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Thames Police Bill

Thames Police Bill
§ 2
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Seizure not the
in case of
goods suspected to
have been unlawfully
taken from
on board ships
Penalties & Forfeiture
in case
of conviction

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid
that if any person on being on board of any
Ship or Vessel stationed within the limits aforesaid
or on board of any Boat stationed or hovering in
the neighbourhood of such ship or vessel, or any where
on either shore of such part of the said River as runs
within the limits aforesaid shall have about him in or about
his or her cloathing or otherwise in his or her possession any
such part or parts of the materials furniture, stores, or cargo
of any ship or vessel as by the appearance thereof
or by the secret or other manner in which the
same are packed stowed or disposed of shall appear
to any such [Thames Police] Constable as
aforesaid to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully
obtained, it shall be lawful [to and] for every
such Constable and [to and] for every other person
acting by command [and] in presence [or otherwise]
+ and + or instead of and in aid and assistance of such Constable, to
stop detain and examine every such person as
aforesaid and every other person who shall appear
to be assisting in the keeping or conveyance
of such suspected article or goods or articles as
aforesaid as also all such good or articles so
suspected as aforesaid as such person or persons
shall appear to have in his or her their custody or possession respectively
and if upon such examination such suspicion
should shall be confirmed then to convey every such
suspected person together with all every such suspected
goods or articles as can be taken convey'd at the same time
before any such Justice or the said Justices as aforesaid
depositing the remainder thereof if any in some place or places of safety untill the
orders r of such Justice or Justices can be relative
relative share in

Identifier: | JB/150/083/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	2
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	083	Info in main headings field	thames police bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	a5 c5 f5
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50304
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