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Metropolitan Police Act 1839Great Britian Parliament[2 & 3 Victoria c. 47] An Act for Further Improving the Police In and Near the MetropolisXLVII. [Places used for bear-baiting, cock-fighting, &c.] And be it enacted, That every Person who within the Metropolitan Police District shall keep or use, or act in the Management of any House, Room, Pit, or other Place for the Purpose of fighting or baiting Lions, Bears, Badgers, Cocks, Dogs, or other Animals, shall be liable to a Penalty not more that Five Pounds, or in the Discretion of he Magistrate may be committed to the House of Correction, with or without hard Labour, for a Time not more than One Calendar Month; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Police, by Order in Writing, to authorize any Superintendent belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force, with such Constables as he shall think necessary, to enter any PRemises kept or used for any of the Purposes aforesaid, and take into Custody all Persons who shall be found therein without lawful Excuse, and every person so found shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Five Shillings, and a Conviction under this Act of his Offence shall not exempt the Owner, Keeper, or Manager of any such HOuse, Room, Pit, or Place from any Penalty or penal Consequence to which he may be liable for the Nuisance thereby occasioned. LIV. [Prohibition of Nuisances by Persons in the Thoroughfares.] And be it enacted, That every Person shall be liable to a penalty not more than Forty Shillings, who, within the Limits of the Metropolitan Police District, shall, in any Thoroughfare or public Place, commit any of the following Offences; (that is to say,) 1. Every Person who shall, to the Annoyance of the Inhabitants or Passengers, expose for Show or Sale (except in a market lawfully appointed for that Purpose) or feed or fodder any Horse or other Animal, or show any Caravan containing any Animal, or any other Show or public entertainment, or shoe, bleed, or farry any Horse or Animal, (except in Cases of Accident,) or clean, dress, exercise, train, or break any Horse or Animal, or clean, make, or repair any Part of any Cart of Carriage, except in Cases of Accident where Repair on the Spot is necessary: LVI. [Dog Carts, &c. prohibited after 1st January 1840.] And be it enacted, That after the First Day of January next every person who within the Metropolitan Police District shall use any Dog for the Purpose of drawing or helping to draw any Car, Carriage, Truck, or Barrow shall be liable to a penalty not more than Forty Shillings for the First Offence, and not more than Five Pounds for the Second or any following Offence. |
Penalties for "fighting or baiting lions, bears, badgers, cocks, dogs, or other animals;" Prohibits nuisances in thoroughfares including 1. Display of animals for show or sale; feeding, foddering, shoeing, bleeding, farrying, cleaning, dressing, exercising, training or breaking any animal 2. Turning loose any Horse, Cattle or unmuzzled ferocious Dog, or urging any dog or other Animal to attack, worry, or put in fear any person, horse, or other Animal: 3. by Negligence or Ill-usage in driving Cattle shall cause any Mischief to be done by such Cattle, and also every Person not being hired or employed to drive such Cattle who shall wantonly and unlawfully pelt, drive, or hunt any such Cattle; Prohibits dog carts; Allows for destruction of rabid animals by police. | |||||||
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1839-Aug-17 | "An Act for Further Improving the Police In and Near the Metropolis," in The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 & 3 Victoria, 1839 (London, 1839;