Dublin Police Act, 1842

Power to stop carts, &c. suspected of removing furniture to evade rent.

30. It shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the police force to stop and detain, until due inquiry can be made, all carts und carriages which he shall find employed in removing the furniture of any house or lodging between the hours of eight in the evening and six in the following morning, or whenever the constable shall have good grounds for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the payment of rent.