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CA P. XCIV.
An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Accessories to and Abettors of indictable Offences.
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[6th August 1861.]
HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Acces- sories to and Abettors of indictable Offences: 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, as follows:
As to Accessories before the Fact:
1. Whosoever shall become an Accessory before the Fact to any Felony, whether the same be a Felony at Common Law or by virtue of
any Act passed or to be passed, may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal Felon.
Accessories
before the Fact may be tried and punished as Principals.
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2. Whosoever shall counsel, procure, or command any other Person to commit any Felony, whether the same be a Felony at Common before the Law or by virtue of any Act passed or to be passed, shall be guilty indicted as of Felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an Accessory such, or as before the Fact to the principal Felony, together with the principal Felons. Felon, or after the Conviction of the principal Felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive Felony whether the principal
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