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All attempts to commit crime (Stephen's Digest, §§ 50, 51), conspiracies to commit crime (ibid., § 49), charges of inciting to commit crime (ibid., § 48), and charges of participation in crime as accessories after the fact (ibid., §§ 46, 47), appear under the heading of the crime itself, except in certain cases where separate heads are given in the table. Offences tried on indictment under Section 17 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, are included under appropriate heads.

APPENDIX B.

LIST OF OFFENCES TRIED SUMMARILY.

(a) INDICTABLE OFFENCES TRIED SUMMARILY.

(Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, secs. 10 to 13, and sch. 1: Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1899: Children Act, 1908, secs. 58 (2) and (3) and 128: Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, sec. 15: Army Act, 1881, sec. 142(3): Air Force Act, sec. 142(3): Newspaper Libel and Registration Act, 1881, sec. 5: Inebriates Act, 1898, sec. 2: Bankruptcy Act, 1914, sec. 164: Official Secrets Act, 1920, sec. 8 (2).)

i. Simple larceny and offences punishable as simple larceny.*

ii. Larceny from the person.

iii. Larceny by a servant.

iv. Embezzlement.

Larceny Act, 1916, secs. 2, 8, and 10.

Larceny Act, 1916, sec. 14.

Larceny Act, 1916, sec. 17(1)(a)

and (2)(a).

Larceny Act, 1916, sec. 17(1)(b).

v. Obtaining goods, &c., by false Larceny Act, 1916, sec. 32(1).

pretences.

vi. Receiving stolen goods.

vii. Endangering railway passengers.

viii. Destroying railways.

Larceny Act, 1916, sec. 33(1).

Offences against the Person Act, 1861, secs. 32 and 33.

Malicious Damage Act, 1861, sec. 35.

ix. Setting fire to commons, planta- Malicious Damage Act, 1861,

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xv. Offences in connection with bank- Bankruptcy Act, 1914, secs. 154

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xvi. Personation to obtain military or Army Act, 1881, sec. 142(3) and

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LIST OF OFFENCES TRIED SUMMARILY-continued.

(b) NON-INDICTABLE OFFENCES.

84. Adulteration (of food, drugs, &c.) :

All offences under

Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1869.

Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907.
Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906.

Seeds Act, 1920.

Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, secs. 4 and 8.

Assaults:

85. Aggravated

Upon boys under 14 or females.-Offences against the Person Act, 1861, sec. 43.

86. On constable

Assaulting, resisting, or obstructing constables in execution of duty, including offences under the following enactments :—

Vagrancy Act, 1824, secs. 4, 5, and 11 (so far as they relate to
resisting constables).

Special Constables Act, 1831, sec. 11, extended by the County
Police Act, 1839, sec. 8.

Lighting and Watching Act, 1833, sec. 41.

Canals (Offences) Act, 1840, sec. 6.

Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, sec. 20.

Metropolitan Police Act, 1861, sec. 3.

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, sec. 12.

Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, sec. 195.

Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act, 1885, sec. 2.

Also offences against similar provisions in Local Acts.

87. Common, &c.

Assaulting or beating any person.-Offences against the Person Act, 1861, sec. 42.

Also offences against secs. 39 (assaults to prevent sale of corn) and 40 (assaults to hinder seamen from working) of the same Act, assault upon Poor Law Officer (Poor Law Amendment Act, 1850, sec. 9), assaults upon County Court Bailiffs (County Courts Act, 1888, sec. 48), unlawful detention, &c., or ill-treatment of lunatics or defectives (Lunacy Act, 1890, secs. 315, 316, 321, and 322, and Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, secs. 51 and 55), and assaults punishable under special enactments and not falling under other headings.

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Offences relating to gaming houses, lotteries, betting houses, billiards (licensed or unlicensed), and street betting, under the following enactments :

Gaming Act, 1802.

Lotteries Act, 1823, sec. 41.

Gaming Act, 1845, secs. 4 and 10 to 14.

Betting Act, 1853, secs. 3, 4 and 7.

Gaming Houses Act, 1854, secs. 1, 3, and 4.

Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867, sec. 23.

Betting Act, 1874, sec. 3.

Betting and Loans (Infants) Act, 1892, sec. 1.

Street Betting Act, 1906, sec. 1.

Ready Money Football Betting Act, 1920, sec. 1.

Also offences against similar provisions in Local Acts and Byelaws.

LIST OF OFFENCES TRIED SUMMARILY-(b) NON-INDICTABLE
OFFENCES-continued.

89. Brothel keeping :—

Keeping a brothel or permitting premises to be so used.-Criminal
Law Amendment Act, 1885, sec. 13, Criminal Law Amendment
Act, 1912, secs. 4 and 5, Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922,
sec. 3, and similar provisions in Local Acts.

90. Cruelty to animals :

Offences of cruelty, ill-treatment, neglect, &c., of animals, including
offences in relation to use, confinement, or conveyance of animals,
vivisection, prohibited sports and pastimes, irregularities in horse-
slaughtering, &c., under the following enactments :-
Metropolitan Police Act, 1839, secs. 47 and 56.
Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, secs. 2, 6, and 13.

Poultry Act, 1911.

Protection of Animals Act, 1911.

Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1912.

Animals (Anæsthetics) Act, 1919.

Captive Birds Shooting (Prohibition) Act, 1921.

Also offences against similar provisions in Local Acts.

91. Cruelty to or neglect of children :

Causing child under 14 to take part in dangerous performance.—
Children's Dangerous Performance Act, 1879, sec. 3 (extended to
boys under 16 and girls under 18 by the Dangerous Performances
Act, 1897, sec. 1).

Offences in relation to taking children to nurse for reward.-Children
Act, 1908, secs. 1 to 9.

Ill-treatment, neglect, exposure, &c., of child or young person by
person having custody of same.-Ibid., secs. 12 and 25.
Suffocation of infant in bed by drunken person.-Ibid., sec. 13.
Exposing child to risk of burning.-Ibid., sec. 15.

Allowing child or young person to be in brothel.-Ibid., sec. 16.
Neglecting to provide for safety of children at children's entertain-
ment. Ibid., sec. 121.

Permitting child to be in verminous condition.-Education Act,
1921, sec. 87.

92. Diseases of Animals Acts, offences against :—

All offences under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1922 (except
the Poultry Act, 1911), and Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act,
1922 (except secs. 4 and 8), and under all Orders in Council or
other Orders made under these Acts or the Contagious Diseases
(Animals) Acts, 1878 and 1886 (including the Orders relating to
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk Shops), except the Rabies, Muzzling,
and Importation of Dogs Orders; also offences against Regulations
made by Local Authorities under such Acts and Orders.

93. Dogs, offences in relation to :

Offences in relation to dogs under the following enactments :—
Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, sec. 28, sub-secs. (2) to (4).
Dogs Act, 1871, secs. 2 and 3.

Dogs Act, 1906, secs. 4 and 6.

Also offences against the Rabies, Muzzling, and Importation of Dogs
Orders, and the Dogs Order of 1906, and Regulations made by
Local Authorities under such Orders.

Also offences in relation to dogs under Local Acts and Byelaws.
(Proceedings to obtain Orders for dangerous dogs to be kept under control
or destroyed, or to recover damages for injuries to cattle or sheep, are
not included.)

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