TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

DUTIES OF JUSTICES OF PEACE, WITH RELATION TO INDICTABLE

Recognizance to prosecute, &c.

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Form of Recognizance to prosecute and give Evidence

Form of Recognizance to give Evidence

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1. For Offences within stat. 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, as to Larceny, &c.

Simple Larceny

Stealing Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes, &c.

Robbery

Stealing from the Person

Assault with intent to rob.

Demanding Money, &c., with Menaces or by force,

with intent to steal the same

Sending a Letter demanding Money, &c. with Me-

naces, &c.

Threatening to accuse a Man of a Crime, &c., with in-

tent to extort Money, &c.

Sending a Letter, threatening to accuse a Man of a

Crime, with intent to extort Money, &c.

Breaking and entering a Church or Chapel, and steal-

ing therein

Stealing in a Church or Chapel, and breaking out of

Another Form

House-breaking

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Stealing in a Dwelling-house, some Person therein be-

ing put in fear

Stealing in a Dwelling house to the value of £5

Breaking and entering a Building within the same

curtilage with a Dwelling-house, (but not being

privileged as Part thereof) and stealing therein

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Breaking and entering a Shop, Warehouse, or Counting-

house, and stealing therein

Stealing Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton Goods, to the

Value of 10s. in the process of manufacture

Stealing from a Vessel, Barge, or Boat, in Port, or on

a navigable River

Stealing from a Dock, Wharf, or Quay, adjoining to a

Port or navigable River.

Stealing from a Wreck

Stealing Records

Taking a Record, &c. from its Place of deposit, or from

a Person having the Custody of it, for a fraudulent

Purpose

Obliterating or destroying a Record, &c.

Stealing a Will or Codicil

Destroying or concealing a Will or Codicil

Stealing Writings relating to the Title to real Estate
Stealing Horses, Cows, Sheep, &c.

Killing Cattle, or Sheep, with intent to sell the Car-
case, Skin, &c.

Hunting or wounding Deer, in the inclosed Part of a

Forest, &c.

Same, in the uninclosed Part of a Forest, &c. (second

Offence)

Beating or wounding Keepers of Deer in the Execution

of their Duty

Taking or killing Hares or Conies in Warrens or breed-

ing Grounds, in the Night-time

Taking or destroying Fish, in Water adjoining to or

belonging to a Dwelling-house

Stealing Oysters, or Oyster Brood

Dredging for Oysters in the Oyster Fishery of another 32

Dragging on the Ground of another's Oyster Fishery

Stealing Ore or Coal, &c. from Mines

Stealing Trees, &c. from Parks, Pleasure-grounds, &c.
Stealing Trees, &c. growing elsewhere

Cutting or damaging Trees, &c. growing in Parks or

Pleasure-grounds, &c. with intent to steal them

Cutting or damaging Trees, &c. growing elsewhere,

with intent to steal them

Stealing Trees, &c. of the value of 1s. (third Offence)

Cutting or damaging Trees, &c. with intent to steal the

same, thereby doing Damage to the amount of 1s.

(third Offence)

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Stealing any Plant, Fruit, or Vegetable growing in a

Garden, &c. (second Offence)

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Destroying or damaging any Plant, &c. with intent to

steal it (second Offence).

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Stealing Copper, Lead, &c. fixed to Buildings

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Ripping, cutting, or breaking, Copper, Lead, &c. fixed

to Buildings, with intent to steal the same

Stealing, &c. Metal fixed in Land, which is private

Property

Stealing, &c. Metal fixed for a Fence to a Dwelling-

house, &c.

Stealing, &c. Metal fixed in a Square, Street, &c.

Larceny in furnished Lodgings

Larceny by Clerks or Servants

Embezzlement by Clerks or Servants

Bankers, Merchants, Brokers, Attornies, or Agents ap-

plying to their own Use Money lodged with them

for a specific Purpose

Bankers or Agents selling or converting Goods or valu-

able Securities, &c. intrusted to them for safe keep-

ing, or for a special Purpose

Factor pledging the Goods, &c. of his Principal

Obtaining Money, &c. by false Pretences

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Against Receiver of stolen Goods, as for a substantive

Felony

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Against a Receiver, where the Offence of the Principal

is a Misdemeanor

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Search Warrant for stolen Goods

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Taking a Reward for helping to the recovery of stolen

Property

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2. For Offences within stat. 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 34, as to Malicious

Mischief, &c.

Setting Fire to a House, &c.

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Setting Fire to a Church or Chapel

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Destroying Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton Goods, &c.

in the Loom, &c.

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Breaking or destroying Warps of Silk, &c. or certain

Machinery, &c.

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Entering a Building, &c. by force, with intent to com-

mit either of the two last mentioned Offences

Destroying Threshing Machines, or Machinery in other

Filling-up or obstructing Airways or Shafts, &c. of

Mines

Pulling down or destroying Engines, &c. used in Mines 45

Riotously demolishing a Church, Chapel, House, or

Machinery, &c. .

Setting fire to or destroying a Ship

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impassable

Setting Fire to or destroying a Ship, to prejudice the

Owner or Underwriters

Damaging a Ship, otherwise than by Fire, with intent

to destroy it

Exhibiting a False Light or Signal, to bring a Ship into

danger

Doing any thing tending to the immediate loss of a

Ship in distress

Destroying any Part of a Ship in distress or wrecked,

or any Goods, &c. belonging to it

Impeding a Person endeavouring to save his Life from

a Ship wrecked

Breaking down Sea or River Banks, and thereby over-

flowing Lands

Destroying, &c. Locks, Sluices, Floodgates, or other
Works on navigable Rivers or Canals

Removing Piles, &c. tixed in the Ground, for securing

River or Sea Banks

Drawing up Floodgates, or doing other Injury to navi-

gable Rivers or Canals

Destroying a Bridge

Doing Injury to a Bridge, to render it dangerous or

Destroying Turnpike-gates, Toll-houses, &c.

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Breaking bown the Dam of a Fish Pond, &c.

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Putting Lime or other noxious Material into a Fish

Pond, &c.

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Breaking down or destroying the Dam of a Mill Pond 51

Killing, maiming, or wounding Cattle

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Setting Fire to Stacks of Corn, Hay, &c.

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Setting Fire to Crops of Corn, Plantations, &c.

Cutting or destroying Hopbinds

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Maliciously cutting or damaging Trees, &c. growing in

Parks or Pleasure-grounds

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Maliciously cutting ro damaging Trees, &c. growing

elsewhere

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Maliciously cutting or damaging Trees, &c. to the

amount of 1s. (third Offence)

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Maliciously destroying or damaging any Plant, Root,

Fruit, or Vegetable growing in any Garden, &c.

(second Offence)