CONSTABLES-continued. IV. County and District Constables-contd. (2.) How and for what Districts appointed— Limitation of numbers, id. Alteration of number of constables, i. 925 Constables may be appointed for separate Justices may form any number of parishes, Each police district to pay for its own con- Constables subject to duty in any part of the Regulations as to county rate to apply to the So much of 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93, as directs ex- Justices in general or quarter sessions to How property rateable is to be valued, i. 929 Contributions on account of liberties and de- tached parts of counties, id. How treasurer of such other county or liberty In case of default, or other good cause, amount (5.) PettyConstables, Local Constables and addi (6.) Rules for the Government of-Neglent trements-Station Houses-Returns. made by the secretary of state, i. 932 Constables not to resign without leav Constables dismissed to deliver up acc Penalty on unlawful possession of ace ments, and assuming dress of constabl during the hours of duty, id. Money may be borrowed on credit ofj Chief constable to furnish to clerk of Constables to have the authority of Constables disqualified from voting at Constables appointed under act not cise other employment, &c. i. 935 Horses, &c. in service of police est from toll, id. (8.) Fees and Allowances-Superannuat Rates of allowance from the said fund ONSTABLES-continued. IV. County and District Constables-continued. (10.) Constables, how discontinued. Constables to be discontinued when decided to be unnecessary, i. 937 11.) Operation of Acts upon the Appointment of Constables in Boroughs-Of High Constables-Special Constables-Parochial Constables-Of Constables under the Watching and Lighting Act, and Local Acts. Discontinuance of constables where this act is in operation, i. 937 Except in boroughs, or high constables, or special constables, id. Not to prevent appointment of parochial constables, or of any constable, to act as returning officer, i. 938 Not to affect for two years any places where population is more than 10,000, id. Power of 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 90, and of local acts for levying rates to cease, id. Except as hereby reserved for paying additional constables, id. Proviso as to places situate in more than one county, id. Watchboxes and accoutrements provided under local acts to be given up for use of county police, i. 939 Rates already imposed to be collected, id. 4) Practical Directions.-The Criminal Duties of Constables generally, and the Manner of executing them, i. 939 Dath to be taken by constables, id. Votice to be sent to secretary of state and to lieutenant of county, i. 943 Secretary of state, on representation of justices, may order persons to be sworn in, though exempt by law, id. And may direct lord lieutenant to cause special constables to be sworn in, id. To exemption allowed, id. ustices may make regulations respecting special constables, id. May remove them for misconduct, id. Powers of special constables, id. special constables may act in adjoining county in certain cases, id. Refusing to take oath of office, &c. id. Refusing to serve, or disobeying orders, i. 944 Power to discontinue services of constables called out, id. Votifying same to secretary of state, &c. id. Special constables to deliver staves, id. Assaulting or resisting constables, id. special constables not to gain settlement, i. 945 Nor be exempt from militia, id. CONSTABLES-continued. V. Special Constables-continued. Special sessions may order allowances to special constables, i. 945 Such allowances to be paid out of county rate, id. Mode of payment in places not contributing Power to adjourn special session, &c. id. Inhabitants competent witnesses, id. Form of conviction, i. 946 Party not a trespasser ab initio, id. of act, id. Notice of action, id. Certificate of costs, id. The 5 & 6 Will. VI. c. 43, i. 947 Persons may act as special constables in other parishes than those in which they reside, id. The 1 & 2 Vict. c. 80, id. Whenever appointment of special constables has been occasioned by behaviour of persons employed upon public works, expenses thereof shall be paid by companies carrying on such works, id. Secretary of state may reduce excessive orders, i. 948 Amount ordered and allowed may be recovered by distress, id. VI. Constables in Boroughs. See CORPORA VIII. Forms as to. Appointment of special petty sessions for Order of special session for the union of pa- Information against constable refusing to be Justices' orders for fees and allowances to Appointment of paid constables, i. 955 Indictment against a petty constable for not The like, where defendant was elected at a Warrant from high constable to petty con- Constable's presentment pursuant to the CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES, v. 1167 CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION, &c. in lar- CONSUL, certificate of, not evidence, ii. 406 CONTEMPT. See ATTACHMENT, ORDER. CONTINUANCES, not amendable, i. 149 CONVICTION. Observations on justice's power to convict, i. Summary of the course of proceeding, id. CONVICTION—continued. I. The Information before Conviction. When information necessary, i. 961 One justice may receive the information, &c. Adjudication may be enforced by either of Magistrate refusing to receive information, Against whom it may be laid, id. Oath to support information, id. When must be in writing, id. of time of laying information, id. Name and authority of the magistrate, id. Variance not material, id. Statement of place where offence committed, The evidence itself must be fully set forth, i. 992 Exceptions in evidence, id. Justices must use their discretion, id. The evidence set forth must be sufficient to warrant conviction, id. Suffices if reasonably sufficient to support conviction, i. 994 Statement of the adjournment, i. 995 Must be certain, id. Judgment for too little or too much, bad, id. Must be warranted by statute, id. Formal words of, id. Of punishment, id. General form of information on a penal statute, i. 1004 The like, stating several offences, id. General form of a summons directed to constable, id. General form of a summons directed to the defendant himself, i. 1005 Summons of a witness, id. General form of conviction where the de fendant appears and pleads, or refuses to make a defence, id. Award of costs in conviction, id. Conviction where imprisonment or hard labour is added, id. The like, where the penalty is mitigated, Piracy of designs, id. Recovery of penalties for piracy, id. Proviso as to action for damages, i. 1011 Registration may in some cases be canceled or amended, id. Penalty for wrongfully using marks denoting a registered design, id. Limitation of actions, id. Justices may order payment of costs in cases of summary proceeding, i. 1012 Registrar, &c. of designs to be appointed, Certificate of registration of design, id. Penalty for wrongfully using marks denoting a registered design, id. Floor or oil cloths included in class six, id. Certain provisions of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 100, to apply to this act, id. Appointment of registrar, &c. id. Discretionary power as to registry vested in the registrar, id. Inspection of index of titles of designs, &c. i4. Interpretation of act, i. 1016 Schedules to the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 100, id. COPPER, Stealing of, iii. 1130, 1134 CORDAGE FOR SHIPPING. See SursSTORES. |