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the carnal knowledge shall be deemed complete upon proof of penetration only. XIX. And be it enacted, that where any woman shall have any interest, Forcible abwhether legal or equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional, or con- duction of a tingent, in any real or personal estate, or shall be an heiress presumptive or woman on acnext of kin to any one having such interest, if any person shall, from motives count of her of lucre, take away or detain such woman against her will, with intent to fortune, with marry or defile her, or to cause her to be married or defiled by any other per- intent to son, every such offender, and every person counselling, aiding, or abetting marry her, &c. such offender, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for life, or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding four years.

XX. And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause Unlawful abto be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of duction of a the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other girl from her person having the lawful care or charge of her, every such offender shall be parents or guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to suffer guardians. such punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall

award.

XXI. And be it enacted, that if any person shall maliciously, either by force Child-stealor fraud, lead or take away, or decoy or entice away, or detain, any child un- ing. der the age of ten years, with intent to deprive the parent or parents, or any other person having the lawful care or charge of such child, of the possession of such child, or with intent to steal any article upon or about the person of such child, to whomsoever such article may belong; or if any person shall, with any such intent as aforesaid, receive or harbour any such child, knowing the same to have been, by force or fraud, led, taken, decoyed, enticed away, or detained as hereinbefore mentioned; every such offender, and every person counselling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years, and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment: provided always, Not to extend that no person who shall have claimed to be the father of an illegitimate child, to fathers takor to have any right to the possession of such child, shall be liable to be pro- ing their illesecuted by virtue hereof, on account of his getting possession of such child, gitimate childor taking such child out of the possession of the mother, or any other person having the lawful charge thereof.

ren.

XXII. And be it enacted, that if any person, being married, shall marry any Bigamy. other person during the life of the former husband or wife, whether the second marriage shall have taken place in England or elsewhere, every such offender, and every person counselling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years; and any such offence may be dealt with, enquired of, Place of trial. tried, determined, and punished in the county where the offender shall be apprehended or be in custody, as if the offence had been actually committed in

that county provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to Exceptions. any second marriage contracted out of England by any other than a subject of his Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time, whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time, or shall extend to any person who at the time of such second marriage shall have been divorced from the bond of the first marriage, or to any person whose former marriage shall have been declared void by the sentence of any Court of competent jurisdiction.

XXIII. And be it enacted, that if any person shall arrest any clergyman Arresting a upon any civil process, while he shall be performing divine service, or shall, clergyman with the knowledge of such person, be going to perform the same, or return during divine ing from the performance thereof, every such offender shall be guilty of a mis- service. demeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall suffer such punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award.

Punishment

for assaults on officers, &c.

for their endeavours to save shipwrecked property.

Assaults with

intent to commit felony; Assaults on

peace officers; or to prevent the arrest of offenders; or in pursuance of a conspiracy to raise wages; punishable with hard labour.

Assault on any seaman, &c. to prevent him

from working;

Assaults with intent to obstruct the

XXIV. And be it enacted, that if any person shall assault and strike or wound any magistrate, officer, or other person whatsoever lawfully authorized, 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, every such offender, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for such term as the Court shall award.

XXV. And be it enacted, that where any person shall be charged with and convicted of any of the following offences as misdemeanors; that is to say, of any assault with intent to commit felony; of any assault upon any peace officer or revenue officer in the due execution of his duty, or upon any person acting in aid of such officer; of any assault upon any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of the party so assaulting, or of any other person, for any offence for which he or they may be liable by Jaw to be apprehended or detained; or of any assault committed in pursuance of any conspiracy to raise the rate of wages; in any such case the Court may sentence the offender to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years, and may also (if it shall so think fit) fine the offender, and require him to find sureties for keeping the peace.

