Malicious Injuries to Property (England) Act 1827
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1827 c. 30 |
(7 & 8 Geo. 4) C A P. XXX.
[21st June 1827]
'WHEREAS various Statutes now in force in that Part of the United Kingdom calledEngland , relative to malicious Injuries to Property, are by an Act of the present Session of Parliament repealed, from and after the last Day ofJune in the present Year, except as to Offences committed before or upon that Day; and it is expedient that the Provisions contained in those Statutes should be amended and consolidated into this Act, to take effect at the same Time as the said repealing Act;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliamentassembled, and by the Authority of the same, That this Act shall commence on the First Day ofJuly in the present Year.
II Setting fire to a Church, Chapel, House, or certain Buildings.
II. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any Church or Chapel, or to any Chapel for the Religious Worship of Persons dissenting from the United Church ofEngland and Ireland , duly registered or recorded, or shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any House, Stable, Coach-house, Outhouse, Warehouse, Office, Shop, Mill, Malthouse, Hop Oast, Barn, or Granary, or to any Building or Erection used in carrying on any Trade or Manufacture, or any Branch thereof, whether the same or any of them respectively shall then be in the Possession of the Offender, or in the Possession of any other Person, with Intent thereby to injure or defraud any Person, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall surfer Death as a Felon.
III Destroying Silk, Woollen, Linen or Cotton Goods in the Loom, &c. or any Machinery belonging to those Manufactures, &c.
III. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, or destroy, or damage with Intent to destroy or to render useless, any Goods or Article of Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton, or of any one or more of those Materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other Material, or any Framework-knitted Piece, Stocking, Hose, or Lace respectively, being in the Loom or Frame, or on any Machine or Engine, or on the Rack or Tenters, or in any Stage, Process, or Progress of Manufacture; or shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, or destroy, or damage with Intent to destroy or to render useless, any Warp or Shute of Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton, or of any one or more of those Materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other Material, or any Loom, Frame, Machine, Engine, Rack, Tackle, or Implement, whether fixed or moveable, prepared for or employed in carding, spinning, throwing, weaving, fulling, shearing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing any such Goods or Articles; or shall by force enter into any House, Shop, Building, or Place, with Intent to commit any of the Offences aforesaid, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Four Years; and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment.
IV Destroying Threshing Machines, or Machinery in any other Manufacture than the foregoing.
IV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, or destroy, or damage with Intent to destroy or to render useless, any Threshing Machine, or any Machine or Engine, whether fixed or moveable, prepared for or employed in any Manufacture whatsoever, (except the Manufacture of Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton Goods, or Goods of any one or more of those Materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other Material, or any Framework-knitted Piece, Stocking, Hose, or Lace,) every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment.
V Setting fire to a Coal Mine.
V. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any Mine of Coal or Cannel Coal, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon.
VI Drowning any Mine, or filling up any Shaft, &c. with Intent to destroy the Mine.
VI. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously cause any Water to be conveyed into any Mine, or into any subterraneous Passage communicating therewith, with Intent thereby to destroy or damage such Mine, or to hinder or delay the working thereof, or shall, with the like Intent, unlawfully and maliciously pull down, fill up, or obstruct any Airway, Waterway, Drain, Pit, Level, or Shaft of or belonging to any Mine, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years; and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment: Provided always, that this Provision shall not extend to any Damagecommitted under Ground by any Owner of any adjoining Mine in working the same, or by any Person duly employed in such working.
VII Destroying any Engine, Erection, &c. used in any Mine.
VII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously pull down or destroy, or damage with Intent to destroy or to render useless, any Steam Engine or other Engine for sinking, draining, or working any Mine, or any Staith, Building, or Erection used in conducting the Business of any Mine, or any Bridge, Waggonway, or Trunk for conveying Minerals from any Mine, whether such Engine, Staith, Building, Erection, Bridge, Waggonway, or Trunk be completed or in an unfinished State, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
VIII Rioters demolishing, &c. a Church, Chapel, House, or certain Buildings, or any Machinery in any Manufactory or Mine.
VIII. And be it enacted, That if any Persons, riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the Disturbance of the Public Peace, shall unlawfully and with Force demolish, pull down, or destroy, or begin to demolish, pull down, or destroy, any Church or Chapel, or any Chapel for the Religious Worship of Persons dissenting from the United Church ofEngland and Ireland , duly registered or recorded, or any House, Stable, Coach-house, Outhouse, Warehouse, Office, Shop, Mill, Malthouse, Hop Oast, Barn, or Granary, or any Building or Erection used in carrying on any Trade or Manufacture, or any Branch thereof, or any Machinery, whether fixed or moveable, prepared for or employed in any Manufacture, or in any Branch thereof, or any Steam Engine or other Engine for sinking, draining, or working any Mine, or any Staith, Building, or Erection used in conducting the Business of any Mine, or any Bridge, Waggonway, or Trunk for conveying Minerals from any Mine, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon.
IX Setting fire to or destroying a Ship.
IX. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to, or in anywise destroy any Ship or Vessel, whether the same be complete or in an unfinished State, or shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to, cast away, or in anywise destroy any Ship or Vessel, with Intent thereby to prejudice any Owner or Part Owner of such Ship or Vessel, or of any Goods on board the same, or any Person that hath underwritten or shall underwrite any Policy of Insurance upon such Ship or Vessel, or on the Freight thereof, or upon any Goods on board the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon.
X Damaging a Ship, otherwise than by Fire.
X. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and maliciously damage, otherwise than by Fire, any Ship or Vessel, whether complete or in an unfinished State, with Intent to destroy the same, or to render the same useless, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years; and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment.
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