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Poaching

years, or imprisonment with hard labour for not more than three years; see Night Poaching Act, 1828. Any constable, in any highway, etc., may search any person whom he may have good cause to suspect of coming

Misconduct

the scope of the statute and the public purpose it seeks to serve, State of Punjab v. Ex. Constable Ram Singh, AIR 1992 SC 2188: (1992) 4 SCC 54: (1992) 3 SCR 634.The word 'misconduct' is antithesis

Public meeting

of a like offence. (And as amended by the Public Order Act, 1936, s. 6). (3) If any constable reasonably suspects any person of committing an offence under the foregoing provisions of this section, he may if

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Musician, London

enacts that any householder within the metropolitan police district, personally, or by his servant, or by any police constable, may require any street musician or street singer to depart from the neighbourhood of the house of such

Hue and Cry

pursuing with horn and voice felons and such as have dangerously wounded another. It may be raised by constables, or private persons, or both. If the constable or peace officer concur in the pursuit, he has the

Petty Constables

Petty Constables, inferior officers is every town and parish, subordinate to the high constable of the hundred. See CONSTABLE.

Pr'positus vill'

Pr'positus vill', a constable of a town, or petty constable.

Headborough

Headborough, the head of a borough; a constable. See CONSTABLE

Arrest

under a warrant from a magistrate-are as follows:- 1. At Common Law.--A peace officer, i.e., a sheriff, coroner, constable, or any justice of the peace, may arrest for felony, attempted felony, or on reasonable suspicion of felony,

Constabulary

Of or pertaining to constables consisting of constables

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