|
|
Officers, constables, and others to apprehend suspected persons, and to lodge them, with the property, in a police office.
Persons so apprehended and not proving that the property is honestly come by, guilty of a misdemeanor.
|
8. Every peace officer and constable, and every watchman duly appointed by law, during such time as he shall be on duty, shall and may apprehend or cause to be apprehended any person whom he may reasonably suspect of having or carrying, or in any way conveying, any property suspected to be purloined or embezzled, and shall lodge such person, together with the property, in a police office or other place of security, in order that they may be brought before the nearest justice of the peace as soon as convenient; who is hereby empowered to discharge such person, or to order his detention until the next court of petty sessions, or of quarter sessions of the district, unless he enter into such bail, with two solvent and sufficient sureties, as may be required for his appearance before said court on any day to be fixed by said justice; and if the person so apprehended in the act of committing any such offence as aforesaid, or conveying any such property as aforesaid, shall not produce before the said court the person duly entitled to dispose of such property, from whom he bought or received the same, or shall not give an account to the satisfaction of the said court that the property is honestly come by, then the person so apprehended shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished in manner herein-after mentioned, although no proof shall be given to whom such property belongs.
|
