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ANNO PRIMO
VICTORIA REGIN JS.
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CAP. LXXXVII.
An Act to amend the Laws relating to Robbery and Stealing from the Person.
[17th July 1837.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend so much of an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of King Georgs the fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in England relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith, and also so much of an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for consoli-dating and amending the Laws in Ireland relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith, as relates to any Person who shall rob any other Person of any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, or who shall steal any such Property from the Person of another or shall assault any other Person with Intent to rob him, or shall with Menaces or by Force demand any such Property of any other Person with Intent to steal the same ; and so much of the same Acts as relates to any Person who shall accuse or threaten to accuse any other Person ot any infamous Crime with a View or Intent to extort or gain from lnm, and who shall by intimidating him by such Accusation or threat extort or gain from him, any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security ; and so much of the same Acts as relates to any Person who shall plunder or steal any Part of any Ship or Vessel which shall be in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore, or any Goods, Merchandize, or Articles of any Kind belonging to such Ship or Vessel; and so much of the same Acts as relates to the 1 unishment ot I nn-8 j	cipals
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cipals in the Second Degree and of Accessaries before and after the Fact respectively to such of the Felonies punishable under those Acts as are herein-before referred to : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the Repeal of same, That so much of the said Acts as is herein-before referred Provision in t0 shall continue in force until and throughout the Thirtieth recited Acts. j)ay Qp septeml)er One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and shall from and after that Day be repealed, except as to Offences committed before or upon the said Thirtieth Day of September, which shall be dealt with and punished as if this Act had not been passed.
Punishment II. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall rob any Person, and of Robbery the Time of or immediately before or immediately after such Robbery shall stab, cut, or wound any Person, shall he guilty of wounding. Felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer Death.
Punishment III. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall, being armed with of Robbery any offensive Weapon or Instrument, rob or assault with Intent violenceWltl1 t0 r°k any Person> or shall, together with One or more Person or ° ’ ' Persons, rob or assault with Intent to rob any Person, or shall rob any Person, and at the Time of or immediately before or immediately after such Robbery shall beat, strike, or use any other personal Violence to any Person, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Fifteen Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years.
Punishment IV. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall accuse or threaten to for obtaining accuSe any Person of the abominable Crime of Buggery committed Threat'of35 either with Mankind or with Beast, or of any Assault with Intent to accusing of commit the said abominable Crime, or of any Attempt or Endeavour unnatural to commit the said abominable Crime, or of making or offering any Crimes. Solicitation, Persuasion, Promise, or Threat to any Person whereby to move or induce such Person to commit or permit the said abominable Crime, with a View or Intent in any of the Cases aforesaid to extort or gain from such Person, and shall by intimidating such Person by such Accusation or Threat extort or gain from such Person any Property, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Fifteen Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years.
Punishment V. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall rob any Person, or of stealing shall steal any Property from the Person of another, shall be liable, at from the	the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any
Person.	Term not exceeding Fifteen Years nor less than Ten Years, or to be
imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years.
VI. And
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Term not exceeding Three Years.
VII. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall, with Menaces or by Punishment lorce, demand any Property of any Person with Intent to steal the for attempt-same, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be inStoobtain liable to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years. mTiSTcF by
^ '^ncLJ).e ^ enacted> That whosoever shall plunder or steal any Punishment lait or any Ship or Vessel which shall be in Distress, or wrecked, tor wrecking, stranded, or cast on Shore, or any Goods, Merchandize, or Articles of any Kind belonging to such Ship or Vessel, and be convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fifteen Years nor less than Ten Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Years.
IX.	And be it enacted, That in the Case of every Felony punishable Punishment under this Act every Principal in the Second Degree and every of Acces-Accessary before the Fact shall be punishable with Death or other- saries' wise in the same Manner as the Principal in [the First Degree is by
this Act punishable; and every Accessary after the Fact to any Felony punishable under this Act (except only a Receiver of stolen Property) shall, on Conviction, be liable to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years.
X.	And be it enacted, That where any Person shall be convicted of Offences any Offence punishable under this Act for which Imprisonment may punishable by be awarded, it shall be lawful for the Court to sentence the Offender ln’Pr!son-to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard Labour, in ment‘
the Common Gaol or House of Correction, and also to direct that the Offender shall be kept in solitary Confinement for any Portion or Portions of such Imprisonment, or of such Imprisonment with hard Labour, not exceeding One Month at any one Time, and not exceeding Three Months in any one Year, as to the Court in its Discretion shall seem meet.
XI.	And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained Not to affect
shall be construed to extend to the Alteration or Repeal of any of Powers of the Powers, Provisions, or Regulations contained in an Act made 5L6W;4‘ and passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late	64_
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for effecting greater Uniformity of Practice in the Government of the several Prisons in England and Wales, and for appointing Inspectors of Prisons in Great Britain, or in an Act made and passed in the
Fourth Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales.
XII.	And