Horsneld v Brown

Subject Matter

FALSE IMPRISONMENT — Maintenance Order obtained by Wife — Failure of Husband to comply with — Warrant for Apprehension of Husband — Omission from Warrant of Words “unless the said sum and costs and charges be sooner paid” — Validity of Warrant — Arrest by Constable without Warrant in his Possession — Legality of Arrest — Tender of Sum due to Constable — Refusal to accept — Detention of Husband after Tender — Liability of Constable — Constables Protection Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 2, c. 44), s. 6 — Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 65), s. 4 — Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 39), s. 9 — Affiliation Orders Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 6), s. 6, sub-s. 1 — Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 44 — Bastardy (Forms) Order, 1915 (St. R. & O., 1915, No. 208), Sch., Form No. 18 — Bastardy (Forms) Amendment Order, 1921 (St. R. & O., 1921, No. 1383), r. 2.