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Penalties on persons guilty of misdemeanors in having purloined or embezzled goods, &c.
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10. Any person who shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, agreeably to any of the previous sections of this Act, shall, in addition to being deprived, without compensation, of any stolen or embezzled materials or goods which shall have been found in his possession, forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds for each offence, together with costs, if tried in a summary manner before a court of petty sessions; or shall forfeit any sum not exceeding forty pounds, together with costs, if tried before a court of quarter sessions; one moiety of the said penalty to be given to the informer, the other to be applied in the same manner as any other penalty under this Act; and in default of the immediate payment, on conviction, of such penalty and costs, the person so found guilty shall, if the trial has been conducted in a summary manner, be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction, and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months; and if the trial has been conducted at a court of quarter sessions, he shall be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction, and there kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, as the court in the sentence of condemnation shall fix and determine: Provided always, that in each of the cases aforesaid the person imprisoned shall be released upon payment of the amount of the penalty and costs to which he has been sentenced.
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