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<p> 6<lb/>II<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Examination</p> <!-- all margin notes are pencil annotations --><p><note>(£2,000 a year the <lb/> expense | <p> 6<lb/>II<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Examination</p> <!-- all margin notes are pencil annotations --><p><note>(£2,000 a year the <lb/> expense of Mint <lb/> Prosecutions</note></p> <p> The Finances of the Country would be considerably improved in as much as <lb/> upwards of £2,00 a year is disbursed for mint prosecutions without<lb/> lessening the evils not can it be expected until the Bill in question shall <lb/> pass into <add>a </add> Law.</p> <p> <note>4. Amendment of Laws<lb/> against depredation <lb/> in respect of Receivers <lb/> & <hi rend="underline">valuables</hi> not<lb/> yet <unclear>comprised</unclear> with<lb/>protection of the Law. </note></p> <p> By improving the Laws with respect to the receivers of Stolen Goods<lb/> of every denomination & to make the offence of receiving money <lb/> Bank Notes Horses Cattle Poultry or any other property the same <lb/> as Goods &c</p> <p> <note>5. By allowing Judges<lb/> & Justices to give <lb/> <del><gap/></del> money rewards<lb/> for services rendered<lb/> to Justice.</note></p> <p> 5<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> By empowering Superior & Inferior Magistrates by small rewards<lb/> to encourage officers of Justice who have rendered meritorious<lb/> Services to the Public whether the Offence may be of a Superior <lb/> or inferior Class in point of enormity or whether there is a <lb/> Conviction or not.</p> <p> <note>6. Requiring security <lb/> a fresh Licence <lb/> from Night Coaches</note> </p> <p> 6 By authorizing the proposed Board of Police Revenue to require <lb/> Security from all coachmen who shall drive Hackney Coaches<lb/> after 12 o'clock at Night and to require that such coachmen should <lb/> take out Licences under certain restrictions.</p> <p> <note>7 Amendment of the <lb/> Laws against<lb/> Cheats</note></p> <p> 7 By improving the Laws relating to cheating Swindling.</p> <p> <note>8 Extending to menial <lb/> Servants the Laws<lb/> relative to Labourers<lb/> & Handicrafts </note></p> <p> 8 By reviving the existing Laws relative to Handicrafts and Labourers<lb/> <gap/> to include menial Servants in the same regulations and punishment<lb/>for breaches of Civil Contracts which lend in a high degree to the <lb/> Corruption of Morals.</p> <p> <note>9 Amending the <lb/> Bumboat Act</note></p> <p> By improving the act of the 2 Geo 3<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> :28 for preventing Pillage <lb/> & Plunder in the River Thames commonly called the Bumboat Act.</p> <p> <note>10 Consolidation of Laws</note></p> <p> 10 By reviewing consolidating and improving the Laws now in being and by <lb/> introducing new Checks for the preventing frauds plunder & Pillage <lb/> in the Naval & Military Arsenals &c</p> <p> <note>11 Improved mode<lb/> of punishment for <lb/> convicts instead of <lb/> the Hulk System</note></p> <p> By investigating the cause why the labour of Convicts may not <lb/> <sic>hert</sic> of one been more productive & why the experts in maintaining <lb/> them have not diminished and by considering what legislative<lb/>and other regulations are necessary to reduce this enormous <sic>expence</sic> <lb/> and to prevent the shocking corruption of Morals which arises<lb/> from the System of the Hulks. — </p> <p> <note>12. Appointment of <lb/> Counsel for the Crown<lb/> for conducting criminal <lb/> prosecutions</note> </p> <p>By empowering the Attorney General for the time being to appoint<lb/> Counsel for the Crown to Conduct all criminal prosecutions.</p> <p>All these objects are so far connected with finance that in proportion <lb/> to the extent of the measures which are adopted for promoting & enforcing <lb/> the improvements which are suggested with the same proportion will the <lb/> finances of the Country be improved by the diminution of the number of persons <lb/> convicted for offences & the saving <sic>expence</sic> which will accrue from the reductiontion <lb/> of Crimes.</p> | ||
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6
IId Examination
(£2,000 a year the
expense of Mint
Prosecutions
The Finances of the Country would be considerably improved in as much as
upwards of £2,00 a year is disbursed for mint prosecutions without
lessening the evils not can it be expected until the Bill in question shall
pass into a Law.
4. Amendment of Laws
against depredation
in respect of Receivers
& valuables not
yet comprised with
protection of the Law.
By improving the Laws with respect to the receivers of Stolen Goods
of every denomination & to make the offence of receiving money
Bank Notes Horses Cattle Poultry or any other property the same
as Goods &c
5. By allowing Judges
& Justices to give
money rewards
for services rendered
to Justice.
5th By empowering Superior & Inferior Magistrates by small rewards
to encourage officers of Justice who have rendered meritorious
Services to the Public whether the Offence may be of a Superior
or inferior Class in point of enormity or whether there is a
Conviction or not.
6. Requiring security
a fresh Licence
from Night Coaches
6 By authorizing the proposed Board of Police Revenue to require
Security from all coachmen who shall drive Hackney Coaches
after 12 o'clock at Night and to require that such coachmen should
take out Licences under certain restrictions.
7 Amendment of the
Laws against
Cheats
7 By improving the Laws relating to cheating Swindling.
8 Extending to menial
Servants the Laws
relative to Labourers
& Handicrafts
8 By reviving the existing Laws relative to Handicrafts and Labourers
to include menial Servants in the same regulations and punishment
for breaches of Civil Contracts which lend in a high degree to the
Corruption of Morals.
9 Amending the
Bumboat Act
By improving the act of the 2 Geo 3d :28 for preventing Pillage
& Plunder in the River Thames commonly called the Bumboat Act.
10 Consolidation of Laws
10 By reviewing consolidating and improving the Laws now in being and by
introducing new Checks for the preventing frauds plunder & Pillage
in the Naval & Military Arsenals &c
11 Improved mode
of punishment for
convicts instead of
the Hulk System
By investigating the cause why the labour of Convicts may not
hert of one been more productive & why the experts in maintaining
them have not diminished and by considering what legislative
and other regulations are necessary to reduce this enormous expence
and to prevent the shocking corruption of Morals which arises
from the System of the Hulks. —
12. Appointment of
Counsel for the Crown
for conducting criminal
prosecutions
By empowering the Attorney General for the time being to appoint
Counsel for the Crown to Conduct all criminal prosecutions.
All these objects are so far connected with finance that in proportion
to the extent of the measures which are adopted for promoting & enforcing
the improvements which are suggested with the same proportion will the
finances of the Country be improved by the diminution of the number of persons
convicted for offences & the saving expence which will accrue from the reductiontion
of Crimes.
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