ment.

Oath, and upon due Proof thereof, either by the voluntary Confession of the Party, or by the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to give Judgment or Sentence; and in case the If Penalty not Party accused shall be convicted of such Offence, it shall and may paid, Commitbe lawful for such Justice to commit such Offender to Prison, there to remain for any time not exceeding the Space of Two Months, unless the Penalty shall be sooner paid; and if any Person shall Appeal. find himself aggrieved by the Judgment of any such Justice, he may appeal to the next Court of General Quarter Sessions for the County or City where such Offence shall have been committed, on giving immediate Notice of such Appeal, and finding sufficient Notice. Security, to the Satisfaction of such Justice, for prosecuting such Appeal with Effect, and for abiding the Determination of the Court therein; and the said Court are hereby empowered to summon and examine Witnesses upon Oath, and finally to hear and determine the Matter, and in case the Judgment shall be affirmed, to award the Person appealing to pay such Costs occa- Costs. sioned by such Appeal as shall seem meet; and One Moiety of Application of all Money recovered on account of every such Penalty shall be Penalty. distributed at the Discretion of the Justice making the Conviction, to such Person or Persons as he shall judge to have been instrumental in detecting and prosecuting the Offender. XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That every Person who for the Purpose of protecting or preventing any Goods, Wares, Merchandize or other Articles whatsoever from being seized, on Suspicion of their being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or of preventing the same from being produced or made to serve as Evidence of or concerning any Felony or Misdemeanor, shall frame or cause to be framed, or be anywise concerned in framing or causing to be framed any Bill of Parcels containing any false Statement in regard to the Name or Abode of any alleged Vendor, the Quantity or Quality of any Goods, the Place from whence, or the Conveyance by which the same were furnished, the Price agreed upon or charged for the same, or any other Particular, knowing such Statement to be false, or who shall fraudulently produce such Bill of Parcels knowing the same to have been fraudulently framed, shall be adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor,

Framing a false

Bill of Parcels to escape Detection deemed a Misdemeanor;

and shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned, and may moreover, at and Offender the Discretion of any Justice in whose Jurisdiction such Offence may be advershall be committed, be published and advertised as a Fabricator tised by Justice. of false Bills of Parcels, or as a convicted or reputed Receiver of

Goods stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, as the case may be.

'XXXVIII. And Whereas, for the Purpose of increasing the Facility of Depredation, it hath been a common Practice among < Persons concerned in the landing and warehousing of Mer<chandize from on board Ships and Vessels in the said River, 'wilfully to injure and promote the opening and breaking of < Casks, Bags and other Packages, and the spilling of their Con

tents; For Remedy thereof, be it further enacted, That if any Breaking, &c. Person employed in the loading and landing or warehousing of Packages, with any Goods or any other Person, shall wilfully or through culpable an Intent that Negligence or Carelessness, cause or suffer or be concerned in causing or suffering to be broken, bruised, pierced, started, cut, torn or otherwise injured, any Cask, Box, Chest, Bag or other

Ii 2.

Package,

the Contents

may be spilled.

Misdemeaner.

Wilfully letting fall Articles into the Thames, or

into a Boat, &c.

Intention,

Package, containing or being designed and prepared for containing any Goods while on board of any Barge, Lighter or other Craft lying or being in the said River, or any Dock, Creek, Quay, Wharf or Landing Place adjacent to the same, or in the Way to or from any Warehouse to or from which such Package shall have been removed, shall be removing or about to be removed, with Intent that the Contents of such Package or any Part thereof may be spilled or dropped from such Package, every Person so offending shall for every such Offence be deemed and adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned. XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That if for the Purpose of preventing the Seizure or Discovery of any Materials, Furniture, Stores or Merchandize belonging to or having been Part of the Cargo of any Ship or Vessel lying in the said Řiver, or the Docks with fraudulent or Creeks adjacent thereto, or of any other Articles unlawfully obtained from any such Ship or Vessel, any such or any other Misdemeanor; Article shall be wilfully let fall or thrown into the River or in any other Manner directly or purposely conveyed away or endeavoured to be conveyed away from any Ship, Boat, Barge, Lighter, Craft, Wharf, Quay or other Landing Place, every Person being Party, Privy or Accessary to such letting fall, throwing or Conveyance, or to any previous Instructions or premeditated Design, so to let fall, throw or convey away any such Article with any such Purpose as aforesaid, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor; and if any Article' whatever of apparent Value shall be wilfully let fall, thrown, conveyed away or endeavoured to be conveyed away from any Ship, Boat, Barge, Lighter or Craft, into any other Boat, Barge, Lighter or Craft, or from any Wharf, Quay or other Landing Place, without the Order, Assent or Privity of the Owner, or of the Person having the lawful Charge of such Article, it shall be lawful for any such Thames Police Constable or Surveyor, or for any Constable of the City of London, within the Jurisdiction of the said City, to seize, apprehend and secure any such Boat, Barge, Lighter or other Craft in which such Article shall be so let fall, thrown or conveyed away, and every Person therein, or who by reason of his or her nearness to the Place where such Offence shall be committed, shall be reasonably suspected by such Constable or Surveyor of being Party, Privy or Accessary thereto, and forthwith to convey every such Person so apprehended before One of the said Justices appointed to attend at the Thames Police Office, or some other Justice in whose Jurisdiction such Offence shall be committed; and if upon Examination it shall not be made appear to the Satisfaction of the Justice before whom the Offender shall be carried, that such letting fall, throwing or conveying away, or endeavour to convey away, proceeded either from mere Accident or from some lawful Cause, and not from any such fraudulent or evasive Design as aforesaid, every Person so appearing to be Party, Privy or Accessary as aforesaid, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned.

or without
Order, &c. of
Owner, or

Person having
Charge thereof.

