Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851

Warrants for arrest issued by justices, judges, &c.

30. The aforesaid provisions as to the indorsement of warrants shall equally apply to any warrants for the arrest of any person charged with any indictable crime or offence for which he is punishable by law, whether the same shall be signed or indorsed or issued by a justice of the peace, or by a judge of her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, or justices of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery, in England or Ireland, or by the Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, or any of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, or by any sheriff depute or substitute, in Scotland, or by the chief or under secretary to the Lord Lieutenant.