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Power to constables and persons aggrieved to apprehend offenders.
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15. Any person found committing any offence punishable either upon indictment or as a misdemeanor upon summary conviction by virtue of this or the special Act may be taken into custody, without a warrant, by any of the said constables, or may be apprehended by the owner of the property on or with respect to which the offence is committed, or by his servant or any person authorized by him, and may be detained until he can be delivered into the custody of a constable; and the persons so arrested shall be taken, as soon as conveniently may be, before some justice, to be examined and dealt with according to law: Provided always, that no person arrested under the powers of this or the special Act shall be detained in custody by any constable or other officer, without the order of some justice, longer than shall be necessary for bringing him before a justice, or than forty hours at the utmost.
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