An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Parliament of Great-Britain, in the twenty-fourth year of King George the Second, as inflicts capital punishment on persons guilty of stealing to the amount of Forty Shillings, on any navigable River, or on any Wharf or Quay adjacent to any navigable River. (9th March, 1824.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    4 George IV Chapter 6
  • Year
    1824
  • Concepts
    Justice System
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    3
  • Description
    An Act to repeal parts of “An Act for the more effectual preventing of Robberies and Thefts upon any navigable Rivers, Ports of Entry, or Discharge Wharfs and Keys adjacent,” as apply to inflicting the capital punishment on individuals charged with stealing goods, wares or merchandize, of the value of forty shillings, upon any Wharf or Key. Under this Act, people charged with stealing goods, wares or merchandize under the value of fifteen pounds in any ship, barge, lighter, boat or other vessel or craft value of fifteen pounds are to be banished from the province for a term not under two years, or be sentenced to the common gaol for a term not exceeding two years.
  • Source
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