[If the person by whom the officer, Head or other Constable, ia assaulted or obstructed has smuggled goods in his possession, he should be detained under section 186, and charged with smuggling, but if not in possession of such goods the offender should not be detained. In either case a report should be immediately made, and the question whether or not the offender shall be prosecuted for the assault will then be considered.]

S. 189. Every person procuring or hiring persons to assemble for the purpose of being concerned in the landing, or unshipping, or carrying, conveying or concealing smuggled goods shall be imprisoned for not exceeding twelve months; and if any person engaged in the commission of the above offences be armed with fire-arms or other offensive weapons, or disguised, or, being so armed or disguised, shall be found with smuggled goods within five miles of the coast, or any tidal river, shall be imprisoned for not exceeding three years (H.L.)

S. 190. Signalling Smuggling Vessels. - Persons after sunset and before sunrise between 21st September and 1st April, or after the hour of 8 p.m. and before 6 a.m. at any other time of the year, signalling smuggling vessels may be arrested, and forfeit £100, or be kept to hard labour for one year, and it shall not be necessary in such case to prove that any ship or boat was actually on the coast.

S. 191. Burden of proof of such signal not being intended for the purpose of giving such notice shall be upon defendant.

S. 197. Where persons are taken before a justice for offences under the Customs Acts, such justice may order them to be remanded or admitted to bail.

[It will be necessary that the officer, Head or other Constable, by whom a person is detained, should attend the Justice before whom the offender shall be taken, in order to give evidence of the circumstances connected with the seizure, and in the event of the person being remanded under section 197 of Act, the attendance of the officer, Head or other Constable, before the Justices upon the day appointed for hearing the case will be also requisite.]

S. 198. Persons forming part of the crew of any ship in Her Majesty's employment or service, and detained under the Customs laws, should, upon notice thereof to the Commanding Officer, be placed in security on board such ship until required to be brought before a Justice to be dealt with according to law: the detaining officer, Head or other Constable, is therefore to give notice of any such detention to the Commanding Officer of the ship to which the person may belong.

S. 201. If any person shall offer for sale any goods under pretence that they are smuggled, the goods shall be forfeited, and such person shall forfeit treble the value of such goods.

S. 202. Seizure and Forfeiture of Ships, Boats, and Conveyances. Ships, boats, carriages, or other conveyances, together with horses or other animals made use of in the importation, landing, removal, or conveyance of uncustomed, prohibited, restricted, or other goods liable to forfeiture under the Customs Acts, shall be forfeited, and the same, together with all persons liable to be detained under the Customs or any other Acts, may be detained in any place either upon land or water by any person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling; and all such ships, boats, goods, or other conveyances, together with all horses and other animals and things so seized shall forthwith be delivered into the care of the Collector or other officer of Customs, at the Custom House nearest to the place of detention.

S. 203. Any member of the Constabulary may, upon reasonable suspicion, stop and examine any cart, waggon, or other conveyance to ascertain whether any smuggled goods are contained therein; and any person driving or conducting such cart, &c., refusing to stop, or to allow such examination when required so to do in the Queen's name, is liable to a penalty of not less than £20 or more than £100.

[If possible, the name and address of any person on the cart or other conveyance, and also that of the driver, should be taken; and a report of the facts made.]

S. 204. Searching houses for smuggled goods. Any Officer of Customs having a writ of assistance (warrant issued by Court of Exchequer) or any warrant issued by a Justice of the Peace may, in the day time, enter into and search any house, shop, cellar, warehouse, room, or other place, and in case of resistance break open doors, chests, &c., and seize and bring away any uncustomed or prohibited goods, and may take with him any Constable or police officer.

S. 205. If any Officer of Customs (including any member of the R.I. Constabulary) shall have reasonable cause to suspect that any smuggled goods are harboured, kept, or concealed in any house, or other place, and it shall be made to appear by information on oath before any Justice of the Peace, it shall be lawful for such Justice by special warrant to authorize such officer to enter and search such house or other place, and to seize and carry away any such smuggled goods as may be found therein; and such

officer is authorized, in case of resistance, to break open any door, and to force and remove any other obstruction to such entry, search, or seizure, and such officer may call upon any Constable or police officer to aid and assist."

[If any Constable has good reason to believe that there are smuggled goods in any house, shop, cellar, warehouse, or other place, he should at once communicate (through the District Inspector if time will permit) with the nearest officer of Customs, and act under his instructions. If immediate action is necessary the Constable should swear an information before a Magistrate, obtain a warrant, and make the search himself under sec. 205.]

S. 211. Rewards.-The Commissioners may award to any officer detaining any person liable to detention under Customs Acts if convicted, a reward not exceeding £20 for each such person.

S. 212. The Commissioners may order reward as they see fit out of any pecuniary penalty to any officers by whose means the same is recovered.

S. 213. The Commissioners may order to be paid in respect of any seizure, to the persons making the same, such rewards as they may see fit, not exceeding the value of the goods or things so seized.

