Parliamentary Papers

LIST OF OFFences dealt wITH SUMMARILY-(b) NON-INDICTABLE

168. Sunday trading, &c. :

OFFENCES-continued.

Persons meeting out of their own parishes for sports and pastimes, or engaging in unlawful games and sports in their own parishes on the Lord's Day.-Sunday Observance Act, 1625.

Carrier, drover, &c., travelling on Sunday; butchers killing or selling any victual on Sunday.-Sunday Observance Act, 1627. Any tradesman, workman, &c., exercising his ordinary calling, or any person crying or exposing goods for sale on the Lord's Day. Sunday Observance Act, 1677, sec. 1.

Drover, waggoner, &c., travelling, or any person travelling by boat, &c., on the Lord's Day.-Ibid., sec. 2.

Baker making bread, &c., on the Lord's Day or selling or delivering bread, &c., or baking meat or victuals after 1.30 p.m. on the Lord's Day.-Bread Act, 1836, sec. 14.

169. Tramways Acts, offences against :

Offences against the Tramways Act, 1870, secs. 47, 49 to 51, 53, and 54. Also similar offences against private Acts.

170. Unlawful possession :

Having in possession anything reasonably suspected of being stolen
or unlawfully obtained, and not giving a satisfactory account
of same.-Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839, sec. 24.
Being in possession of, or offering for sale, shipwrecked goods, and
not satisfactorily accounting for same.-Larceny Act, 1861,
secs. 65 and 66.

Dealer in old metals being in possession of old metals stolen or un-
lawfully obtained.-Old Metal Dealers Act, 1861, sec. 4.

Being in unlawful possession of His Majesty's stores, and not satis-
factorily accounting for same.-Public Stores Act, 1875, secs.
7 and 9.

Searching for stores near His Majesty's ships, &c., without authority.
-Ibid., sec. 8.

Offences against similar provisions in Local Acts.

171. Vaccination Acts, offences against :

All offences under the Vaccination Acts, 1867 to 1907.
(But not proceedings to obtain Orders to vaccinate.)

Vagrancy Acts, offences against* :

172. Begging

Wandering abroad or being in any street, &c., to beg or gather alms, or causing or procuring any child so to do.-Vagrancy Act, 1824, sec. 3.

173. Sleeping out—

Wandering abroad and lodging in any barn, outhouse, deserted or unoccupied building, &c., or in the open air, &c., not having any visible means of subsistence.-Ibid., sec. 4.

174. Gaming, &c.—

Playing or betting in any public place, &c., at or with any table or instrument, or with coins, cards, &c., at any game or pretended game of chance.-Vagrant Act Amendment Act, 1873, sec. 3.

175. Found in inclosed premises, possessing picklocks, &c.—

Being on inclosed premises for an unlawful purpose.-Vagrancy
Act, 1824, sec. 4.

Having in possession a picklock or other implement with intent to
break into any premises.-Ibid.

• Persons adjudged to be Incorrigible Rogues (Vagrancy Act, 1824, sec. 5) are included against the heading for the offence of which they are convicted.

LIST OF OFFENCES DEALT WITH SUMMARILY-(b) NON-INDICTABLE OFFENCES-continued.

Vagrancy Acts, offences against*-continued.

176. Frequenting

Any suspected person or reputed thief frequenting a public place with intent to commit felony.-Vagrancy Act, 1824, sec. 4.

177. Living on prostitute's earnings—

Any male person who lives on the earnings of prostitution, or controls, or directs prostitution, or in any public place persistently solicits or importunes for immoral purposes.-Vagrancy Act, 1898, and Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, sec. 7 (1) and (2).

Any female person, for purposes of gain, controlling, directing, &c., a prostitute to aid, compel, &c., her prostitution.-Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, sec. 7 (4).

178. Other offences

Any petty chapman or pedlar trading without a licence.Vagrancy Act, 1824, sec. 3. (Offences against the Pedlars Act, 1871, are entered against the general heading of "Other offences' at the end of the Tables.)

Any person professing or pretending to tell fortunes or using any means, by palmistry, or otherwise, to deceive persons.-Ibid., sec. 4.

Wilfully exposing in any public place, shop window, &c., any obscene print, picture, or other indecent exhibition.— Ibid. Wandering abroad and exposing wounds or deformities to obtain alms. Ibid.

Collecting alms or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions under fraudulent pretence.— Ibid.

179. Weights and Measures Acts, offences against :

All offences against the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1926,
and Regulations and Byelaws made thereunder.
Offences against the Cran Measures Act, 1908.

180. Wild Birds Protection Acts, offences against :-
Offences against the following enactments :—
Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908.
Sand-Grouse Protection Act, 1888.
Protection of Birds Act, 1925.

181. Other offences:

All offences triable summarily not included under any of the above heads.

Cases of attempting to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring the commission of any of the above offences are included under the heading of the offence.

• Persons adjudged to be Incorrigible Roques (Vagrancy Act, 1824, sec. 5) are included against the heading for the offence of which they are convicted.

INDEX.

Note.-Particular crimes and offences, such as forgery, assault, &c., are not indexed separately, but references to the pages which contain the statistics of each crime or offence will be found under the general heads "Offences, Indictable' and "Offences, Non-Indictable."

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