JUSTICES' MANUAL AND POLICE GUIDE A SYNOPSIS OF OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY INDICTMENT DEFINITIONS OF CRIMES, MEANINGS OF LEGAL PHRASES, 91201 PREFACE THIS small volume is compiled for use by Justices of the Peace, the police, the legal profession, and the general public, as a handy and concise book of reference to the numerous acts and omissions which constitute offences punishable under the Common Law, and under the State, Commonwealth, and Imperial Statutes. The experience of the compiler in matters connected with the police an experience extending over a quarter of a century—has made him aware of the often-expressed desire of many members of the force for a compendiumi which would enable them to become more thoroughly acquainted with the multifarious duties imposed upon them by the laws which they help to administer. The penal portions of more than one hundred Acts of Parliament, a description of a number of Common Law misdemeanours, the definitions of various crimes and legal phrases, and general hints on evidence and procedure, together with other essential and useful information, have been arranged in alphabetical order, with cross-references; and the names and sections of the Acts from which extracts have been made are shown in each instance. Where the punishment for an offence is mentioned, the maximum is in each case stated. 620911 The definitions of crimes have been compiled from the best authorities-mainly from Hamilton and Addison's Crimes Act, 1900, and Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law; while a number of valuable hints to police officers have been adapted from Sir Howard Vincent's Police Code. The compiler gratefully acknowledges his obligations to the authors named, and to G. C Addison, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and Mr. W. M. Simpson, of Messrs. Beehag, Simpson, and Petrie, solicitors, for many valuable hints and suggestions. |