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List of Offences Tried Summarily—(b) Non-indictaBLE
OFFENCES-continued.

94. Education Acts, offences against :

Offences against the Education Acts, 1870 to 1918 (except sec. 14 of the Education Act, 1918) and 1921 (except secs. 87 and 90 to 108), and Byelaws made thereunder.

This heading includes proceedings under Articles 8 and 9 of the Order in Council, dated 2nd April, 1909, relative to Day Industrial Schools, but not proceedings under sec. 44 of the Education Act, 1921. Person who habitually wanders from place to place preventing child who accompanies him from receiving efficient elementary education. Children Act, 1908, sec. 118.

95. Explosives, offences in relation to :—

Offences against the Explosives Acts, 1875 and 1923, and Orders in
Council and Rules thereunder.

96. Fishery Laws, offences against :—

Offences against the following enactments :—

Sea Fisheries Acts, 1843 to 1893.

Salmon and Fresh Water Fisheries Acts, 1861 to 1907.

Sea Fisheries Regulation Acts, 1888 to 1894.

Behring Sea Award Act, 1894.

Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Acts, 1895 and 1912.

Herring Fishery (Branding) Act, 1913.

Grey Seals Protection Act, 1914.

Also taking or destroying fish in private fishery.-Larceny Act, 1861, sec. 24.

Game Laws, offences against :

97. Night poaching

Taking or destroying game or rabbits on lands, &c., by night, or entering lands at night to take or destroy game.-Night Poaching Act, 1828, sec. 1.

Taking or destroying game or rabbits by night on roads, &c., or at openings, &c., from lands, &c.-Night Poaching Act, 1844, sec.1.

98. Day poaching—

Trespassing in the day-time in search of game, &c., and other
offences in connection therewith.-Game Act, 1831, secs. 30 to
33.

Taking or killing hares or rabbits in warrens in the day-time.—
Larceny Act, 1861, sec. 17.

99. Unlawful possession of game, &c.

Coming from land in possession of game which has been unlawfully obtained, or with gun or net.-Poaching Prevention Act, 1862, sec. 2.

Unlawful possession of venison, deer snares, &c.-Larceny Act, 1861, sec. 14.

100. Illegal buying and selling of game

Dealer or other person having game in possession out of season.—
Game Act, 1831, sec. 4..

Sale of game by persons not licensed to kill or sell game.-Ibid.,
sec. 25.

Private individuals, &c., buying game from persons not licensed dealers. Ibid., sec. 27.

Dealer buying from person not authorised to sell game, or not affixing notice board of licence; unlicensed person, by affixing notice board, or otherwise, pretending to be licensed to deal in game. Ibid., sec. 28.

Selling hares out of season.-Hares Preservation Act, 1892, sec. 2.

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

OFFENCES-continued.

Game Laws, offences against-continued.

101. Other offences

Killing game without licence; laying poison to destroy_game;
taking or destroying eggs of game, &c.; killing game on Sunday
or Christmas day; killing game out of season; occupier of land
killing game without authority.-Game Act, 1831, secs. 3, 12, 23
and 24.

Killing ground game by night, or with traps or poison.-Ground
Game Act, 1880, sec. 6.

Hunting or killing deer in un-enclosed land, or setting snares, &c.,
for the purpose in deer forests, &c.-Larceny Act, 1861, secs.
12 and 15.

Obstructing person authorised to kill rabbits or vermin.-Forestry
Act, 1919, sec. 4 (2).

Highway Acts, offences against :—

102. Offences by owners and drivers of carts

Owner using waggon without name; driver acting for two carts
not attached together; riding without reins or guide; negli-
gently causing damage; quitting the road; being at improper
distance from cart; leaving cart on road; driving without
owner's name, &c., and refusing to disclose same; not keeping
on near side of road; obstructing other carts, &c., or preventing
them from passing; riding or driving furiously.-Highway Act,
1835, secs. 76 to 78.

Not providing or not carrying light on vehicle at night.-Lights on
Vehicles Act, 1907, secs. 1 and 2.

Also similar offences against the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847,
sec. 28, Public Health Act, 1875, sec. 171 (1), and Byelaws made
under sec. 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and sec.
16 of the Local Government Act, 1888, and offences against
Byelaws regulating size and description of wheels, skids, &c.,
made under sec. 26 of the Highways and Locomotives (Amend-
ment) Act, 1878.

