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any bond bill, note, receipt or other instrument of 

 writing of value to the owner. 



5. Q. Define robbery. A. Robbery is the felonious 

 and violent taking of money, goods or other valuable 

 things from the person of another by force or intimi- 

 dation. Every person guilty of robbery shall be im- 

 prisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year, nor 

 more than fourteen years, or if he is armed with a 

 dangerous weapon with intent if resisted to kill or 

 maim such person, or being so armed he wounds or 

 strikes him or if he has any confederate present so 

 armed to aid or abet him, he may be imprisoned for 

 any term of years or for life. 



6. Q. What is the difference between robbery and 

 larceny? A. The difference is in robbery, force or fear 

 must be used to obtain or rebail possession. Larceny 

 must be by fraud, cheat, misrepresentation, trick or 

 device. 



7. Q. What is perjury? A. Every person having 

 taken a lawful oath or made affirmation in any judicial 

 proceeding or in any other matter whereby law and 

 oath or affirmation is required, who shall swear or 

 affirm willfully, corruptly and falsely in a matter ma- 

 terial to the issue or point in question. 



8. Q. State when it is possible to commit perjury 

 and still swear to the truth. A. A person may be guilty 

 of perjury, and still swear to a truth when he swears 

 to something some other person has told him. 



9. Q. What is required of officers regarding the con- 

 ditions and cleanliness of police uniforms and apparel? 

 A. All officers shall properly and cleanly dress while on 

 duty. 



10. Q. Are patrolmen allowed to walk together or 

 talk to each other when patrolling their post? A. They 

 are not, unless it be pertaining to police matters. 



Eighth Series of Questions and Answers 



1. Q. If you knew that a warrant was issued for 

 John Smith for violation of Section 91, and while pa- 

 trolling your post you met John Smith, would you be 

 justified in placing him under arrest without having the 

 warrant in your possession? A. No, as the offense was 

 a misdemeanor the officer should have the warrant in 

 his possession, but if the warrant was for a felony he 

 would be justified in making the arrest. 



2. Q. What are the principal duties of a police officer? 

 A. The preservation of peace, enforcement of laws, the 

 protection of life and property, and the prevention and 

 detection of crime. 



3. Q. When is an arrest necessary, when a driver of 

 a vehicle runs into and seriously injures a pedestrian? 

 A. If accident was caused by carelessness of the driver, 

 such as running against an officer's signal, backing up 

 without looking to see if way was clear, intoxication, 

 speeding, reckless driving, no lights. If accident was 

 caused through carelessness of pedestrian an arrest is 

 not necessary, but it is proper to bring driver to station 



to properly identify himself, and guarantee his appear 

 ance at the coroner's inquest if injured party dies. 



4. Q. What is an unlawful assembly? A. If two or 

 more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing 

 the public peace, or committing any unlawful act, and 

 do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to 

 do by a judge, sheriff, coroner, constable or other 

 public officer, the persons so offending shall be guilty of 

 unlawful assembly. 



5. Q. (a) What is a riot? (b) What is a rout? A. 



(a) If two or more persons do an unlawful act with force 

 or violence against the person or property of another, 

 with or without a common cause of quarrel, or even do 

 a lawful act in a violent and tumultuous manner, the 

 person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a riot. 



(b) If two or more persons shall meet to do an unlawful 

 act upon a common cause of quarrel and make advances 

 toward it, they shall be deemed guilty of a rout. 



6. Q. What is a suppression? A. When twelve or 

 more persons, any of them armed with clubs or danger- 

 ous weapons, or thirty or more armed or unarmed or 

 unlawfully, riotously or tumultuously assembled in any 

 city, village or town, it shall be the duty of each of the 

 municipal officers, police officers, and sheriff of the 

 county and his deputies to go among the persons so 

 assembled or as near to them as they can safely go, 

 and in the name of the State command them immedi- 

 ately and peacefully to disperse, and if they do not obey, 

 such officer shall command the assistance of all persons 

 present in arresting and securing the persons so unlaw- 

 fully assembled, and every person refusing to disperse 

 or to assist as aforesaid, shall be deemed one of such 

 unlawful assembly. 



7. 0. What is the limitation of time for commencing 

 prosecution in felony charges? A. For murder and man- 

 slaughter, arson and forgery, any time after the com- 

 mission of the crime; for other felonies, within three 

 years after the commission of the crime. 



8. Q. What is the limitation of time for commencing 

 prosecution for misdemeanor? A. All prosecutions by 

 indictment or otherwise for misdemeanor, or for any 

 fine or forfeiture, under any penal statute, shall be com- 

 menced within one year and six months from the time 

 of committing the offense, or incurring the fine or for- 

 feiture. 



9. Q. What is required of members of the police de- 

 partment in uniform while riding in street cars or 

 elevated railway? A. No member of the department in 

 uniform while riding in street cars or elevated trains 

 shall occupy a seat in such car or train while any other 

 person is obliged to stand because of lack of seats. 



10. 0. Are members of the department allowed to 

 engage in any other business or employment? A. No; 

 each and every member of the department shall devote 

 his whole time and attention to the business of the 

 department, and shall not engage in any other business. 



