The Justice of the Peace for Ireland

623; general definitions, 623; application to Scotland, 624; application
to Ireland, 628; short title, commencement, and repeal, 632.

Schedules, 632.

Forms. See FORMS.

CHILDREN'S DANGEROUS PERFORMANCES ACT, 1879, 545.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, 342.

CIRCULARS TO PETTY SESSIONS CLERKS, 325.

CLERKS OF PETTY SESSIONS, 323; appointment, duties, salaries, 323,
324; clerk to give security, 324; tenure of office, 325; clerk not to act
by deputy, 325; circulars to Petty Sessions clerks, 325; taking down.
depositions, 326; captions, 326; summonses, specimen forms, 327, 328,
329, 330.

COFFEE-duty on imitations or substitutes, 250; fines and penalties, 250.
See FOOD AND DRUGS.

COIN, 343.

COMMITTAL-powers of justices to commit, 44; when indictable offence is
committed outside the jurisdiction, 44; discretion in committing, 45;
manner of committal, 45; commitment on summary conviction, 45;
warrant to issue in Petty Sessions, 45; when warrant does not issue, 45;
committal on adjournments, 45; on remand, 45; distinction between
remand and committal, 45; cause of complaint should be stated in com-
mitment, 45; warrant of commitment should show good conviction, 46;
cause to be specified, 46; good conviction not presumed in support of,
46; warrant of, in execution, and for trial, who should sign, 49; date
and direction, 49; bad in part, bad in toto, 49; warrant of, by whom
executed, 49; execution of warrant on Sundays, 50; delivery to
gaoler, 50.

CONFESSIONS-reception of, 20.

CONSPIRACY, 343.

CONSPIRACY AND PROTECTION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1875, 852.
CONSTABLE-duties of, how regulated, 51; duty of, when complainant

fails to prefer charge, 51; service of summons by, 51; assaulting, 340,
344.
CONTEMPT OF COURT-provision of Petty Sessions Act as to, 51, 346.
CONVICTION OR ORDER-when made out of Petty Sessions, 52; duty

of clerk in respect of, 52; should be accurately drawn up, 96; distinction
between conviction and order, 96; Lord Ellenborough's platitude as to,
96; jurisdiction must appear on face of, 96; order may be quashed in
part, 97; meaning of, in Petty Sessions Act, 97; statutory modification
in form of, 97; entry of, in Order-Book, 97; effect, 98; negativing
exemptions, 97, 98, 102; provision of County Courts Act as to negativing
exemptions, 97; Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, and Ireland, 97;
dating of, 98; parties, description of in, 98; time of offence to be
stated in, 98; place, 98; general rules as to, for the guidance of justices,
100; jurisdiction must appear on face of, 100; must be full and correct,
100; directions of particular statute must appear on face of conviction
to have been complied with, 100; must be certain, 100; general de-
scription of offence insufficient, though pursuant to words of the Act,
101; offences sub modo must appear to be within conditions, 101; facts
necessary to support proceeding must be expressly alleged, 101; every
ingredient in offence must be described, 101; particular sums or

CONVICTION OR ORDER (continued).

quantities must be specified, 101; cannot charge one offence, and set
forth that the defendant is guilty of another, 102; award of punishment
must appear on face of, 102; ordering forfeiture, when bad, 102; direct-
ing conviction to be recorded, when not capable of being recorded, 102;
uncertainty, 102; only one offence to be included in one conviction,
103; for similar acts in pursuance of one object, 103; for second offence,
103; necessary description of property in, 103; several offenders in
one, 103; for joint offences, 103; Act of Parliament under which con-
viction made, 103, 104; direct statement of offence under section should
be given, 104.

CONVICTIONS AND OFFENCES UNDER LICENSING LAWS, 217.
Liabilities of Master for acts of Servant, 217.

Suffering Gaming," 219.

Early Closing, 220.

Selling without Licence, 221.

Bona fide Travellers, 221.

COSTS power to award, 26.

COUNTY OFFICERS AND COURTS (IRELAND) ACT, 1877, 873.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1855, 778.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT, 1880, 883.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT, 1885, 884.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 347.

DECLARATION, 347.

DEPOSITIONS-how taken, 19.

DESERTERS, 347.

DISCHARGE of prisoner, 50.

DISMISSAL-how entered, 23; should state whether on the merits," or
"without prejudice," 23.

