for erecting building, &c. for purpose of making hartshorn therein, 653

for continuing building, &c. before built by persons unknown,

653

for erecting and continuing soap manufactory near highway,

655

for continuing only, 655

against apothecary for keeping house for inoculating near houses and church, 657

for entertaining persons labouring under small pox, whereby some of parishioners died, 657

for inoculating persons whereby small pox was communicat

ed to inhabitants, &c. 657

against overseers for putting number of poor persons in improper neighbourhood, and thereby creating nuisance to inhabitants, 658

for conspiracy to lessen value of houses, in Parish of St. Ann, by the like, 660

for keeping copper-smith's shop so as to annoy neighbourhood,

663

for carrying trade of brazier so near several dwelling-houses as to be nuisance, 664

for cutting down and destroying turnpike gate, 665

FRAUDS RELATIVE TO HIGHWAYS.

against surveyor of highways for using materials obtained for repairing them on his own premises, and employing public labourers, &c. 666

for embezzling gravei got for parish, 667

INDICTMENTS FOR NOT REPAIRING GAOLS.

against mortgagee in possession of gaol liberty and hundred court for not repairing it, whereby prisoners therein could not be kept safely, 668

against mayor and burgesses for not repairing Gloucester gaol, 669

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR ILLEGAL COMPANIES.

on 6 Geo. I. for raising subscriptions to set on foot company for purpose of selling bread, 669

for acting as if they had been a corporate body, 670

for raising subscription, not having charter from the crown,

671

INDICTMENTS FOR KEEPING UNLICENSED ALEHOUSES, GAMING HOUSES, &C

for keeping alehouse without license, 671

for selling ale and beer on Sunday, 672
for keeping unlicensed dancing house, 672

for nuisance at common law, 673

for keeping house for cock fighting, &c. 673
for keeping common gaming house, 673

for keeping E. O. table, 674

for keeping common gaming house to play at faro, 675 second count certain common gaming room and place, 675

for keeping common gaming house for billiards, 677

INDICTMENTS FOR UNLAWFUL GAMING.

for winning more than 107. at a sitting, 677
for same offence on two days, 678

for winning 204. within twenty-four hours at back-gammon,

678

for winning more than 10%. at one sitting, by betting on side of another player, 679

for winning more than 207. within twenty-four hours by betting, 679

for losing more than twenty pounds within twenty-four hours,

679

on 9 Ann, for winning above ten pounds at cards at one time and sitting, 680

for fraudulently winning money at dice, 680

INDICTMENTS FOR SELLING OFFICES, BRIBERY, &c.

for agreeing to receive office of distributor of stamps for county, on condition of allowing former possessor to have profits for life, 681

for attempting to bribe first lord of treasury, in order to procure reversion of office in Jamaica, 688

for proposing to minister, that if he would procure office, defendant would pay 5000l. into hands of third person,

687

for similar offence, and undertaking to lodge security for 50007. in hands of E. F. F. 688

against revenue officer, for giving up goods forfeited and taking bribe, 689

for receiving bribe, 692

for offering to bribe revenue officers to give up and to refrain from seizing goods, 693

for offering bribes to revenue officers, 695

against officer for receiving presents in India, 697
against register for engaging as a proctor, 698

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO THE POOR AND

POOR RATES.

for carrying two paupers to parish where they had no settle

ments where one died, 698

for bringing person ill with small pox into parish where she died, 699

for bringing woman into parish where she had no settlement and where she died, and parishioners put to expense in burying her, 696

for lodging inmate who was delivered of bastard child, which became chargeable to liberty, 700

against overseer for applying money received from earnings of poor in workhouse to his own use, and giving in false accounts, 701

against overseer for making up false accounts and verifying them on oath, 704

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR ILLEGAL MARRIAGES, BIGAMY, &c. for solemnizing matrimony without license, &c. 711 against parish clerk for single felony in deceiving clergyman Crim. Law.

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to make false entry of banns when none had been published, 711

against parish clerk for making false entry of publicatio of banns, 712

for misdemeanour in procuring marriage with minor by false allegations, 713

against dutchess of Kingston for bigamy, 718

against man for having two wives at same time, 721

for marrying second wife former being living, 721

INDICTMENTS RELATIVE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, SLAUGHTER

ING HORSES.

for slaughtering horse without giving notice to inspector of slaughter houses, 721

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INDICTMENTS FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSONS OF INDI

VIDUALS.

FOR HOMICIDE AND MURDER AGAINST PRINCIPLES.

