for spreading false rumors to enhance price of hops, stating rumors, 527

for raising rumors generally without stating them, 529 persuading dealers not to bring hops to market but to reserve them, 529

engrossing, by buying with intent to sell again at exorbitant
profit, 529

the like stating other contracts, 529
other offences, 530

for various offences tending to raise price of hops, 530
purchasing hops by forehand bargain, 530

buying large quantities of hops of divers persons named with
intent to re-sell them at unreasonable profit, 531

buying all growth of hops in several parishes, with like intent,
531

for buying hops of persons named with same intent, 531
buying by forehand bargains, 531

persuading persons not to carry hops to market, 532
engrossing by buying of persons unknown, 532
for buying of persons unknown, 532

By forestalling.

by forestalling lambs on way to public market, 532
like for forestalling cows, by buying of several persons, 533

By engrossing.

for engrossing, 534

like in another form, 535

By regrating, 535

for regrating wheat, 535

for regrating-another offence, 536

different offences, 537

FOR FORCIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS OF TRADE.

Upon 36 Geo. III. for assault to prevent man from buying

corn, 538

for assault, &c. with intent to stop grain, 538

FOR SELLING CLOTH FALSELY MARKED.

for selling cloth with alneager's scal counterfeited thereon, 539

FOR SETTING UP TRADE WITHOUT APPRENTICESHIP.

for exercising trade not having served apprenticeship, 539 for employing person who had not served apprenticeship, 541

FOR SEDUCING MANUFACTURERS TO LEAVE KINGDOM.

for enticing artificer to leave kingdom, 542

like in another form, 544

on 5 Geo. I. for preparing to go abroad and use trade of comb-maker, 545

FOR EXPORTING MACHINES.

on 21 Geo. III. for attempting to transport machinery, 545 for having machinery in custody with intent to export, 546 for collecting tools with intent to export, 546

for obtaining goods with intent to export, 547

on 21 Geo. III. c. 37, for putting on board snip machines and models in cotton manufactory in order to excort same. 347 for putting on board implements used in manufacturing, 548

FOR USURY AND ILLEGAL BROKERAGE.

for usury, 548

for receiving more than proper sum for procuring annuity, 550

CHAP. XII.

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH.

FOR BREACH OF QUARANTINE.

against pilot for returning from ship before he had performed quarantine, 551

FOR EXPOSING PERSONS WITH INFECTIOUS DISORDERS.

for exposing child infected with small-pox in public streets,

553

against surgeon for causing children who had been inoculated, to be carried through public streets, 555, 657

FOR SELLING UNWHOLESOME PROVISIONS.

against contractor for supplying marines in Chatham barracks for selling unwholesome bread, 556

for delivery of bad bread to great number of non-commissioned officers, &c. 557

for supplying hospital with unwholesome bread, 558

for selling bread mixed with alum, 559

SELLING FOOD OF INSUFFICIENT WEIGHT.

against baker who contracted with guardian of poor of Norwich, for delivering bread short weight, 559

CHAP. XIII.

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICE AND

Precedents of indictments, &c. for not repairing highways.

against inhabitants of parish for not repairing highway, 576 presentment of judge, &c. of highway being out of repair,

577

against inhabitants of a parish situate in two counties, for not repairing part of highway lying in one of the counties,

578

against parish for not repairing three distinct parts of highway, 579

against inhabitants of parish for not repairing pack and prime
way, 580

against division of parish for not repairing highway, 580
for not repairing highway against all the inhabitants of parish
except those of a township, that is exempted by special
provision, 582

against township for not repairing road, 583

against township for not repairing road made by act of parliament, 583

against township for not repairing road set out by commissioners under inclosure acts, 584

against mayor, &c. of Carlisle, for not repairing highway which they are bound to repair in consideration of tolls, 586

averment that corporation ought to repair as owners of tolls,
587

against individual bound to repair, ratione tenuræ, 587
against scavengers for not cleansing streets, 587

against raker for neglecting to cleanse streets, 588

FOR NOT REPAIRING BRIDGES.

