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about miles south of the port of in the said county of
did feloniously plunder, steal, take and carry away from a certain ship
called the then and there stranded and cast on shore [or as the
case may be], twenty pieces of oak plank, being parts of the said ship,
[or
pounds weight of indigo belonging to the said ship, or
then and there and in and on board the said ship],
the property of one [or the said] C. D. [or of a person or persons whose
name or names is or are unknown], contrary, &c.

7 Will. 4 & 1

Vict. c. 87.

236. From Docks, Wharfs, &c.] - did feloniously steal, take and Id. s. 8. carry away from a certain wharf there situate, adjacent to a certain navigable river there called the Fal, certain goods and merchandize of

one for the said] C. D., to wit,

" contrary, &c.

237. By Clerks or Servants]-then being clerk [or servant] to one 7 & 8 Geo. 4, [or the said] C.D. feloniously did steal, take and carry away [describe c. 29, s. 46. the articles or property, as in No. 5a, ante] of the monies, or goods and chattels, or property of and belonging to the said C. D., his master,

against the peace, &c.

238. The like, three Larcenies within six Months]-then being 14 & 15 Vict. clerk [or servant] to one [or the said] C. D., feloniously did steal, c. 100, s. 16. take and carry away the sum of in money, and within six calen

dar months thereafter, to wit, on the sum of in money, and on the

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day of

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the further -—, the further sum

in money, respectively of the monies of and belonging to the

said C. D., his master, against the peace, &c.

239. By Tenants or Lodgers.]-This will be the same as that for Id. s. 45. simple larceny, No. 201, ante, p. 324.

240. After a previous Conviction.]-[Describe this in the usual 7 & 8 Geo. 4, manner, stating at the conclusion, if known at the time of committal, c. 28, s. 11. "he the said A. B. having before been convicted of felony."

241. Larceny against Principals and Receivers.]—After describing the offence of the principals, say: And for that he the said E. F. did then and there feloniously receive of and from the said A. B. and C. D., the said [describe one of the stolen articles as before], he well knowing the same to have been so feloniously stolen; and for that he the said F. G. did then and there feloniously receive of a certain evil disposed person the said [one other of the stolen articles], he well knowing the same to have been so feloniously stolen, against the statute and peace, &c.

LETTER (THREATENING).

14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, ss. 14,

15.

242. To kill any Person or burn House, &c.]-did knowingly, wil- 4 Geo. 4, c. 54, fully and feloniously send [or deliver] to one [or the said] Č. D. a s. 3. certain letter with a certain fictitious name [or signature], to wit, the name [or signature] of one E. F. [or without any name or signature] thereto subscribed, directed to the said C. D. by the name and description of Mr. C. D., threatening to kill and murder him the said C. D.,

[or to burn and destroy the house [or as the case may be] of the
said C. D.],

a subject of her Majesty, then and there being, contrary, &c.
(Vide form No. 245, post, on 10 & 11 Vict. c. 66, s. 1.)

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 8.

7 & 8 Geo. 4,

243. Demanding Money, &c. by Letter without reasonable or probable Cause]-did knowingly and feloniously send [or deliver] to one [or the said C. D. a certain letter directed to the said C. D. by the name and description of Mr. C. D., demanding money [or a certain chattel, to wit, or a certain valuable security, to wit, ] of

and from the said C. D. with menaces, and without any reasonable or probable cause, contrary, &c.

244. Accusing or threatening to accuse of a Crime with a View to c. 29, s. 8, and extort Money by Letter]-did knowingly and feloniously send [or deliver] to one [or the said] C. D.,

10 & 11 Vict.

c. 66, s. 2.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 66, s. 1.

[or utter to one E. F., 10 & 11 Vict. c. 66, s. 1],

a certain letter [or writing] directed to the said C. D. by the name and description of Mr. C. D.,

[or directed to one E. F., 10 & 11 Vict. c. 66, s. 1],

accusing [or threatening to accuse] the said C. D. [or E. F., or one G. H.] of having committed a certain crime now punishable by law with death [or transportation], to wit,

[or having assaulted one L. M. with intent to commit a rape upon her the said L. M., or having attempted, or endeavoured to commit a rape upon one L. M., the wife of the said A. B.],

[or having committed a certain infamous crime, to wit, the abominable crime of buggery, or having assaulted one with

intent to commit a certain infamous crime, &c., or having solicited and persuaded one to consent or permit the abominable crime, &c.],

with a view and intent then to extort and gain money [or as the case may be] from the said C. D. [or E. F.], contrary, &c.