Preliminary notes.

the offence, 723

modes of prosecution, 732

the indictment, 733

finding of grand jury, 738

the evidence, 738

the verdict, 739

sentence and punishment, 740

FOR HOMICIDE AND MURDER-AGAINST AIDERS AND ACCESSA

RIES.

Preliminary notes.

PETIT TREASON.

offence, 742

indictment, 743

evidence, 744

sentence, 744

FOR MURDER ON THE STATUTE OF STABBING, I Jac. 1. c. 8.

offence, 746

indictment, 748

MURDER OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

offence, 750

PRECEDENTS OF INDICTMENTS FOR MURDER.

General form of indictment for murder, 750

By shooting.

by shooting with pistol in belly, of which party immediately died, 752

by shooting with pistol where party died immediatelyanother form, 753

against several, one as principal, in first degree, and others as aiders and abettors for shooting on shore person who died within admiralty jurisdiction, 753

against principals in first and in second degree, and accessary before act for murder by shooting with pistol where murder was committed in one county and accessary procured in another, 755

for murder by shooting-against two; one as principal in first degree, and other as being present aiding and assisting, 756

By stabbing and cutting, 756

at common law for murder by stabbing with sword in belly, 756

by stabbing with knife, 757

by cutting throat when deceased was taken to London hospital from parish where blow was given and there died, 757 by throwing knife. 758

By strikng and beating,

by casting stone, 758

c.

at admiralty sessions, by striking with piece of wood, 759
by throwing overboard and drowning, 759

in court of admiralty-by striking with bucket, 759

by striking with pair of bellows, 760

against principals in first or second degree for murder by striking with poker, 761

for striking wife with poker, 761

by beating with fists, and kicking on ground, 761

against principal in second degree by beating with stick on temple, party who actually gave blow being unknown, 762

by striking with stick, choking, squeezing, and pressing, &c. against principals in first and second degree, 763

for striking, 763

for squeezing, 763

by blows and squeezing, 764

by beating with hands about head and temples, 764

by striking, throwing to the ground, and kicking, 764

by wilfully riding over person with horse, 765

by strangling and afterwards throwing into river, 765
by strangling with rope against principal, in first and second
degree, 766

for strangling with handkerchief with aid of person unknown,

766

for murder of bastard child, 767

by folding in cloth, 767

for throwing child into privy, whereby it was smothered, 767 for killing by strangling, 768

against married woman for murder of her own male child by strangling it, 768

for murder of a female child, 768

for murder of her own infant child by strangling it, 769

for murder of her own infant male child by hiding and starving it, 769

for murder of her own female child by hiding and starving it,

769

for murder of her own infant child by hiding and starving it,

769

for murder of infant child, unknown, by strangling it, 769
against woman for drowning her own child in pond, 770
by forcing to drink spirits to excess, 770

by forcing sick person into street, 771

against warden of Fleet and his deputy for murder by confining prisoner in unwholesome room, 771

By poisoning, cruel treatment, &c.

against woman for murder of her father by intermixing arsenic with tea and water-gruel, of which he drank at several times, 772

for secretly conveying poison to deceased, 774

for murder, by placing poison so as to be mistaken for medicine, laying offence in two counts, 775

by sending poison, 776

for murder of apprentice where death was caused by starving, 777

by confining apprentice and starving him to death, 777

INDICTMENTS FOR PETIT TREASON.

for petit treason where servant strangled master, 778

against servant for murder and petty treason, in one count,

779

for petty treason against woman for poisoning her husband,

779

for petty treason against wife by killing her husband with pin

of window-shutter, 780

for murder and petty treason by shooting, viz. against person who shot for murder, and against widow of deceased, who aided and assisted, for petty treason, 781

INDICTMENTS FOR MURDER ON STATUTE OF STABBING, 1. Jac. 1. c. 8.

on 1 Jac. 1. c. 8. for stabbing, 782

for abetting, 782

INDICTMENTS FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

against driver of cart for manslaughter, 783

INDICTMENTS FOR MAYHEM.

Preliminary notes.

offence at common law, 784

offence on statutes, 784

indictment, 786

INDICTMENT FOR SLITTING NOSE ON COVENTRY ACT.

on Coventry act, 22 and 23 Car. 2. c. 1. for felony by slitting nose, and against aider and abettor, 787

INDICTMENT FOR MALICIOUSLY CUTTING, SHOOTING AT, &c. on 43 Geo. III. for maliciously cutting prosecutor, 788 for maliciously shooting at and cutting, under 43 Geo. III.

789

for shooting at prosecutor in dwelling house, viz. against person who shot, and two others for aiding and abetting, on 9 Geo. I. c. 22. 791