The next branch of the work contains the Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42), and the Amending Act (31 & 32 Vict. c. 107), for facilitating the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions with respect to persons charged with Indictable Offences; also the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 22). The first of these Acts defines the duties of Justices of the Peace with respect to Indictable Offences which are not triable in a summary manner, and step by step, from the issuing of the summons or warrant to the discharge or final committal of the accused for trial, indicates the course of proceeding to be adopted. This is distinct from the provisions relating to the summary trial of persons charged with certain Indictable Offences which are now embodied in the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879. The next Acts are the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1879, relating to the Appointment and Duties of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1884, which abolishes the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions under the Act of 1879, and transfers the office and duties of Director of Public Prosecutions to the person for the time holding the office of solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty's Treasury. The Appendix contains the statutes relating to the expenses of prosecutions, the appointment, payment, and fees of Clerks of the Peace and of Clerks of Justices of the Peace, and Clerks of Special and Petty Sessions, and vexatious indictments, the orders of the Secretary of State prescribing the scale of allowances to prosecutors and witnesses, and the rules of the High Court of Justice framed under the Act of 1879 together with the schedule of forms thereby prescribed. A list of the Petty Sessional Divisions in each county in England and Wales is added. In the present edition all the new statutes bearing upon the subject of the work have been incorporated, and the decisions of the Courts upon the various points which have arisen on the construction of the several statutes contained in it, have been carefully noted up to the date of publication. Care has been taken to enhance the usefulness of the work by the copiousness of the Index. 5, ELM COURT, TEMPLE, 1st October, 1884. W. C. G. CONTENTS. An Act to facilitate the performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions, within England and 1. In all cases where information shall be laid or complaint made of offences committed, a Or may issue warrant in the first instance 10 Or, if summons, having been duly served, he ... ... ... Of the property in goods provided for the Of the property in materials for parish roads Of the property of commissioners of sewers ... 6. Provisions of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 42, as to jus- tices in one county, &c., acting for another, In certain cases may issue warrant in the first Persons appearing on summons, &c., refusing to be examined, may be committed 9. As to proceedings upon informations for offences punishable on summary convic- The party charged, if deceived by variation, When warrant issued in the first instance, |