Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Act 1848
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(11 & 12 Vict.) C A P. LXIX.
[31st August 1848]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Parliament ofIreland in the Session holden in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled it is amongst other things enacted, that if any Persons, unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, shall at any Time after the passing of the said Act wilfully and maliciously pull down, demolish, set fire to, or destroy, or shall begin to pull down, demolish, set fire to, or destroy, any Storehouse, Mill, Granary, Corn-stack, or other Place where Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, or Potatoes are usually stored or kept for Exportation or Sale, or shall unlawfully enter or break into, or unlawfully attempt to enter or break into, any such Storehouse, Mill, Granary, or other Place, or take, carry away, throw abroad, or spoil, or attempt by Force to take, carry away, throw abroad, or spoil, any Corn, Meal, Malt, Flour, or Potatoes which shall be stored or kept therein, or shall unlawfully enter on board any Ship, Vessel, or Boat wherein any Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, or Potatoes shall be laden, and wilfully take, carry away, cast overboard, destroy, or damage any of the said Articles laden therein, or wilfully cut, injure, spoil, or take away the said Ship, Vessel, or Boat, or the Rigging, Furniture, Tackle, or Rudder thereof, or any Part of such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, Rigging, Furniture, or Tackle, or unlawfully, wilfully, and by Force obstruct or prevent, or endeavour to obstruct or prevent, the loading or carrying any of the said Articles on board any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, or shall unlawfully, wilfully, and by Force prevent or endeavour to prevent any Ship, Vessel, or Boat laden therewith, or in which any of said Articles shall be laden, from sailing, or shall unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly, and by Force stop, seize, detain, take, or drive away any Horse, Car, Cart, Carriage, or Boat laden with any of the said Articles on the Way to or from any Mill, Store, Granary, or Market, Sea-port, or Place of Shipping, with a View or Intent to prevent the Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, Bread, Biscuit, or Potatoes therein or laden thereon, or any Part thereof, from being taken to the House, Vessel, Storehouse, Place, or Person to which it was intended to be carried, or shall wilfully kill or maim any Horse or Horses or other Beast or Beasts laden therewith, or shall wilfully and forcibly cut or otherwise break or destroy any of the Sacks, or scatter or throw abroad any of the aforesaid Articles, wherewith such Car, Cart, Carriage, Horse, or Boat is or shall be laden, or take away or distribute, or compel the Owner, Driver, or Conductor thereof to distribute, sell, or otherwise dispose of any such Article wherewith such Car, Cart, Carriage, Boat, Horse, or other Beast is laden, or any Part thereof, or shall wilfully destroy any Weir, Sluice, Mill Dam, Drain, or Outwork belonging or appertaining to any Mill, every such Person so offending in any of the said Matters, and all Persons unlawfully, riotously, or tumultuously assembled, who shall aid or assist in the Commitment or the attempting to commit any of the said Offences, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged Felons, and shall suffer such...
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