjects. ]

For the provisions of the 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 76. relating to Bastards, ste post, Part VI.
Class XXVIII. title Poor. ]

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