Assertion: worker's power | /r/CapableOf | bring any justice of the peace
Facets:
value: before
type: TEMPORAL
value: to do any work
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When the bill was reported by the committee, it was discovered that certain most despotic provisions had been interpolated in it, especially one conferring upon the employer the power to bring before any Justice of the Peace every working-man who had contracted verbally or in writing to do any work whatsoever, in case of refusal to work or other misbehaviour, and have him condemned to prison with hard labour for two months, upon the oath of the employer or his agent or overlooker, i.e., upon the oath of the accuser.