103. Obstructions and nuisances—

Obstructing highway; not cutting trees overhanging, &c.; sinking pit or erecting engine, mill, kiln, &c., in proximity; encroachments on highway; allowing cattle to stray; suffering filth to flow on; obstructing footway; riding or driving on footpath; tethering animals; damaging fences, posts, banks, bridges, milestones, &c.; injuring surface or laying timber, stone, rubbish, &c., thereon; playing games, making bonfires, letting off fireworks, firing off gun, or baiting bull; gipsy, &c., encamping; pound breach; rescuing distress.-Highway Act, 1835, secs. 64, 65, 69, 70, 72 and 75, and Highway Act, 1864, secs. 25 and 51.

Also similar offences against the Turnpike Road Act, 1822, secs. 118 and 124 (applied to turnpike roads that have become ordinary highways by the Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 1865, sec. 2), Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, secs. 26 and 28, Public Health Act, 1875, sec. 171 (1), and Byelaws made under sec. 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and sec. 16 of the Local Government Act, 1888.

104. Heavy locomotives—

All offences under the following enactments, and rules, regulations and byelaws thereunder :

Locomotive Act, 1861, sec. 12.

Locomotives Act, 1865, secs. 3, 4, and 7.

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

OFFENCES-continued.

Highway Acts, offences against-continued.

104. Heavy locomotives-continued.

Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, secs. 28 and 30.

Locomotives Act, 1898.

Roads Act, 1920, secs. 6 (2), 12, 13 (2) and (4) in relation to
heavy locomotives.

Also offences against the Locomotives on Highways (Agricultural
Locomotives-Nos. I. and II.) Regulations, 1917.

105. Motor cars

All offences under the following enactments :—
Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896.

Motor Car Act, 1903.

Roads Act, 1920, secs. 6 (2), 11 (1), 12, 13 (2) and (4) in relation

to motor cars.

Also offences against the Motor Car (Registration and Licensing) Order, 1903, the Motor Car (Use and Construction) Orders, 1904 to 1913, the Heavy Motor Car Orders, 1904 to 1911, the Heavy Motor Car (Amendment) Order, 1922, the Motor Car (International Circulation) Order, 1910, the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1921, the Motor Car (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order, 1921, the Road Vehicles (International Circulation Permit) Regulations, 1921, and all other Orders and Regulations under the Motor Car Acts, 1896 and 1903, and Roads Act, 1920, except the Locomotives on Highways (Agricultural Locomotives-Nos. I. and II.) Regulations, 1917.

(Offences against the Roads Act, 1920, secs. 8 (3), 11 (2) and 13 (1), for which "excise" penalties are provided, are entered under "Revenue Laws, offences against.")

106. Bicycles

Riding at night without a light.-Local Government Act, 1888, sec. 85 (1).

Not sounding bell, &c., on overtaking and passing foot passenger, vehicle, horse, &c.—Ibid.

107. Housing of the Working Classes Acts, offences against :—

Offences against the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and
Byelaws made thereunder.

Offences against the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909,
sec. 69.

108. Indecent advertisements :

Offences against the Indecent Advertisements Act, 1889.

109. Indecent exposure :

Exposing the person in any street, &c., or in view thereof, or in any
place of public resort with intent to insult any female.-Vagrancy
Act, 1824, sec. 4.

Wilfully and indecently exposing the person in any street.-Town
Police Clauses Act, 1847, sec. 28.

Similar provisions in Local Acts.

Intoxicating Liquor Laws, offences against :

110. Drunkenness, simple

Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises.-Licensing Act, 1872, sec. 12.

Similar provisions in Local Acts.

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

Intoxicating Liquor Laws, offences against-continued.

111. Drunkenness, with aggravations—

Being guilty while drunk of riotous or disorderly behaviour in a
highway or other public place, whether a building or not.—
Licensing Act, 1872, sec. 12.

Being drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place
of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine.—Ibid.
Being drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms.—Ibid.
Refusing or failing when drunk to quit licensed premises when
requested. Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 80 (2).
Refusing or failing when drunk to quit any premises or place
licensed under the Refreshment Houses Act, 1860, when
requested. Refreshment Houses Act, 1860, sec. 41.

Being found drunk in any street or public thoroughfare within the
Metropolitan Police District, and being guilty while drunk of
any riotous or indecent behaviour.-Metropolitan Police Act,
1839, sec. 58.

