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46. With intent to rob]-did feloniously assault one [or the said] 7 Will. 4 & 1 C. D. with intent then to rob the said C. D., and feloniously and Vict. c. 87, s. 6. violently to steal, take and carry away the monies, goods and chattels

of the said C. D., contrary, &c.

[If armed, see tit. "Larceny," post, forms No. 224, &c.]

47. Common Assault and Battery-did unlawfully assault, beat, Com. Law. wound and ill-treat one [or the said] C. D. [and if so, and thereby

then occasioned unto the said C. D. great actual bodily harm].

48. On Magistrate in case of Wreck]-did unlawfully assault one 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, C. D., and him the said C. D. did then and there strike and beat [or s. 24. wound], on account of the exercise of his the said C. D.'s duty in and concerning the preservation of a certain vessel then and there in distress [or as the case may be], he the said C. D. being then and there a magistrate, and lawfully authorized in that behalf, contrary, &c.

49. With intent to carnally know a Girl under Ten Years of Age]— Id. s. 25. was then and there guilty of a certain misdemeanor, to wit, that he the said A. B., on the day and year, and at the parish aforesaid, did make an assault upon one C. D., an infant under the age of ten years, with intent then and there unlawfully and feloniously carnally to know and abuse, contrary, &c.

50. With intent to commit a Rape]-did unlawfully make an assault Id. upon one C. D., with intent her the said C. D. there violently and against her will feloniously to ravish and carnally know, contrary, &c.

51. An indecent Assault]-did unlawfully and indecently assault Id. a certain girl named C. D., and did then [state what he did], and did then illtreat the said C. D., contrary, &c.

52. With intent to commit an unnatural Offence]-did unlawfully Id. make an assault upon one C. D., with intent then with the said C. D. feloniously to commit and perpetrate the detestable and abominable crime of buggery, contrary, &c.

53. With intent to commit a Felony-General]-did unlawfully as- Id. sault one C. D. with intent [describe the felony as in a commitment for it], contrary, &c.

54. On Peace or Revenue Officers]-did unlawfully assault and beat Id.
one [or the said] C. D., he the said C. D. being then a peace officer,
to wit, a constable of the said parish of -

[or a revenue officer, to wit, an officer of her Majesty's inland
revenue of excise, or a relieving officer, or master of the
workhouse of the
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and in the due execution of his duty as such constable [or as the case may be] then being [or acting in aid of one, &c.], contrary, &c.

55. On Persons, to prevent lawful Apprehension by them]-did Id. unlawfully assault and beat one [or the said] C. C., with intent in so doing then and thereby to resist and prevent the lawful apprehension [or detention] of him the said A. B. [or of one E. F.] for [having feloniously stolen the goods of one F. G., or as the case may be], contrary, &c.

9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 25.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 19, s. 12.

Com. Law.

56. In pursuance of Conspiracy to raise Wages]-did unlawfully assault one [or the said C. D., in pursuance of a conspiracy between him the said A. B. and others to raise the rate of their wages, contrary, &c.

57. On Special or County Constables, &c. (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41, s. 11; 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93, s. 8.)]-These will be found in Chap. 2 of Part I. tit. "Constables," No. 18, p. 101, and No. 7, p. 100.

58. Assault by Person apprehended under 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19]-did unlawfully assault [or offer violence, to wit, by to] one [or the said] C. Ď., he the said C. D. then being authorized by law to apprehend [or detain] him the said A. B. for a certain offence for which he the said A. B. was then liable to be apprehended by the said A. B., that is to say, for [here state the offence generally], contrary, &c.

59. Provoking a Dog to bite]-did unlawfully incite, provoke and encourage a certain dog, of and belonging to him the said A. B., to bite him the said C. D., by means whereof the same dog did then and there grievously bite, lacerate and wound the said C. D., against the peace, &c.

7 Will. 4 & 1

Vict. c. 85, s. 2.

1d. s. 3.

ATTEMPTS TO MURDER, &c.

60. Administering Poison, &c., stabbing or causing bodily Injury, with intent to murder] --did feloniously administer to [or cause to be taken by one C. D., one ounce weight of a certain poison [or destructive thing unknown] called

[or with a certain knife which he then held, stab, or cut, or wound one C. D.],

[or assault one C. D., or a child of tender years, to wit, of the age of, and did feloniously knock the head of the said C. D. against a and did thereby then cause unto one C. D. a

certain bodily injury, dangerous to life, to wit, ——}, with intent in so doing then and thereby feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, to kill and murder the said C. D., contrary,

&c.

