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feit coin resembling [or apparently intended to resemble, or pass for] 2 Will. 4, c. 34. certain of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin, called a sovereign [or shilling, or as the case may be]*, contrary, &c.

111. The like [or as in forms No. 112, 113, 114], a Second Offence.] Id. s. 7. -State the offence as in form No. 110, supra, but that it was done "feloniously," and then adding at the end: he the said A. B. having before then, to wit, on the day of been duly convicted for having before then unlawfully, &c. [stating offence shortly], contrary, &c.

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112. Uttering Counterfeit Gold or Silver Coin, and then having Id. others in Possession.]-Proceed as in form No. 110, supra, to the asterisk*, and then: and that he the said A. B. also at the time of such uttering and tendering, having then in his possession, besides the piece [or pieces] of false and counterfeit coin so tendered and uttered [or put off] as aforesaid, two [or one] other pieces [or piece] of false and counterfeit coin, resembling [or apparently intended to resemble, or pass for] certain of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin called 9 contrary, &c.

113. Uttering twice within Ten Days.]—Proceed as in form No. Id. 110, supra, to the asterisk*, and then: and that the said A. B. afterwards, and within ten days thereafter, to wit, on the day of [or on the same day], at the parish of in the said [county] of did unlawfully and knowingly tender [or utter, or put off] one other piece of false and counterfeit coin, resembling [or apparently intended to resemble, or pass for] certain of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin, called

-, contrary, &c.

114. Having Possession of Counterfeit Coin with intent to utter Id. s. 8. same]- unlawfully and knowingly had in his custody and possession two pieces of false and counterfeit coin, resembling [or apparently intended to resemble, or pass for] certain of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin, called with intent then to utter and put off the

same, contrary, &c.

115. Making or mending or having Coining Tools]-did knowingly Id. s. 10. feloniously make [or mend, or begin or proceed to make or mend, or buy or sell],

[or have in his possession,]

without lawful authority or excuse, one puncheon [or counter-puncheon, matrix, stamp, or die, pattern or mould], in and upon which there was made and impressed the figure of one of the sides, that is to say, the head side [or as the case may be] of a piece of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin, commonly called a

-, contrary, &c.

116. [or did feloniously and without lawful authority make, &c.
[as in 115], [or have in his custody and possession without
lawful excuse], one edger [or edging tool, collar, instru-
ment, or engine] adapted and intended for the working of
coin round the edges with grainings apparently resembling
those on the edges of a piece of the Queen's current gold
[or silver] coin, called a, he the said A. B. then and
there well knowing the same edger [or as the case may be]
to be so adapted and intended as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

2 Will. 4, c. 34.

Id. s. 11.

Id. s. 12.

Id.

117. [or did feloniously and without lawful authority make, &c. [as in 115], [or have in his custody and possession without lawful excuse] one press for coinage [or cutting engine for cutting by force of a screw, round blanks out of gold, silver or copper], he the said A. B. then and there well knowing such press to be a press for coinage [or such engine to have been used, or to be intended to be used, for and in order to the counterfeiting of the Queen's current gold and silver coin], contrary, &c.

118. Conveying Tools or Coins, &c. out of Mint without authority] -did knowingly and feloniously and without lawful authority, convey out of her Majesty's Mint there situate, one puncheon [or as the case may be], used and employed in and about the coining of coin,

[or ten pieces of the Queen's current gold [or silver] coin, called -] contrary, &c.

119. Counterfeiting Copper Coin, or making or mending, selling, receiving or having in Possession, without authority, any Tools, &c. for such Coin.]-The forms for describing either of these offences may be easily framed from those described in forms No. 102, 108, 109, 115

-117.

120. Uttering false Copper Coin, or having Possession of Three or more Pieces thereof with intent to utter.]-These offences may be easily described by referring to the forms No. 110, 114.

1 Hawk. c. 69, 8. 5.

COMBINATION.
See "Conspiracies."

of

COMPOUNDING.

