their trouble and loss of time therein in the cases aforesaid, namely: There may be allowed to prosecutors or witnesses £ s. d. being members of the profession of the law, or of medicine, if resident in the city, borough, parish, town, or place where the examination is taken, or within a distance not exceeding two miles from such place, for their loss of time and trouble in attending to give professional evidence on such examination, but not otherwise, a sum, in the discretion of the magistrate or magistrates, for each attendance not to exceed..... If such prosecutor or witness shall reside elsewhere, then the sum for the same not to exceed ..... And for mileage, a sum not to exceed 3d. per mile each way. To prosecutors and witnesses being constables attending the bench of magistrates where such examination is taken on any police duty, and to constables paid by salary, and attending from a distance not exceeding three miles, there shall be allowed ... Unless the magistrate or magistrates shall certify that there were special reasons for making an allowance, and shall specify such reasons upon his or their certificate, and then a sum not to exceed for each day... To prosecutors and witnesses being constables paid by salary, and not attending the magistrate or bench of magistrates on any police duty, for their trouble in attending such examination, from a distance greater than three miles, and not exceeding seven miles from the place where the examination is taken, a sum not to exceed for each day .... To the same if attending from a distance greater than seven miles from the place where the examination is taken, a sum not to exceed for each day..... To prosecutors and witnesses being constables paid by salary, if necessarily detained all night for the purposes of the examination, a sum for the night, not to exceed ... (The said allowances to prosecutors and wit- 0 10 6 1 1 0 Nil. 0 1 0 0 10 016 020 To prosecutors and witnesses being constables neces- £ s. d. (Unless the examining magistrate or magis- To prosecutors and witnesses being constables not To superintendents, inspectors, sergeants, and To prosecutors and witnesses being constables To prosecutors, and witnesses being constables To prosecutors and witnesses being constables, To prosecutors and witnesses not herein-before pro- .... (e) The Railway Regulation Act, 1844. Nil. 0 1 0 If resident elsewhere and beyond the distance of £ s. d. two miles, or if such prosecutors or witnesses shall be necessarily detained from home, for the purpose of the examination, more than four hours, a sum at the like discretion, not to exceed If they shall be necessarily detained from home more than six hours, then a sum at the like discretion, not to exceed When he or they shall reside at such a distance from the place of examination as to render it necessary that he or they shall sleep from home, then at the like discretion a sum for the night, not to exceed .... There may way 016 026 0 2 6 003 In pursuance of the power in me vested, I do make the following Rules and Regulations as to the rates and scales of payment of costs, expenses, and compensations to be allowed, or ordered to be paid, under the said Act of the seventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, and other the Acts of Parliament aforesaid, to prosecutors and witnesses attending courts of assize, oyer and terminer, jail delivery, general session of the peace, or any other courts having power to allow such costs, expenses, and compensation to prosecutors and witnesses, and persons attending such courts, in obedience to any recognizance or subpoena in cases of criminal prosecutions, for their trouble, loss of time, and travelling expenses in so attending. For the purpose aforesaid I do make, constitute, and appoint the following Rules and Regulations; (that is to say), there may be allowed: To prosecutors and witnesses, being members of the £ S. d. profession of the law or of medicine, attending to give professional evidence, but not otherwise, for their trouble, expenses, and loss of time, for each day they shall necessarily attend the Court to give professional evidence, a sum not to exceed..... 1 1 0 (f) As to this allowance, see the Regulations of December 21, 1895, printed at p. 263 below. B.R. S For each night the same as ordinary witnesses, and £ s. d. for mileage a sum not to exceed, per mile each way To prosecutors and witnesses, being constables and paid by salary, if resident in the city, borough, town, or place, where such Court is held, or within a distance not exceeding two miles of such place, a sum, in the discretion of the Court, not to exceed for each day 003 .. 0 1 0 If resident elsewhere, and if they shall attend from a greater distance than two miles, a sum, in the discretion of the Court, for each day not to exceed 0 1 6 To the same if they shall be necessarily detained all night for the purposes of the prosecution, a further sum for the night not to exceed .... ...(g) 0 2 0 If such prosecutors and witnesses shall be chief constables or superintendents attending from a distance greater than three miles, and they shall be necessarily detained all night for the purposes of the prosecution, instead of the foregoing allowances there may be allowed to them the same as ordinary witnesses. (The said allowances to prosecutors and witnesses, being constables paid by salary, are to be conditional on the same being applicable to their personal benefit.) To prosecutors and witnesses, being constables who To superintendents, inspectors, sergeants, and To prosecutors and witnesses, being constables nesses; To the same if paid by salary, and where they (9) This allowance was altered by the Regulations of February 14, 1863, printed at p. 261 below. (h) The Railway Regulation Act, 1844. To the same if paid by salary, when able £ s. d. To prosecutors and witnesses not herein-before pro- not to exceed To the same, if entitled to mileage, for each night they may be necessarily detained from home for the purposes of the prosecution at any assizes, session of jail delivery, or session of oyer and terminer, a sum not to exceed To the same for each night they may necessarily be To the same for mileage there may be allowed as If resident more than two miles from the Court 0 3 6 0 2 6 020 0 0 3 In computing the amount to be allowed for mileage, under any of the regulations herein contained, I do direct that no greater allowance be made than at the rate of 3d. per mile each way by the nearest available route. I also direct that no prosecutor or witness allowed for mileage under any of the regulations herein contained, shall be allowed for loss of time occasioned by his or her omission to avail himself or herself of a public conveyance, if available. I further direct that no prosecutor or witness be allowed, under any of the regulations aforesaid for his attendance, loss of time, trouble, or expenses, in more than one case on the same day. I further direct that no constable paid by salary be allowed for railway-fare not actually paid. (i) As to this allowance, see the Regulations of December 21, 1895, printed at p. 263 below. |