INFORMANT, conduct of summary case by, 62 who may be, 50 in offences against public policy, 51 in assault unwilling to prosecute, 42 where the penalty is for protection of private interests, 52 death of, no abatement, 20 non-appearance of, information, &c., dismissed, 73 payment of costs by, 106 INFORMATION (Summary), distinction between, and com- under Summary Jurisdiction Acts, 1, 113 before any two justices, 32 certificate of dismissal of, 79 foundation for justice's authority, 3 how to be laid, 45 whether in writing, 3, 13, 43 on oath for warrant, 2 objection to form of, 2 descriptions of property in, 25 contents, 45, 46 one offence only, 47 for several acts constituting one offence, 47 joint and several convictions, 30, 94 for joint and several offences, 30 who to lay, 50, 207 to be in specified time, 53 negativing exceptions in, 50, 75 against principals and accessories, 47 hearing of, 60, 74 dismissal of, on non-appearance, 75, 91 dismissal in trifling charges, 145 costs on dismissal, 108, 201 sums leviable by distress without, are civil debts, 201 admission by defendant of truth of, 74 two informations for two offences, justices must dispose of one before proceeding on second, 49 under Public Health Act, 49 under Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 47 under Sunday Observance Act, 51 where justices equally divided on, 88 on disobedience of order on parent, &c., for contribution, INFORMATION (Indictable) against governor of colony, 295 on oath for warrant, 308 not on oath where for summons, 309 defects in, 308 when to be in writing, 308, 309 issue of process on, 309 form of, 374 justice not bound to grant copy, 310 under Prevention of Corruption Act to be on oath, 309 INLAND revenue offences, 121, 207 INNOCENT purchaser of stolen goods, 165, 457 default, 128 separate committal for each non-payment, 128 reduction of imprisonment where penalty partially paid rule of 1886 as to, 224 INTERESTED justices, general principles, 62 bias to be real and substantial, 64 waiver of interest, 63 . statutory disqualification, 37, 66 justice as ratepayer, 36, 65, 67 INTERPRETATION Act, 1889...502 INTERPRETERS, expenses as to, 482 INSTITUTION of prosecution under sale of Food and Drugs IRELAND, English warrants backed in, 321 Scotch in, 324 Baines' Act does not extend to, 438 Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, not to extend to, 460 IRISH warrants, 322 who to back, 322 in Channel Islands, 323 in Scotland, 325 IRREGULARITY, waiver of, 13 one justice present during hearing, 14 in matter essential to jurisdiction, 15 in issue of distress warrant, no action for, 400 JERSEY, warrants in, 24, 122, 324, 386 JERVIS' Acts, 2 JOINT and several offences, separate penalties on each defen- assault, when each defendant tried separately, 31 information against several, penalty single, 30 conviction, power of Divisional Court in respect of, on JOINT stock company, service on, 7 JUDGE of High Court, powers of, as to prisoners as witnesses, 39 bail in treason by, 362 may prohibit action against justice, 405 power of, in chambers, as to cases stated, 428 JUDGMENT, form of, for civil debts, 252 necessary, in brothel prosecutions to entitle informants JUDGMENT summons, rule as to, 227 form, 253 JUDICATURE Act, rule under, as special case under Act of appeal in criminal matters under, 426 JUDICIAL duties and powers of justices, 292, 363 actions in respect of, 392 JUDICIAL Acts, 61 definitions in past and future Acts, 504 JURISDICTION (Summary), information, &c., for act in justices, 1 implied summary, 3, 32, 208 summary, depends on statute, 3 within area of commission only, 32 of justices generally, 31, 33 in petty sessions, 34, 291 of borough justices, 34 under commission, 290 in boroughs, 34 of justices in unions, 14, 16, 35 of justices living in adjoining county,31 of justice for county at large, 33, 307 in metropolitan police district, 487 of justices commissioned for two counties, 34 in certain liberties and places, exclusive, 37 in offences dealt with where offender in custody, 32 under sections 6 and 35 of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43...31, 34 service of summons, in what, 5 summons issued in one may be sent to and served by priority in, 37 judgment by court of concurrent, 84 waiver of matter essential to, 84; and see " Estoppel." 200 suspended in case of sheriff, coroner, bankruptcy, 37 JURISDICTION under Indictable Offences Act, 1848, com- plaint for offences within, 286 of admiralty, 296, 298, 299 "of the admiral," 298 defined, 298 of justice for county acting while in adjoining, 307 of county justices in cities and places, counties of them- to examine defendant in county where taken for offence JURISDICTION of justices, in relation to actions against them, 392 informal exercise of, 394 without jurisdiction, 398 excess of, meaning, 398 declining, by justices, 404 statement of case where justices have declined, 413 And see "Actions against Justices." JURORS, justices sitting to revise list of, not a court of JURY, petty, trial by, when, 146, 148 when depositions are read before, 334 only person charged may claim, 149 JUS tertii, not to be set up in claim of right, 69 acting for one county or place while living in another, for county acting in borough, 34 commission of, see "Cominission;" only to act within any two justices, meaning of, 32 need not be a burgess, 34 interested justices, 37, 62, 63-66 commissioned for two adjoining counties, 34 meaning of, under Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act, what proceedings before one justice only, 113 action against, for non-return of conviction, 85 discretion (q. v.) as to issue of process, 10, 77, 310, 312, 313 may vacate his own warrant before its execution, 20 no longer entitled to plead the general issue, 391 actions against, 391 no local venue in action against, 405 penalty on under Criminal Law Act, 450 mandamus to, to receive evidence under Metropolis Management Act, 1862...404 test of adjudication by, 404 equally divided on hearing of information, 88 signature of, 114, 230 convicting, appearing at sessions to support conviction, JUSTICE of the peace, solicitor may act as, 289 but may not practice before justices of county, 289 See "Jurisdiction." JUSTICE, protection of persons acting in execution of statu- JUSTICES' Clerks Act, 1877...443 JUSTICES' Protection Act, the, 391; and see " Actions against JUVENILE offenders, summary trial, 136 whipping, 132, 137, 140 fine on, 137 industrial school and reformatory, 137, 138, 140 KILLING domestic animals, right to jury, on charge of, 148 KING'S Bench. See "Queen's Bench." KING'S Title. See "Queen's Title." LAND, meaning of, 502 LANDS Clauses Act, compensation under, 16 limitation in proceedings under, 54 question of title under, 72 definition of, 509 LANGUAGE tending to produce breach of peace as to, 161 LARCENY Act, jurisdiction, 36, 293 informer, 50 when offences triable summarily, 209, 210 in admiralty jurisdiction, 297 certain offences under, not triable at quarter sessions, 353 accessories in, 210 search warrant may issue under, 304 arrest under, 318, 319 LAST place of abode, meaning of, 5 LAW, where point of, has been previously decided, statement LAW of Distress Amendment Act, 1888...198 LEGAL aid, adjournment for, 52 LEGAL time, 46 LEVY of Fines Act, the, 1822...439 LIABILITY of master for acts of servant, 29 LIBEL, when sureties may be demanded in, 161, 394 in newspapers, costs, 172 committal for trial, duties of justices in, 350 summarily triable, 350 not triable at quarter sessions, 353 LIBERTIES of counties, jurisdiction, 6, 207 |