respect of whose estate a receiving order had been made. (46 & 47 Vict. c. 52, s. 163.)

-What power has the court of ordering the arrest of a debtor?

A.—(1.) If after a bankruptcy notice has been issued or petition in bankruptcy is presented by or against such debtor it appear to the court that there is probable reason for believing he is about to abscond with a view of avoiding payment of the debt or service of the petition, or of avoiding examination in respect of his affairs, or otherwise delaying or embarrassing the proceedings in bankruptcy.

(2.) If after a petition in bankruptcy has been presented by or against such debtor, it appears to the court that there is probable cause for believing he is about to remove his goods or chattels with a view of preventing or delaying such goods or chattels being taken possession of by the official receiver or the trustee, or that there is probable ground for believing that he has concealed or is about to conceal or destroy any of his goods or chattels, or any books, documents or writings which may be of use to his creditors in the course of his bankruptcy.

(3.) If after the service of the petition on such debtor, or after a receiving order is made against him, he remove any goods or chattels in his possession above the value of five pounds, without the leave of the official receiver or trustee, or if without good cause shown he fails to attend any examination ordered by the court. (46 & 47 Vict. c. 53, s. 25.)

Q. What is the offence of forging or counterfeiting trade marks?

A. It is a misdemeanor, and punishable with im

prisonment to the extent of two years, or by fine, or both; additions to and alterations of trade marks, with intent to defraud, as well as fresh fabrications, are deemed forgeries, but no proceedings are to be taken after three years from the offence or one from the first discovery. (25 & 26 Vict. c. 88.)

Q.-Is a member of a trade union liable to prosecution for a conspiracy to restrain trade ?

A.-No; this is provided for by the 34 & 35 Vict. c. 31, which declares that no trade union shall be deemed to be unlawful merely because the purposes are in restraint of trade, so as to render any member thereof liable to prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise. (See also 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86.)

But a contract by several master manufacturers to close their mills at the will of the majority with the object of increasing prices cannot be enforced. (Hilton v. Eckersley, 6 E. & B. 47.)

Q. What are the chief offences mentioned in the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 ?

A.-1. For any person-with a view to compel any other person to abstain from doing, or to do any act which such other person has a right to do or abstain from doing to wrongfully and without authority (a) Use violence to or intimidate such other person,

or his wife, or children, or injure his property. (b) Persistently follow him about from place to place.

(c) Hide his tools, clothes or other property, or

hinder him in the use thereof.

(d) Watch or beset his house or other place where

he resides, or works, or carries on business or happens to be, or the approach thereto, but not if the object be merely to obtain or communicate information.

(e) Follow him with two or more persons in a disorderly manner, in or through any street

or road.

2. For a person employed by the municipal authorities, public companies or others, who have undertaken to supply gas or water, wilfully and maliciously to break his contract of service, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence will be to deprive the inhabitants wholly, or to a great extent of gas or water.

3. For a person wilfully and maliciously to break his contract of service, knowing or having reason to believe that the probable consequence will be to endanger human life, or cause bodily injury, or expose valuable property to destruction or serious injury.

All the above-mentioned acts are punishable on summary conviction or indictment by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or penalty not exceeding 207. (Har. Crim. Law, pp. 127 et seq.)

Q.-Is there, in prosecutions for the last two-mentioned offences, any exception to the general rule as to the admission of evidence in criminal cases?

A. Yes; the respective parties to the contract of service, their husbands or wives, are competent witnesses. And it may also be here mentioned that the accused in such last-mentioned cases may elect to have the case tried on indictment, and not by a court of summary jurisdiction. (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, ss. 9, 11.)

Offences against Justice.

Q. What is the offence of stealing or injuring records, and its punishment?

A. It is a felony, punishable with penal servitude to the extent of five years, or imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour and solitary confinement. (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 30.)

Q. What is the punishment for striking or assaulting any person in a court of justice?

A.—The punishment is the loss of the right hand, imprisonment for life, and forfeiture of goods and chattels and of the profits of the offender's lands during life.

Q-Is it any offence to intimidate any of the parties or witnesses in a court of justice?

A.—Yes; these are all impediments to justice, and are high misprisions and contempts of the king's courts, and are punishable with fine and imprisonment.

-What is meant by escape, prison breach, and a

rescue?

A.-An escape is where the liberation of any party is effected by himself or others without force; where it is effected by the party himself with force, it is called prison breaking; where it is effected by others with force, it is commonly called a rescue. (Har. Crim. Law, p. 77.)

Q. What is the punishment for aiding prisoners to escape?

A. By 25 Geo. II. c. 37, s. 9, it is a felony to rescue or aid a prisoner in escaping, if he be found

guilty of murder, or going to or during examination ; and the punishment is penal servitude for life, or not less than five years, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour and solitary confinement, for not more than two years.

By 52 Geo. III. c. 156, every person assisting a prisoner of war to escape shall be guilty of a felony, and he may be sentenced as be sentenced as just mentioned.

By 1 & 2 Geo. IV. c. 88, s. 1, the rescuer of any person charged with felony is declared guilty of felony and he may be sentenced to penal servitude for not more than seven, not less than five years; or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for not less than one, nor more than three years.

By 5 Geo. IV. c. 84, whoever shall rescue, or attempt to rescue, any offender under sentence or order of penal servitude from the custody of any person charged with his removal, shall be guilty of felony, and he may be sentenced to penal servitude for life, and previous imprisonment, with or without hard labour not exceeding four years, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding two years.

Q.-Of what offence is a convict guilty who is at large without authority?

A.—It is a felony punishable by penal servitude to the extent of life, and previous imprisonment not exceeding four years, or else by imprisonment not exceeding two years. (5 Geo. IV. c. 84; 4 & 5 Will. IV. c. 67.)

Q.-What offence is it to prevent or obstruct an arrest?

A.-An assault upon, obstruction of or resistance to