61. Attempting to administer Poison, or shooting at, or attempting to drown, suffocate, &c., with intent to murder]-did feloniously attempt to administer to one C. D. a large quantity of a certain deadly poison [or destructive thing], called to wit, drachms of the said

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[or feloniously shoot with a certain [pistol], loaded with powder
and divers leaden shot, at and against one C. D.],
[or did present, point and level at and against one C. D., certain
loaded arms, to wit, a pistol, then loaded with gunpowder
and one leaden bullet, and did then, drawing the trigger of
the said pistol [or by as the case may be], feloniously
attempt to discharge the same at the said C. D.]

[or feloniously attempt to drown [or suffocate, or strangle] one
C. D. [an infant of tender years, to wit, of the age of
years],

with intent, &c. [conclude as in No. 60, supra].

62. By blowing up Buildings]--did unlawfully, maliciously and 9 & 10 Vict. feloniously, by the explosion of four ounces of gunpowder [or a certain c. 25, s. 2. explosive substance, called -]*, destroy [or damage] a certain building, to wit, a —, there situate, with intent in so doing then and thereby feloniously and of his malice aforethought [the said] C. D. to murder,

[or there situate, whereby the life of one C. D. then and there
being was then and there endangered],

contrary, &c.

63. To maim, &c. by explosive Substances.]-Proceed to the aste- Id. s. 3. risk in form No. 62, supra, then: burn [or maim, disfigure, or disable, or do certain grievous bodily harm to] one C. D. then and there being, contrary, &c.

64. To maim, &c. by sending, &c. explosive Substances]-did un- Id. s. 4. lawfully, maliciously and feloniously cause certain gunpowder [or explosive substance, to wit -], to explode,

[or send, or deliver to, or cause to be taken or received by one
C. D., two drachms weight of a certain explosive substance,
or a certain dangerous or noxious thing, called -],
[or cast and throw at and upon, or apply to one C. D., half a
pint of a certain corrosive fluid, or destructive, or explosive
substance, called -},

with intent in so doing then and thereby to burn [or maim, disfigure,
or disable, or to do some grievous bodily harm to] the said C. D., con-
trary, &c.

65. To do bodily Injury by attempting to blow up Buildings]-did Id. s. 6. unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously place [or throw] in [or into, upon, against, or near] a certain building there situate, called a

[or vessel called the Algiers], two ounces of gunpowder [or of a certain explosive substance called -], with intent in so doing then and thereby to do bodily injury to one C. D. then and there being, contrary, &c.

66. Using, &c. Chloroform, &c. for the Purpose of committing a 14 & 15 Vict. Felony]-did unlawfully and feloniously apply [or administer, or c. 19, s. 3. attempt to apply, or administer] certain chloroform [or laudanum, or a certain stupifying and overpowering drug and matter unknown] to one [or the said] C. D., with intent thereby then to enable him the said A. B. [or one E. F.] to commit a felony [and if known, state the felony, to wit, -],

[or with intent to assist him [or one E. F.] in committing a felony], contrary, &c.

ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES.

67. To commit a Felony at Common Law. (1 Burn's Jus. 304.)] -did unlawfully attempt and endeavour to [stating the felony attempted, in the usual form], against the peace, &c.

68. To commit a Misdemeanor, whether statutable or at Common Law. (Rodrick's case, 7 Car. & P. 795.)]-This may be similarly framed.

12 & 13 Vict. c. 106, s. 251.

Id.

Id.

Id.

Id. s. 252.

Id. s. 253.

BANKRUPTS.

69. Not surrendering]--for that he the said A. B. being a person against whom a petition in bankruptcy had been filed, and who had thereupon been adjudged bankrupt, whereof notice in writing was duly served on the said A. B., and notice given in the London Gazette of the said adjudication, and of the sittings of the court authorized to act in the prosecution of the same against him, feloniously did not before three of the clock on the day of (being the day limited in that behalf for the surrender of the said bankrupt) surrender himself to the said court, but wholly neglected and omitted so to do, nor hath he as yet surrendered himself to the said court, with intent thereby then and there to defraud his creditors, against the statute, &c.

