166 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845.
Good Order and Cleanliness.
trate, or to guard the same on the spot until the offenders are taken be
fore a Magistrate, or otherwise dispose thereof in some place of safety ,
and moreover to take into custody and carry before a Magistrate every
person found in such house or place who shall appear to have been privy
to the deposit of any such thing, knowing or having reasonable cause to
suspect the same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained .
Power to 27. And be it further enacted and ordained , that when any person
examine
party from shall be brought before any Magistrate charged with having or convey
whom stolen
goods ing any thing stolen or unlawfully obtained, and shall declare that he
received.
received the same from some other person , or that he was employed as a
carrier, agent, or servant, to convey the same for some other person , such
Magistrate is hereby authorized and required to cause every such person ,
and also if necessary every former or pretended purchaser or other per
son into whose possession the same shall have passed , to be brought be
fore him and examined , and to examine witnesses upon oath touching
the same; and if it shall appear to such Magistrate that any person shall
have had possession of such thing, and had reasonable cause to believe
the same to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained , every such person
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and to have had possession of
such thing at the time and place when and where the same shall have
been found and seized ( and the possession of a carrier, agent, or servant
shall be deemed to be the possession of the person who shall have em
ployed such other person to convey the same) ; and shall be liable to a
penalty of not more than ten pounds , or in the discretion of the Magis
trate may be imprisoned in any gaol within the Colony aforesaid , with
or without hard labour, for any time not exceeding three calendar months .
Power to 28. And be it further enacted and ordained , that if any goods shall
order delivery
of goods be stolen or unlawfully obtained from any person, or being lawfully
stolen or
fraudulently obtained shall be unlawfully deposited, pawned, pledged, sold , or
obtained and
in possession exchanged, and complaint shall be made thereof to any Magistrate, and
of brokers
and other that such goods are in the possession of any broker, dealer in marine
dealers in
second-hand stores , or other dealer in second-hand property, or of any person who
property.
shall have advanced money upon the credit of such goods , it shall be
lawful for such Magistrate to issue a summons or warrant for the
appearance of such broker or dealer , and for the production of such goods ,
to be delivered up to the owner thereof, either without payment or upon
payment of such sum and at such time as such Magistrate shall think fit ;