870
No certiorari, &c.
Proceedings against
under this Ordinance.
Notice of action.
General issue.
Tender of amends, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1865.
Coinage Offences.
police, in order to his being conveyed as soon as reasonably may be before a Police Magistrate or some other proper officer, to be dealt with according to law.
31. No conviction for any offence punishable on summary conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari into the Supreme Court; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same.
32. All actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person acting for anything done in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be commenced within six months after the fact committed, and not otherwise; and notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant one month at least before the commencement of the action; and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Ordinance and the special matter in evidence, at any trial to be had thereupon; and no plaintiff shall recover in any such action if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into Court after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant; and if a verdict shall pass for the defendant, or the plaintiff shall become nonsuit, or discontinue any such action after issue joined, or if, upon demurrer or otherwise, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his full costs as between attorney and client, and have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law in other cases; and though a verdict shall be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant unless the Judge before whom the trial shall be, shall certify his approbation of the action.
Punishment
of principal in the second degree and accessories.
What shall be
sufficient evidence of
33. In the case of every felony punishable under this Ordinance, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before the fact, shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Ordinance punishable; and every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under this Ordinance shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
34. Where any person shall have been convicted of any offence against this Ordinance, or any former enactment in force in this Colony
870
No certiorari, &c.
Proceedings against
under this Ordinance.
Notice of action.
General issue.
Tender of amonds, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1865.
Coinage Offences.
police, in order to his being conveyed as soon as reasonably may be before a Police Magistrate or some other proper officer, to be dealt with according to law.
31. No conviction for any offence punishable on summary conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari into the Supreme Court; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same.
32. All actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any persons acting person for anything done in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be com- menced within six months after the fact committed, and not otherwise; and notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant one month at least before the commencement of the action; and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Ordinance and the special matter in evidence, at any trial to be had thereupon; and no plaintiff shall recover in any such action if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into Court. after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant; and if a verdict shall pass for the defendant, or the plaintiff shall become nonsuit,. or discontinue any such action after issue joined, or if, upon demurrer or otherwise, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his full costs as between attorney and client, and have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law in other cases; and though a verdict shall be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant unless the Judge before whom the trial shall be, shall certify his approbation of the action.
Punishment
of principal in the second degree and accessories.
What shall be
sufficient evidence of
33. In the case of every felony punishable under this Ordinance, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before the fact, shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Ordinance punishable; and every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under this Ordinance shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
34. Where any person shall have been convicted of any offence against this Ordinance, or any former enactment in force in this Colony
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