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Metals, dealers in old

of the other metals above mentioned, is guilty of an offence against the Act, and liable to a penalty not exceeding 5l. See also (English) Public Stores Act, 1875, ss. 9, 10, and 11 and Public Health

False pretence, obtaining property

into, or used or dealt with as, a valuable security; shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding five years. In order to be convicted under

Birth, Concealing

use assistance in the birth, and if the child is found dead or not found at all, the punishment is imprisonment, not exceeding two years.

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Five-mile Act

Five-mile Act, 35 Eliz. c. 2,whereby popish recusants, convicted for not going to church, were compelled to repair to their usual place of abode, and not to remove above five miles from thence, repealed (after long...

Prostitute

allows them to remain longer than is necessary for the purpose of obtaining reasonable refreshment, liable to a penalty under the Licensing Act, 1910, s. 76. A man who lives on the earnings of prostitution may be

Lottery

to be contrary to law; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1802 (42 Geo. 3, c. 119), imposes a penalty of 500l. on any person keeping any place for any lottery' not authorized by Parliament' for as lotteries

Stolen goods

and intimating that no questions will be asked without apprehension of the person returning the property, under a penalty of 50l. As to the crime of 'receiving' goods knowing them to have been stolen, see RECEIVER OF

Abusing children

Abusing children, having carnal intercourse with young girls. If the girl be under the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) years, the offences is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life; if the...

Burglary

defence of property is doubtful. By s. 7 of the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, 'no punishment or forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who shall kill another by misfortune or in his own

Black list

(1903) 1 KB 895], on a list kept by the police, and this renders him liable to a penalty on summary conviction for obtaining intoxicating liquor within three years, and the licensee or other person supplying him

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