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9º VICTORIE.- No . 14 of 1845. 65

such Constable with such Assistance as may be found necessary
(such Constable having previously made known such his Authority)
to use Force for the effecting such Entry, whether by breaking open
Doors or otherwise ; and if upon Search thereupon made any such
thing shall be found, then to convey the same before a Magistrate,
or to guard the same on the Spot until the Offenders are taken before
a Magistrate, or otherwise Dispose thereof in some Place of Safety,
and moreover to take into Custody and carry before a Magistrate
every Person found in such House or Place who shall appear to
have been privy to the Deposit of any such thing knowing or having
reasonable cause to suspect the same to have been stolen or otherwise
unlawfully obtained.

XXVII. And be it further enacted and ordained , That when any Power to examine
whom Sto-
Person shall be brought before any Magistrate charged with having party fromreceived.
or conveying any thing stolen or unlawfully obtained, and shall
declare that he received the same from some other Person, or that
he was employed as a Carrier, Agent, or Servant, to convey the same
for some other Person, such Magistrate is hereby authorised and
required to cause every such Person, and also if necessary every
former or pretended Purchaser or other Person into whose Possession
the same shall have passed, to be brought before him and examined,
and to examine Witnesses upon Oath touching the same ; and if it
shall appear to such Magistrate that any Person shall have had
Possession of such thing, and had reasonable Cause to believe the
same to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, every such Person
shall be deemed Guilty of a Misdemeanour and to have had Pos-
session of such thing at the Time and Place when and where the
same shall have been found and seized, (and the Possession of a
Carrier, Agent, or Servant shall be deemed to be the Possession of
the Person who shall have employed such other Person to convey
the same) ; and shall be liable to a Penalty of not more than Ten
Pounds, or in the Discretion of the Magistrate may be imprisoned
in any Goal within the Colony aforesaid with or without Hard
Labour for any Time not exceeding Three Calendar Months.

XXVIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That if any Power to order De-
livery of Goods stolen
Goods shall be stolen or unlawfully obtained from any Person, or or fraudulently obtain-
being lawfully obtained shall be unlawfully Deposited, Pawned, ed and in Possession
Pledged, Sold, or Exchanged , and Complaint shall be made thereof to Dealers in Secondhand
any Magistrate, and that such Goods are in the Possession of Property.
any
Broker, Dealer in Marine Stores, or other Dealer in Second-hand
Property, or of any Person who shall have advanced Money upon
the Credit of such Goods, it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to
issue a Summons or Warrant for the Appearance of such Broker or
Dealer, and for the Production of such Goods, to be delivered up to
the Owner thereof, either without Payment, or upon Payment of
such Sum and at such time as such Magistrate shall think fit ; and
every Broker or Dealer who being so ordered shall refuse or neglect
to deliver up the Goods, or who shall dispose of or make away with
the same after Notice that such Goods were stolen or unlawfully
obtained as aforesaid, shall forfeit to the Owner of the Goods the
full Value thereof : Provided always, that no such Order shall bar
any such Broker or Dealer from recovering Possession of such Goods
by Suit or Action at Law from the Person into whose Possession they
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