516
Mad Dogs, &c.
Compensa- tion for Hurt or Damage not exceed- ing £1.
Constables may appre- hend any Of- fender whose Name and Residence are not known.
Constables may appre- hend without Warrant in certain Cases.
2° & 3° VICTORIÆ Cap.47.
8. Every Person who, to the Danger of Passengers in any Thorough- fare, shall leave open any Vault or Cellar, or the Entrance from any Thoroughfare to any Cellar or Room underground, without a sufficient Fence or Handrail, or leave defective the Door, Window, or other Covering of any Vault or Cellar, or who shall not sufficiently fence any Area, Pit, or Sewer left in open or adjoining to any Thoroughfare, or who shall leave such open Area, Pit, or Sewer without a sufficient Light after Sunset to warn and prevent Persons from falling thereinto.
LXI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force to destroy any Dog or other Animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid State, or which has been bitten by any Dog or Animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid State; and the Owner of any such Dog or Animal, who shall permit the same to go at large after having Information or reasonable Ground for believing it to be in a rabid State, or to have been bitten by any Dog or other Animal in a rabid State, shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Five Pounds.
LXII. And be it enacted, That every Person who, by committing any Offence herein forbidden within the said District, shall have caused Hurt or Damage to any Person or Property, may be apprehended, with or without any Warrant, by any Constable, and if he shall not, upon Demand, make Amends for such Hurt or Damage to the Satisfaction of the Person aggrieved, he shall be detained by the Constable in order to be taken before a Magistrate, and upon Conviction shall pay such a Sum, not more than Ten Pounds, as shall appear to the Magistrate before whom he shall be convicted to be reasonable Amends to the Person aggrieved, besides any Penalty to which he may be liable for the Offence, and the Evidence of the Person aggrieved shall be admitted in Proof of the Offence: Provided always, that if the Person aggrieved shall have been the only Witness examined Proof of the Offence, the Sum ordered as Amends shall be paid and applied in the same Manner as a Penalty.
LXIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Metropolitan Police District, and for all Persons whom he shall call to his Assistance, to take into Custody, without a Warrant, any Person who within View of any such Constable shall offend in any Manner against this Act, and whose Name and Resi- dence shall be unknown to such Constable, and cannot be ascertained by such Constable.
LXIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Con- stable belonging to the Metropolitan Police to take into Custody, without a Warrant, all loose, idle, and disorderly Persons whom he shall find disturbing the public Peace, or whom he shall have good Cause to suspect of having committed or being about to commit any Felony, Misdemeanor, or Breach of the Peace, and all Persons whom he shall find between Sunset and the Hour of Eight in the Morning lying or loitering in any Highway, Yard, or other Place, and not giving a satisfactory Account of themselves.
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LXV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Con- stable belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force to take into Custody, without Warrant, any Person who within the Limits of the Metropolitan Police District shall be charged by any other Person with committing any aggravated Assault, every Case in which such 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.
LXVI. And be it enacted, That any Person found committing any Offence punishable either upon Indictment, or as a Misdemeanor, upon summary Conviction, by virtue of this Act, may be taken into Custody without a Warrant by any Constable, or may be apprehended by the Owner of the Property on or with respect to which the Offence shall be committed, or by his Servant or any Person authorized by him, and may be detained until he can be delivered into the Custody of a Con- stable, 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 anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found, and also any Person who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in 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 committed with respect to such Property, or that the same or any Part thereof 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.
LXVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable to stop and detain, until due Inquiry can be made, all Carts and Car- riages 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.
LXVIII. And be it enacted, That whenever any Person having Charge of any Horse, Cart, Carriage, or Boat, or any other Animal or Thing, shall be taken into the Custody of any Constable under the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any Constable to take charge of such Horse, Cart, Carriage, or Boat, or such other Animal or Thing, and to deposit the same in some Place of safe Custody, as a Security for Payment of any Penalty to which the Person having had Charge thereof may become liable, and for Payment of any Expenses which may have been necessarily incurred.
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2° & 3° VICTORIÆ Cap.47.
