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AN ACT for the better Protection of Life, and to facilitate the Apprehension and Detection of Persons guilty of certain Offences, in Ireland.

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POR the more easy detection and apprehension of persons who shall commit or shall attempt to commit Murder, or any grievous offence against the person or persons of any of Her Majesty's Subjects in Ireland, and for the repression and better prevention of such crimes; BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT if the state of any county or part of a county in Ireland, with respect to the commission therein of the 10 crime of murder, or of feloniously slaying any of Her Majesty's subjects, or of the crime of shooting at, stabbing, cutting or wounding any of the said subjects, or of causing by any means whatsoever to any of the said subjects any bodily injury dangerous to life, with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to commit murder, or of shooting at, 15 stabbing, cutting, or wounding any of the said subjects with intent to maim or disable or to do some other grievous bodily harm to any of the said subjects, shall, in the judgment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, render it necessary or proper for the due protection of the lives of Her Majesty's subjects in such county or part of a county, it shall and be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the may advice and assent of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, to declare by proclamation that any such county or part of a county, as also such part as he and they shall think proper of any adjoining county, requires

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Additional Police deemed to be ap. pointed under this Act, and Salaries, &c. to be defrayed

by the Counties, &c.

for which same were originally appointed.

an additional establishment of police, and thereupon it shall and may
be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to appoint such and so
many resident Magistrate or Magistrates, Sub-Inspectors of Consta-
bulary, Head Constables, Constables and Sub-Constables as he shall
think proper to be stationed and reside within the district specified in 5
such proclamation, until the Lord Lieutenant shall, by proclamation in
that behalf issued, otherwise direct; and such additional force of.
Constabulary shall form part of the general constabulary force, and be
in all respects subject to the same rules and discipline as the residue
of the said force.

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Provided always, and be it Enacted, That in any county, county of a city or county of a town, barony, half-barony or other district heretofore certified to be in a state of disturbance, wherein any additional establishment of police shall at the time of the passing of this Act be stationed or acting pursuant to any proclamation heretofore made by 15 the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the consent of the Privy Council of Ireland, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the Fourth, inti

6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 13. tuled, "An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland," such additional police force shall from and after the passing of this Act be deemed and taken to have been appointed under the provisions of this Act, and shall be subject to all the rules, restrictions and regulations of this Act.

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The Lord Lieutenant and Council may by such Proclamation, or by a distinct Proclamation, warn the inhabitants of the District proclaimed to remain within their places of

abode between Sunset and Sunrise.

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Power to revoke

whole or in part.

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And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council 25 in Ireland, if he and they shall so think fit, in and by any such proclamation so to be made as aforesaid, or by a distinct proclamation, to warn the inhabitants of the district specified in such proclamation to be and remain within their respective places of abode at all hours between Sunset and Sunrise froin and after such day as shall be named therein for that purpose.

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And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Proclamation in the Lieutenant of Ireland, by a new proclamation to be made by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, to revoke any proclamation issued in pursuance of this Act as to the whole or 35 any part of the district thereby proclaimed, and thereupon the original proclamation mentioned therein shall, upon a day to be specified in such new proclamation, stand and be revoked so far as such new proclamation shall purport to revoke the same.

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Copies of the Proclamation to be posted as herein directed.

And be it Enacted, That copies of every proclamation made under 40 the provisions of this Act shall be posted on or near to the doors of all places of public worship within the district specified in such proclamation,

clamation, and on or immediately adjacent to the doors of each police station or barrack within the same, and at the places (if any) appointed by the Grand Jury for posting road notices within the same.

And be it Enacted, That the production of the Dublin Gazette, 5 containing the publication of any proclamation under this Act, shall be deemed and taken to be, and shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction in Ireland, of all such facts and circumstances as were or shall be necessary to authorize the issuing of such proclamation as aforesaid; and every such proclama10 tion shall be deemed and taken in all such courts respectively, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, to have been issued in conformity to the several provisions of this Act.

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And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to pay such reward or rewards as to him shall seem fit, for the discovery or apprehension of any person or persons who shall be convicted of any of the offences aforesaid committed within the district specified in any such proclamation.

And be it Enacted, That any Magistrate, Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Head Constable, Constable, Sub-Constable of Police, or other peace20 officer, shall and may cause to be apprehended and detained in custody any person who, within any proclaimed district wherein the inhabitants shall have been warned as aforesaid to remain within their places of abode as aforesaid, shall be under suspicious circumstances in the fields, streets, highways, or in any other place out of his 25 dwelling, home or place of abode, at any time from One Hour after Sunset until Sunrise, and not on some lawful occasion, the proof whereof shall lie on the person apprehended; and such person so apprehended shall within Twenty-four Hours after his arrest, if the Court of Petty Sessions for the district shall not be appointed to be 30 holden within that time, be brought before some Magistrate acting for such district, who, after hearing what such person may offer on his behalf, and inquiring into all the circumstances of the case, shall either order such person to be detained in custody, and brought before the Court of Petty Sessions which shall be next holden in and for 35 the Petty Sessions district wherein such person shall be so apprehended, or shall admit him to bail, and bind him in his own recognizances, with Two sufficient Sureties, to appear before and abide the order of the Magistrate or Magistrates who shall be present at and acting in such Court of Petty Sessions; and when such person 40 shall be so brought before such Court of Petty Sessions, or shall appear as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Magistrates present at and acting in such Petty Sessions, or for the major part of them, or for a single Magistrate (if only one shall be present), after hearing what

