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Conspiracy, jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387; prevention
of vexatious indictments for, 484.

Constable, cannot apprehend on his belief that a person has
committed a misdemeanor, 334, 357; nor on a charge of
felony made on no reasonable grounds, 334, 357; when
not to act in a borough in execution of county warrants,
346.

Constable, duty of, when justices act in one county for
another, 347; in detached parts of counties, 348; serving
summons in indictable offences, 352; proof of service,
352; execution of warrants by, 355; backed warrants,
357, 365.

Constable, serving summons, in summary cases, 2; proof of
service, 2; executing warrant, 14, 68; executing warrant
of distress, 60; return thereto, 60; payment by, of sums
levied on prisoners to clerk of petty sessions, 81; fees
for service of summonses, &c., 79.

Constable, expenses of conveying prisoner to gaol, how paid,
254.

Constables, actions against, 130.

Contradictory statements of adverse witnessess, proof of, 43.
Conveying a prisoner before a magistrate, in another county,
391; costs, how paid, 393.

Conveying prisoners to prison, who to defray expenses
of, 409.

Conviction of court of summary jurisdiction, appeal against
to quarter sessions, 38, 233, 238.

Conviction, amendment of by quarter sessions, 55.

Conviction filed with clerk of the peace, when imperfect can-
not be cured by a fresh conviction, 51.

Conviction summarily of adult, on plea of guilty, 211.
Conviction on information in summary cases, 39; how to be
signed, 47; to be drawn up and filed with clerk of the
peace, 47; costs, 57; how enforced, 58.

Conviction to be quashed before action is brought for any-
thing done under it, 131; action for defects in, against
whom to be brought, 131.

Conviction, certiorari, to bring up, 51.

Conviction, how proved, 50.

Conviction, when for one offence only, 29.

Coppice, setting fire to, jurisdiction, 387.

Copy of depositions, when to be given to accused, 410.

Copy of minute of justices' order to be given to defendant, 56.
Coroner, when to deliver inquisitions to director of public

prosecutions, 447.

Coroner, justice not disqualified for being elected as, 333.
Costs, appeals to quarter sessions, 180.

Costs, included in the expressions-sums adjudged to be paid
by a conviction, and sums adjudged to be paid by an
order, 259.

Costs of conveying prisoner to gaol, how paid, 393, 407; of
conveying him before a justice of another county, 393.
Costs of prosecution, 360.

Costs in the case of small fines, 201.

Costs of prosecution of indictable offences dealt with summa-
rily, 229.

Costs of prosecutor of indictable offence, when dealt with
summarily, 229.

Costs on appeal to quarter sessions, 235.

Costs in a special case for quarter sessions, 249.

Costs of distress for breach of bye-law under Education
Acts, 61.

Cost, recovery of, as a civil debt, 200.

Costs upon an information or complaint, in summary cases,
58; when information, &c., dismissed, 53; remedy for
costs when conviction is not for a penalty or order for
payment of money, 69; remedy for costs if information
be dismissed, 70; of appeal, how recovered, 72; taxation
of, 74.

Costs on dismissing appeal against decision of justices, 135.
Costs, general rule as to, 165.

Costs of an appeal against a conviction, &c., how recovered,
70.

Costs of a rule against a justice requiring him to do a parti-
cular act, 138.

Counsel may act, in summary cases, for prosecutor or com-
plainant, 29; or for defendants, 35, 41.

Counselling the commission of simple larceny, punishment
of summarily, 18.

Counselling commission of an offence, how punishable, 18.
Counting-house, breaking in, not within jurisdiction of quarter
sessions, 387.

County, meaning of, 259.

County justices, jurisdiction of, at petty sessions, 342.
County constables, when not to act in a borough in the exe-
cution of a county warrant, 347.

County justices, jurisdictiom of, in boroughs, 347.

County, detached part of, jurisdiction of justices in, 348.
County, property of, how described in information or com-
plaint, 17.

County having separate divisions for quarter sessions, 320.
County, jurisdiction of justices residing or being out

of, 19.

County court, action in, against a justice of the peace, 144;
but not if he object to it, 144.

Court where examinations taken in indictable cases not an
open court, 384; how when the hearing of information,
&c., in summary cases is heard, 35, 217.

Court of Queen's Bench, application to, for a rule calling upon
justice to do a particular act, 134; if made absolute, no
action against justice, 140.

Court of Queen's Bench, defined, 151; determination of case
submitted to on points of law, 169; costs, 170; amend-
ment of case, 172.

Court of concurrent jurisdiction, conclusiveness of judgment
of, 4.

Court-house, provision of more than one, 285.

Court, money paid into, on an action against justices, 144;
no plea required, 144; costs, 144.

Court-house for petty sessional court, provision of, 232.
Court may allow time for payment of money, 200; or direct
payment by instalments, 200; or may take security for
payment, 200.

Court of general or quarter sessions, appeal to, against con-
viction or order, 233, 238.

Court of summary jurisdiction, appeal from by special case,

238.

Court of summary jurisdiction, in what cases not empowered

to reduce amount of fine, 265.

