ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1865.
Offences against the Person.
be set or placed, or to be continued set or placed, from sunset to sunrise, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine which shall be set or placed, or caused or continue to be set or placed, in a dwelling-house, for the protection thereof.
30. Whosoever, having the charge of any carriage or vehicle, shall, by wanton or furious driving or racing, or other wilful misconduct, or by wilful neglect, do or cause to be done any bodily harm to any person whatsoever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Assaults.
31. Whosoever shall, by threats or force, obstruct or prevent, or endeavour to obstruct or prevent, any clergyman or other minister in or from celebrating Divine Service or otherwise officiating in any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of Divine Worship, or in or from the performance of his duty in the lawful burial of the dead in any churchyard or other burial place, or shall strike or offer any violence to, or shall, upon any civil process, or under the pretence of executing any civil process, arrest any clergyman or other minister who is engaged in, or to the knowledge of the offender is about to engage in, any of the rites or duties in this section aforesaid, or who to the knowledge of the offender, shall be going to perform the same or returning from the performance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
32. Whosoever shall assault and strike or wound any Police Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, officer, or other person whatsoever lawfully authorized, in or on account of the exercise of his duty in or concerning the preservation of any vessel in distress, or of any vessel, goods, or effects wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or lying under water, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
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Drivers of carriages, &c., injuring persons by furious driving.
Obstructing or assaulting clergyman, &c., in the discharge of his duties.
Assaulting a Magistrate, &c., on account of his preserving wreck.
33. Whosoever shall assault any person with intent to commit felony, or shall assault, resist, or wilfully obstruct any constable or Police officer with intent to commit felony,
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1865.
Offences against the Person.
be set or placed, or to be continued set or placed, from sunset to sunrise, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine which shall be set or placed, or caused or continue to be set or placed, in a dwelling-house, for the protection thereof.
30. Whosoever, having the charge of any carriage or vehicle, shall, by wanton or furious driving or racing, or other wilful misconduct, or by wilful neglect, do or cause to be done any bodily harm to any person whatsoever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Assaults.
31. Whosoever shall, by threats or force, obstruct or prevent, or endeavour to obstruct or prevent, any clergyman or other minister in or from celebrating Divine Service or otherwise officiating in any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of Divine Worship, or in or from the performance of his duty in the lawful burial of the dead in any churchyard or other burial place, or shall strike or offer any violence to, or shall, upon any civil process, or under the pretence of executing any civil process, arrest any clergyman or other minister who is engaged in, or to the know- ledge of the offender is about to engage in, any of the rites or duties in this section aforesaid, or who to the knowledge of the offender, shall be going to perform the same or returning from the performance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not. exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
32. Whosoever shall assault and strike or wound any Police Magis- trate, Justice of the Peace, officer, or other person whatsoever lawfully authorized, in or on account of the exercise of his duty in or concerning the preservation of any vessel in distress, or of any vessel, goods, or effects wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or lying under water, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
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Drivers of car- riages, &c., in- juring persons driving.
by furious
Obstructing or assaulting clergyman, &c., in the
discharge of
his duties.
Assaulting a &c., on
Magistrate,
account of his
preserving
wreck.
33. Whosoever shall assault any person with intent to commit felony, Assault with or shall assault, resist, or wilfully obstruct any constable or Police officer
intent to commit
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