XXVI. And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully and with force hinder any seaman, keelman, or caster from working at or exercising his lawful trade, business, or occupation, or shall beat, wound, or use any other violence to him, with intent to deter or hinder him from working at or exercising the same; or if any person shall beat, wound, or use any other violence to any person, with intent to deter or hinder him from selling or buying any wheat or other grain, flour, meal, or malt, in any market or other place, or shali beat, wound, or use any other violence to any person having the care or charge of any wheat or other grain, flour, meal, or malt, whilst on its way to or from any city, market town, or other place, with intent to stop the conveyance of the same, every such offender may be convicted thereof before two justices of the peace, and imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common gaol or gistrates, with house of correction, for any term not exceeding three calendar months: proimprisonment vided always, that no person, who shall be punished for any such offence by not exceeding virtue of this provision, shall be punished for the same offence by virtue of three months. any other law whatsoever.

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XXVII. And whereas it is expedient that a summary power of punishing persons for common assaults and batteries should be provided under the limitations hereinafter mentioned; be it therefore enacted, that where any person shall unlawfully assault or beat any other person, it shall be lawful for two justices of the peace, upon complaint of the party aggrieved, to hear and determine such offence, and the offender, upon conviction thereof before them, shall forfeit and pay such fine as shall appear to them to be meet, not exceeding, together with costs (if ordered,) the sum of five pounds, which fine shall be paid to some one of the overseers of the poor, or to some other officer of the parish, township, or place in which the offence shall have been committed, to be by such overseer or officer paid over to the use of the general rate of the ceenty, riding, or division in which such parish, township, or place shall be situate, whether the same shall or shail not contribute to such general rate; and the evidence of any inhabitant of the county, riding, or division shall be admitted in proof of the offence, notwithstanding such application of the fine incurred thereby; and if such fine as shall be awarded by the said justices, tegether with the costs (if ordered,) shail not be paid, either immediately after the conviction, or within such period as the said justices sä:il at the time of tle conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for them to commit the offender to the commen gael or house of correction, there to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two calendar mentis, unless such fine and costs be sooner paid; bat if the justices, upon the hearing of any such case of assault or battery, shall deem the once not to be proved, er Stall Lad the assault or battery to have Seen jest dod, or so trilling as not to mend any punishment, and shall accordingly dismiss the compla, 8, they sha i forthwith make out a certificate nader läbir ha is stating the fact of such d serissal, and Gail deliver such cert lente to the party against whom the complaint was preferred.

XXVII. And be it enacted, That if any person agilast whom any suh

complaint shall have been preferred for any common assault or battery, shall have obtained such certificate as aforesaid, or having been convicted shall have paid the whole amount adjudged to be paid under such conviction, or shall have suffered the imprisonment awarded for non-payment thereof, in every such case he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause.

XXIX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in case the justices shall find the assault or battery complained of to have been accompanied by any attempt to commit felony, or shall be of opinion that the same is, from any other circumstance, a fit subject for a prosecution by indictment, they shall abstain from any adjudication thereupon, and shall deal with the case in all respects in the same manner as they would have done before the passing of this act: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall authorize any justices of the peace to hear and determine any case of assault or battery in which any question shall arise as to the title to any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest therein or accruing therefrom, or as to any bankruptcy or insolvency, or any execution under the process of any court of justice.

XXX. And be it enacted, That if any master of a merchant vessel shall, during his being abroad, force any man on shore, or wilfully leave him behind in any of his Majesty's colonies or elsewhere, or shall refuse to bring home with him again all such of the men whom he carried out with him, as are in a condition to return when he shall be ready to proceed on his homeward-bound voyage, every such master shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being lawfully convicted thereof, shall be imprisoned for such term as the Court shall award; and all such offences may be prosecuted by indictment or by information, at the suit of his Majesty's Attorney-General, in the Court of King's Bench, and may be alleged in the indictment or information to have been committed at Westminster in the county of Middlesex; and the said Court is hereby authorized to issue one or more commissions, if necessary, for the examination of witnesses abroad; and the depositions taken under the same shall be received in evidence on the trial of every such indictment or information.

Such certificate or con

viction shall

be a bar to
any other pro-

ceedings.
These provi-

sions not to apply to ag

gravated

cases, &c.

Punishment for the master of a merchant vessel forcing a seaman on shore, or refusing to

bring him home.

Mode of trial,

&c.

XXXI. And be it enacted, That every accessory before the fact to any fe- Provision for lony punishable under this act, for whom no punishment has been herein- accessories to before provided, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be trans- offences aported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less gainst this than seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the act. common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years; and every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under this act (except murder) shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years; and every person who shall counsel, aid, or abet the commission of any misdemeanor punishable under this act, shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as a principal offender.

