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Persons obstructing, &c. Officers of Fisheries,
may be carried before a Justice, &c.
If found guilty on Indictment,
Misdemeanor.
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LXIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Officer or Officers of the Fisheries, or any Person or Persons appointed by or acting under the said Commissioners of the Fisheries, being on shore or going on board, or returning from on board, or being on board any Vessel or Boat engaged in the said Fisheries, shall be opposed, obstructed or assaulted in the due Execution of his or their Office or Duty, any Person or Persons so opposing, obstructing or assaulting the said Officer or Officers in the due Execution of his or their Duty, and all such as shall act in his or their Aid or Assistance, shall and may be carried and conveyed before One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace residing near the Place where such Offence shall be committed, or where such Person or Persons shall be apprehended, and such Justice shall, upon the Oath or Oaths of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, in case he shall not find sufficient Bail for his Appearance at the next Quarter Sessions or Assizes to be holden for the County in which the Place aforesaid shall be situate, to commit such Person to the Gaol of such County, there to remain until the next Quarter Sessions or Assizes to be holden for said County, or until such Person shall be delivered by due Course of Law; and in case an Indictment shall be found against such Person or Persons, such Person or Persons shall forthwith plead thereto, without having time to traverse the same, and if duly convicted thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor and punished accordingly.
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