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such person shall offer on his behalf, and inquiring into all the circum-
stances of the case, if they or he shall be satisfied that such person was
so out of his dwelling, home or place of abode as aforesaid, upon some
lawful occasion, to make an order in writing under the hands and seals
or hand and seal of such Magistrates or Magistrate that such person
shall be forthwith discharged; but if the major part of the Magistrates
or the single Magistrate (as the case may be) shall not be so satisfied,
or if the Magistrates present shall be equally divided in opinion, and
no such order for the discharge of such person shall in consequence be
made, then and in every such case such Magistrates or Magistrate 10
shall forthwith commit such person for trial without bail or mainprize;
or in case the major part of such Magistrates (if Two or more shall be
present) or in case a single Magistrate (if only one shall be present)
shall in their or his discretion so think fit, it shall be lawful for them
or him to admit such person to bail, and to bind him, either in his own
recognizances alone or with Two sufficient Sureties, to appear and take

Copy of Depositions, his trial according to the due course of law: Provided always, That

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the Magistrates or Magistrate by whom any person so apprehended
shall be fully committed for trial shall, without delay after such com-
mittal, transmit to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland a copy of the depo- 20
sitions against such person, and a true and faithful report of such com-
mittal, and the grounds and reasons thereof, with the examination of
the prisoner, and the reasons alleged by him or on his behalf why he
should not be committed (which the said Magistrates or Magistrate are
or is required to take down in writing), in order that such person may 25
be detained, discharged or admitted to bail, as to the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland shall seem fit.

And be it Enacted, That any person who shall, within any district proclaimed under this Act, be under suspicious circumstances found in any field, street, highway or other place out of his dwelling, home or 30 place of abode, at any time from One Hour after Sunset until Sunrise, and not on some lawful occasion, the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor.

And be it Enacted, That the Magistrates of every petty sessions district, the inhabitants of any portion whereof shall be warned by 35 such proclamation as aforesaid to remain within their places of abode as aforesaid, shall and they are hereby required to assemble and meet in petty sessions, at the usual place of holding the same, once at least in every week during all such time as such proclamation shall be so in force, in any part of such petty sessions district.

And be it Enacted, That any person or persons found in any proclaimed district in any house of public resort, licensed or unlicensed, in which malt liquors or spirituous liquors are sold or consumed, or

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in any house, shop, room, or other place of public resort, wherein tea, coffee, provisions, liquors or refreshments of any sort are sold or consumed, whether the same shall be kept or retailed therein, or procured elsewhere, (not being inmates thereof or travellers,) after One 5 Hour after Sunset and before Sunrise, shall be deemed guilty of a Misde

meanor.

And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, or any person thereto authorized by the warrant of any Justice of the Peace, at any time, from One Hour after Sunset until 10 Sunrise, to demand admission, and in case admission shall be refused, or not obtained within a reasonable time after it shall have been first demanded, to enter by force into any house in any proclaimed district, licensed or unlicensed, in which malt liquors or spirituous liquors are sold, or into any such house, shop, room or place of public resort as aforesaid.

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And be it Enacted, That any person who shall, within any district proclaimed under this Act, knowingly have in his dwelling-house, place of abode, custody or possession any fire-arms or ammunition, not being duly authorized to keep the same, the proof whereof shall 20 lie on the person accused, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor.

And be it Enacted, That any person who shall wilfully or maliciously injure either the person or property, real or personal, of any person who has appeared, or shall appear, or be bound to appear, as a witness, prosecutor or juror, by reason of his conduct as such, or 25 who shall, by threats or menaces or otherwise howsoever, deter or intimidate or endeavour to deter or intimidate any person from appearing or acting as a witness, prosecutor or juror, or from discharging his or ber duty in that behalf, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor under this Act.

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fences under this Act.

And be it Enacted, That every person convicted of any misdemea- Punishment for ofnor under this Act, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Three Years.

And be it Enacted, That no person offending against the provisions 35 of this Act shall be tried at any Sessions of the Peace; but any person so offending shall and may be tried at some Assizes or Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery to be holden in and for the county wherein such offence shall be committed.

16. Offenders may be instead of Sessions

tried at Assizes, &c.

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And be it Enacted, That when any person shall be convicted of any Hard Labour, &c. offence punishable under this Act for which imprisonment may be awarded, it shall be lawful for the court to sentence the offender to be

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