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Justice to issue warrant to constable to take possession of property intrusted to any person committed for embezzling a part or convicted of any other offence.
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20. In cases where any weaver or person shall have been committed for embezzling or illegally making away with a part of the property intrusted to him, or shall have been convicted of any other offence against any of the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for the justice who committed such person for embezzling or illegally making away with a part of the property intrusted to him, or for the justice presiding at the court of petty sessions before which he has been convicted for that or any other offence, and he or they is or are hereby required, to issue his or their warrant, authorizing a constable, with his assistance, to enter the house and premises of such weaver or person, and take possession of all such property so intrusted as shall be found therein (if a warp on the beam, with the beam and mountings), and to bring the same before the said justice or justices, when the said justice or justices shall direct the same to be delivered to the manufacturer, agent, or person duly authorized to receive the same.
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