DISQUALIFICATION of owner of licensed premises, 215; grounds of
appeal against, 215; procedure, 215; of justices by statute, 217.
DISTRESS-imprisonment in default of, 46; power of, whence derived, 52;
when warrant is to be issued, 52; in offence cases, 52; in civil cases, 52;
appeal, 52; form of warrant of, 52; by whom issued, 52; to whom
directed, 52; by whom executed, 53; how executed, 53; what may
be taken under warrant of, 53; payment of penalty, 53; distress to
be sold, 53; impounding, 53; where animals to be impounded, 54;
how sums are to be accounted for, 54; may be sold by auction without
licence, 54; return of warrant of, 54; priority of warrant of, 54; re-
taining costs, 348.

DOGS, 348.

DOGS ACT, 1871, 845.

DOGS ACT, 1906, 936.

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACTS, 1865, 833.

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT, 1867, 834.
DRAINAGE OF LAND (IRELAND) ACT, 1863, 823.

DYING DECLARATIONS—61; principle upon which they are admitted as
evidence, 61; to be taken without oath, 62; general instructions, 62.

EMBEZZLEMENT, 349.

EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN ACT, 1875, 859.

Statutory Rules under Employers and Workmen Act, 1875, 863.

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN ACT, 1903, 558.

ENLISTMENT, 350.

EVIDENCE AND PRACTICE ON CRIMINAL TRIALS AMENDMENT
ACT, 1865, 831.

EXCISE, 350.

EXEMPTION ORDERS, 188; when granted, 188; by whom, 188; may
be applied for ex parte at Petty Sessions, 188; discretion of justices
absolute, 188; particulars to be entered in Register of Licences, by
clerk of Petty Sessions, 188; effect of, 188; order must show jurisdic-
tion on its face, 189.

EXTORTION, 350.

FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1906, 931.

FINE—when and how to be paid, 24; distress in default of payment, 24;
amount ordered to be paid, 25; in penal cases, 25; portion awarded
to complainant, 25.

FINES ACT (IRELAND), 1851, 755.

FINES ACT (IRELAND), 1874, 851.

FISHERIES, 357.

FISHERY ACTS, 251; procedure under, 251; two justices may determine
complaints out of Petty Sessions, 251; service of summons under, 251;
costs under, 251; offender against, may be taken in custody, 251;
offences committed on boundaries of Petty Sessions Districts, 251;
defendant not competent to give evidence, 251; fines and penalties,
251, 252; common informer, 252; recognisances, 252, 253; appeals,
252, 253.

Title ouster of justices' jurisdiction, 252; public right of fishing,
252, 253; adjournment when complaint part heard, 253.

Forfeiture of nets, &c., 253, 254.

Costs, 254.

"Fixed Engine," 254.

Liability of Master for acts of Servant, 254, 255.

Larceny Acts-application of, to offences against the Fishery Acts,
255, 256.

Close Season, 256.

Pollution of Rivers, 256.

"FIXED ENGINE." See FISHERY ACTS.

FOOD AND DRUGS, 228; Acts, 228, 679; food, definition of, 228; mixing
injurious ingredients with food, 228; penalty, 228; selling same, 228;
penalty, 228; time to test character of article, 228; article injurious
to health, meaning of, 228; analyst's certificate need not state whether
injurious to health, 228; when article is harmless to adults, but injurious
to children, 228; to give persons food injurious to eat, misdemeanour
at C. L., 228.

FOOD AND DRUGS (continued).

Mixing Injurious Ingredients with Drugs, 228; penalty, 229; selling
same, 229;
drug," interpretation of, 229; exemption on proof of
absence of knowledge, 229.

Selling Food or Drugs to Prejudice of Purchaser, 229; penalty, 229 ;
prosecution under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, 229;
person," definition of, 229; servant who sells on behalf of master,
protection and liabilities, 229; "to the prejudice," meaning of, 229
pecuniary prejudice not essential, 229, 230; "article demanded,"
meaning of, 230; "milk" and "skimmed milk," 230; certificate of
analysis in evidence, 230; water in butter, percentage allowed, 230;
sale of milk, character of article ascertained after contract complete,
230; percentage of milk-fat, onus of proof, 230; "purchaser," 231;
meaning of, 231; when evidence can be produced to show character of
article sold to purchaser differs from standard of pharmacopoeia, 231;
fraud, 231; must be a demand in terms of article required, 231; penalty
when offence committed by personal act, default, or culpable negligence,
231; cases in which no offence is committed, 232; proof of exemption
on the seller, 232; no direction in Act as to how article is to be com-
pounded, 232.

