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NAVY PAY-continued.

c. 49.

Procuring persons to sign a false petition under 1 & 2G. 4. the 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 49. or procuring others to demand money due to seamen, &c. under a certificate from the inspector of seamen's wills, fel. pun. Tr. for 7 yrs. as in case of fel. 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 43. s. 3. Procuring others to utter any forged letter of s. 4. any bill, ticket, &c. to obtain seamen's wages, &c. or procuring others to demand pay of prize money, &c. fel. pun. D. without benefit of clergy. Id. s. 4.

NIGHT POACHING.

Offences punishable on summary conv.

c. 69. s. 1.

9 Geo.4. 9 G. 4.

The like by indictment. Id. s. 9. See Game, p. 61, ante, and Poaching, p. 134, post.

NUISANCE.

Respecting the improper construction or negligent

use of furnaces in working steam engines.

c. 69.

c. 4.

If it appears to the Ct. in case of conv. or ind. 1 & 2 G. 4. that the grievance may be remedied by altering the construction of the furnace, the Ct. may without the consent of the prosecutor, make such order therein as may be thought expedient for preventing the nuisance in future, before passing final sentence on the defendant. 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 4.

1 & 2 G. 4. c. 41.

c. 29.

NUISANCE-continued.

But not to extend to steam engines for work-
ing mines, or smelting, &c. Id. s. 3.
And the Ct. may award costs to the prosecutor
to be paid by the party, conv. either before
or at the time of giving final judgment, Id.
s. 24. except to owners, &c. of furnaces of
steam engines, solely for working mines and
smelting ore and minerals. Id. s. 3.

NURSERY GROUNDS.

Stealing from. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. See Garden, p. 67, ante.

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3 G. 4. c. 114.

7 G. 4. c. 30.

OATH, False.

Taking a false oath, pun. the same as for perjury, i. e. Impr. with or without H. L. 3 Geo. 4. c. 114. See Perjury, p. 132, post. OFFENCES AT SEA AND ABROAD. Commissioners for trying offences, and Js. may take examination relating to offences comm. at sea, within the juris. of the Admiralty, and comm. off. until discharged by due course of law. 7 Geo. 4. c. 30. See Sea, Offences at, post.

ORCHARD.

7 & 8 G. 4. Stealing from. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. See Garden, p. 67, ante.

c. 29.

ORE.

Stealing from mines, fel. pun. as for simple 7 & 8 G.4.

larceny. (a) Id. s. 37.

See Coal Mine,

c. 29.

p. 28, and p. 111, ante.

OYSTER.

Robbing beds, and dredging for oysters, misd. s. 36. pun. Fine not ex. 201. or Impr. not ex. 3 cal.

m. or both. See Dredging, p. 43, ante.

P.

PARDON.

The king's sign manual to have the effect of a c. 28. pardon under the great seal. 7 & 8 Geo. 4.

c. 28. s. 13.

PARISH PROPERTY.

Stealing of, to be laid as the property of the over- 7 G. 4.

seers for the time being, without naming any

one of them. 7 Geo. 4. c. 64. s. 16. See
Indictment, p. 85, ante.

PARK.

c. 64.

Stealing trees, &c. in. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. 7 & 8 G. 4. s. 38. See Garden, p. 67, ante.

PARTNERS.

c. 29.

Property of partners and joint-tenants, parceners, 7 G. 4. &c. whether real or personal, it is sufficient

(a) See Larceny, p. 96, for this punishment.

c. 64.

7 G. 4. c. 64.

3 G. 4. c. 114.

PARTNERS-continued.

to name one of them in the ind." and another or others.". 7 Geo. 4. c. 64. s. 14. See Indictment, p. 85, ante.

PAUPERS.

Ill treatment of, and apprentices and helpless persons. See Apprentices, p. 9, ante.

PERJURY AND FALSE OATH.

Pen. for wilful and corrupt perjury, Impr. with H. L. not ex. the term for which the Ct. may now Impr. for, either in add. to or in lieu of any other pun. which may be inflicted on the off. by any law in force before this act. 3 Geo. 4. c. 114. See Hard Labour, p.71,

ante.

7 & 8 G. 4. PERSON.

c. 29.

59 G. 3. c. 56.

s. 12.

Stealing from the, fel. D. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. s. 6. See Larceny, and Robbery from the Person, p. 100, ante.

PERSONATING.

Any person representing himself as the next of kin, in order to receive prize money, bounty money, &c. of any petty officer, non-commissioned officer, seaman or marine, &c. or any agent whose authority is reserved, offering to receive pay, &c. misd. and pun. accordingly. 59 Geo. 3. c. 56. s. 3.

Inserting a false date in an order for payment

PERSONATING-continued.

c. 56.

of prize money, &c. misd. pun. accordingly. 59 G. 3. Id. s. 12. See Navy Pay, p. 128, ante. PETTY LARCENY. The distinction between grand and petty larceny 7 & 8 G. 4. is abolished, and any larceny, whatever the

c. 29. value of the property may be, shall be deemed of the same nature, and subject to the same incidents as grand larceny was before the commencement of this act; and every Ct. whose power was before the commencement of this act limited to petty larceny, shall have power to try every case of larceny, the pun. of which cannot exceed the pun. for simple larceny, and also to try all accessaries to larceny. (a) 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. s. 1. PIGEONS, Stealing.-Summary Conviction.

Killing, wounding, or taking any house dove or s. 33.
pigeon under such circumstances, shall not

amount to larceny at com. law, (b) pun. on
conv. before a J. P. to forfeit and

the value of the bird, not ex. 21.

pay above

Id. s. 33.

PLEA of not guilty. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 28. s. 1. c. 28. See Imparlance, p. 78, ante.

(a) The latter part of this clause applies to the Ct. of Q. Sess.

(b) Animals feræ naturæ are not objects of larceny, while they are suffered to remain at large; but if confined, so that the owner may take them at pleasure, they then become objects of larceny. Qu. Whether old pigeons, unconfined, except belonging to an open dovecote, come under this clause?

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