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CONSTABLES-continued.

IV. County and District Constables-contd.
Not to extend to the Isle of Ely, i.924
Act to be construed with act of last session, id.
Local constables may vote and hold any
office for gain, id.

(2.) How and for what Districts appointed—
Incorporated Boroughs exempted.
Quarter sessions may report to secretary of
state necessity of additional appointment
of constables, id.

Limitation of numbers, id.

Alteration of number of constables, i. 925
Notice of proceedings under this act to be
inserted in notices now required by law, id.
Defining nature of notice, id.

Constables may be appointed for separate
divisions, id.

Justices may form any number of parishes,
containing not less than 25,000 inhabitants,
into a division for the purposes of this act, id.
Formation of police districts, id.

Each police district to pay for its own con-
stables, i. 926

Constables subject to duty in any part of the
county, as if no districts had been made, id.
Certain liberties, &c. considered as forming
parts of counties for purposes of act, id.
Outlying districts may be transferred from
one county to another, id.
Exemption of borough towns, id.
Boroughs may agree to consolidate their
police with county police, i. 927
Government of consolidated police, id.
(3.) Police Rate, how levied and collected.
Rates to be made on each division where
there are constables, may be increased,
i. 927

Regulations as to county rate to apply to the
increased rates levied thereby, i. 928
Treasurer to keep separate accounts of the
rates levied under act, id.

So much of 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93, as directs ex-
penses to be paid out of county rate, re-
pealed, id.

Justices in general or quarter sessions to
make a police rate, id.

How property rateable is to be valued, i. 929
Police rate to be levied with the county rate,
id.

Contributions on account of liberties and de-

tached parts of counties, id.

How treasurer of such other county or liberty
shall be reimbursed, id.

In case of default, or other good cause,

amount

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(5.) PettyConstables, Local Constables and addi
tional Constables at the Cast of Individual
Chief constable to appoint the petty consta
bles and superintendents, i. 931
Appointment of local constables, i. 932
Oath of local constable, id.
Additional constables may be appointed"
the cost of individuals, id.
Discontinuance thereof, id.

(6.) Rules for the Government of-Neglent
Duty-Resignation—Dismissal - det

trements-Station Houses-Returns.
Rules for their government, pay, &c.

made by the secretary of state, i. 932
Penalty on constables for neglect of d
i. 933

Constables not to resign without leav
notice, id.

Constables dismissed to deliver up acc
ments, &c. id.

Penalty on unlawful possession of ace

ments, and assuming dress of constabl
Penalty on publicans harbouring cons!

during the hours of duty, id.
Station houses and strong rooms to
vided, id.

Money may be borrowed on credit ofj
rates, i. 934

Chief constable to furnish to clerk of
a monthly return of disposition and
ber of constabulary force, id.
Monthly returns of force to be made, i
(7.) Authority of — Disabilities — Exet
from Toli.

Constables to have the authority of
constables under 1 & 2 Will, IV.
i. 934

Constables disqualified from voting at
elections, id.

Constables appointed under act not

cise other employment, &c. i. 935
Not to prevent constables from receivin
pay, id.

Horses, &c. in service of police est

from toll, id.

(8.) Fees and Allowances-Superannuat
Allowances for necessary expenses, i
Fees and allowances for special service
Accounts of allowances to be kept, i.:
Superannuation fund to be provided f
stables, id.

Rates of allowance from the said fund
(9.) Warrants of Commitment, how en
i. 936

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.
Provision for outstanding debts, id.

4) Practical Directions.-The Criminal Duties of Constables generally, and the Manner of executing them, i. 939

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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
to county rate, id.

Power to adjourn special session, &c. id.
Time for prosecutions under act, id.
Application of penalties, id.

Inhabitants competent witnesses, id.
Payment of penalties, and mode of levying
same, &c. id.

Form of conviction, i. 946
No certiorari, &c. id.
Defects in form, id.

Party not a trespasser ab initio, id.
Venue in actions for thing done in pursuance

of act, id.

Notice of action, id.
General issue, &c. id.
Tender of amends, id.
Costs, 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

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VIII. Forms as to.

Appointment of special petty sessions for
naming parish constables, i. 952
Justices' precept to overseers, under 5 & 6
Vict. c. 109, s. 2, i. 953

Order of special session for the union of pa-
rishes or extra-parochial places, id.
Choice of parish constables, id.
Summons to constable to be sworn in, i. 954
Constable's oath, id.

Information against constable refusing to be
sworn, id.

Justices' orders for fees and allowances to
constables, id.

Appointment of paid constables, i. 955
Dismissal of, id.

Indictment against a petty constable for not
taking office after being chosen at a court
leet, id.

The like, where defendant was elected at a
vestry, i. 956

Warrant from high constable to petty con-
stable, &c. to make presentments at assizes,
id.

Constable's presentment pursuant to the
above warrant, i. 957

CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES, v. 1167

CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION, &c. in lar-
ceny, iii. 1087

CONSUL, certificate of, not evidence, ii. 406

CONTEMPT. See ATTACHMENT, ORDER.
power of justices to commit for, ii. 470; iii. 1046
power of sessions to commit for, v. 974

CONTINUANCES, not amendable, i. 149

CONVICTION.

Observations on justice's power to convict, i.
958

Summary of the course of proceeding, id.

CONVICTION—continued.

I. The Information before Conviction.
What, i. 960

When information necessary, i. 961
Time when to be laid, id.
Who to be informer, i. 962
Before whom to be laid, id.

One justice may receive the information, &c.
where two or more justices, &c. are em-
powered to convict, id.

Adjudication may be enforced by either of
county justices or any other justice for
same county, id.

Magistrate refusing to receive information,
i. 963

Against whom it may be laid, id.
Several offences, id.

Oath to support information, id.
Form of, id.

When must be in writing, id.
Statement of oath, i. 964

of time of laying information, id.
of place where laid, id.
Name of informer, i. 965
Where information laid by or at instance of
third party, id.

Name and authority of the magistrate, id.
Name and description of offender, id.
Statement of time of committing offence,
i. 966

Variance not material, id.

Statement of place where offence committed,

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The evidence itself must be fully set forth, i. 992

Exceptions in evidence, id.
Evidence for defence, i. 993
Irrelevant evidence, id.

Justices must use their discretion, id.
Mandamus to set forth the evidence, id.
Information for not setting it forth, 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
Statement of the adjudication, id.

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.

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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,

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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,
Registrar's duties, id.

Certificate of registration of design, id.
Inspection of registered designs, i. 1013
Application of fees of registration, id.
Penalty for extortion, id.
Interpretation of act, id.
The 6 & 7 Vict. c. 65, id.
Grant of copyright, id.
Conditions of copyright, 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.
Registrar's duties, i. 1015
Drawings, 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.

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