XXXII. And be it enacted, That all indictable offences mentioned in this As to offences act, which shall be committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of against this England, shall be deemed to be offences of the same nature, and liable to the act committed same punishments, as if they had been committed upon the land in England, at sea. and may be dealt with, enquired of, tried, and determined in the same man- Not to affect ner as any other offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty the laws relatof England: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall alter or ing to the affect any of the laws relating to the government of his Majesty's land or na- forces. val forces.

XXXIII. And for the more effectual prosecution of offences punishable Provision for upon summary conviction by virtue of this act, be it enacted, That where offences aany person shall be charged on the oath of a credible witness before any jus- gainst this tice of the peace with any such offence, the justice may summon the person act punishcharged to appear before any two justices of the peace at a time and place to able on sumbe named in such summons, and if he shall not appear accordingly, then mary convic (upon proof of the due service of the summons upon such person by delivering the same to him) the justices may either proceed to hear and determine the case ex parte, or may issue their warrant for apprehending such person and bringing him before them; or the justice before whom the charge shall be

tion.

Time for summary proceedings.

Form of conviction.

No certiorari, &c.

Not to repeal any act relating to high treason, the revenue, or combinations.

Not to extend to Scotland or Ireland.

ADDENDA, &c. TO VOL. I.

made may (if he shall so think fit) issue such warrant in the first instance, without any previous summons.

XXXIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the prosecution for every offence punishable on summary conviction by virtue of this act shall be commenced within three calendar months after the commission of the offence, and not otherwise.

XXXV. And be it enacted, That the justices before whom any person shall be summarily convicted of any offence against this act may cause the conviction to be drawn up in the following form of words, or in any other form of words to the same effect, as the case shall require; (that is to say,)

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XXXVI. And be it enacted, That no such conviction shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of his Majesty's superior courts of record; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.

XXXVII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall affect or alter any act, so far as it relates to the crime of high treason, or to any branch of the public revenue, or shall affect or alter any act for the prevention of smuggling, or any part of the act passed in the sixth year of the present reign, intituled " An act to repeal the laws relating to the combination of workmen, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof.

XXXVIII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to Scotland or Ireland.

ADDENDA, &c.

TO

VOLUME THE SECOND.

7 & 8 GEO. IV. c. 27.

An Act for repealing various Statutes in England relative to the Be-
nefit of Clergy, and to Larceny and other Offences connected there-
with, and to malicious Injuries to Property, and to Remedies against
the Hundred.
[21st June 1827.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal various statutes now in force in that part of the United Kingdom called England, relative to the benefit of clergy; and it is also expedient to repeal various statutes relative to larceny, and other offences of stealing, and to burglary, robbery, and threats for the purpose of robbery or of extortion, and to embezzlement, false pretences, and the receipt of stolen property, in order that the provisions contained in those statutes may be amended and consolidated into one act; and it is also expedient with the same view to repeal various statutes relative to malicious injuries to property; and also with the same view to repeal various statutes relative to remedies against the hundred: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That so much of a charter or statute made in the ninth year of the reign of king Henry the Third, commonly called Charta de 9 H. 3. st. 2. Foresta, as relates to the punishment for taking the King's venison; and so c. 10. much of a statute made at Westminster in the third year of the reign of king 3 Ed. 1. c. 2 Edward the First, as relates to clerks taken for guilty of felony, and to tres- & 20. passers in parks and ponds; and so much of a statute made at Westminster in the thirteenth year of the same reign, as ordains that the towns near adjoin- 13 Ed. 1. st. 1. ing shall be distrained to levy at their own cost a hedge or dyke overthrown, c. 46. and to yield damages; and the whole of a statute made in the same year, intituled" Statutum Winton," except so much thereof as forbids fairs and markets being kept in churchyards; and a statute made in the twenty-first year of 21 Ed. 1. st. 2. the same reign, intituled "Statutum de Malefactoribus in Parcis ;" and so

13 Ed. 1. st. 2.

much of a statute made in the first year of the reign of king Edward the 1 Ed. 3. st. 1.

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