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PREVENTION OF CRIMES ACT 1871 - SECT 15



15. Whereas by the fourth section of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, it is, amongst
other things, provided that every suspected person or reputed thief
frequenting any river, canal, or navigable stream, dock, or basin, or any
quay, wharf, or warehouse near or adjoining thereto, or any street, highway,
or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue
leading thereto, or any stret, highway, or place adjacent, with intent to
commit [an arrestable offence], shall be deemed a rogue and vagabond, and may
be apprehended and committed to prison ... for any time not exceeding three
calendar months: ... in proving the intent to commit [an arrestable offence]
it shall not be necessary to show that the person suspected was guilty of any
particular act or acts tending to show his purpose or intent, and he may be
convicted if from the circumstances of the case, and from his known character
as proved to the justice of the peace or court before whom or which he is
brought, it appears to such justice or court that his intent was to commit [an
arrestable offence]; and the provisions of the said section, as amended by
this section, shall be in force in ... Ireland....

S.16 rep. by 1916 c.50 s.48(1) sch.

S.17 rep. by SLR 1893 (No.2); 1953 c.18 (NI) s.48 sch.5; 1962 c.30 s.30(2)(d)
sch.4 Pt.IV; 1968 c.28 (NI) s.16 sch.4


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