 COUNTY OF LONDON LOOTING, HOUSEBREAKING, AND OTHER OFFENCES. TAKE NOTICE. (1) That any person, whether soldier or civilian, who enters any premises whatsoever for the purposes of loot; or is found with loot in his possession; or who commits any theft within the meaning of the Act; or is guilty of theft from the person, or robbery, with or without violence; or wilfully damages property; or compels by threats any person to disclose the whereabouts of valuables, or who demands money by menaces; or enters upon any private premises, viz. house, shop, warehouse, office, or factory, without just or reasonable cause, will be at once arrested and tried by military court-martial, and be liable to penal servitude for a period not to exceed twenty years. (2) That from this date all magistrates at the Metropolitan Police Courts will be superseded by military officers empowered to deal and adjudicate upon all offences in contravention to law. (3) That the chief Military Court-martial is established at the Metropolitan Police Court at Bow Street. FRANCIS BAMFORD, General,
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THE ABOVE PROCLAMATION WAS POSTED ALL OVER THE METROPOLIS ON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE BOMBARDMENT.
