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London, what offences committed in, are not within jurisdic-
tion of quarter sessions, 387.

London, lord mayor or alderman of, may act alone, as a
magistrate, 89.

Lord chancellor, power of, to make rules, 230, 286; as to
fines under Summary Jurisdiction Act, 231.

Lord chancellor, rules of, in relation to forms under Summary
Jurisdiction Acts, 231, 286.

Lord mayor of London, when a court of summary jurisdiction,
219.

Low-water mark, jurisdiction of justices, 336.

Lunatics, orders as to, not within 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43, 90.

Magistrates, obligation of, to know the law, 153.
Magistrates of metropolitan police courts may sit alone, 85,
413; extension of powers of stipendiary, 85; chief
magistrate of Bow Street may be a justice for Berk-
shire without being qualified by estate, 325.

Magistrate included in the word "justices," 174; duty of,
with regard to mode of stating case, 153.

Malice, in action against a justice, 131.

Man, Isle of, English warrants backed in, 363; warrants
from, backed in England, 363; in other respects Acts
do not extend to, 91, 413.

Mandamus, to enforce a summary conviction by warrant of
distress or commitment, discretion of court, 63.
Mandamus to justices to issue summons, 353.

Manslaughter, not within jurisdiction of quarter sessions,
387.

Manufacture, stealing, &c., goods in process of, jurisdiction,
387.

Marriage, offences against the law relating to, jurisdiction,
387.

Materials for highways, on turnpike roads, &c., how described
in an information or complaint, 17.

Mayor (Lord) of London, may act alone as a magistrate, 85.
Mean time, when time shall be held to be, 28.

Measuring distances, how, 356.

Merchant Shipping Act, detention of offenders, under, 12;
offences under, 12.

Metropolitan magistrates may act alone, 85, 413; chief
magistrate of Bow Street a justice for Berkshire, 413.
Metropolitan police court, proof of service of process from, at
a distance, 250.

Metropolitan police magistrate, when a court of summary
jurisdiction, 219.

Middlesex, overseers of the poor in, to pay expenses of con-
veying prisoners to gaol, 410; what offences committed
in, are not within jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387.

Militiamen, offences by, 9.

Ministerial functions of justices of the peace, 334.

Minute of justice's order, copy of, to be served upon defendant
before warrant issues thereon, 56.

Miscarriage, procuring, when not within jurisdiction of quarter
sessions, 387.

Misconduct of justices, how far answerable for, 128.
Misdemeanors, indictable, warrants or summons for, 327;

when constable may not apprehend for, 334; in what
cases justices may take bail, and in what not, 395.
Misprision of treason, not within jurisdiction of quarter ses-
sions, 387.

Mitigation of penalties, 84.

Mitigation of punishment by court, 197.

Money, deposit of, as security, 223; recovery of, 224.
Money paid into court in actions against justices, 145.
Money found on a prisoner, application of, 408.

Month, how to be calculated, 142.

Month, when it expires in a sentence of imprisonment, 68.
Municipal Corporations Act, saving as to, 285.

Murder, not within jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387.
Mutiny Act, saving as to, 262.

Navigable river, trial of offences committed in respect of
property in vessels employed on, 255.

Negativing exemption, exception, &c., in information or com-
plaint, proof not necessary, 47.

Neglect of duty by peace officer, bail for, 395.

Neglect of witness to obey summons in summary cases, 22.
Non-appearance, certificate of, in what cases, indorsed on

recognizance, 15, 27, 41, 53, 60; of defendant at hear-
ing, proceedings thereon, 39; of informant or com-
plainant, proceedings thereon, 40, 52; of both or either,
proceedings thereon, 52.

Non-payment of money, scale of imprisonment for non-pay-
ment of, 199.

Notice of action against justice of the peace, 142.

Notice of appeal to quarter sessions, time for, 178.

Notice of appeal to quarter sessions to be in writing and
signed, 178.

Notice of appeal to quarter sessions against conviction or

order, 233, 235, 178.

Notice of bail, 395.

Notice of objection of justice to be sued in county court, 144.
Notice of recognizance, to whom to be given, 385.

Notices, service of, on a company, 5; by post, 6.

Oath to be taken by justices, 332.

Oath, administration of, by justices, 403; to verify informa-
tion, when warrant in the first instance, in indictable
cases, 349; of service of summons before issue of warrant,
in indictable cases, 352; in summary cases, 10, 28; in
proceedings ex parte, 11; summons for witness in in-
dictable cases, 367; in summary cases, 22; to obtain
warrant in first instance, in indictable cases, 368; in
summary cases, 28; witnesses to be examined on, in in-
dictable cases, 367; summary cases, 53; in refusing to
be examined on, in indictable cases, 368; in summary
cases, 27; how in the case of a witness of weak intellect,
370.

Oath, taking false, not within the jurisdiction of quarter
sessions, 387.

Oath, unlawful, administering, not within jurisdiction of
quarter sessions, 387.

Oath, when declaration may be substituted for, 403; form of
declaration, 403.

Objections to information or complaint in summary cases,
2; in indictable cases, 349; to summons, in summary
cases, 2; in indictable cases, 352; to warrant in sum-
mary cases, 15; in indictable cases, 355.

Obligation upon justices to know the law, 153.