Spirits-sale of, 232; dilution of, 232; degrees under proof, 232.
Compound Articles, 232; sale of in accordance with demand, 232;
penalty, 232, 233.

Protection by Label, 233; label not to be obscured by other matter,
233; false label, 233; not a protection against fraud, 233; fraudulent
increase of bulk, 233; verbal notice instead of label, 233; article of
commerce, ingredient added to produce, 234.

Abstracting Quality, 234; penalty, 234; cream abstracted, 234;
analyst's certificate as evidence, 234; knowledge of seller that article
has been altered, 234, 235; Department of Agriculture and Technical
Instruction may make regulations, 235; mixed articles, onus probandi,
235; warranty given to seller, 235; when servant can rely on indemnity
to master, 235; what constitutes a warranty, 235; instances, 235;
when defence of warranty not available, 236; warranty or invoice as a
defence, 236; person giving warranty entitled to appear at hearing,
236; false warranty, 236; time within which proceedings must be taken,
236; Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction may direct
samples to be taken, 236; division of samples, 236; analyst's fee to
be paid by local authority, 236; local authority to take proceedings,
236; duties of local authority, 236.

Selling Milk or Cream in Public Place, 237; name and address on
vehicle, 237.

Division of Samples taken in transit, 237; section of Act of 1899, 237.
Obtaining Samples by public officer, 237; analyst's certificate, 237;
inspector has no power to take sample outside own district, 237; pur-
chase of small quantity of article of food sold in bulk, 237; place of
delivery, 237; certificate of analyst, 237; analyst may be called, 238;
identity of articles, 238; purchase by private purchaser, 238; seller to
be notified"forthwith," 238; meaning of "forthwith," 238; agent,
238; public analyst, 238; one part to be retained, size of parts, 238;
sending articles to analyst, 238; registered parcel, 239; refusing to sell
for analysis, 239; sale in tins or packets, 239; penalty on refusal for
analysis, 239.

Procedure in Prosecutions, 239; limitation of time for proceedings,

240; summons, what it should contain, 240; copy of analyst's certificate
to be served with summons, 240; form of certificate, 240; evidence of
analyst's certificate, 240; procedure in prosecutions where L.G.B. or
Board of Agriculture have certified result of their analysis to local
authority, 241; evidence of analyst's certificate produced by defendant,
241; justices may take into consideration facts within their own know-
ledge, 241; obstruction of inspector in discharge of his duties, 241;
application of penalties, 241; saving of remedies, 242; contracts, 242;
penalties recovered under Margarine Act, 242.

Margarine and other Agricultural Produce, 242; Acts, 242; who
may prosecute, 242; appeal to Quarter Sessions, 243; maximum fine,
243; penalty on "dealers," 243; exemption from penalty, 243; mark-
ing of packages, 243; margarine-cheese, 244; regulation of sale of milk-
blended butter, 245; presumption against the vendor, 245; restriction
on amount of butter fat in margarine, 245; "milk-blended butter"
defined, 246; unlabelled margarine, 246; margarine imported must be
consigned as margarine, 246; registration of manufactories, 246;
officer of department of agriculture may enter registered premises, 247;
department may authorise officer to enter unregistered premises, 247;
penalty for obstructing officer, 247; register of dealings in margarine
and margarine-cheese, 247; power to take samples, 247; butter sub-
stitutes, 247; butter factories, 247; prohibition of adulterants in
butter factories, 248; limit of moisture in butter, 248; regulations as
to preservatives, 248; penalties, 248; appropriation of penalties, 248;
procedure, 248; definitions, 249; fancy names, 249.

Tea-unfit for human food, 250; when imported as merchandise
is subject to examination, 250; "exhausted" tea, 250.

Coffee-mixture, 250; duty on substitutes and imitations, 250;
fines and penalties, 250.

FORFEITURE OF LICENCES, 212; two convictions work a forfeiture
of a publican's or spirit grocer's licence, 196; forfeiture on a single
conviction, 212, 213; on second, and repeated convictions, 213, 214;
in the case of spirit grocers, 214; effect of forfeiture, 214; appeal, 214;
notice of forfeiture, 214.