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Miscellaneous

No. 270.

DESPATCH FROM THE GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA ON THE SUBJECT OF PREDIAL LARCENY.

(Received 23 December, 1911.)

[The previous paper on this subject is Miscellaneous No. 179.]

(No. 442.) SIR,

King's House, Jamaica, 30th November, 1911. WITH reference to the Earl of Crewe's despatch, No. 324, of the 16th Septem- ber, 1909, and to previous correspondence relative to Law 4 of 1909, A Law in aid of the Laws relating to Prædial Larceny," and to the Bill passed in the year 1908, the provisions of which, after amendments made consequent on the receipt or Earl of Crewe's despatch, No. 408, of the 8th December, 1908,* were generally embodied in Law 4 of 1909, 1 have the honour to invite your attention to sections of the Law now in force which run as follows:-

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(1) Whenever any person, hereinafter called a suspected person, has been

or is in possession of any of the articles of agricultural produce men tioned in Schedule A or of any other articles of agricultural produce which the Governor in Privy Council, by order published in the Jamaica Gazette may, at any time hereafter, add to the said schedule. under such circumstances as shall reasonably cause any officer or sub- officer of constabulary, constable, district constable, or person authorised, as hereinafter provided, to suspect that such article has been stolen, or has been received, knowing the same to have been stolen or has been in any other way dishonestly come by, it shall be lawful for any such officer, sub-officer, constable, district constable, or person authorised as aforesaid, to arrest such suspected person without a warrant, and take him with such article or articles of agri- cultural produce forthwith before a Justice of the Peace, or Clerk of the Courts provided always, that the Governor in Privy Council may, by order published in the Jamaica Gazette, remove from Schedule A hereto, any article therein mentioned, or added thereto by the Governor in Privy Council, and this Law shall not apply to any articles so removed. "(2). The Jamaica Agricultural Society, and any local Agricultural Society duly constituted and affiliated to the same under the constitution and rules thereof, may, and the Board or Committee of Management of such Jamaica or local Agricultural Society may, at any ordinary or general business meeting, nominate any person or persons to the Inspector-General of Police to be authorised persons under this Law. having authority to arrest and deal with suspected persons as provided in the preceding section. It shall be lawful for the Inspector-General of Police, on the nomination aforesaid, and with the sanction of the Governor, to appoint the person or persons so nominated to be persons authorised under this Law, having authority to arrest and deal with suspected persons as provided in the preceding section.

"Provided that lists of all such authorised persons shall, before their authority shall commence, be published in the Jamaica Gazette, and the production of a copy of the Jamaica Gazette containing the name of any authorised person shall be conclusive evidence that such person has been duly appointed. The Inspector-General may, at any time. revoke the appointment of any person authorised as aforesaid."

"Whenever any expense has been incurred by any authorised person in connection with the arrest or attempted arrest or prosecution of

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