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SECTION XV.
SAILORS, SOLDIERS OR AIRMEN DANGEROUSLY ILL OR DEAD:
WARRANTS FOR RELATIVES
SECTION XVI.
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SEAMEN SENT HOME TO ENGLAND FROM ABROAD UNDER THE MERCHANT
SHIPPING ACTS, 1894 AND 1906
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SECTION XVII,
EXTRADITION—
Extradition of Criminals from Foreign Countries
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Return of Criminals from H.M. Dominions Overseas, under the Fugitive
Offenders Act, 1881
Form of Indemnity
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SECTION XVIII.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES-
Children (Employment Abroad) Act, 1913
Dentists Acts
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Forgery of Bank Notes and Treasury Notes
Fraudulent appeals for charity by itinerant musicians, etc.
Gaming machines
Lotteries
Money-lenders Act, 1900
Passenger steamers, Overcrowding of
Passports obtained by improper means
Prostitution, Living on the proceeds of
Red Cross, Use of the
Royal Standard, Use of the
Seditious Speeches
Suicide, Attempts to commit
Theatres Act, 1843, Stage Plays
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STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS:—
Regulations under :—
A. Children (Employment Abroad) Act, 1913
B. Police Property Act, 1897
Summary Jurisdiction Rule of 31st January, 1922
C. Prosecution of Offences Acts, 1879 and 1884
Witnesses' Allowances Order of 1904, as rubsequently amended...
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSTABLES '
OF 1839.
(These instructions, first issued 22nd November, 1839, are reprinted without revision as a convenient summary of the powers and duties of Police constables as successors to the older common law constables.)
It is intended here to state such Parts of the Law relating to the Office of a Constable as may be sufficient for the general Instruction of the Constables.
Each Individual will bear in mind the extreme Importance of making himself perfectly acquainted with this Subject; it is necessary to enable him, with a due Regard to his own Safety, to act efficiently for the Protection of the Public.
At the Commencement of a new Establishment it is the more necessary to take particular Care that the Constables do not form false Notions of their Duties and Powers.
The Powers of a Constable, as will appear hereafter, are, when properly understood and duly executed, amply sufficient for their purpose. He is regarded as the legitimate Peace Officer of his District, and both by the Common Law and many Acts of Parliament he is invested with considerable Powers, and has imposed on him the Discharge of many important Duties.
He is in many cases authorised and required, in the Execution of his Office, to arrest a party charged with or suspected to be guilty of some Offence; to enter a house in pursuit of an Offender; to quiet an Affray; to search for stolen Goods; to take possession of Goods suspected to have been stolen.
It therefore becomes necessary that the Constable should inform himself in what Cases he ought so to interfere, and what legal Powers he possesses to effect the Object in case he meets with Resistance. To assist the Constables in the Discharge of their Duties the following Observations are prepared for their attentive Perusal.
It will be first shown for what Offences of more ordinary Occurrence a Party may be arrested and detained in Custody. With this Object Offences may be divided into--
Felonies and Misdemeanors.
Murder, House-breaking, Robbery, Stealing, picking Pockets, Felonies. receiving stolen Goods knowing them to have been stolen, assaulting any one with Intent to rob, setting fire to any Church, House, or other Building, or to any Stack of Corn, Straw, Hay, or Wood, or to any Crop of Corn or Grain, whether standing or cut down, or to any Wood or Plantation of Trees, or to any Heath or Furze; or stealing any Cattle, as Horses, Cows, Sheep, &c., or Poultry, as Turkeys, Ducks, Hens, Geese, &c., are some of the principal Felonies, besides a great many more too numerous to be inserted here.
Persons guilty of any of these Offences are called Felons.
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