Preliminary notes.

as to offence, 589

modes of prosecution, 591

indictment, 591

pleas, &c. 592

trial, 593

judgment, 593

Precedents of indictments. &c. for not repairing bridges. against county for suffering brdige to decay, 593

like, more formal, 594

where bridge lies in two counties, against one of them for neglecting to repair its own proportion, 595

against county for not maintaining and widening public bridge and keeping battlements of sufficient height, 596 presentment of bridge at quarter session, which county ought to repair, 597

against individual for not repairing bridge which he ought to do, ratione tenuræ, 599

against individual bound ratione tenure to repair, for suffering bridge to decay, 599

for suffering bridge to be out of repair and unsafe, 599

for leaving parapet wall prostrate, so that passage is dangerous, 600

against assignees of corporation for not repairing public bridge built in lieu of ford, which corporation ought to preserve, 600

for not repairing house near common sewer and bridge, 602 for not repairing highway within distance of 300 feet from bridge, 602

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR NOT REPAIRING WATER-COURSES, &c. against corporation of city for not cleansing water-course, 603 for suffering port to be so filled with rocks, stones, &c. as to prevent ships, from entering it, 605

presentment by commissioners of sewers for not repairing part of wall which was blown up by spring tides, defendant liable, ratione tenuræ, 606

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR NUISANCES ΤΟ HIGHWAYS BY ACTUAL
OBSTRUCTION.

for erecting and keeping shut gate across highways, 607
for locking and fastening gate erected in common public road,

608

another form for erecting and keeping shut gate across high-
way, 610

for obstructing footway in defendant's close, by pulling down
style and erecting hedge, wall, &c. across way, 610
for digging ditch and raising hedge across highway, 611
for putting and continuing posts and chains across footway,

611

for erecting and continuing building on common footway, 612 for obstructing highway in various forms, 612

for continuing building on highway, 612

for building wall, 613

for digging up road and placing materials for building, 613 for taking up pavement of strect and erecting portico, and narrowing foot-path, 614

for building on highway and narrowing it, 616

for building shed or porch projecting on highway, 617

for continuing hedge formerly erected by person unknown, across pack and prime way, 617

for continuing gate on highway, 618

for stopping up foot-way without stating mode, 618

for making holes in foot-way, 619

for digging hole in public street, 619

for digging horse pond and erecting cistern in common passage, 620

for cutting gap in bank which confined water in water course and overflowed highway, 621

against nightmen for laying soil in streets, 622

for shooting dirt in highway, 622

for laying rubbish in square, whereby coach overturned and caused death, 622

for laying rubbish in carriage way to church, 623

for digging up pavement, 624

for destroying pavement of public highway, &c. 624 for laying timber in highway, 625

for placing two carts for selling goods in public street, 625
for suffering empty drays to remain in street, 626
for letting wagon stand in street, 626

for baiting bull in market place, being king's highway, 627
for letting off fire-works in public street, 627

for driving cattle, &c. killing them and leaving their skins,
&c. near Newgate market, 629

for causing offensive smells, &c. 630
for obstruction of highway only, 630
for carrying filth in carts, 631

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR NUISANCES TO WATER COURSES, &c.
OBSTRUCTION.

for making embankments and narrowing Thames, 632
form aking embankment or wharf projecting into Thames, 635
for stopping water course, whereby water overflowed high-
way, 637

for placing putts in river Severn and obstructing navigation,
&c. 638

for erecting ledges and dams in Thames, and injuring navi-
gation, 639

for continuing ledges and dams erected by others, 640
for nuisance in diverting water course running into public
pond, 640

for nuisance and obstruction on Thames, by keeping vessel
sunk there, 641

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR NUISANCES NEAR TO HIGHWAYS, HOUSES, &c. 641

for keeping unruly bull in field, through which there was
public footway.

for keeping furious dog unmuzzled near high way, 643
for nuisance in keeping pack of hounds, and placing carrion
near road whereby air was infected, 643

for placing carion near highway, 644

for continuing carrion near highway which had been placed by persons unknown, 645

for placing offal merely, 646

for keeping dogs which made noises in night, 647

for keeping hogs near public street, 647

for killing sheep near highway and leaving carcases, &c. there 647

against butcher for using his shop as slaughter-house in pub. lic market, 648

for erecting furnace with boiler and using it for boiling tripe
and offal of beasts, 649

on road act for erecting necessary house near public highway,
that it became common nuisance contrary to act, 651
for laying dung, &c. in public market, whereby air was infect-
ed and passengers annoyed, 652

for boiling bullocks' blood for making colours, 652

for making hartshorn in building erected near public street,

653