70. Not discovering his Estate, &c.]-Proceed to the asterisk* in the last form, and then: upon being examined before the court authorized to act in the prosecution of the said adjudication against him, on &c., at &c., feloniously did not discover certain [personal estate, to wit, a certain bill of exchange for £-- -, purporting to be drawn by E. F. upon and accepted by F. G., of which he the said A. B. was then and there possessed, &c., or as the case may be], the same not having been really and bona fide before then sold or disposed of in the way of his trade, or laid out in the ordinary expense of his family, with intent thereby then and there to defraud his creditors, against the statute, &c.

71. Not delivering up his Goods, Books, &c.]—Proceed as in the form No. 69, to the asterisk*, and then: upon being examined before the court authorized to act in the prosecution of the said adjudication against him, on &c., at &c., feloniously did not deliver up to the said court certain [personal] property, to wit [describe the property], which was then and there in the possession, custody and power of the said A. B., and not being any part of the necessary wearing apparel of the said A. B., or of his wife or children, with intent thereby then and there to defraud his creditors, against the statute, &c.

72. Concealing or embezzling Effects to the Value of £10.]-Proceed as in the form, No. 69, to the asterisk*, and then: on &c., at &c., feloniously did remove, conceal and embezzle a certain part of his personal estate, to the value of 10l. and upwards, to wit, of the value of £- [or certain books of accounts, or papers, or writings, relating to his personal estate, to wit, a ———— [describe the book, &c.], with intent thereby then and there to defraud the creditors of him the said A. B. of the same, against the statute, &c.

73. Destroying or falsifying Books, &c.]-Proceed as in the form No. 69, to the asterisk*, and then: on &c., at &c., being after an act of bankruptcy committed [or in contemplation of bankruptcy, or with intent to defeat the object of the law relating to bankrupts], did destroy [or alter, or mutilate, or falsify] certain of his books [or papers, writings, or securities], to wit, a certain book called

[or did make, or was privy to the making of, a certain false and fraudulent entry in a certain book of account [or document] called

with intent to defraud his creditors, against the statute, &c.

74. Obtaining Goods by False Pretences within Three Months pre

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12 & 13 Vict.

ceding Bankruptcy.]-Proceed as in the form No. 69, to the asterish and then did within three months next preceding the date of the fiat c. 106, s. 253. for the filing of the petition for adjudication of bankruptcy], to wit, on &c., at &c., under the false colour and pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, obtain on credit from one E. F. certain goods and chattels, to wit, with intent to defraud the said E. F., the owner thereof, against the statute, &c.

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75. Removing Goods, &c. obtained by False Pretences, &c.]— Id. Proceed as in the form No. 69, to the asterisk*, and then: and with intent to defraud one E. F. did unlawfully remove, conceal and dispose of certain goods and chattels, to wit, which had theretofore, under the false colour and pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, been obtained on credit from the said E. F. for the said A. B., he the said A. B. well knowing the same goods and chattels to have been so obtained, against the statute, &c.

BIGAMY.

76. Bigamy]-did feloniously marry and take to wife one E. F., 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, F. G., his former wife, to whom the said A. B. was previously mar- s. 22. ried, being then alive, contrary, &c.

Insert in the Commitment, if the second marriage did not
take place in the county where the offender is committed:
"the said A. B. having been apprehended and taken for the
said felony in the parish of
in the said county of

BLASPHEMY.

77. Publishing Blasphemous Libels]-did unlawfully and wilfully 1 Hawk. c. 3, compose, print and publish, and cause and procure to be composed, ss. 1, 3. printed and published, a certain scandalous, impious, blasphemous and profane libel of and concerning the Holy Scriptures and the Christian religion, against the peace, &c.

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BRIBERY.

s. 2.

78. Constable taking]-being then a constable of the said parish of 1 Hawk. c. 67. and then having in his custody and possession a certain warrant of one J. S., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of, to apprehend one E. F. to answer a certain charge of felony [or misdemeanor], therein set forth, did then and there unlawfully and corruptly accept of the said E. F. [or of one F. G.] the pounds, if the said A. B. would refrain from executing the said warrant for the space of days from that time, against the peace, &c.

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79. Offering same]-did then and there unlawfully and corruptly Id. offer unto one A. B., then being a constable, &c. [as in No. 78, omitting the words "did then and there unlawfully and corruptly accept of the said E. F. [or of one F. G.]"], against the peace, &c.

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