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Penalty on victuallers, &c. opposing the entry of any divisional justice or constable, not exceeding 10l.;
to be levied by distress, &c.
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17. If any victualler or other person selling or licensed to sell beer, ale, or spirituous liquors, or any person or persons aiding or assisting such victualler or person selling or licensed to sell as aforesaid, shall prevent or endeavour to prevent, by threats or violence, any such divisional justice or justices, or any chief constable or other constable or constables as aforesaid, from entering any such dwelling house or place, and searching for such person or persons as aforesaid, or shall assault or otherwise resist any such divisional justice or justices, or any such chief or other constable or constables as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall, upon conviction of any such offence before any one divisional justice of the district in which such dwelling house shall be situate, or before any one justice of the Castle division, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds; the same, in default of payment on demand, to be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods, and when levied to be paid over to the receiver of the public offices of the said police district; and in default of a sufficient distress for such purpose, then it shall and may be lawful for such divisional justice to commit such offender to the house of correction for any space of time not exceeding one calendar month, or until such penalty shall be sooner paid.
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