245. To Kill or Burn, &c.]-did knowingly and feloniously send [or deliver] to one [or the said] C. D.,

Lor utter to one E. F.]

a certain letter [or writing] directed to the said C. D. by the name and description of Mr. C. D.,

[or directed to one E. F. by the name and description of Mr. E. F.],

threatening to murder the said C. D. [or E. F., or one G. H.],

[or to burn, or destroy the house, or barn, or building, or rick, or stack of wheat, barley, hay, or straw, or agricultural produce, to wit, 1,

of the said C. D. [or E. F., or one G. H.], contrary, &c.

(See tit. "Accusing," ante, p. 292, where threats not by letter.)

Com. Law, and 60 Geo. 3 &

1 Geo. 4, c. 8, 88. 1, 4.

Com. Law.

LIBELS.

246. Against the Queen]-did wickedly, maliciously and seditiously write and publish, and cause and procure to be written and published, a certain false, wicked, malicious, scandalous and seditious libel of and concerning our sovereign lady Queen Victoria and her government, against the peace, &c.

247. Against Justice]-did wickedly and maliciously write and publish a certain false, wicked, malicious and scandalous libel of and concerning a certain cause between C. D. and E. F., tried at the last

assizes for the county of

and of and concerning the jury who tried the said cause, and of and concerning the judge before whom the said cause was tried, against the peace, &c.

248. Publishing or threatening to publish a Libel upon any Person, 6 & 7 Vict. &c. with a View to extort Money]-did unlawfully write, print and c. 96, s. 3. publish, and cause and procure to be written and published,

[or threaten one C. D. to publish, or propose to one C. D. to

abstain from printing and publishing, or offer to prevent the

printing and publishing of]

a certain false libel of and concerning one [or him the said] C. D. [or a certain matter and thing touching [the said] C. D.], with intent then and thereby to extort from the said C. D. certain money [or as the case may be],

[or to induce the said C. D. to confer and procure for him the said A. B. a certain appointment and office of profit or trust, to wit, contrary, &c.

-],

249. Publishing any defamatory Libel knowing it to be false]-did Id. s. 4. unlawfully write and publish, and cause and procure to be written and published, a certain false, scandalous and defamatory libel of and concerning [the said] C. D., he the said A. B. then well knowing the said libel to be false, contrary, &c.

250. Maliciously publishing any defamatory Libel]-did unlaw- Id. s. 5. fully and maliciously write, print and publish a certain false, scandalous and defamatory libel of and concerning [the said] C. D., contrary, &c.

MAINTENANCE.

251. Of Suits or Quarrels of others]-did unjustly and unlawfully Com. Law. maintain and uphold a certain action which was then depending in the court of our lady the Queen, before the Queen herself,

[or in the C. P., "in the court of our lady the Queen, before her
justices of the Bench;" or in the Exchequer, "in the court

of our lady the Queen, before the barons of her Exchequer
at Westminster"],

between C. D., plaintiff, and E. F., defendant, in an action of debt,
on the behalf of the said C. D., against the said E. F., against the
peace, &c.

MALICIOUS INJURIES.

252. To Manufactures, Machinery, &c.]-did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously cut and destroy

[or damage, with intent then feloniously to destroy the same, or to render the same useless]

twenty-five yards of woollen cloth [or a certain warp of silk], of the goods and chattels of one [or the said] C. D., then being in a certain Loom [or as the case may be],

253. [or a certain loom prepared for and employed in the carding [or as the case may be] of a certain warp of silk, the property of [the said] C. D.},

contrary, &c.

7 & 8 Geo. 4,

c. 30, s. 3.

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 30, s. 3.

Id. s. 4.

9 & 10 Vict. c. 25, s. 1.

7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 30, s. 19.

Id.

Id. s. 20.

Id. s. 21.

Id. s. 18.

254. Entering any House, &c. with Intent to commit Offence]—did feloniously and by force enter a certain house and building of one [or the said] C. D. there situate, with intent then and there certain woollen goods of the said C. D., then being in a certain loom, feloniously, unlawfully and maliciously to cut and destroy [or as the case may be], contrary, &c.

255. To Threshing or any other Machine, &c.]—did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously cut, break and destroy,

[or damage with intent to destroy, or to render useless], a certain threshing machine,

[or a certain machine or engine, called a -, employed in the manufacture of (the same not being prepared for or employed in the manufacture of silk, woollen, linen or cotton goods, or goods of any one or more of those materials, mixed with each other, or mixed with any other materials, or any framework, knitted piece, stocking, hose or lace)], the property of one [or the said] C. D., contrary, &c.

