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goods not giving a satisfactory
account.
If any person offer ship wrecked goods for
sale, the goods may be seized.
See Ord. No. 7 of 1890.]
Larceny by clerks or servants.
ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1865.
Larceny, &c.
shall be found in the possession of any person or on the premises of any person with his knowledge, and such person, being taken or summoned before a Police Magistrate, shall not satisfy the Magistrate that he came lawfully by the same, then the same shall, by order of the Magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the use of the rightful owner thereof; and the offender shall, on conviction of such offence before the Magistrate, at the discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the goods, merchandise, or articles, such sum of money not exceeding one hundred dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.
53. If any person shall offer or expose for sale any goods, merchandise, or articles whatsoever, which shall have been unlawfully taken, or shall be reasonably suspected so to have been taken, from any ship or vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, in every such case any person to whom the same shall be offered for sale, or any officer of the customs, or peace officer, may lawfully seize the same, and shall with all convenient speed carry the same, or give notice of such seizure, to a Police Magistrate; and if the person who shall have offered or exposed the same for sale, being summoned by such Magistrate, shall not appear and satisfy the Magistrate that he came lawfully by such goods, merchandise, or articles, then the same shall, by order of the Magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the use of the rightful owner thereof, upon payment of a reasonable reward (to be ascertained by the Magistrate) to the person who seized the same; and the offender shall, on conviction of such offence by the Magistrate, at the discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the goods, merchandise, or articles, such sum of money not exceeding one hundred dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.
As to Larceny or Embezzlement by Clerks, Servants, or Persons in the
Public Service:-
54. Whosoever, being a clerk or servant, or being employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant, shall steal any chattel, money, or valuable security belonging to or in the possession or power of