where the inducement held to have ceased,
43.

where held not to have ceased, 44.
evidence of other threats by prisoner, 96.
evidence of handwriting to threatening
letter, 209.

compelling a person by, to kill himself,
murder, 701.

of accusing person of unnatural practices,
when sufficient to make such a putting
in fear constitute robbery, 903 to 913.
threatening to accuse of an abominable
crime, statute 7 Wm. 4 and 1 Vict. c. 87,
8. 4, 909.

demanding money with menaces, 927.
statute 7 Wm. 4 and 1 Vict. c. 87, s. 7,
id.

proof of the demand, id.

proof of the threat or force, 928.

proof of the intent, id.

proof of the thing demanded, id.
threatening letters demanding money,
&c., 930.

statute 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, id.

proof of the sending or delivering of the
letter, 931.

proof of the nature of the letter or
writing the demand, 932.

proof of the thing demanded, 933.
accusing of murder, 934.

statute 4 Geo. 4, c. 54, id.

proof of the sending of the letter, 935.
proof of the letter threatening to kill or
murder, id.

accusing of infamous crimes, &c., 937.
statute 7 and 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, id.
proof of the accusing, 938.

proof of the nature of the accusation, id.
proof of the view or intent, id.

proof of the thing intended to be ex-
torted, 939.

THRESHING MACHINES,
malicious injuries to, 679.

VARIANCE-continued.

in introductory averments in perjury, 820.
VEGETABLES,

in gardens, malicious injuries to, 675.
VENUE,

in case of trial of accessaries before the
fact, 218.

after the fact, 221.

offences committed on boundaries of coun-
ties, or partly in one county and partly
in another, 251.
offences committed in detached parts of
counties, 252.

offences committed on persons or property
in coaches employed on journeys, or
vessels on inland navigation, 253.
offences committed in the county of a city,
or town corporate, id.

offences committed in Wales, 255.
offences committed at sea, or within the
admiralty jurisdiction, id.

offences against excise, customs, stamps,
&c. 258.

want of proper venue when cured, 259.
change of, 260.

in abduction, 263.

in bigamy, 324.

in not repairing bridges, 336.

in challenging to fight, 378.

in coining, 402.

in conspiracy, 421.

in escape, 458.

in forgery, 516.

in larceny, 644.

in libel, 661.

whether necessary before breaking open
door to suppress an affray, 758.

of attorney. See Power of Attorney.
WARRANTY,

when it amounts to a false pretence, 469.
WARREN,

taking or killing hares, &c. in, 553.
WASHERWOMAN,

property may be laid in, in larceny, 637.
WEAPON,

uses of deadly weapon in cases of mutual
combat, 737, et seq.

in other cases, 769.

against trespassers, id.

offensive, what shall be deemed, 558.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

false, cheating by, 380.

WIFE. See Husband and Wife.

competency of, as a witness, 147, et seq.
See Witness.

not guilty of arson by setting fire to her
husband's house, 281.

justification by, in assault, defence of her
husband, 291.

when competent witness in bigamy, 150,
312.

occupation by, occupation of her husband,
in burglary, 355.

cannot be convicted of stealing in a dwell-
ing house, in the house of her husband,
422.

may be convicted of forcible entry on hus-
band's premises, 484.

taking goods of her husband, not larceny,

594.

goods stolen from, must be laid as hus-
band's property, 640.

indictable for keeping a gaming-house, 795.

or bawdy-house, 796.

witness against husband, in rape, 151.
carnal knowledge of, by a man pretending
to be the husband, not a rape, 860.
liability of, on indictment for receiving,
874.

coercion of, by husband, 955.

WILL,

proof of, not by parol, 2.
forgery of at common law, 488.

forgery though party be alive, 497.
of land, with two witnesses only, 502.

idiots and lunatics, id.

incompetency from want of religious prin-

ciple, 129.

general rules, id.

form of the oath, 130.

questions as to religious belief, 132.

quakers and moravians, &c., id.

separatists, 133.

persons excommunicated, id.
incompetency from infamy, 134.

abolished by the 6 and 7 Vict. c. 85, id.
what crimes disqualified, 135.

in what manner the conviction must
have been proved, 136.
competency, how restored, id.

by suffering the punishment, id.
by pardon, 137.

by reversal of judgment, 138.
incompetency from interest, 139.

also abolished by the 6 and 7 Vict. c. 85,

id.

WITNESS continued.

evidence of either admissible in collateral
proceedings, although it tends to crimi-
nate the other, id.

cases where husband or wife has been
held incompetent, 149.

cases of personal violence, 151.
admissibility of accomplices, 153.
accomplices in general, id.
principal felon, 154.

accomplice, when competent for prisoner,
id.

promise of pardon, 155.

effect of accomplice's evidence, id.
confirmation, 156.

by whom, 159.

situation of accomplice when called as a
witness, id.

examination of, 162.

ordering witnesses out of court, id.
calling all witnesses whose names are on

the indictment, &c., 163.

calling all parties present at any transac
tion giving rise to a charge of homicide,
164.

recalling and questioning witnesses by
the court, id.

evidence of, cannot be taken in felony
by consent, but in misdemeanor it
may, 165.

at what time objection to competency
must be taken, id.

voire dire, 166.

examination in chief, 167.
cross-examination, 168, 236.

re-examination, 170.

memorandum to refresh witness's memo-
ry, id.

questions subjecting witness to a civil
suit, 171.

to a forfeiture, id.

to penalties or punishment, 171.
whether they may be put, 172.
consequences of answering, 174.
consequences of not answering, id.
objection must be taken by witness
himself, id.

whether a witness is bound to answer

questions tending to degrade, id.
evidence of general character, 177.
when a party may contradict his own
witness, 178.

examination as to belief, 179.

examination as to opinion, id.

credit of, how impeached and supported,
181.

impeached by irrelevant questions in
cross-examination, id.

by irrelevant questions-contradiction
by other witnesses, 182.

proof of former declarations in support
of credit of witness, 184.

privileged communications, 186.
general rule, id.

what persons are privileged-professional
advisers, id.

WITNESS-continued.
receiving, 877.

WOOLLEN GOODS. See Manufacture.
WORDS,

not a sufficient provocation in homicide,
725.

WORKMEN,

assaults and violence by, 299.

conspiracy by, to raise wages, 410.
negligence of when amounting to man-
slaughter, 711.

WOUND,

construction of the word in stat. 7 and 8
Geo. 4, c. 30, s. 16, (wounding cattle,)
375.

death caused by wounding, when it amounts
to murder, 703, et seq.

proof of wounding under the 7 Wm. 4 and
1 Vict. c. 85, 777, 782.
construction of the word "wound," in that
statute, id.

instrument used immaterial, id.

must be given with some instrument, 783.
instrument need not be stated, id.
wound must have been given by prisoner,
id.

145, 578.

in perjury, 823, 826.

number required in perjury, 823.

competency and credibility of, in rape,

862.

contents of, cannot be proved by parol, 2.
what cases are not within this rule, 3.
appointments of persons acting in a public
capacity, 7.
larceny of, 622.