256. To Dwelling-house (Person being therein) by Gunpowder or other explosive Substances]-did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously, by the explosion of four ounces of gunpowder [or a certain explosive substance, to wit, -], destroy [or throw down or damage] a certain [or part of a certain] dwelling-house in the occupation of one [or the said] C. D., there situate, the said C. D. [or one E. F.] being in the said dwelling-house at the time the said A. B. so committed the said offence as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

257. To Trees, &c. growing in Parks, &c., Injury exceeding £1]— did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously cut [or break, bark, root up, or damage, or destroy] ten oak trees [or saplings, or shrubs, or underwood] of one [or the said] C. D., then growing in a certain * park for pleasure ground, garden, avenue, or certain ground adjoining or belonging to the dwelling-house of the said C. D.] there situate, thereby doing injury to the said C. D. to an amount exceeding the sum of one pound, contrary, &c.

258. The like, growing elsewhere, Injury exceeding £5.] - Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 257, supra, then :-close of the said C. D. there situate, thereby doing injury to the said C. D. to an amount exceeding the sum of five pounds, contrary, &c.

259. The like, to Amount of One Shilling, Third Offence.]-This will be the same as the Form No. 1, tit. "Malicious Injuries," ante, p. 156, adding, "he the said A. B. having previously been twice convicted of the like offence."

260. To Plants, Fruits, &c. in Gardens, &c., Second Offence.]— This will be the same as the Form No. 2, tit. "Malicious Injuries," ante, p. 156, adding, "he the said A. B. having previously been convicted of the like offence."

261. To Hop Binds growing on Poles in Plantation of Hops]-did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously cut and destroy [one thousand] hop binds, the property of one [or the said] C. D., then growing on poles in a certain plantation of hops of the said C. D. there situate, contrary, &c.

262. To Mines, by Flooding]-did unlawfully, maliciously and fe- 7 & 8 Geo. 4, loniously cause a large quantity of water to be conveyed into a certain c. 30, s. 6. mine of one [or the said] C. D. there situate, with intent thereby then and there to destroy [or damage, or hinder, or delay the working of] the said mine, contrary, &c.

263. To Airway, &c.]-did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously Id. pull down [or fill up, or obstruct] a certain airway [or waterway, drain, pit, level, or shaft] of and belonging to a certain mine of one [&c., conclude as 262].

264. To Engines, &c. of Mines]-did unlawfully, maliciously and Id. s. 7. feloniously pull down [or destroy, or damage], with intent then and there to destroy the same [or to render the same useless] a certain* steam engine, of one [or the said] C. D., for the sinking, draining and working of a certain mine of the said C. D. there situate, contrary, &c.

265. To Staith, Building, &c. of Mines.]-Proceed to the asterisk* Id. in Form No. 264, supra, then :-staith [or building, or erection, to wit, a -], the property of one [or the said] C. D., used in conducting the business of a certain mine of the said C. D. there situate, contrary, &c.

266. To Bridge, Waggon Way, &c. of Mines.]-Proceed to the Id. asterisk in Form No. 264, supra, then :-bridge [or waggon way, or trunk], the property of one [or the said] C. D., for conveying minerals from a certain mine of the said C. D. there situate, contrary, &c.

267. To Banks of Rivers and Canals]-did unlawfully, maliciously Id. s. 12. and feloniously break [or cut] down a certain part of the bank of a certain river [or canal, or marsh], called there situate, by means whereof certain lands were then [in danger of being] overflowed and damaged, contrary, &c.

268. To Locks, &c. of Canals]-did unlawfully, maliciously and Id. feloniously throw down [or level, or destroy] a certain lock [or sluice, or floodgate] of a certain canal [or navigable river], called situate, contrary, &c.

there

269. To Piles for securing Sea Banks]-did unlawfully, maliciously Id. and feloniously cut off [or draw up, or remove] a certain pile [or chalk] fixed in the ground, and then used for securing the bank of a certain river [or canal, or marsh], called the there situate, contrary, &c.

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270. To Floodgates]-did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously Id. open [or draw up] a certain floodgate there situate, of and belonging to a certain navigable river [or canal], called — with intent to obstruct [or prevent] the carrying on [completing or maintaining] the navigation thereof [and by means thereof the carrying on, completing and maintaining the navigation of the said river were then obstructed and prevented], contrary, &c.

271. To Mill Ponds]-did unlawfully and maliciously break down Id. s. 15. [or destroy] the dam of a certain mill pond of one [or the said] C. D. there situate, contrary, &c.

272. To Fish Ponds]-did unlawfully and maliciously break down Id. [or destroy] the dam of a certain fish pond of one [or the said] C. D.

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