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Assault cases where party aggrieved declines to prosecute.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 100. s. 42.
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9. It shall be lawful for the justices at petty sessions, if they shall so think fit, to proceed against any person or persons charged with being guilty of an assault, pursuant to the provisions of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, section forty-two, notwithstanding that the party aggrieved may decline or refuse to prefer a complaint.
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