Constable, &c.

may seize Boat, &c. and appre

hend Person.

Proceedings.

Misdemeanor.

For Offences

XL. And be it further enacted, That for every Offence hereindeclared Misde- before declared to be a Misdemeanor, or for which no special Penalty is hereinbefore appointed, the Offender shall, at the Discretion of the Justice before whom the Conviction shall take place,

meanors, and for which no

Penalty is ap

1*

either

either forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds or suffer pointed, OfImprisonment for any time not exceeding Two Months in any Gaol fenders to foror House of Correction within the Jurisdiction of such Justice; and feit not exceedin case of the Adjudication of a pecuniary Penalty and Nonpay- ing 51., or be imprisoned. ment thereof, it shall be lawful for such Justice to Commit the Offender to any Gaol or House of Correction for the like Term, unless such Penalty shall be sooner paid; and one Moiety of every Application of such pecuniary Penalty shall be paid to such Receiver as aforesaid Penalty. for the Purposes of this Act, and the other Moiety thereof, under the Direction of the Justice by whom the same shall have been adjudged, shall either be paid and applied to the Use of the Informer alone or be distributed between such Persons as shall have contributed to the Conviction of the Offender, in such Shares and Proportions as such Justice shall think fit.

clared Misde

meanors by whom to be

XLI. And be it further enacted, That in every case in which Offences deComplaint shall be made or Information given of any Offence by this Act declared to be a Misdemeanor, or for which any pecuniary Penalty is hereinbefore appointed, with or without Imprisonment in addition thereto or in lieu thereof, the Matter of such Complaint or Information, if the Offence shall have been committed or the Offender apprehended within the Jurisdiction of the City of London, may be heard and determined by the Lord Mayor, Recorder or One of the Aldermen of the said City, and not elsewhere; but if the Offence shall have been committed or the Offender apprehended out of the said Jurisdiction, such Complaint or Information may be heard and determined, either by One of the Justices appointed to the Thames Police Office as aforesaid, or by any other Justice within whose Jurisdiction the Offence shall have been committed or the Offender apprehended; and every Conviction thereupon had, shall be certified, filed and entered in such manner as is directed in and by an Act of the Second Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to prevent the committing of Thefts and Frauds by Persons navigating Bum Boats and other Boats upon the River Thames, with respect to Convictions under that Act, and may also be drawn up in such Form and Manner, mutatis mutandis, as is appointed in and by the said Act; and neither such Conviction, nor any Proceeding No Certiorari. previous thereto, shall be removed by Certiorari or otherwise into any Court of Record, but such Conviction shall be final and conclusive to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.

‹ XLII. And Whereas the Punishments for Misdemeanors pro ́ vided in and by the said Act of the Second Year of His late < Majesty's Reign have been found insufficient for the preventing of such Offences;' Be it enacted, That every Person who shall be guilty of any of the Offences respectively made and declared to be Misdemeanors in and by the said Act, may be punished at the Discretion of the Justice or Justices by or before whom the Offender shall be convicted, either with the Punishment appointed in and by the said Act, or by such other Punishment as is hereby appointed for and in cases of Offences declared to be Misdemeanors in and by this present Act.

XLIII. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which it is directed by the said last recited Act, that any Boat with her Tackle and Appurtenances, which shall be forfeited, shall be burnt I i 3

and

Convictions cer

tified as under

2 G. 3. c. 28.

How Misdemeanors under 2G. 3. c. 28. to be punished.

Forfeited Boats may be burnt,

or restored or sold.

How Produce of Sale applied.

Disputes about Wages for Labour done on the River, &c. (except Trinity Ballastmen,) to be set tled by Justices

of Thames Police Office, proîn question does not exceed 51.

vided the Sum

and destroyed, it shall be lawful for any Justice before whom any Person shall have been convicted of any Offence, whereby any Boat is or should be adjudged to be forfeited under that Act, and also for any Justice by whom any Boat shall be adjudged to be forfeited under this Act, either to direct such Boat, with her Tackle and Appurtenances, to be burnt and destroyed, or to be restored to the Owners thereof, or to be publicly sold, and the Produce of such Sale to be applied in like manner as all other cases of Forfeitures under this Act.

