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Bumboat Bill 27 May 1798
Ordo propositus
I. New offenses
described - with
their penalties
II. Powers for seizing
the subject
matter of this
the persons concerned
in such
new offenses
I. New Offenses
1. Having in possession
suspected
goods. within what local limits?
2. Conveying or
assisting in
conveying suspected
goods
3. Throwing goods
overboard from
a boat
Quere within
what local limits
Proviso for
storms, leaks
Quere what other
necessary occasions
for throwing
things overboard
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Additions proposed
in Colq's Papers
1. Penalties &
o Power of arrest
extended to assisters
in the conveyance
of (parts of cargo
unlawfully procured)
in Boats
2. - Persons having
care and charge
of such Boats
Yes if present in
the Boats - but
quere if absent?
it seems yes, by
what comes in the
last page - But
when a man hires
a Boat, how can
the owner tell what
he intends to do with
it? He will not
say that it is to
steal in.
3. . . throwing
or causing to throw
or assisting in throwing
goods out to prevent
detection
4 Persons having
care and charge of
such Boats if suspected
to have
known of and assented
to the throwing
any thing overboard
to prevent detection
4. If absent,
what occasion to
give any such assent
- yet absence
(as above) seems to
be supposed.
5. Power for detaining
the such Boat
and Crew given by the
existing Act to be
extended to this new
offense
6. Power for detain
apprehending
on shore the carriers
of suspected Goods
in Boats - to be
given to the Parishes
under the original
Act § 5.
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Offences
6. 7. Having in possession
goods
Sugar "or other
"articles" loose or
unusually packed
sufficient ground
of suspicion add
or with habiliments
favourable
to the stowage of
goods in large
quantities
stowed in and about
their persons in
a secret and unusual
manner
8. Search seizure
& apprehension arrest
night as well as
day for suspected
goods
9. Penal 9 Misdemeanour not to
apprehend detain
offerers of suspected
goods to sale or
pawn. Thief's
evidence good if
corroborated. Thief
to be pardoned say pardonable on giving
such evidence
10. Offenders against
this or
other Acts to be pardoned
on discovering
& convicting a
receiver of stolen
Goods.
11. Punishment
proposed to be
rendered corporal
viz. Imprisonment
& Whipping pecuniary
being made
up by subscription
No reason why
pecuniary punishment
should not
be added since
remain with encrease
- it might
be doubled for each
subsequent offence.
the subscription
in the Preamble
of this clause
12 Free Waterman
offending
to lose his freedom
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Identifier: | JB/150/323/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150. |
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panopticon versus new south wales; police bill |
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bumboat bill |
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ordo propositus / additions proposed in coln's paper |
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rudiments sheet (brouillon) |
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jeremy bentham |
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