[149] 23 & 24 Vict. c. 32. A clergyman can be proceeded against for brawling either under that Act or in the Church courts as an ecclesiastical offender.
[150] Viz. "the building, rebuilding, enlargement, and repair of any church or chapel, and any purpose to which by common or ecclesiastical law a church rate is applicable." (1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 109, s. 9. Besides necessary church repairs, sacramental bread and wine, and other articles needed for Divine service, a church rate could, with the consent of a majority of the vestry, be applied to provide an organ and other church furniture, and to pay the salaries of organist, pew-openers, and other lay officials, but not the stipend of the incumbent or a curate. 1 Burn, 388 a, b.
[151] (1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 109, s. 9.
[152] Canon 91; The Parish Clerk's Case (1610) 13 Co. Rep. 70; Pinder v. Barr (1854) 4 E. & B. 105; Lawrence v. Edwards (1891) 1 Ch. 144; 2 Ch. 72.
[153] 7 & 8 Vict. c. 59.
[154] (1819) 59 Geo. 3, c. 134, s. 29; (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, s. 9; Reg. v. Ossett (1851) 16 Q. B. 975; Jackson v. Courtenay (1857) 8 E. & B. 8.
[155] Ile's Case (1671) 1 Ventr. 153; R. v. Thame (Churchwardens) (1719) 1 Str. 115; Olive v. Ingram (1739) 2 Str. 1114; R. v. Taunton St. James (Churchwardens) (1776) 1 Cowp. 413; R. v. Minister, &c., of Stoke Damerel (1836) 5 A. & E. 584, 590, sq.; Cansfield v. Blenkinsop (1849) 4 Ex. 234.
[156] (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, s. 9.
[157] 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 38, s. 16.
[158] Wyndham v. Cole (1875) 1 P. D. 130.