Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... Gofi v. Gt. North. Rail. Co., ut pl. 28. sup. (g) See Gore v. Grey, 33 Law J., C. P. (2) See Walton v. G'am'n, 16 Q. B. 48.-109. (f) Bro. Abr. Faux lmprisonment, the keeper of the asylum, or his servant, entitled to statutory protection (2'). SECTION III. or ACTIONS FOR AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY, AND son FALSE IMPRISONMENT (j). Statutory _moleclz'on to constables and tlzeir assistants from 'vea: atz'o'us actions.----By 7 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 J ac. 1, c. 12, s. 5, it is enacted, that if any action upon the case, trespass, battery, or false imprisonment, shall be brought against constables, their deputies or assistants, for or concerning any matter by them done by virtue of their oflices, the said action shall be laid within the county where the trespass or fact shall be done or committed, and not elsewhere; and that it shall be lawful for such constables, &c., to plead the general issue, not guilty, and to give any special matter discharging them from liability in evidence to the jury; and that if upon the trial of any such action the plaintiff shall not prove to the jury that the trespass, battery, imprisonment, or other fact or cause of action, was committed or done within the county wherein the action shall be laid, the jury shall find the defendant not guilty, without regard to any evidence on the merits. By the 1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 41, providing for the appointment of special constables, it is enacted (s. 19), for the protection of persons acting in execution of the act, that all actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person for anything done in pursuance of the act, shall be laid and tried in the county where the fact was committed, and shall be commenced within six calendar months after the fact committed, and not...

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.