121. A Felony]-did unlawfully, knowingly, and for wicked gain's sake, compound a certain felony, that is to say, for that one E. F. did, on the day of - last, at the parish of in the said [county] feloniously steal, take and carry away one watch, of the value of - of the goods and chattels of the said C. D., with one F. G., the servant of the said C. D., and then and there did exact, take, receive and have of the said F. G. the sum of for and as a reward for compounding the said felony, and from desisting from all further prosecution against the said E. F. for the said felony, from which time the said C. D. hath desisted from all further prosecution of the said E. F., against the peace, &c.

9 Geo. 4, c. 31, 6. 14.

CONCEALING BIRTH.

122. Of Child, by burying, &c.]-being then and there delivered of a certain [male] child, which instantly died, did unlawfully endeavour to conceal the birth thereof, by secretly burying [or dispose, by of] the dead body of the said child, contrary, &c.

said [county] of

CONSPIRACIES.

123. General]-that A. B., of &c., E. F., of &c., and G. H., of Com. Law. &c., did, on the day of last, at the parish of - in the unlawfully and wickedly [falsely and maliciously] conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, to [here state the object of the conspiracy], against the peace, &c.

124. To Cheat]-that on &c., at &c., A. B. and E. F. did unlaw- Id. fully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together,

[or, if the warrant be against A. B. only, say, did unlawfully conspire, &c. with one E. F., or with some person or persons whose name or names is or are unknown,]

by divers false pretences and subtle devices, falsely and fraudulently to acquire and obtain to themselves,

[and if property obtained, say, and in pursuance thereof, did unlawfully obtain,]

of and from C. Ď., a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of the monies of the said C. D.,

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[or divers large sums of money, of the monies of the said C. D.;
or a certain order for the payment and of the value of

the property of the said C. D.; or three hundred yards of
cloth, of the value of, of the goods and chattels of the
said C. D., or as the property obtained may be,]

with intent to cheat and defraud the said C. D. of the same, against
the peace, &c.

125. To accuse of Crime-that on, &c., at &c., C. D. and E. F. did, Id. amongst themselves, unlawfully and maliciously conspire and combine falsely to charge and accuse one A. B., that he the said A. B. had then lately before feloniously stolen, taken and carried away a horse, the property of one G. H., against the peace, &c.

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CONSTABLE.

126. Refusing to serve Office]-being then and there a constable of Id. the said parish of and duly appointed and sworn to act for the said parish of under and by virtue of an act passed in the session of parliament, held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables" [or as the case may be], did unlawfully, wilfully, obstinately and contemptuously refuse, and still doth refuse, to take upon himself and execute the said office of constable of the said parish, against the peace, &c.

127. Refusing to assist a Constable when called upon]-did unlaw- Id. fully and without lawful excuse refuse, when duly called upon by one [or the said] C. D., to aid and assist him the said C. D. in quelling an affray then and there unlawfully made, and being in a certain public street and highway there situate, called by divers evil disposed persons there assembled to the number of [fifty] and more, to the great disturbance of the public peace, he the said C. D. then being one of the constables for the said parish of -, duly appointed under an act passed, &c. [here describe the statute under which the constable is appointed as in No. 126, supra, or any of the others in tit. "Constables,' Chap. 2, of Part I., ante, p. 98, &c.], and being then and there in the due execution of his office as such constable, and the said A. B. being then and there present and witnessing the affray aforesaid, against the peace, &c.

Com. Law.

Id.

Id.

Id.

years and

day of

CRUELTY.

at the parish of

128. To one of Tender Years]-for that they the said A. B. and M. B., on the being the father and mother of one E. B., an infant of tender years, to wit, of the age of months, and under the care and control of the said A. B. and M. B., and unable to provide for himself, did neglect and refuse to find and provide for him the said E. B. sufficient meat, drink, wearing apparel, bedding and other necessaries proper and requisite for the sustenance, support, clothing, covering and resting the body of the said E. B., by means whereof he became weak, sick and ill and greatly emaciated in his body, against the peace, &c.

