You will be examined to ascertain your knowledge of such parts of the law and of such of the duties of a police officer as may be learned from this pamphlet. You must therefore study it carefully and be prepared to answer questions relating to such duties; but you will not be expected to repeat the actual words used. CRIMES. Crime. — A crime is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. Adultery. Unlawful sexual intercourse between a married person and one of the opposite sex, whether married or single. Arson. The malicious burning of the house or out-building of another person. The wilful burning of any building so situated as to endanger the buildings of another person. Wilfully burning one's own house, or that of another, for the purpose of defrauding an insurance company. Assault. Any wilful or unlawful attempt, with force, to do a bodily injury to another; as by striking at him with or without a weapon. Battery. Any wilful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. Every battery includes an "assault." Bigamy. — The contracting of a second marriage with actual or constructive knowledge that a previous marriage is still binding. Blackmail. - The attempt to extort money or to obtain something of value from a person by threatening to expose some alleged offence. Demanding money for the prevention of an injury or the exercise of an influence. Bribery. Any attempt to influence a public officer in his official conduct by the offer of a reward or pecuniary compensation. Burglary. Breaking and entering the dwellinghouse of another, in the night-time, with intent to commit a felony. Conspiracy. A combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a purpose not in itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Embezzlement. - The appropriation by a person to his own use of property or money of another which has been intrusted to him. Forgery. The false making or material alteration of, or addition to, a written instrument for the purpose of fraud or deceit. Forgery may be committed by means of printing, stamping, an engraved plate or by writing with a pen. Fornication. — The unlawful sexual intercourse upon the part of unmarried persons. House-breaking.— Breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether at night or in the daytime. Incest. Sexual intercourse between persons so related by blood that marriage between them would be unlawful. Larceny. The wrongful or fraudulent taking and carrying away by any person of the personal goods of another, with felonious intent to convert them to his (the taker's) own use and make them his property, without the consent of the owner. Lottery. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance among the buyers of chances. Manslaughter. The wrongful killing of another person without malice, express or implied. Murder. The wilful felonious killing of a human being with malice and premeditation. |