8. Every Person who, to the Danger of Passengers in any Thorough- fare, shall leave open any Vault or Cellar, or the Entrance from any Thoroughfare to any Cellar or Room underground, without a sufficient Fence or Handrail, or leave defective the Door, Window, or other Covering of any Vault or Cellar, or who shall not sufficiently fence any Area, Pit, or Sewer left in
open or adjoining to any Thoroughfare, or who shall leave such open Area, Pit, or Sewer without a sufficient Light after Sunset to warn and prevent Persons from falling thereinto.
LXI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force to destroy any Dog or other Animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid State, or which has been bitten by any Dog or Animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid State; and the Owner of any such Dog or Animal, who shall permit the same to go at large after having Information or reasonable Ground for believing it to be in a rabid State, or to have been bitten by any Dog or other Animal in a rabid State, shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Five Pounds.
any
LXII. And be it enacted, That every Person who, by committing any Offence herein forbidden within the said District, shall have caused Hurt or Damage to any Person or Property, may be apprehended, with or without any Warrant, by any Constable, and if he shall not, upon Demand, make Amends for such Hurt or Damage to the Satisfaction of the Person aggrieved, he shall be detained by the Constable in order to be taken before a Magistrate, and upon Conviction shall pay such a Sum, not more than Ten Pounds, as shall appear to the Magistrate before whom he shall be convicted to be reasonable Amends to the Person aggrieved, besides any Penalty to which he may be liable for the Offence, and the Evidence of the Person aggrieved shall be admitted in Proof of the Offence: Provided always, that if the Person aggrieved shall have been the only Witness examined Proof of the Offence, the Sum ordered as Amends shall be paid and applied in the same Manner as a Penalty.
LXIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Metropolitan Police District, and for all Persons whom he shall call to his Assistance, to take into Custody, without a Warrant, any P'erson who within View of any such Constable shall offend in any Manner against this Act, and whose Name and Resi- dence shall be unknown to such Constable, and cannot be ascertained by such Constable.
LXIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Con- may appro- stable belonging to the Metropolitan Police to take into Custody, without a Warrant, all loose, idle, and disorderly Persons whom he shall find disturbing the public Peace, or whom he shall have good Cause to suspect of having committed or being about to commit any Felony, Misdemeanor, or Breach of the Peace, and all Persons whom he shall find between Sunset and the Hour of Eight
Cases.
in
2° & 3° VICTORIÆ, Cap.47.
in the Morning lying or loitering in any Highway, Yard, or other Place, and not giving a satisfactory Account of themselves.
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LXV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Con- Persons stable belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force to take into Custody, charged with without Warrant, any Person who within the Limits of the Metropolitan Saults may Police District shall be charged by any other Person with committing be apprehen. any aggravated Assault, every Case in which such Constable shall ded without bave good Reason to believe that such Assault has been committed, Warrant. 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.
stables and
LXVI. And be it enacted, That any Person found committing any Power to Offence punishable either upon Indictment, or as a Misdemeanor, upon Police Con- summary Conviction, by virtue of this Act, may be taken into Custody persons ag without a Warrant by any Constable, or may be apprehended by the grieved to Owner of the Property on or with respect to which the Offence shall be apprehend committed, or by his Servant or any Person authorized by him, and certain Of may be detained until he can be delivered into the Custody of a Con- fenders. stable, 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 anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found, and also any Person who Manner may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in 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 committed with respect to such Property, or that the same or any Part thereof 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.
any
LXVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable Removing to stop and detain, until due Inquiry can be made, all Carts and Car- Furniture, to riages which he shall find employed in removing the Furniture of any evade Reut. 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.
LXVIII. And be it enacted, That whenever any Person having Horses, Car- Charge of any Horse, Cart, Carriage, or Boat, or any other Animal riages, &c. or Thing, shall be taken into the Custody of any Constable under of Offenders
may be de- the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any Constable to tained. take charge of such Horse, Cart, Carriage, or Boat, or such other Animal or Thing, and to deposit the same in some Place of safe Custody, as a Security for Payment of any Penalty to which the Person having had Charge thereof may become liable, and for Pay- ment of any Expenses which may have been necessarily incurred
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