Court of summary jurisdiction, local jurisdiction of, 254.
Court of summary jurisdiction, meaning of, 260.

Court of summary jurisdiction, mitigation of punishment by,
197.

Court of summary jurisdiction, powers of, as to summary
orders under future Acts, 239.

Court of summary jurisdiction, power of, to remand for in-
dictable offences, 225.

Court of summary jurisdiction, recovery of civil debts in, 240.
Court of summary jurisdiction, register of, 221.

Court of summary jurisdiction to consist of two or more
justices for trial of offences, 219; what is a, 219; ad-
journment of case by, 219.

Court of summary jurisdiction to sit as an open court, 215.
Court, power of, to discharge accused without punishment,
214.

Court, trial of offences committed in respect of property
in, 254.

Creeks, jurisdiction of the admiralty in, 336.

Crimes committed in British ships on high seas, 336.

Criminal jurisdiction of admiralty, extent of, 337.

Criminal lunatics, jurisdiction of justices in cases of, 21.

Criminal prisoner, person committed for offence against
Vaccination Acts is a, 221.

Criminal proceedings, evidence of parties to, 370.
Crops of corn, &c., setting fire to, jurisdiction, 387.
Cross-examination of witnesses, 43, 49.

Crown not empowered to remit penalty under Public Health
Act, 84.

Cumulative sentences for assaults, imprisonment not to exceed
six months, 216.

Curtilage, building within, breaking into, when not within
jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387.

Custody of prisoners, 402.

Customs, offences relating to, 340; jurisdiction of justices
as to offences against, 340; within Summary Jurisdic-
tion Acts, 263.

Customs, application of Summary Jurisdiction Acts to, 263.
Custus rotulorum, 331.

Damages, in an action against a justice, 146.

Date of expiration of sentence, 68.

Death of justices not to avoid warrant or summons, 246
Death of witness before trial, when his examination may be

read, 376.

Debtors Act, offences under, 387.

Decision of justices, review of, by superior court, 148.
Decisions of quarter sessions, when to be final, 183.

Declaration, when it may be substituted for oath, 316; form
of, 403.

Deeds relating to real estate, stealing, &c., not within juris-
diction of quarter sessions, 387.

Defamatory libels, not within jurisdiction of quarter sessions,
387.

Default of distress, imprisonment in such case, 220.

Defects in forms of appeal to quarter sessions, how in such
case, 179.

Defects in information or complaint in indictable cases, 274;
in summons or warrants, 355.

Defects in information or complaint in summary cases, 3;
in warrant, 15.

Defence to information, &c., may be made by counsel or at-
torney, 35, 41.

Definitions in Summary Jurisdiction Act, 258.

Definition of the word "colony," 342.

Deliverance, warrant of, when prisoner is bailed, 400.

Delivery of recognizances, &c., to director of public prosecu-

tions, 447.

Deposition of absent witness, 372.

Depositions, admissibility of, in evidence, 373.

Depositions, when to be dilivered to director of public pro-
secutions, 447.

Definitions in writing, filing of, with clerks of peace, 206.
Depositions of witnesses to have separate captions, 372; ma-
gistrates' duty as to, 370; taking of, in indictable cases,
presence of prisoner when they are taken, 370; when and
to whom they are to be transmitted, 385; to be trans-
mitted to a justice of the county where the offence was
committed, 392; defendant entitled to copies, 410.
Deposition of constable to service of summons in sum-
mary cases, 2.

Description of offence in proceedings before court of sum-
mary jurisdiction, 247.

Desertion, punishment of militiamen for, 9.

Destroying, stealing, or concealing wills, &c., not within
jurisdiction of quarter sessions, 387.

Destroying deeds, &c., relating to property, jurisdiction, 387.
Detached part of counties, jurisdiction of justices, 348.
Detention, warrant of, where indictment found against person
already in custody, 344.

Detention of defendant till return be made to distress war-
rant, 61.

Detention of offenders under Merchant Shipping Act, 12.
Difference in time of place from Greenwich time, 28.
Direction of summons in indictable cases, 351; of a warrant
to apprehend, 13; of a warrant of commitment for
want of distress, 63; of warrant of commitment for
a penalty in the first instance, 66; how when there is
no penalty, 68.

Director of public prosecutions, appointment and duty of,
353; his qualification, 447.

Director of public prosecutions, rules as to and conduct of, 450,
Discharge of accused without punishment, power of court as

to, 214; conditional discharge of, on giving security, 214.
Discharge of accused after hearing evidence, 400.

Discharge of witness after trial, who has refused to enter into
recognizance, 386.

Discharge of defendant on recognizance, in indictable cases,
390.

Discharge in summary cases, 15, 27, 53; until return be made
to warrant of distress, 62.

Discharge of defendant from prison on bail, 397.

Discharge of person charged with indictable offence after exa-
mination, 400.

Discharge of defendant in summary cases, on payment of
penalty, 75.

Discharged prisoners, allowance to, 402.

Discretion of justices to issue summons, 353.

Discretionry power of justices to take bail, 395.

Discretionary powers, exercise of, by justices, 48.

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