The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-20 00:00:00

Mining any goods while on board of any barge,
lighter or other craft lying or being in the said river, •
or any dock, creek, quay, wharf or landing place ad-
jacent to the same, in or in the way to or from ally
warehouse to or from which such pitch..e shall haw
been removed, shall be removing or al;out to be re-
moved, with intent that the contracts of such package
or any part thereof may be spilled or dropped (roe,
such package, every pe-son so offending shall few .
every such offenre be deemed and adjudged guilty o: a •
and shall suffer as hereinafter ernestimeed.
Wilfully killer, fall Article, is the Them.., as.
And be it further vowel, that if for the purpose tr:
preventing the seisnre or discovery of any material%
furniture, stores, or merchandise belonging to or ltzs-
ing been part of the cargo of any ship or vessel lyitsg
in the said river, or the docks or creeks adjacent
the. eto, or of ans• other arricies unlawfully obtaineA
from at.y such ship or vessel, any such or any other ar!".- •
rle shall be wilfully let fall or thrown into the river, or
in any other manoler directly or purposely conveyed 'say
or endeavoured to be conveyed away from aay ship us
vessel, boat, b4rge, lighter, craft. wharf, qaay or other
landing-place, every person being party privy or a•:-
cessary to such letting fall, throwing or conveyance.
or to any previous instructions or premeditated design-
s. to les fall, throw or convey away any sash artic.e
with any est* purpose us album shall be deemed
and adjudged guilty of a , aid if any;
article whatever of apparent value shall be wilfrelty
let fall, thrown, conveyed away, or endeavoured to be
conveyed away from any ship or vessel into any beat,
barge, lighter or craft, or from any 'wharf, quay, or
other lauding-place, without the order, assent, or
privity of the owner, or of the person having the law-
ful charge of such article, it shall be lawful foe any
such Thames Police constable, or surveyor, or for any
constable of the city of London, within the jneialie-
tion of the said city, to seize, apprehend and secure.
any such boat, barge, lighter or other craft, and 'teeny
person therein, or who by reason of his nearness tv
time place where such offence shall be committed, AA
be reasonably suspected by such constable or sur-
veyor of being party privy or accessary thereto, anti—
forthwith to convey every such person so apprehended,
before one of the said Justices appointed to strata at
the Thames Police-office, or some other Justice is
whose jurisdiction such offence shall be committed;
and if upon eNamination it shall not be made 'plume •
to the satisfaction of the Justice before whom the of-
fender shall be carried, that such letting fall. throw-
ing, or conveying away, or endeavour to convey away,
proceeded either from mere accident or from erne
lawful cause, and not from any such fraudulent or evil-
sive design as aforesaid, every person so appearing iv
be party privy or accessary as aforesaid, shall be deem-
ed and adjudged guilty of and shall seder
as hereinafter mentioned.
Eztent of Forfeits) t or Imprisoament for Where*
declared Miederneadore.
And be it further enacted, that for every offeuo e
hereinbefore declared to be a or for which
no special penalty is hereinbefore appointed, the of-
fender shall, at the discretion of the Justice before
whom the conviction shall take place, either forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding or nitre
imprisonment for any time not 'mediae
in any gaol or house of correction within the jutio-
diction of such Justice ; and in rase of the adjudiestios
of a pecuniary penalty and nonpayment thereat, it shall
be lawful for such Justice to commit the offender
any gaol or house of correction for the like term. un-
less such l enalty shall be sooner paid : and one
moiety of every such pecuniary penalty shall be paid tis
such receiver as aforesaid for the purposes of this
act. and the other moiety thereof, antler the directions
of the Justice by whom the same shall have bems ad-
judged, shall either be paid and applied to the use oar
the informer alone, or be distributed between each
persons as shall have contributed to the conviction of
the .deader, in such shares and proportion: as such
Justice shall thiok fit.
Vence* how to he Med.
And be it further enacted, that is every nee is
which complaint shall be made, or inferential eivem
of any offence by this act declared to be a
or for which any pecuniary penalty is herein before
appointed with or torthoat imprisooment, in millithis
thereto ere in lieu thereof, the matter of semi coop
plaint or information, it the offence shall bats bsight
committed or the (deader apprehended %WA* the.
jurisdiction of the city of lasoAdoe, may be bawd and
determined by the Lord Mayor, Recorder. 'or one of.
the Aldermen of the said city, and not elsewhere : bit
if the offence shall have been Committed or the
.Wender apprehended out of the said )Iriedietlele,
such monplaiat or information may be heard stela
termised, either by Hue of the Justices appolatod
the Thames Police Office as aforesaid, or by any other.
Javier within whose jut-ea:4:6ot* the offence shall