Assaults.
Obstructing or assaulting Clergymen, &c., in the Discharge of his Duties. 31. Whosoever shall, by Threats or Force, obstruct or prevent, or endeavour to obstruct or prevent, any Clergyman or other Minister in or from celebrating Divine Service or otherwise officiating in any Church, Chapel, Meeting House, or other Place of Divine Worship, or in or from the Performance of his Duty in the lawful Burial of the Dead in any Churchyard or other Burial Place, or shall strike or offer any Violence or shall, upon any Civil Process, or under the Pretence of executing any Civil Process, arrest any Clergyman or other Minister who is engaged in, or to the Knowledge of the Offender is about to engage in, any of the Rites or Duties in this Section aforesaid, or who to the Knowledge of the Offender, shall be going to perform the same or returning from the Performance thereof, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.
Assaulting a Magistrate &c., on account of his preserving Wreck. 32. Whosoever shall assault and strike or wound any Police Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Officer, or other Person whatsoever lawfully authorized, in or on account of the Exercise of his Duty in or concerning the Preservation of any Vessel in Distress, or of any Vessel, Goods, or Effects wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore, or lying under Water, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven Years and not less than Three Years,—or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.
Assault with Intent to commit Felony or on Peace Officers, &c. 33. Whosoever shall assault any person with Intent to commit Felony, or shall assault, resist, or wilfully obstruct any Constable or Police Officer in the due Execution of his Duty, or any Person acting in Aid of such Officer, or shall assault any person with Intent to resist or prevent the lawful Apprehension or Detainer of himself or of any other Person for any Offence, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.
Summary Conviction in case of Assaults with Intent to obstruct the Sale of Grain or its free Passage. 34. Whosoever shall beat, or use any Violence or Threat of Violence to any Person, with Intent to deter or hinder him from buying, selling, or otherwise disposing of or to compel him to buy, sell, or otherwise dispose of, any Corn, Rice, or other Grain, Flour, Sale of Grain or its free Plantains, Yams, Sweet Potatoes or other Vegetables or Salt in any Market or other Place, or shall beat or use any such Violence or Threat to any Person having the care or charge of any Corn, Rice, or other Grain, Flour, Plantains, Yams, Sweet Potatoes, or other vegetables or Salt whilst on the way to or from any City, Town, or other Place with Intent to stop the Conveyance of the same, shall, on Conviction thereof, before any Police Magistrate, be liable to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour in the Common Gaol for any Term not exceeding Three Months: Provided that no Person, who shall be punished for any such Offence by virtue of this Section, shall be punished for the same Offence by virtue of any other Ordinance.
Assaults on Persons with Intent to hinder them in working. 35. Whosoever shall unlawfully and with Force hinder or prevent any Person from working at or exercising his lawful Trade, Business, or Occupation, or shall beat or use any Violence or any Threat of Violence to any such Person with Intent to hinder or prevent him from working at or exercising the same, shall, on Conviction thereof before any Police Magistrate, be liable to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour in the Common Gaol for any Term not exceeding Three Months: Provided that no Person, who shall be punished for any such Offence by reason of this Section, shall be punished for the same Offence by virtue of any other Ordinance.
Assaults arising from Combination. 36. Whosoever, in pursuance of any unlawful Combination or Conspiracy to raise the Rate of Wages, or of any unlawful Combination or Conspiracy respecting any Trade, Business, or Manufacture, or respecting any Person concerned or employed therein, shall unlawfully assault any person, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.
Assaults on Females and Boys under Forteen Years of Age. 37. When any Person shall be charged before any Police Magistrate with an Assault or Battery upon any Male Child whose Age shall not in the Opinion of such Magistrate and exceed Fourteen Years, or upon any Female, either upon the Complaint of the Party aggrieved or otherwise, the said Magistrate may proceed to hear and determine the same in a summary Way, and, if the same be proved, may convict the Person accused; and
every such Offender shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Common Gaol, with or without Hard Labour, for any period not exceeding Six Months or to pay a Fine not exceeding