ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 . 163
Good Order and Cleanliness.
be taken into custody without a warrant by any constable, or may be aggrieved to
apprehend
apprehended by the owner of the property on or with respect to which certain
offenders .
the offence shall be committed , or by his servant or any person author
ized by him , and may be detained until he can be delivered into the
custody of a constable , to be dealt with according to law; and every
such constable may also stop, search, and detain any vessel , boat, cart ,
or carriage, in or upon which there shall be reason to suspect that any
thing stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found, and also any person
who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in any man
ner anything stolen or unlawfully obtained ; and any person to whom
any property shall be offered to be sold, pawned , or delivered , if he shall
have reasonable cause to suspect that any such offence has been com
mitted with respect to such property , or that the same or any part there
of has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained , is hereby authorized ,
and if in his power is required , to apprehend and detain, and as soon as
may be to deliver such offender into the custody of a constable, together
with such property , to be dealt with according to law. [ Repealed by
Ordinance No. 3 of 1860 so far as it relates to Pawnbrokers. ]
18. And be it further enacted and ordained , that it shall be lawful Removing
furniture to
for any constable to stop and detain, until due inquiry can be made, all evade rent.
persons whom, and all horses , carts, and carriages , or any other animal
or thing which he shall find employed in removing the furniture of any
house or lodging, between the hours of eight in the evening and six in
the following morning , or whenever the constable shall have good grounds
for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the
payment of rent .
19. And be it further enacted and ordained , that it shall be lawful Persons
charged with
for any constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody , recent
assaults may
without a warrant, any person who shall be charged by any other person be appre
hended with
with committing any aggravated assault, in every case in which such out warrant.
constable shall have good reason to believe that such assault has been
committed , although not within view of such constable, and that by reason
of the recent commission of the offence a warrant could not have been
obtained for the apprehension of the offender.
20. And be it further enacted and ordained , that whenever any Horses,
carriages, &c. ,
person having charge of any horse, cart, carriage, or boat, or any other of offenders
may be
animal or thing, shall be taken into custody of any constable under the detained .
provisions of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for any constable to take