ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1863.
Fraudulent Marking of Merchandise.
to at Law, in Equity, or otherwise, and shall not nor shall any of them exempt or excuse any person from answering or making discovery upon examination as a witness or upon interrogatories, or otherwise, in any suit or other civil proceeding: Provided always, that no evidence, statement, or discovery which any person shall be compelled to give or make shall be admissible in evidence against such person in support of any indictment or information for a misdemeanor at Common Law or otherwise, or of any proceeding under the provisions of this Ordinance.
12. In every indictment, information, conviction, pleading, and proceeding against any person for any misdemeanor or other offence against the provisions of this Ordinance in which it shall be necessary to allege or mention an intent to defraud, or to enable another to defraud it shall be sufficient to allege or mention that the person accused of having done any act which is hereby made a misdemeanor or other offence did such act with intent to defraud, or with intent to enable some other person to defraud, without alleging or mentioning an intent to defraud any particular person; and on the trial of any such indictment or information for any such misdemeanor, and on the hearing of any information or charge of or for any such other offence as aforesaid, and on the trial of any action against any person to recover a penalty for any such other offence as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to prove an intent to defraud any particular person, or an intent to enable any particular person to defraud any particular person, but it shall be sufficient to prove with respect to every such misdemeanor and offence that the person accused did the act charged with intent to defraud, or with intent to enable some other person to defraud, or with the intent that any other person might be enabled to defraud.
13. Every person who shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of any offence which is by this Ordinance made a misdemeanor shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Intent to defraud, &c., any particular person need not be alleged in an indictment, &c., or proved.
Persons who aid in the commission of a misdemeanor to be also guilty.
Punishment for misdemeanor under this Ordinance.
14. Every person who shall be convicted or found guilty of any offence which is by this Ordinance made a misdemeanor shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court and as the Court shall award, to suffer such punishment by imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour, or by fine, or both by imprisonment with or without hard labour and fine, and also by imprisonment until the fine (if any) shall have been paid and satisfied.
ORDINANCE No. 8 or 1863.
Fraudulent Marking of Merchandise.
to at Law, in Equity, or otherwise, and shall not nor shall any of them exempt or excuse any person from answering or making discovery upon examination as a witness or upon interrogatories, or otherwise, in any suit or other civil proceeding: Provided always, that no evidence, state- ment, or discovery which any person shall be compelled to give or make shall be admissible in evidence against such person in support of any indictment or information for a misdemeanor at Common Law or other- wise, or of any proceeding under the provisions of this Ordinance.
12. In every indictment, information, conviction, pleading, and proceeding against any person for any misdemeanor or other offence against the provisions of this Ordinance in which it shall be necessary to, allege or mention an intent to defraud, or to enable another to defraud it shall be sufficient to allege or mention that the person accused of having done any act which is hereby made a misdemeanor or other offence did such act with intent to defraud, or with intent to enable some other person to defraud, without alleging or mentioning an intent to defraud any particular person; and on the trial of any such indictment or inform- ation for any such misdemeanor, and on the hearing of any information or charge of or for any such other offence as aforesaid, and on the trial of
any action against any person to recover a penalty for any such other offence as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to prove an intent to defraud any particular person, or an intent to enable any particular person to with defraud any particular person, but it shall be sufficient to prove respect to every such misdemeanor and offence that the person accused did the act charged with intent to defraud, or with intent to enable some other person to defraud, or with the intent that any other person might be enabled to defraud.
13. Every person who shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of any offence which is by this Ordinance made a misdemeanor shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Intent to de- fraud, &c., any particular person need not be alleged in an indict- ment, &c., or
proved.
Persons who aid in the commission of a misdemean- or to be also guilty.
Punishment
meanor
under this Ordinance.
14. Every person who shall be convicted or found guilty of any offence which is by this Ordinance made a misdemeanor shall be liable, for misde- at the discretion of the Court and as the Court shall award, to suffer such punishment by imprisonment for not more than two years, with or with- out hard labour, or by fine, or both by imprisonment with or without hard labour and fine, and also by imprisonment until the fine (if any) shall have been paid and satisfied.
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