Offender whose name and No. 1 of 1845.
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SUMMARY OFFENCES
be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Apprehension of offenders, etc.
25. It shall be lawful for any police constable, and for all persons whom he may call to his assistance, to take into custody without warrant any person who within view of such constable offends in any manner against this Ordinance, and whose name and residence are unknown to and cannot be ascertained by such constable.
unknown.
Disorderly person.
Power of constable and person aggrieved to apprehend offender in certain cases
Power to stop, search, vessel, etc., and detain any vessel or person suspected of conveying stolen property.
26. It shall be lawful for any police constable to take into custody without warrant any loose, idle, and disorderly person whom he finds disturbing the public peace, or whom he has good cause to suspect of having committed or being about to commit any felony, misdemeanor, or breach of the peace, and any person whom he finds between sunset and 6 a.m. lying or loitering in any highway, yard, or other place, and who cannot give a satisfactory account of himself.
27. Any person found committing any offence punishable either on indictment or as a misdemeanor on summary conviction by virtue of this Ordinance may be taken into custody without warrant by any police constable, or may be apprehended by the owner of the property on or with respect to which the offence is committed, or by his servant or any person authorised by him, and may be detained until he can be delivered into the custody of a police constable, to be dealt with according to law.
28. Any police constable may stop, search, and detain any vessel, boat, cart or carriage in or upon which there is reason to suspect that anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found, and also any person who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in any manner anything stolen or unlawfully obtained; and any person to whom any property is offered to be sold, pawned, or delivered, if he has reasonable cause to suspect that any such offence has been committed with respect to such property, or that the property is stolen or unlawfully obtained.
* This section does not affect pawnbrokers: No. 1 of 1860, s. 28.