Hosiery Act 1843

XVI Justice to issue Warrant to Constable to take possession of Property intrusted to any Person committed for Embezzlement, &c.

And be it enacted, That in Cases where any Person shall have been committed for purloining, embezzling, or fraudulently disposing of all or any Part of such Materials, Tools, or Apparatus as aforesaid, which may have been intrusted to him, or shall have been convicted of any other Offence against any of the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Justice who so committed such Person, or for any Justice or Court before whom he has been convicted for that or any other Offence, and he or they is or are hereby required, to issue his or their Warrant authorizing a Constable, with his Assistants, to enter the House and Premises . of such Person, and take possession of all such Property so intrusted as shall be found therein, and to bring the same before the said Justice or Court, when the said Justice or Court shall direct the same to be delivered to the Manufacturer, Agent, or Person duly authorized to receive the same.