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PRISONER, poor. See "Poor Prisoners."

as to trial of, owing to disorderly behaviour in court,
330

PRISON Act, 1877, commitment under, of prisoners, 368
PRISON Act, 1898...498

divisions of prisoners, 498

effect of part payment of penalty to governor, 126, 229
release of prisoners on payment of portion of fine, 498
order for production of prisoner, 499

calculation of term of sentence, 499
rules, Home Office letter, 500
"month," meaning of, 501, 502

prison, meaning of, 499

as to taking recognizance at, 196, 225, 245, 250

PRISONS Act, 1833, as to commitment for trial, 366

PRISON warders, as prosecutors and witnesses, expenses as
to, 483

PRIVATE individual, arrest by, 318

PRIVATE rights, penalty for protection of, 52

PROBATION of First Offenders Act, 145, 389, 493
conviction of child or young person under, 494

PROCEEDINGS, irregularity in, 12

abatement of, 20

what, before one justice, 113

on appeal to quarter sessions, 174

on execution of distress, 97, 197

in case of sureties to keep peace, 160, 162

to expel pauper, &c., aliens, 272

PROCEDURE before justices, 3

PROCESS, execution of (under Summary Jurisdiction (Pro-

cess) Act), 283

definition of, 284

application for, 314

illegal arrest on, 73

PROCURING, meaning of, 27

indictable cases of, triable summarily, 210

PRODUCTION of documents, justice no power to order, 39
PROFESSIONAL evidence, witnesses giving, expenses to, 482

PROHIBITION of action by judge, costs as to, 405
PROMISSORY Oaths Act, 34, 292

PROOF of previous conviction, 144
of service. See "Service."
of exceptions, &c., 50, 75, 193
by declaration, 195

PROPERTY, description of, 26

of prisoner returnable, 199
stolen. See "Restitution."

PROSECUTION, limitation by statute, 313
commencement of, what is, 314

undertaken by Public Prosecutor (q. v.), regulations as to
such, 468

PROSECUTION, not proceeded with in reasonable time, or
withdrawn, notice to Public Prosecutor, 470
costs on, for indictable offence, 473 et seq.

scale of, 482

railway fare where no second class, 485
PROSECUTION of Offences Act, 1879...465

PROSECUTION of Offences Act, 1884...468
by vaccination officer, 51

under Children's Dangerous Performances Act, 51
consent of police first necessary, 51

PROSECUTOR unwilling as witness, 39
in assault cases, 39

a competent witness, 89

on non-appearance of, dismissal of case, 73, 91
liable to costs on dismissal, 95, 108

costs of, in indictable cases tried summarily, 170

may be bound over for trial, 351

costs of, on commital for trial, 482 et seq.

right to call witnesses in reply, 89

PROSECUTOR, Public. See "Public Prosecutor."

PROSTITUTES, child living with, 139

PROTECTION of persons acting in execution of statutory or
other public duty, 406

PUBLIC Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, prosecution under,
314

requires leave of Attorney-General, 314

PUBLIC present in court, right as to, 62

PUBLIC Health Act, 1875, informant under, 50, 157

limitation, 55, 56

interest in justices, 64

(London), 10

order of destruction of meat, 9

order to abate a nuisance under taxation of costs on, 427
appeal from Divisional Court in case under, 435

search warrant may issue under, 301

PUBLIC Health (London) Act, 433
service of process under, 66

right to trial by jury, 148
limitation, 55

PUBLIC policy, offence against, informer in, 50, 52

PUBLIC prosecutions, director of, 287, 465, 468

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, restitution of property in cases

under superintendence, 169

statutes relating to, 465, 468

his duties, 465

delivery of recognizance, &c., to, 466

when prosecution abandoned by, 466

saving as to private prosecutions, &c., 466

restitution of property in cases undertaken by, 169,467

regulations in respect of, 467

Treasury solicitor to be, 468

disclosing in evidence sources of information, 465

liability of, under Prosecution of Offences Act, 467

PURCHASER, innocent, of stolen goods, 165
PURSUIT, fresh, 21

QUALIFICATION of borough justices, 31, 291
of county, 35, 289

acts without proper, 289

of borough justices' clerks, 446
of petty sessional clerks, 446

QUARTER sessions, appeal (q.v.), jurisdiction of borough
justices in, 34

jurisdiction to try indictable offences, 353

offences not triable at, 353

trial of bill found at quarter sessions where no jurisdic-
tion, 354

committal for trial to, 369

no appeal to, where case stated, 179

procedure under Baines' Act, time for notice of appeal,

431

power as to costs, 432

as to amendment of justices' orders, &c., 433

finality of decisions of, 434

amendment of indictments by, 435

statement of case from, 435

enforcement of orders of, 438

QUARTER Sessions Act, 1819 (Baines'), 431

QUASI-CRIMINAL proceedings, remission of penalties, 119
QUASHING conviction, or order prior to action upon, 397
QUEEN'S Bench, rule by, to justices, 100

