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Beggars. Begging in a pubic place is an offence of an 'idle and disorderly person' within the meaning of the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824, s. 3 (5), and endeavouring anywhere to obtain alms by exposure of wounds, an offence of a 'rogue and vagabond' within s. 4 (5) of that Act (see VAGRANT). Procuring a child to beg in a public place is an offence against s. 14 of the (English) Children Act, 1908, and see the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1932 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 4.