Obsolete punishments for non-payment of fines, &c., repeal
of, 281.

Obtaining money by false pretences, bail for, 395; prevention
of vexatious indictments for, 484.

Occasional court-house, meaning of, 217, 261.

Offences, list of indictable, which can be dealt with sum-
marily, 268.

Offence, description of, in proceedings, 247.

Offence, time of committing, 28, 29.

Offences, committed in harbour, river, arm of the sea, or
other waters, trial of, 254.

Offences committed in boundary of jurisdiction of two or
more courts of summary jurisdiction, trial of, 255.
Offences in relation to railways, punishment of, summarily,
270, 272.

Offences committed abroad, how in such case, 341.
Offences by militiamen, 9.

Offence committed out of Great Britain by officer of govern-
ment, jurisdiction in such case, 336.

Offences under Debtors' Act, 387.

Offences dealt with summarily, costs of prosecution, 229.
Offences committed beyond jurisdiction of justices, warrant

to apprehend, 328; against the customs, jurisdiction of
justices, 340; committed in colonies, 341; on the high

seas, 341; on the shore between high and low water
mark, 336; in British ships, 336.

Offences by British subjects committed abroad, 341.
Offences under Merchant Shipping Act, 12.

Offence committed in foreign ship in British waters, 337.
Offences committed by British subjects in ships on high seas,
336.

Offenders, detention of, under Merchant Shipping Act, 12.
Offenders in colonies escaping into England, arrest of, 359;
committal of, for trial, 360.

Office of director of public prosecutions, 446.

Officer of government committing offence out of Great
Britain, jurisdiction in such case, 336.

Officer of the peace, assaulting, in execution of his duties, bail
in such case, 395.

Officers of the peace, to serve summons, 353; proof of service
by, 74, 353; execution by, of warrants to apprehend,
13, 346, 354; of backed warrants, 14, 361, 367.
Officers, personating, to obtain pay or prize money, when not
within jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387.

Open court, court of summary jurisdiction, to sit as an, 217;
meaning of, 217.

Open court, summary cases to be heard in, 35; but not
necessarily examinations in indictable cases, 384.

Order of court for sureties, power to vary, 226.

Order of court of summary jurisdiction, appeal to quarter
sessions against, 233, 238.

Order of affiliation, application of Summary Jurisdiction Act,
1879, 265.

Order of justices' amendment of on appeal to quarter ses-
sions, 181.

Order, application of Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, to
sums payable under, 256.
Order, difference between, and conviction, 3; of bastardy,
not within 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43, except as to backing
warrants, 90; for payment of constable's expenses in
conveying prisoner to gaol, 407; or before justice of
county in which offence was committed, 392; to bring
up a prisoner remanded, 389.

Order of dismissal where information or complaint is not sus-
tained, 47; to discharge witness committed for refusing
to enter into recognizance, 386.

Order, service of, on Sunday, 344, 357.

Order for payment of money, &c., not to be made without a
previous summons to party to be affected, 6.

Order of secretary of state prescribing scale of allowances to
prosecutors and witnesses, 497.

Orders, upon a complaint, 2, 46, 55; made ex parte in the

absence of defendant, 40; on evidence or admission of
defendant, 46; may be made in forms in schedules to
Acts, 56; before they are enforced, copy of minute of
justices must be served on defendant, 56; how they are
enforced, 59, 68; made ex parte, not within 11 & 12
Vict. c. 43, 90.

Orders of justices, how to be sealed, 57.

Overseers of parishes of Middlesex to pay constables expenses
of conveying prisoners to gaol, 410.

Overseers, goods provided by the, for the poor, how described
in information or complaint, 17.

Paper books, delivery of, to judges, in appeal cases, 174.
Parceners, property of, how described in an information or
complaint, 16.

Parliament, offences against, not within jurisdiction of quarter
sessions, 387.

Parliament, rules when made by Lord Chancellor to be laid
before, 231.

Partners, property of, description of, in convictions or orders, 16.
Past Act, meaning of, 259.

Payment of constable's expenses of conveying prisoners_to
gaol, 407; or before justice of county in which offence
committed, 393.

Payment of money by instalments, 200.

Payment of clerks of the peace and clerks to justices by
salary, 456, 473.

Payment to witness of his expenses, proof of, previous to
warrant to apprehend, 23.

Payment of penalty to gaoler, prisoner to be discharged, 75.
Payment to clerk of petty sessions of sums received by con-
stables or gaolers from prisoners, 82.

Payment of money into court in action against a justice, 144.
Payments by clerk of petty sessions to county treasurer, 82.
Payments certified by district auditors, recovery of, 286.
Peace, form of the commission of, 329.

Peace officers, their duties as to proof of service of summons,
2, 352; execution of warrants to apprehend, 13, 346,
355; of backed warrants, 357, 368; assaults on, in the
execution of their duty, bail for, 395.

Peace, procedure in case of sureties to keep the, 226.
Penal servitude when offence of adult is punishable with, not
to be dealt with summarily, 213.

Penalties to be paid over to clerk of petty sessions, 82; re-
mission of, 84.

Penalties under the act for collection of fees, &c., by stamps,
469.

Penalties, enforcement of, from companies, 6.

Penalties, collection of, by stamps, 469.

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