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1 Commonwealth, ex rel., Wm. H. Byers and Henry Davis, vs. the Keeper of the Philadelphia County Prison. Paper Book of Defendant in Error 1862

handle is hein.trials/adhm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMMONWEALTH, IX REL., Wm. H. BYERS and HENRY DAVIS, VS. THE KEEPER OF THE PHILA- DELPHIA COUNTY PRISON. Paper Book of Defendant in Error. This case comes up on a Habeas Corpus and a Certiorari, the object being to test the constitutionality of the Act of Assembly passed the 13th, day of March, A. D. 1862, of which the following is a copy. An Act to authorize the arrest of Professional Thieves, Burg- lars, et cetera, in the City of Philadelphia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, if any person shall be charged on oath or affirma- tion before the mayor or police magistrate of the central station of the City of Philadelphia, with being a professional thief, burglar, or pickpocket, and who shall have been arrested by the police authorities at any steamboat landing, railroad depot, church, banking institution, brokers' office, place of public amusement, auction room, store or crowded thoroughfare in the City of Philadelphia, and if it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the said mayor, or police magis- trate appointed by the mayor for the central station, by suf. ficient testimony that lie or she was frequenting or attending such place or places for an unlawful purpose, he or she shall C E L-1

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