tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post2264184200205350313..comments2024-03-08T14:35:24.649+00:00Comments on The Justice of the Peace Blog: THEFT OF DISCARDED FOODThe Justice of the Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795957459681808206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-54757502926899760762017-01-22T08:24:07.156+00:002017-01-22T08:24:07.156+00:00It appears that the trial will have nothing to do ...It appears that the trial will have nothing to do with theft, or the ownership of the goods, but rather the "Punishment of idle and disorderly Persons, and Rogues and Vagabonds" (1824 Vagrancy Act).<br /><br />It appears that "every Person being able wholly or in part to maintain himself or herself, or his or her Family, by Work or by other Means, and wilfully refusing neglecting so to do [may be committed] to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding One Calendar Month."<br /><br />Those rocks aren't going to break themselves, you know.Rogerborgnoreply@blogger.com