Index.

Exciseable liquors. See "Alehouse."

393

Exhibiting a false light or signal, to bring a ship into danger, com-

mitment for, 47.

Extortion, commitment for, 80. Threatening to accuse a man
of a crime &c., with intent to extort money, &c., commit-
ment for, 22. Sending a letter to such effect, commitment
for, 22.

F.

Factor pledging the goods, bill of lading, order &c. of his prin-
cipal, commitment for, 39.

False character.

"See Servants."

False imprisonment, commitment for, 66.

False light or signal, exhibiting, to bring a ship into danger, com-
mitment for, 47.

False pretences, obtaining money &c. by, commitment for, 39, 40.
False weights or measures. See "Weights and Measures."
Feme covert, cannot be bound by recognizance to prosecute

or give evidence, 12; how recognizance taken in such a
case, 12.

Fences, gates, stiles &c., stealing, 253: conviction, 253; convic-
tion for a second offence, 255. Cutting, breaking or throwing
them down, with intent to steal them, 254; conviction, 254;
conviction for a second offence, 255. Cutting, breaking, or
destroying them maliciously, 273; conviction, 273; convic-
tion for a second offence, 274. Persons in possession of them,
not giving a satisfactory account thereof, 256: search war-
rant, 256; conviction, 257.

Fern, setting fire to, commitment for, 52.

Fieri facias, forging, commitment for, 57.

Filing the current coin, commitment for, 71.

Filling up airways, waterways, drains, pits, levels or shafts of
mines, commitment for, 45.

Filly. See "Horse."

Fire.

See" Burning."

Fire works:

1. Selling fire-works: information, 183; conviction, 183;
warrant of distress, &c. 183.

2. Suffering fire-works to be thrown from houses into the
street: information, 183; conviction, 184; warrant of
distress, &c. 184.

3. Making bonfires, or letting off fire-works, near a high.
way information, 184; conviction, 185; warrant of
distress, 185; return of the constable thereto, 186;
commitment for want of distress, 186.

Fish, taking or destroying, in water adjoining or belonging to a
dwelling-house, commitment for, 31. Taking or destroy-
ing it elsewhere, in water which is private property, 247;

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conviction, 247. Taking it by angling in water adjoining
or belonging to a dwelling-house, 248; conviction, 248.
Taking it by angling elsewhere, 249; conviction, 249.
Fish-pond, breaking down or destroying, commitment for, 51.
Putting lime or other noxious material into it, commitment
for, 51.

Fishery, water in which there is a private right of, putting lime
or other noxious material into it, commitment for, 51.
Breaking down or destroying the dam of it, commitment
for, 51.

Fixtures, stealing, commitment for, 35, 36. Ripping, cutting, or
breaking them, with intent to steal them, commitment for,
35, 36.

Floodgates on navigable rivers or canals, throwing down, le-
velling or destroying, commitment for, 49. Opening or
drawing them up, commitment for, 49.

Flour. See "Bread."

Footpath. See "Highway."

Force, demanding money by, commitment for, 21.

Forcible abduction of a woman on account of her fortune, com-
mitment for, 65.

Forcible detainer, commitment for, 83.

Forcible entry into a freehold, commitment for, 83; into a lease-
hold, commitment for, 83.

Forestalling, commitment for, 86.

Forgery, of a Bond, commitment for, 54; of a Will, commit-
ment for, 55; of a Bill of exchange, commitment for, 55;
of a Promissory note, commitment for, 56; of a Bank note,
commitment for, 56; of a Receipt, commitment for, 56; of
a Banker's draft, or of other order for the payment of mo-
ney or delivery of goods, commitment for, 57; of a fieri
facias, or other document at common law, commitment for,
57.

Frame, for preparing or manufacturing silk woollen linen or
cotton goods, cutting breaking damaging or destroying,
commitment for, 43. Entering a building by force, with
intent to do so, commitment for, 44.

Framework-knitted piece, in the loom, &c. damaging or de-
stroying, commitment for, 43. Entering a building by
force, with intent to do so, commitment for, 44.

Fruit growing in gardens, &c. stealing, conviction, 258; second
offence, commitment for, 35. Destroying or damaging
them with intent to steal them, conviction, 259; second of-
fence, commitment for, 35. Destroying or damaging them
maliciously, 269; conviction, 270; second offence, commit-
ment for, 54.

Furnished house or lodgings, larceny from, commitment for, 37.
Further examination, remanding a prisoner for, 9; form of the
commitment, 10.

Furze, setting fire to, commitment for, 52.

G.

Game: taking or killing hares or conies, in warrens or breed-
ing grounds, in the night-time, commitment for, 31; go-
ing armed in the night-time for the purpose of destroying
game, commitment for, 89.

Game:

1. Keeping or using a dog, gun, &c. to kill game: informa-
tion, 187; summons, 188; conviction, 188; warrant of
distress, &c. 189.

2. Killing game without a certificate: conviction, 189; war-
rant of distress, &c. 190.

3. Deputed game-keepers killing game without a certificate,
conviction, 190.

4. Not producing certificate, &c. when demanded: convic-
tion, 190; warrant of distress, &c. 191.

5. Deputed game-keepers not producing certificate, &c.
when demanded, conviction, 192.

6. Killing or taking game in the night-time: information,
192; conviction, 193; warrant of distress, &c. 193.
7. Using a gun, &c. with intent to kill game in the night-
time: information, conviction, &c. 193.