in Statement of Case Act, definition, 409

QUEEN'S title, offences against, not triable at quarter ses-
sions, 353

QUESTION of law may be determined by special case, 186

RAILWAYS, penalties in respect of, not civil debts, 126
service at office of company, 7

offences on, when triable summarily, 211

placing wood, &c., on, 212

throwing stones at train on, 212

sending dangerous goods by, 29

fare to prosecutor or witness, 485

RAILWAYS Regulation Act, question of right under, 69

RAPE, infant incapable of, 135

RATES, rule to enforce, 402

validity of, inquired into before rule granted, 402
statement of case by justices as to, 414

questions as to appeal from Divisional Court to Court of
Appeal, 434

statement of case, 53, 63

RATEPAYER, justice though a, may act, 35, 64

READING depositions, 329, 330

REASONABLE cause in actions against justices, meaning

of, 391, 392, 395

in issue of search warrants, 305

REASONABLE time for service before hearing, 18
RECEIVING stolen goods, triable summarily, 210
jurisdiction in, 294
bail in, 360

RECOGNIZANCE on adjournment for variance, 43
on non-appearance of complainant, 73
on adjournment of hearing, 90

estreat of, for non-appearance, 23, 73, 90, 130
after issue of distress, 100

dispensing with, where statute requires, 123
forfeiture of, mitigated, 131

form of indorsement mitigating, 246

may be enforced by court of summary jurisdiction, 44,

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to appeal, 174, 181, 182, 183, 196

before police, 192

enlargement and discharge, 193

when amount fixed, governor of gaol may take, 196, 225
form of, in such case, 250

rule as to, before gaol governor, 225

form of conviction for forfeited, 235, 246

form of security to perform condition of, 247

in indictable cases, prosecutor and witnesses may be

bound in, for trial, 351

to be transmitted to court of trial, 351

may be taken out of court, 352

on remand, 356

to be transmitted to clerk of peace, 356

of married women, 132, 197, 358

in county where examination for appearance where
offence committed, 358

transmission of, where not before committing justice, 361
refusal to enter into, form of commitment of witness,
380

treatment in prison, 498

form of, on bail instead of remand, 381

notice of, to accused, 384

of bail, form of, 383

of appellant in statement of case, 422, 423, 425

enforcement, &c., of, in respect to statement of case, 429
under Baines' Act, amendment of, on appeal, 434
for prosecution of appeal, 434

enforcement of, 438

under Vexatious Indictments Act, 452, 453

to be delivered to Public Prosecutor, 466

estreating on non-payment of costs of appeal, 182

deposit of money in lieu of, 174, 157, 182

under Probation of First Offenders Act, 493

by corporations, 131, 424

exemption of London County Council in appeal, 183, 424

RECOGNIZANCE, distinction between, and securities, 131
taking at prisons, 196, 225, 245, 250

RECOMMENDATION for expulsion under Aliens Act, form,
273

RECORDER of borough, 35

RECORDERS, Magistrates, and Clerks of the Peace Act,

1888...490

powers of deputy, 490

RECOVERY of poor rate, summons first, 20

of costs of justices' clerks' fees, 115
of sums by district auditors, 219
of civil debts, 126, 189

in respect of securities, 158

REFORMATORY schools, 137
remand, 137, 160

power to remand for more than seven days, 138, 357
must not be sent to prison before being sent to, 138
REFORMATORY Schools Acts, forms under, 261-271
REFUSAL to answer by witness, 38, 41

of justices to state case, 424

to admit to bail, 427

REGISTER to be kept by clerk, 156
to be evidence, 156

to be open for inspection, 157

magistrate sitting in own court entitled to act on, 157
rule of 1886 as to, 223

form of, 256

REGISTRAR, declaration before, 195

REGULATIONS in respect of public prosecutions, 468

of Secretary of State under Poor Prisoners' Defence Act,
463

RELEASE of prisoner, on payment of portion of fine, 126
RELIGION, offences against, not triable at quarter sessions, 353
REMAND in summary cases, 90, 92

under Youthful Offenders Act, 91

to workhouse, 92

in indictable cases (summary jurisdiction), 159
commitment on (summary jurisdiction), form of, 233
in indictable cases, 154, 356

verbal, 356

bail on, 356

form of warrant of, 381

reformatory schools, 837, 160, 356

for more than eight days when defendant admitted to
bail, 357

under Probation of First Offenders Act, 494; and see
"Adjournment."

REMAND, when prisoner too ill to attend, opinion of Home
Secretary, 357

REMAND home, 133

REMISSION of costs, 129

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