S. 233-Justices' Jurisdiction. A Justice of the Peace may deal summarily with a person detained for any offence, for which a pecuniary penalty is imposed, if the goods shall not consist of spirits or tobacco, or, being spirits or tobacco, shall not exceed five gallons of spirits or twenty pounds weight of tobacco. In other cases the

Justice, provided he sees reasonable cause for detention, may, under section 197 of the Act, either admit such person to bail, or order such person to be detained a reasonable time for the purpose of obtaining the directions of the Commissioners of Customs for the prosecution, also for obtaining the necessary form of information, &c., and at the expiration of that time the person must be brought before one or more Justices, to be dealt with for the higher penalties mentioned in the law.

42 & 43 Vic., c. 21, s. 10. Penalty for assembling to run goods.-All persons to the number of three or more who shall assemble for the purpose of unshipping, landing, running, carrying, concealing, or having so assembled, shall unship, land, run, carry, convey, or conceal any spirits, tobacco, or any prohibited or uncustomed goods, shall each forfeit a penalty not exceeding £500 nor less than £100.

44 & 45 Vic., c. 12, s. 12 (which is substituted for section 184 of Act, 1876).—Authority to search persons, &c. Any Officer of Customs or other person duly employed in the prevention of smuggling (including any member of the R. I. C.), may search any person on board any ship or boat within the limits of any port in the United Kingdom, &c., or any person who shall have landed from any ship or boat, provided such officer or other person duly employed as aforesaid shall have good reason to suppose that such person is carrying or has any uncustomed or prohibited goods about his person.

A person shall be guilty of an offence:-(1.) If he staves, breaks, or destroys any goods to prevent the seizure thereof by an Officer of Customs or other person authorized to seize the same. (2.) If he rescues, or staves, breaks, or destroys, to prevent the securing thereof, any goods seized by an Officer of Customs or other person authorized to seize the same. (3.) If he rescues any person apprehended for any offence punishable by fine or imprisonment under the Customs Acts. (4.) If he prevents the apprehension of any such person. (5.) If he assaults or obstructs any Officer of Customs, &c., or other person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, going, remaining, or returning from on board a ship or boat within the limits of any port, or in searching such a ship or boat, or in searching a person who has landed from any such ship or boat, or in seizing any goods liable to forfeiture under the Customs Acts, or otherwise acting in the execution of his duty. (6.) If he attempts or endeavours to commit, or aids, abets, or assists in the commission of any of the offences mentioned in this section-penalty not exceeding £100-and he may either be detained or proceeded against by information and summons.

[Authority for Prosecution. In order to obtain the direction of the Commissioners of Customs for the prosecution of the person detained, except in summary cases under section 233 of the Act, 1876, a full and detailed report of all the circumstances attending a seizure should be forthwith made by the officer, Head or other Constable, making the seizure, to the nearest principal officer of Customs, or Inspecting Commander or Chief Officer of Coastguard, and a report of the case should also be made to the County Inspector for the information of the Inspector-General. In sum→ mary cases the report can be made after the case has been dealt with, should the seizure be made at a distance from the official . residence of the Customs or Coastguard Officers.

In case of any doubt or difficulty, the Sergeant should apply (through the District Inspector if time permits) to the nearest Collector or other principal officer of the Customs or Coastguard, and act as he advises. In every case of seizure or of prosecution

under the Customs Acts a full and explicit report of all the cir cumstances should forthwith be made to the Inspector-General through the County Inspector.

Expenses.-Expenses incurred in the apprehension of smugglers, or for the carriage and conveyance of smuggled goods, are to be applied for immediately after the termination of the service. The District Inspector will certify to the correctness of the account and transmit it to the Collector of the port where the seizure has been made, who will obtain an order of the Commissioners of the Customs for payment.]

Dead Bodies.-It is a misdemeanour at common law to remove without lawful authority a corpse from a grave. It is also a misdemeanour without lawful authority to dispose of a dead body for the purposes of dissection, and for gain and profit. Refusal or neglect to bury a dead body is the same offence; and so also is obstructing the burial of dead bodies. (See also 2 & 3 Wm. IV., c. 75.)

Desertion from the Army or Royal Marines, offences relating to.

Army Act, 1881, 44 & 45 Vic., c. 58, s. 152.—Any person who falsely represents himself to any military, naval, or civil authority to be a deserter from Her Majesty's regular forces shall, on summary conviction, be sentenced to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding three months.

S. 153. Any person who, in the United Kingdom or else< where, by any means whatsoever (1) procures or persuades any soldier to desert, or attempts to procure or persuade any soldier to desert; or (2) knowing that a soldier is about to desert, aids or assists him in deserting; or (3) knowing any soldier to be a deserter, conceals such soldier, or aids or assists him in concealing himself, or aids or assists in his rescue, shall be liable on summary conviction to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months.

S. 154. Apprehension of deserters.--With respect to deserters, the following provisions shall have effect: (1) Upon reasonable suspicion that a person is a deserter, it shall be lawful for any Constable, or if no Constable can be immediately met with, then for any officer or soldier or other person, to apprehend such suspected person, and forthwith to bring him before a Court of summary jurisdiction. (2) Where a person is brought before a Court of summary juris