years, to wit, of the age of under the age of years, and that there is now reasonable cause to suspect that the said M. S. is now unlawfully detained for immoral purposes at 1, North Street, in the parish of in the said county, within the meaning of section 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, by one S. R., of the said 1, North Street, the said 1, North Street, being within my jurisdiction as such justice of the peace, and it also appears to me, by the said information on oath, that there are facts which constitute reasonable cause for the belief of the said J. S. These are, therefore, in the name of our said Lady the Queen, to authorize and command you, with necessary and proper assistants, to enter, if need be by force, in the daytime into the said No. 1, North Street, there to search for the said M. S.; and if the said M. S. be found upon such search, to take to and detain her at - in a place of safety until she can be brought before one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, to be dealt with according to law. These two forms are drawn merely as specimens, and must be adapted to the circumstances of each particular case. If apprehension of offender is contemplated, a separate warrant is desirable; but if it is thought convenient, suitable words may be added to this form. See Sched. I., 8 & 9 Vict. c. 109, for form of such a warrant. HUSBAND AND WIFE AS WITNESSES. The following is a list of instances where a defendant and the husband or wife are competent witnesses upon a criminal charge:Treason The husband and wife of the prisoner, but this is extremely doubtful (see Best on Evidence, 4th ed. 249). 35 & 36 Vict. c. 76, s. 63, sub-sect. 4 (Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872) "May, if he think fit, be sworn and examined as an ordinary witness." 35 & 36 Vict. c. 77, s. 34, sub-sect. 4 (The Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872)— "May, if he think fit, be sworn and examined as an ordinary witness." 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94, s. 51, sub-sect. 4 (Licensing Act, 1872)— ' "The defendant and his wife shall be competent to give evidence." 38 & 39 Vict. c. 63, s. 21 (Food and Drugs Act, 1875)— "The defendant may, if he think fit, tender himself and his wife to be examined on his behalf, and he or she shall, if he so desire, be examined accordingly." 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, ss. 4, 5, 6, 11 (Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875) "The respective parties to the contract of service, their husbands or wives, shall be deemed and considered as competent witnesses." 38 & 39 Vict. c. 17, s. 87 (Explosives Act, 1875)— "May, if he think fit, be sworn and examined as an ordinary witness in the case." 39 & 40 Vict. c. 80, s. (Merchant Shipping Act, 1876)— "May give evidence in the same manner witness." 40 Vict. c. 14 (Evidence Amendment Act, 1877)— as any other "The defendant and the wife or husband of any such defendant shall be admissible witnesses, and compellable to give evidence." H 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58, s. 156, sub-sect. 3 (Army Act, 1881) "Person charged, and the wife or husband of such person may, if he or she think fit, be sworn and examined as an ordinary witness in the case." 44 & 45 Vict. c. 75, s. 16 (The Married Women's Property Act, 1882). 46 Vict. c. 3, s. 4 (The Explosive Substances Act, 1883)— "Defendant and his wife or husband, as the case may be, may, if such person thinks fit, be called, sworn, examined, and crossexamined as an ordinary witness in the case." 46 & 47 Vict. c. 51, s. 53 (Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1883)— "Defendant and the husband or wife of such person may, if he or she think fit, be examined as an ordinary witness in the case." 47 Vict. c. 14 (The Married Women's Property Act Amendment Act, 1884) "The husband and wife respectively shall be competent and admissible witnesses, and except when defendant, compellable to give evidence." It is observed that with the exception of the first of these, the offences charged are not of the same serious character as those under this Act. forcible, of any woman, with intent to marry of girl under 18, with intent to have carnal knowledge ABORTION, absence of prisoner, when poison, to produce, was - 26 60 99 99 99 - 100 56 - 100 ACCOMPLICE, corroboration of girl under 13 and under 16 ACTING, in management of premises, under section 6 ADMINISTERING a drug to a woman with intent to stupefy ADMIRALTY, offences within jurisdiction of AGE, belief as to girl under, section 6 - ditto AFFIRMATION, in lieu of oath, for search warrant PAGE AIDING AND ABETTING, by girl under 13, to offence under APPAREL, wearing, withholding when a detention, under APPEAL to Court of Appeal, from appointment of guardian at assizes from summary conviction APPENDIX, statutes in full in : 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, ss. 9, 12 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94 APPLYING drug for purpose of carnal connexion ASLEEP, rape upon woman BOY under 14, presumption as to impotency BREACH OF PROMISE of marriage, corroboration in 71 75 95 Appendix Appendix |
