8. License for Liqueurs and Spirits. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 21, s. 2. Licensing Act, 1872, s. 69. 9. License for Wine. 23 Vict. c. 27. 10. License for Beer. 3 & 4 Vict. c. 61. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27, s. 8. 11. License-Beerdealers' Retail. 12. License for Table Beer. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 21, s. 3. 45 & 46 Vict. c. 34. 13. Renewal of Grants of Alehouse Licenses. 9 Geo. 4, c. 61, ss. 1, 2. Licensing Act, 1872, ss. 42, 53. Licensing Act, 1874, s. 25. 14. Renewal of Certificates in other cases. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 27, ss. 8, 19. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 29, s. 7. Licensing Act, 1872, s. 53. 45 & 46 Vict. c. 34. 15. No Notices for Renewal. 16. Transfer of Licenses or Certificates. 9 Geo. 4, c. 61, s. 14. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 44. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 29, s. 4. 17. Notices for Transfer. 9 Geo. 4, c. 61, s. 14. Licensing Act, 1872, s. 40. 18. Exemption Orders. Licensing Act, 1872, ss. 26, 29. 19. Occasional Licenses for other places. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 22, s. 13. 26 & 27 Vict. c. 33, s. 20. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 18, s. 5. 20. Occasional Licenses for Fairs and Races. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 22, s. 13. 26 & 27 Vict. c. 33, ss. 19, 21. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 18, s. 5. Licensing Act, 1874, ss. 19, 20. 21. Appeal to Quarter Sessions against Refusal of New Licenses (none). 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94, see Schedule. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 49, s. 27. 22. Appeal as to Renewal or Transfer of Licenses and Certificates. 9 Geo. 4, c. 61, s. 27. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 29, s. 4. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94, Schedule. Locomotives. See HIGHWAYS, p. 208. Lord's Day Act. See title, SUNDAY, post. Lotteries. By 42 Geo. 3, c. 119, lotteries are deemed to be public nuisances, and keepers and players may be indicted. Penalty, 500l. Lotteries are described as any game, lottery, or little-go, not authorised by law, exposed to be played, drawn, &c., either by dice, lots, cards, balls, or by numbers or figures, or by any other contrivance or device (a). No prosecution can be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney-General. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 109, and 37 Vict. c. 15, prohibit the advertising of lotteries, &c. Persons connected with "art unions" are protected from penalties under 9 & 10 Vict. c. 48, on complying with provisions of statute. (a) Morris v. Blackman, 28 J. P. 199. Lunatics. Under 16 & 17 Vict. c. 97, a constable, relieving officer, or overseer is required to apprehend persons wandering at large who are deemed to be lunatics or dangerous idiots. Such persons are to be taken before a justice; and where any constable has knowledge of any lunatic being under improper care, or cruelly treated or neglected by relations or others, he is required, under a penalty of 10l., to give information to a justice within three days. A constable must, if required, convey persons such as above described to an asylum or elsewhere on the order of a magistrate. Note.-A lunatic having escaped from asylum can be apprehended and taken back to the asylum from which he has escaped within fourteen days after the date of his escape; after that time a fresh order of a justice must be obtained before he can be again received at the asylum (sect. 88). By sections 123, 124, officers of an asylum illtreating lunatics or conniving at their escape, are liable to penalties. The Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883, makes new provisions for the trial and custody of insane persons charged with offences. Malice. See title HOMICIDE, p. 210, and LEGAL TERMS DEFINED, p. 70. Malicious Injury. Malicious injury to property of all kinds is punishable under 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97. In order to constitute an offence within the meaning of the statute, the act must have been done maliciously. The word "maliciously " must be understood as meaning purposely as distinguished from in ignorance or by accident. If the act be done wilfully or wantonly it will be presumed to have been done maliciously (R. v. Welch, 45 L. T. 17; 40 J. P. 183). Where a person who fired at a boat to deter a party in it from shooting wild fowl unintentionally shot a man in the boat, the act was held to have been done maliciously (R. v. Ward, 41 L. T. 69; 36 J. P. 453). The following is an analysis of the sections of the Act, for epitome of which see EPITOME OF STATUTEs, post. Injuring animals (section 41); cattle (40); fish or fish ponds (32); bridges (33); canals, locks, rivers, sea walls, &c., (31); fences (25); trees, shrubs, underwood (20-22); fruit, vegetable productions (23, 24); hopbinds (19); mines (26); machinery (15); works of art (39). The crime of arson is punishable under this Act, see sections 1 to 8, and sections 16 to 18 (see also title ARSON, ante); also injury to property by explosive substances (9, 10); and the riotous. demolition of buildings, &c. (11, 12); injury to ships (42-44); wrecks (49); railways (35); turnpike gates (34). Tenants damaging buildings or fixtures (13); and generally injury to any real or personal property up to the value of 5l. (52);" above the value of 51. (51). Sending letters threatening to injure (50). Section 61 of Act authorizes the arrest of persons committing offences against the Act (see also section 57). The provisions of the Act shall equally apply whether the offence be committed from malice conceived against the owner of the property or otherwise (section 58); and it shall be sufficient to prove that the party accused did the act with an intent to injure or defraud, without proving an intention to injure or defraud any particular person (section 60). Manslaughter. See title HOMICIDE, p. 210. Mantraps. Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who sets, causes or suffers to be placed, any spring gun, mantrap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life, or inflict grievous bodily harm upon a trespasser or any person coming in contact therewith, elsewhere than in a dwelling-house for its protection from sunset to sunrise. Marine Store Dealers. Section 480 of the Merchant Shipping Act (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104), applies to marine store dealers, who are required to have their names, together with the words "dealer in marine stores," legibly painted on their premises. The dealer is also required to keep books, and enter therein an account of the articles purchased, with the name and description of the person from whom purchased-Penalty, 201., and for the second offence, 50l. The dealer is prohibited from buying marine stores from any person apparently under the age of sixteen years, nor is he permitted to cut up any cable or similar article exceeding five fathoms in length, or unlay same into twine, &c., without obtaining permit and publishing the notice required by the Act. A dealer in marine stores is described as a person buying and selling anchors, cables, sails, or old junk, old iron, or marine stores of any description. Persons living in inland towns and dealing in old iron and other articles not belonging to a wreck or ship, or otherwise connected with maritime purposes, are frequently styled marine store dealers; but it is questionable whether they can be considered dealers within the meaning of the Act, or bound to comply with its provisions (19 J. P. 364; 22 J. P. 614). All dealers in old metals, however, are now subject to the provisions of 24 & 25 Vict. c. 110, and such dealers, as well as marine store dealers, come under the provisions of section 13 of the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, see post. Master and Servant. Regarding neglect to provide for servant or apprentice, or injuries to servant or apprentice, see title APPRENTICES, p. 78. |