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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
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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
damage
the wrongdoer liable NOTE: Treble damages are recoverable where authorized by statute and are usually imposed as a punishment. 3 pl : losses for which damages are recoverable [did not incur s, because he was unlikely to
Compounding
the return of things stolen by an advertisement representing that no questions will be asked, etc., incurs a penalty of 50l. (Larceny Act, 1861, s. 102) Where it is an implied term of an agreement that there
Brawling
c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are made liable to a penalty of not more than 5l., or imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, See Matthews v. King,
H'retico comburendo, De
H'retico comburendo, De, an ancient common law writ against a heretic, who having been convicted of heresy by the bishop, abjured it, and afterwards fell into the same again, or some other, and was thereupon delivered...
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