Being drunk in any street, and being guilty of riotous or indecent behaviour therein.-Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, sec. 29. Being intoxicated while driving a hackney carriage.-Ibid., sec. 61. Being drunk during employment as a driver of a hackney carriage, or as a driver or conductor of a stage carriage in the Metropolitan Police District.-London Hackney Carriages Act, 1843, sec. 28. Being drunk and persisting, after being refused admission on that account, in attempting to enter a passenger steamer.-Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, sec. 287 (a) and (b).

Being drunk on board a passenger steamer and refusing to leave such steamer when requested.—Ibid.

Being drunk in any highway or other public place or on licensed premises while having charge of a child under seven years.— Licensing Act, 1902, sec. 2.

All similar offences in Local Acts.

Offences by licensed persons (or their servants) :

112. Permitting drunkenness (on licensed premises, or selling drink to drunken persons)—–

Permitting drunkenness or riotous conduct on the premises, or selling liquor to a drunken person.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 75.

113. Selling drink to habitual drunkards

Licence holder selling or supplying intoxicating liquor to an habitual drunkard within three years after conviction for habitual drunkenness.-Licensing Act, 1902, sec. 6 (2)(b).

114. Selling drink to young persons—

Selling, &c., intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises.-Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Act, 1923, sec. 1 (in part).

Selling intoxicating liquor to persons under 14.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 68.

Permitting child to be in bar of licensed premises.-Children Act, 1908, sec. 120.

115. Offences against closing regulations—

Keeping open premises when ordered by justices to be closed on account of riot.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 63. Selling or supplying or taking from licensed premises, intoxicating liquor, except during permitted hours.-Ibid., sec. 58 (4), and Licensing Act, 1921, sec. 4 (a) and (b) (in part).

List of Offences Tried Summarily--(b) NON-INDICTABLE
OFFENCES-continued.

Intoxicating Liquor Laws, offences against-continued.
Offences by licensed persons (or their servants)-continued.

115. Offences against closing regulations-continued.

Not keeping affixed to premises notice of order exempting from closing during time of exemption.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 55 (2), and Licensing Act, 1921, sec. 3 (3). Keeping such notice affixed when order not in force.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 55 (2).

Person licensed to keep a refreshment house allowing liquor to be consumed there during hours when premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor are closed.-Licensing Act, 1872, secs. 27 and 28.

116. Other offences by licensed persons—

Permitting premises to be the habitual resort of reputed prostitutes. Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 76. Permitting premises to be used as a brothel.-Ibid., sec. 77. Harbouring constable on premises, supplying drink to constable, or bribing constable.—Ibid., sec. 78.

Permitting gaming or betting on his premises.-Ibid., sec. 79. Harbouring thieves, or allowing deposit of stolen goods in his house. Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, sec. 10.

Neglecting to produce licence when prosecuted for the preceding offence.-Ibid.

Person licensed to keep refreshment house allowing gaming therein, suffering his premises to be the resort of prostitutes, thieves, or drunken and disorderly persons, or doing or permitting any act in contravention of his licence.-Refreshment Houses Act, 1860, sec. 32.

Harbouring constable on duty.-Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, sec. 34.

Person keeping licensed premises for sale or consumption of refreshments suffering his premises to be the resort of common prostitutes or reputed thieves.-Ibid., sec. 35.

Selling intoxicating liquors which he is not authorised by his licence to sell.-Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, sec. 65. Selling intoxicating liquor at any place not authorised by his licence.-Ibid.

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Holder of off" licence permitting purchaser of intoxicating liquor to consume it on or near the premises.—Ibid. sec. 66 (1). Holder of " off" licence sending out intoxicating liquors to be sold and consumed elsewhere.-Ibid., sec. 66 (2).

Selling intoxicating liquor otherwise than by measure marked according to the Imperial standards.-Ibid., sec. 69.

Making an internal communication between licensed premises and premises used for public entertainment, &c.—Ibid., sec. 70. Not complying with order of licensing justices to make alterations. Ibid., sec. 72.

Having on licensed premises intoxicating liquor which he is not licensed to sell.-Ibid., sec. 73.

Not keeping fixed to premises notice giving particulars of the licence.-Ibid., sec. 74.

Refusing to admit constable.—Ibid., sec. 81.

Not producing licence to justice, constable, or officer of customs or excise. Ibid., sec. 84.

Distributing intoxicating liquor without a previous order, recorded in delivery book, &c.-Licensing Act, 1921, sec. 7. Supplying intoxicating liquor on credit for consumption on the premises. Ibid., sec. 8 (in part).

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