The Law Relating to Riots and Unlawful Assemblies: Together with a View of the Duties and Powers of Magistrates, Police Officers, Special Constables, the Military, and Private Individuals, for Their Suppression; and a Summary of the Law as to Actions Against the Hundred |
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... , which may be considered as a punishment inflicted upon the community at large , for having permitted a violent breach of the law . MIDDLE TEMPLE , March 25 , 1848 . THE LAW RELATING TO RIOTS . CHAPTER I. RIOTS AT xii INTRODUCTION .
... , which may be considered as a punishment inflicted upon the community at large , for having permitted a violent breach of the law . MIDDLE TEMPLE , March 25 , 1848 . THE LAW RELATING TO RIOTS . CHAPTER I. RIOTS AT xii INTRODUCTION .
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... breach of the peace . ( Dalt . c . 137. ) On this prin- ciple , it was recently decided ( Perry v . Fitzhowe , 15 L. J. 239. Q. B. ) that a man has no right to attempt to remove a house which is an incroachment upon a public common ...
... breach of the peace . ( Dalt . c . 137. ) On this prin- ciple , it was recently decided ( Perry v . Fitzhowe , 15 L. J. 239. Q. B. ) that a man has no right to attempt to remove a house which is an incroachment upon a public common ...
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... breach of the peace . Very slight evidence indeed seems to be necessary in such case , as for instance , where parties meet with the intention of aiding , encouraging , and abetting a prize fight , which is clearly illegal , and a breach ...
... breach of the peace . Very slight evidence indeed seems to be necessary in such case , as for instance , where parties meet with the intention of aiding , encouraging , and abetting a prize fight , which is clearly illegal , and a breach ...
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... breach of the peace ; assault may be committed without any actual blow in- flicted , as , for instance , by pointing a loaded gun at a person , or doing any act indicating an intention to use violence . There might be an attempt to ...
... breach of the peace ; assault may be committed without any actual blow in- flicted , as , for instance , by pointing a loaded gun at a person , or doing any act indicating an intention to use violence . There might be an attempt to ...
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... breach of the peace . In this case , all are principals . " The jury , indeed , in the particular case found a ver- dict for the plaintiff ; but that was because some of them thought that the riot was over , and others that the ...
... breach of the peace . In this case , all are principals . " The jury , indeed , in the particular case found a ver- dict for the plaintiff ; but that was because some of them thought that the riot was over , and others that the ...
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Page 92 - ... findings of the court shall be entered in a book or books, to be kept for that purpose, and known as the "Juvenile Record," and the court may for convenience be called the "Juvenile Court.
Page 42 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 97 - Crown, shall, within the Realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim or wounding, imprisonment or restraint...
Page 105 - Ireland, duly registered or recorded ; or any house, stable, coach-house, out-house, warehouse, office, shop, mill, malt-house, hop-oast, barn, or granary, or any building or erection used in carrying on any trade or manufacture, or any branch thereof...
Page 105 - ... or other engine for sinking, draining, or working any mine, or any staith, building, or erection used in conducting the business of any mine, or any bridge, waggonway, or trunk for conveying minerals from any mine, shall be feloniously demolished, pulled down, or destroyed, wholly or in part...
Page 18 - Insurrections in order to throw down all inclosures, to alter the established law, or change religion, — to enhance the price of all labour, or to open all prisons, — all risings in order to effect these innovations, of a public and general concern, by an armed force, are, in construction of law, High Treason, within the clause of levying war...
Page 69 - Majesty's subjects ; and that, while I continue to hold the said office, I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law. So help me God.
Page 58 - ... every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting any river, canal or navigable stream, dock or basin, or any quay, wharf or warehouse near or adjoining Al'PENDlX. thereto, or nny street, highway or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway or place adjacent, with intent to commit felony...
Page 113 - King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in England relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith...
Page 60 - ... have all such powers and privileges, and be liable to all such duties and responsibilities, as any constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his constablewick...