Effect of reading the Riot Act.
The statement of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the circumstances connected with the rioting at Lord Masham's Acton Hall Colliery, Foatherstone, England, on 7th September last hav c reported. Their statement as to th c doctrine of the English law in th
case of a riot deserves wide circulation. • They point out that- the " reading of the Riot Act " as it is popularly called does not interfere • with the riot. . " Its effect is only to make the failure of the crowd to disperse, for a whole hour after the proclamation has been rend, a felony, | and on this ground to nff"d a statutory justification for ■' a felonious assemblage risk of taking life."
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Manawatu Herald, 13 February 1894, Page 2
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119Effect of reading the Riot Act. Manawatu Herald, 13 February 1894, Page 2
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