Receivers of Stolen Goods, etc. Act 1822
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1822 c. 24 |
| Year | 1822 |
(3 Geo. 4) C A P. XXIV.
[15th May 1822]
'WHEREAS by an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of his Majesty KingGeorge the Second, intituled , it was enacted, amongst other Things, that if any Person or Persons should steal or take by Robbery any Exchequer Orders or Tallies, or other Orders, entitling any other Person or Persons to any Annuity or Share in any Parliamentary Fund, or any Exchequer Bills, Bank Notes,South Sea Bonds, East India Bonds, Dividend Warrants of the Bank, South Sea Company, East India Company, or any other Company, Society or Corporation, Bills of Exchange, Navy Bills or Debentures, Goldsmiths' Notes for Payment of Money or other Bonds or Warrants, Bills or Promissory Notes for the Payment of any Money, being the Property of any other Person or Persons, or of any Corporation, notwithstanding any of the said Particulars were termed in Law a Chose in Action , it should be deemed and construed to be Felony with or without the Benefit of Clergy, according to the Nature of the Case, as specified and provided for by the said Act: And whereas no Provision was made by the said Act for the prosecuting and Punishment of Persons receiving or buying any such Orders, Tallies, Bills, Bonds, Warrants, Debentures, or Notes, knowing the same to have been stolen: And whereas it is expedient that such Persons should be liable to be prosecuted and punished in like Manner as Persons receiving or buying stolen Goods or Chattels, knowing the same to have been stolen, are liable to be prosecuted and punished:' Be it enacted by the King'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 same, That from and after the passing of this Act, all Personswho shall receive or buy any Exchequer Order or Tally, or other Order, entitling any other Person or Persons to any Annuity or Share in any Parliamentary Fund, or any Exchequer Bill, Bank Note,South Sea Bond, East India Bond, Dividend Warrant of the Bank of England, South Sea Company, East India Company or any other Company, Society or Corporation, Bill of Exchange, Navy Bill or Debenture, Goldsmith's Note for the Payment of Money, or other Bond, Order or Warrant, Bill or Promissory Note for...
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