129. Deserting a Child by leaving in Street]-did unlawfully, injuriously and inhumanly place, leave and desert a certain [male] child of tender years, to wit, of the age of years, and unable to take care of himself, in a certain open and public place there called ——, about the hour of o'clock in the [night] of the same day, contrary to the duty of the said A. B., and against the peace, &c.

DEAD BODIES:

130. Disinterring]-did unlawfully and wilfully break and enter the churchyard of and belonging to the parish church of the same parish there situate, and the grave there in which E. F. deceased had lately before then been interred and then was, did unlawfully, wilfully and indecently dig open, and take and carry away the body of the said E. F., against the peace, &c.

131. The like, a shorter Form]-did unlawfully disinter and dig up the dead body of a man formerly known and called by the name of E. F. [or a man whose name is unknown], then and there buried, against the peace, &c.

(See Anatomy Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 75, s. 18.)

25 Geo. 2, c. 36, ss. 5, 6; 58 Geo. 3,

DECLARATION.

Making a False.]-See "Perjury," post.

DISORDERLY HOUSE.

132. Notice by Two Inhabitants to Constables and Overseers of the keeping of a Bawdy House.

To J. N., constable of the parish of in the said [county] of and to the several overseers of the poor of the said

c. 70, s. 7.

County of

parish.

We, C. D. and E. F., two of the inhabitants of the aforesaid parish of paying scot and bearing lot

in

to wit. therein, do hereby give you and each of you notice, that A. B. of the said parish of doth keep a bawdy house, to wit, at a messuage and premises at number street, in the parish aforesaid; and we do hereby require you the said constable and overseers forthwith to go with us before some one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of -, to the intent that such proceedings may be had for the p osecution of the

said A. B. for the said offence as in and by the statute made and 25 Geo. 2, c. 36; passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 58 Geo. 3, c. 70. George the Second, intituled "An Act for the better Prevention of Thefts and Robberies, and for regulating Places of Public Entertainment, and punishing Persons keeping Disorderly Houses," and also in and by a statute made and passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, are directed and required. Witness our hands, this

day of

185-.

C. D.
E. F.

133. Deposition of Truth of Notice by the Two Inhabitants. County of C. D. and E. F., of the parish of in the said [county] of —, severally make oath and say, that they to wit. severally believe the contents of the notice hereunto annexed (a copy of which they have caused to be served on J. N., constable of the said parish of and also upon W. S., one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish), to be true in substance and fact. Sworn by the said C. D. and E. F., this

day of

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One of her Majesty's justices of
the peace in and for the said
[county].

C. D.

E. F.

134. Recognizance in £30 to prosecute by Constable or Overseer. Proceed as in the General Form, No. 43, ante, p. 280, stating the condition thus:-The condition of the within written recognizance is such, that whereas C. D. and E. F., two of the inhabitants of the said parish of -, having given notice to the within bounden J. N. [or W. S.], constable [or overseer] of the said parish of -, that A. B. of the said parish of doth keep a bawdy house in the said parish and county, and having severally made a deposition on oath of their belief in the truth of the contents of the said notice, and having also severally entered into a recognizance in the penal sum of twenty pounds each before the within mentioned justice, on condition that they shall give or produce material evidence against the said A. B. for the said offence: If therefore he the said J. N. [or W. S.] do and shall prosecute with effect the said A. B. for the said offence, then this recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

135. Recognizance in £20 each to give Evidence by the Two Inhabitants.

Proceed as in the General Form, No. 43, ante, p. 280, stating the condition thus: -The condition of the within written recognizance is such, that whereas the said C. D. and E. F., two of the inhabitants of the said parish of paying scot and bearing lot therein, having given notice in writing to J. N. [or W. S.], a constable [or one of the overseers] of the said parish of that A. B. of the said parish of

doth keep a bawdy house in the same parish, and have severally made a deposition on oath of their belief in the truth of the contents of the said notice, and the said J. N. [or W. S.] having also entered into a recognizance in the sum of thirty pounds before the justice within mentioned to prosecute with effect the said A. B. for the said offence:

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