8. Killing or taking game on Sunday or Christmas-day,
information, conviction, &c. 194.

9. Using a gun, &c. with intent to kill game, on Sunday or
Christmas-day: information, conviction, &c. 194.

10. Killing heath-fowl out of season: information, 195; con-
viction, 195; warrant of distress, &c. 196.

11. Killing grouse out of season; information, conviction,
&c. 196.

Game-keeper. See "Game."

Gaming: winning money at cards, &c. by fraud, commitment
for, 88. Winning more than 10%. at one sitting, commit-
ment for, 89.

Gaming-house, keeping, commitment for, 87.

Gaol: carrying spirituous liquors into a prison, conviction, 197.
Garden. See "Fruit."

Gate. See "Fences."

Gelding. See "Horse."

Glass belonging to a building, stealing, commitment for, 35, 36.
Ripping, cutting, or breaking it, with intent to steal it,
commitment for, 36.

Gorze, setting fire to, commitment for, 52.

Grain, burning stacks of, commitment for, 52. Burning crops
of, commitment for, 52.

Granary, setting fire to, commitment for, 42. Riotously pulling
down, demolishing or destroying, commitment for, 46.

1. Keeping more than a certain quantity of gunpowder in a
house, &c.: information, 198; conviction, 198; warrant
of distress, &c. 199.

2. Masters of outward-bound vessels in the Thames, taking
more than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder on board:
information, conviction, &c. 199.

3. Masters of vessels coming into the Thames, having more
than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder on board; in-
formation, conviction, &c. 200.

4. Carrying more than a certain quantity of gunpowder
at one time: information, 200; conviction, 201.

5. Carrying gunpowder in improper packages, &c.: infor-
mation, conviction, &c. 201.

H.

Hares, taking or killing in warrens or breeding-grounds, in the
night-time, commitment for, 31. The like in the day-
time, conviction, 241. Setting snares, &c. for taking hares
or conies in warrens or breeding-grounds, conviction, 242.
Hawkers and Pedlars:

1. Hawkers trading without license: information, 202; con-
viction, 203; warrant of distress, &c. 203.

2. Hawkers trading contrary to their licenses: information,
conviction, &c. 204.

3. Not producing the license when demanded: information,
conviction, &c. 204.

4. Packages of hawkers not being marked: information,
conviction, &c. 205.

5. Persons not licensed, marking their packages as licensed
hawkers: information, conviction, &c. 205.

Hay, burning stacks of, commitment for, 52.

Heath, setting fire to, commitment for, 52.

Heathfowl. See "Game."

Heifer. See "Cow."

1. Not performing statute duty: information, 206; con-
viction, 206; order for payment of the penalty, 207;
warrant of distress, 208; constable's return, 208; com-
mitment for want of distress, 209.

2. Servants refusing to work according to the direction of
the surveyor: information, 209; conviction, 210; or-
der, warrant of distress, &c. 211.

3. Incroaching upon the highway: information, conviction,
211; order, warrant of distress, &c. 211.

4. Leaving carriages, &c. in the highway: information,
conviction, &c. 211.

5. Laying timber, straw, &c. in a highway: information,
conviction, &c. 212.

6. Persons scouring ditches, &c. allowing the soil to re-
main in a highway: information, conviction, &c. 212.
7. Not scouring ditches adjoining a highway: information,
conviction, &c. 213.

8. Allowing trees, &c. to grow in a highway, within fif-
teen yards of the centre: information, conviction, &c.
213.

9. Damaging causeways, milestones, &c.: information, con-
viction, &c. 214.

10. Driving waggons on a highway, with wheels of less
than a certain breadth: information, conviction, &c.
214.

11. Misconduct of the drivers of waggons upon highways:
information, conviction, &c. 215.

12. Owner not having his name, &c. on his waggon, cart,
&c. information, conviction, &c. 215.

Highways-Turnpike-roads:

1. Incroachments on turnpike-roads: information, 216; con.
viction, 216; warrant of distress, &c. 217; consta-
ble's return thereto, where there are no effects, 217;
commitment for want of a distress, 218.

2. Laying down rubbish, &c. or committing other nuisance
on the road: information, conviction, &c. 218.

3. Riding on footpaths, &c. &c.: information, conviction, &c.

219.

4. Taking stones, &c. from the road, or doing other in-
jury, &c. to it: information, conviction, &c. 219.

5. Not scouring ditches, &c. adjoining to the road: infor-
mation, conviction, &c. 220.

6. Not trimming hedges, &c. after notice: information, con-
viction, &c. 220.

7. Drivers of waggons, not using skidpans or slippers, after
notice: information, conviction, &c. 221.

8. Damaging mile-stones, direction-posts, &c. : information,
conviction, &c. 222.

9. Obstructing toll-collectors in the weighing of waggons,
&c.: information, conviction, &c. 222.

10. Evading the payment of toll: information, conviction,

&c. 222.

11. Collectors taking more toll than they are entitled to: in-
formation, conviction, &c. 223.

12. Collectors not putting up their names on their toll-
houses information, conviction, &c. 223.