· XLIV. And Whereas Disputes frequently arise between Barge'men, Lightermen, Watermen, Ballastmen, Coal Whippers, Coal Porters, Sailors, Lumpers, Riggers, Shipwrights, Caulkers and other Labourers who work for Hire in or upon the said River, and the Docks, Creeks, Wharfs, Quays and Places adjacent, respecting Wages or Money due to them for Work, and the Owners, Masters or Commanders of Vessels and their Agents, ' and the Owners, Wharfingers or Occupiers of such Wharfs or Quays and their Agents and other Persons employing such Labourers;' Be it further enacted, That all Differences, Complaints and Disputes which shall happen and arise between any Bargemen, Lightermen, Watermen, Ballastmen, (except Trinity Ballastmen,) Coal Whippers, Coal Porters, Sailors, Lumpers, Riggers, Shipwrights, Caulkers or other Labourers who work for Hire in or upon the said River, or the Docks, Creeks, Wharfs, Quays or Places adjacent, and the Owners, Masters or Commanders of Vessels or their Agents on the said River, or the Docks or Creeks thereunto adjoining, or the Owners, Wharfingers or Occupiers of such Wharfs or Quays or their Agents or other Employers, respecting Wages or Money due to such Labourers for Work, whether the same Persons be employed for any certain Time or in any other manner, shall be heard and determined by the Justices appointed to the Thames Police Office or any One of them, Who may sum- or any other Justice within his Jurisdiction; and every such Justice is hereby empowered to summon before him any such Master or Commander of any Vessel, or any such Owner thereof or his Agent, or the Owner, Wharfinger or Occupier of any Wharf or On Refusal, &c. Quay or their respective Agents, or any other Employer; and if any such Master, Commander, Owner, Wharfinger, Occupier, Agent or Employer, shall refuse or neglect to attend such Summons, then every such Justice is hereby empowered to issue his Warrant to bring such Person summoned before him, to answer such Complaint, and to examine upon Oath any such Bargeman, Lighterman, Waterman, Ballastman, (other than any Trinity Ballastman,) Coal Whipper, Coal Porter, Sailor, Lumper, Rigger, Shipwright, Caulker or other Labourer or any other Witness or Witnesses, touching any such Complaint or Dispute, and to make such Order for Payment of so much Wages to such Bargeman, Lighterman, Waterman, Ballastman (other than any Trinity Ballastman,) Coal Whipper, Coal Porter, Sailor, Lumper, Rigger, Shipwright, Caulker or other Labourer, as to such Justice shall seem just and reasonable; provided that the Sum ordered do not exceed Five Pounds, besides all reasonable Costs attending the Prosecution of the Complaint, which Costs the Justice is empowered to order; and in case of Refusal to pay, or Nonpayment of any

mon Parties

herein named.

to attend Summons, Warrant.

Examination upon Oath.

Costs.

Sum

Sum so ordered by the Space of Twenty four Hours next after
such Determination, such Justice may issue forth his Warrant to
levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of Distress.
the Person ordered to pay the same, together with the Charges

of such Distress and Sale; and if no sufficient Distress shall be Imprisonment. found, such Justice shall commit the Person ordered to make

such Payment to Prison, for any Time not exceeding One Month,

unless the Sum so ordered shall be sooner paid; and every such Order final. Order shall be final and conclusive to all Întents and Purposes,

and shall not be removable by Certiorari or otherwise into any

Court whatsoever.

I ondon, &c.

Proviso for

Rights of City

of London.

XLV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing Jurisdiction for herein contained shall extend to authorize or empower any Justice, determining Disputes about except the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Recorder of the City of Wages for London for the time being or some or one of them, to hear and I abour in determine any such Differences, Complaints or Disputes as shall or may arise for or in respect of any Employment or Work done within the said City of London or the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, or on board of any Ship, Hoy, Barge, Lighter, Boat or other Vessel, lying or being on the North Side of the River, between the Tower of London and the Western Extremity of the Temple adjoining Essex Street, in the County of Middlesex. XLVI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall extend to deprive the Lord Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, of any Right, Privilege or Jurisdiction heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed within the Town and Borough of Southwark or the Liberties thereof, or to prevent the said Lord Mayor for the time being, or such of the Aldermen of the said City as have borne the Office of Mayoralty, or the Recorder of the said City for the time being, from acting as Justices of the Peace within the said Town and Borough of Southwark, and the Liberties thereof, in such and the like manner as they could or might have done in case this Act had not been made; nor to deprive the Lord Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the said City, of any Right, Privilege, Immunity or Jurisdiction, which they have heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed upon the said River, or the Lord Mayor of the said City for the time being as Conservator of the said River; nor to prevent the said Lord Mayor and the said Aldermen and Recorder of the said City, from acting as Justices of the Peace upon the said River or taking Cognizance of Offenders committed upon or within the Limits of the same, in such manner as they might or would have done in case this Act had not been made.

XLVII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall extend to deprive the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster, or the High Steward or High Bailiff of the City and Liberty of Westminster for the time being, or their respective lawful Deputy, of any Rights, Privileges or Jurisdictions, which they have heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed, within the said City and Liberty, in such and the like manner as they could or might have done in case this Act had not been made.

And for the
Dean and High

Steward of
Westminster.