3 Persons refusing to maintain themselves and families, or leaving place to which they were removed, and unlicensed pedlars, prostitutes, and beggars shall be deemed idle and disorderly persons, and may be imprisoned for one month with hard labour
Vagrancy Act 1824 (1824 c 83) | Legislation

3  Persons refusing to maintain themselves and families, or leaving place to which they were removed, and unlicensed pedlars, prostitutes, and beggars shall be deemed idle and disorderly persons, and may be imprisoned for one month with hard labour

. . . Every person wandering abroad, or placing himself or herself in any public place, street, highway,

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