F1Vagrancy Act 1824
1824 CHAPTER 83 5 Geo 4cross-notes
An Act for the Punishment of idle and disorderly Persons, and Rogues and Vagabonds, in England
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case F13 Persons committing certain offences how to be punished.
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[[[F1,F2,F3 4 Persons committing certain offences to be deemed rogues and vagabonds. cross-notes
F4,F5Every person committing any of the offences herein-before mentioned, after having been convicted as an idle and disorderly person; every person pretending or professing to tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose on any of his Majesty’s subjects; every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence and not giving a good account of himself or herself; every person wilfully exposing to view, in any street, road, highway, or public place, any obscene print, picture, or other indecent exhibition; every person wilfully openly, lewdly, and obscenely exposing his person in any street, road, or public highway, or in the view thereof, or in any place of public resort, with intent to insult any female; every person wandering abroad, and endeavouring by the exposure of wounds or deformities to obtain or gather alms; every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence F6... F7... every person being found in or upon any dwelling house, warehouse, coach-house, stable, or outhouse, or in any inclosed yard, garden, or area, for any unlawful purpose; every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting any river, canal, or navigable stream, dock, or basin, or any quay, wharf, or warehouse near or adjoining thereto, or any street, highway, or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, [F8 or any highway or any place adjacent to a street or highway; F8] with intent to commit [F9 an [F10indictable offenceF10,F9]] ; and every person apprehended as an idle and disorderly person, and violently resisting any constable, or other peace officer so apprehending him or her, and being subsequently convicted of the offence for which he or she shall have been so apprehended; shall be deemed a rogue and vagabond, within the true intent and meaning of this Act; and [F11 , subject to section 70 of The Criminal Justice Act 1982,F11] it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to commit such offender (being thereof convicted before him by the confession of such offender, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses,) to the house of correction, F12. . . for any time not exceeding three calendar months; . . . F13 , and F14... F3,F2,F1]]]
case F15 Who shall be deemed incorrigible rogues.
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case F16 Any person may apprehend offenders.
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case F110 Power of sessions to detain and keep to hard labour, and punish by whipping rogues and vagabonds and incorrigible rogues.
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case F114 Persons aggrieved may appeal to the next sessions.
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F122 Not to extend to repeal any Act in force in Scotland or Ireland relative to the removal of poor, &c.
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