In August 1914 as Mayor of Peterborough he was one of the last to read the Riot Act after anti-German disturbances.
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The need to read the Riot Act was removed by section three of the Crimes Amendment Act ( 1987 No 1 ).
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I don't know if ` read the riot act'is right, but he was told about it and there weren't any reoccurrences ."
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After three days two magistrates who had been brought in to read the Riot Act ordered Marchant s men to resume work.
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"When I do find out how this could have happened, who did it and why they did it, I'll read the riot act.
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The " JP, founder of what would become the East Midland Allied Press, was perhaps the last person to read the Riot Act in 1914.
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Troops were assembled and the local magistrate read the Riot Act, before the situation was defused by allowing large numbers of unionists to attend the trial.
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After he was read the riot act, Milito returned to Gravano's crew, only to badmouth his old friend's choice of Vallario as captain after Gravano's promotion.
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Even at the first sign of a riot the mayor or some other official would appear and literally read the riot act to the assembled crowd.
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He wrote a letter to my manager and to the owner of the company complaining about me, and my manager read the riot act to me.
