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their place; A draft ordinance was laid before the Council effecting the change, and by section 4 giving to the Police Magistrate "power to hear "by and determine in a summary " way any of the offence »" therein mentioned, and then followed a list of crimes nearly identical with them dealt with by the court of Polly lessions. section 5 continued the power of awarding a flogging, for the came offences, " any attempt to commit any of the said crimes after a previous conviction.

and

and added

1 parsing

While the Ordinance was, through the Council the 4th section

was altered

8 for

some reason which

cannot now be traced; the list of

crimes was struck out and in its

place

were inserted the words " any crime, mis demeanor or

offence, the " fuimshment for the commission of

" which is or

be Imprisonment. may

of

" Fine, or whiffing or any or either " such Punishments" "The effect of this change

seems to have escaped

observation : the Magitrate, have linee

the passing of the Ordinance always exercised jurisdiction similar to that of the Court of Petty sessions, and .

have convicted in in

Larceny,

many cases of

and in other petty felonies.

The later Ordinances also 7 of 1865

See: 6 and 3 of 1869 be: 9 evidenth

indicate