Parliamentary Papers, 45. köideH.M. Stationery Office, 1848 |
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Page 135 - ... notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action...
Page 61 - ... and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing ; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.
Page 118 - ... every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting any river, canal, or navigable stream, dock, or basin, or any quay, wharf, or warehouse near or adjoining thereto, or any street, highway, or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent, with intent to commit felony...
Page 44 - ... every person wandering abroad, or placing himself or herself in any public place, street, highway, court, or passage, to beg or gather alms...
Page 32 - Statute shall be understood to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page 136 - ... and give this act, and the special matter, in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act...
Page 12 - ... name and place of abode of the person who is to bring such action, and the name and place of abode of the attorney or agent...
Page 35 - ... device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose on any of his Majesty's subjects ; every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or out-house, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself...
Page 31 - ... may be in the form or to the effect set forth in the schedule hereto...
Page 118 - ... correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one calendar month.