vouring to avoid “ a great evil." No penal enactment, how. ver, has been the sufferer by this proceeding; and, upon the whole, I am inclined to hope, that nothing material will be found to have been omitted or abridged. Where clauses are abridged, they are included in brackets; the other enactments remain word for word as they stand in Mr. Ruthead's Edition of the Statutes at Large; except that occasionally, for reasons which will be obvious to the reader, the word “ and” is omitted at the beginning of a section. The arrangement of the work, though utterly unscientifick, will, I trust, be found conducive to the main object which I have had in view,-namely, practical utility and convenience. With regard to the notes, I have nothing further to observe, than that the general plan of each note is, first, to point out such alterations in the criminal law as may have been effected by the statute to which it is annexed; secondly, to state the general rules, as to the indictment for the offence comprised in that statute; and, thirdly, to give a general view of the circumstances necessary to complete the offence. I have not, however, adhered rigidly to these rules, where manifest couvenience invited me to adopt a different course. Such is the general outline of a work to which I have devoted considerable time and trouble. Whether it will be useful in its generation, is a point for others to decide, and for time and experience to demonstrate. I cannot conclude these observations without returning my best thanks to those friends who have lent me their valuable assistance in drawing up the Index, and passing the book through the press. ou Square, Lincoln's Inn, July 14, 1828. TABLE OF STATUTES. PAGE 9 Hen. 3, c. 15. Making of Bridges and Banks · 454 3 Ed. 1, c. 3. No Penalty for an Escape before it be adjudged 121 3 Ed. 1, c. 9. All Men shall be ready to pursue Felons - 386 3 Ed. 1, c. 25. None shall commit Champerty, to have Part of the Thing in Question 49 13 Ed. 1, st. 1, c. 30. The Authority of Justices of Nisi Prius ; Adjournment of Suits ; Certain Writs that be determinable in their proper Counties ; a Jury may give their Verdict at large; none but which were summoned shall be put in Assizes or Juries 264 13 Ed. 1, c. 49. The Penalty for buying the Title of Land depending in Suit; a Remedy for Suits where the Law faileth 50 27 Ed. 1, st. 1, c. 3. Justices of Assize shall be of Gaol Delivery, who shall punish Officers bailing such as are not bailable 265 28 Ed. 1, st. 3, c. 11. Nothing shall be taken to maintain any Matter in Suit 50 28 Ed. 1, st. 3, c. 20. Vessels of Gold shall be essayed, touched, and marked; the King's Prerogative shall be saved 55 33 Ed. 1, st. 3. The Punishment of such as commit Cham. perty 51 1 Ed. 2, st. 2. In what case it is Felony to break Prison, in what not 510 1 Ed. 3, st. 2, c. 16. Who shall be assigned Justices and Keepers of the Peace - 273 2 Ed. 3, c. 2. In what Cases only Pardon of Felony shall be granted; who shall be Justices of Assize, &c. 266 2 Ed. 3, c. 3. No man shall come before the Justices or go or ride armed 4 4 Ed. 3, c. 2. The Authority of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, and of the Peace 267 5 Ed. 3, c. 8. The Marsbals of the King's Bench shall not bail Felons 121 18 Ed. 3, st. 2, c. 2. Justices of Peace shall be appointed, and their Authority 273 PAGE - 20 Ed. 3, c. 3. Justices of Gaol Delivery, &c. and their As- 268 20 Ed. 3, c. 6. Justices of Assize shall inquire of and punish the Misdemeanor of Officers and other Offenders 25 Ed. 3, st. 5, c. 2. A Declaration which Offences shall be 25 Ed. 3. st. 5, c. 3. No Indictor shall be put upon the In- None shall be condemned upon Sug. gestion, without lawful Presentment 25 Ed. 3, st. 5, c. 14. What Process shall be awarded against him that is indicted of Felony 31 Ed. 3, c. 14. How Escapes of Felons, Chattels of Felons and Fugitives, shall be levied 34 Ed. 3, c. 1. What sort of Persons shall be Justices of 274 5 Ric. 2, st. 1, c. 8. The Penalty where any doth enter into Lands where it is not lawful, or with Force 6 Ric. 2, st. 1, c. 5. Justices of Assize, &c., shall hold their 7 Ric. 2, c. 13. No Man shall ride in Harness within the 8 Ric. 2, c. 2. No Man of Law sball be Justice of Assize, or Gaol-Delivery, in his own County 11 Ric. 2, c. 11. The keeping of Assizes in good Towns, referred to the consideration of the Chancellor and Jus- 12 Ric. 2, c. 2. None shall obtain Offices by Suit, or for 85 13 Ric. 2, st. 1, c.7. What Sort of Persons shall be Justices of Peace, and what their Charge is to do 15 Ric. 2, c. 2. The Duty of Justices of Peace, when any forcible Entry is made into Lands 15 Ric, 2, c. 3. In what Places the Admiral's Jurisdiction 17 Ric. 2, c, 10. Two learned Men in the Law shall be in 20 Ric. 2, e. 1. No Man shall ride or go armed ; Launcegays 20 Ric. 2, c. 3. No man shall sit upon the Bench with the 4 Hen. 4, c. 5. Every Sheriff shall in Person continue his Bailiwick, and shall not let it 1 Hen. 5,0.5. In which Original Writs Defendant's Names shall be put 2 Hen. 5, st. 1, c. 4. What Justices of the Peace must be re- sident in the same Shire ; and at what Times they must 2 Hen. 5, st. 2, c. 1. What sorts of Men shall be Justices of 6 Hen. 6, c. 1. Within what Time a Capius awarded against any Person indicted in the King's Bench shall be return- 514 8 Hen. 6, c. 9. The Duty of Justices of Peace, where Land is entered upon or detained with Force 8 Hen. 6, c. 10. Process awarded against those wbich, dwell. ing in Foreign Countries, be indicted or appealed 10 Hen. 6, c. 6. What Process shall be awarded upon an Indictment removed into the King's Bench 14 Hen. 6, c. 1. Justices of Nisi Prius may give Judgment of a Man attainted or acquitted of Felony 9 Hen. 7, c. 1. The Authority of the Court of Star Chamber; where One Inquest sball inquire of the concealment of . 386 22 Hen. 8, c. 5. For Bridges and Highways 23 Hen. 8, c. 13. An Act for Trial of Murderers in Cities and 26 Hen. 8, c. 4. For Jurors in Wales 26 Hen. 8, c. 6. The Bill concerning Councils in Wales - 573 27 Hen. 8, c. 24. An Act for recontinuing Liberties in the 32 Hen. 8, c. 9. The Bill of Bracery and Buying of Titles 51-365 23 Hen. 8, c. 9. The Bill for the Maintaining Artillery, and the Debarring of unlawful Games 35 Hen. 8, c. 2. An Act for the Trial of Treasons committed 238 248 speak against the Sacrament of the Altar, and of the Re. 343 272 239 239 58 6 Ed. 6, c. 16. Against buying and selling Offices 85 58 6 Ed. 6, c. 19. An Act touching the Exchange of Gold 1 Mary, sess. 1, c. 1. An Act repealing and taking away cer. 230 · 259 strange Coins, being current within this Realm, the Queen's 60 made Treasons, and also for the Government of the King's 240 craments - - 1 P.8 M. c. 11. An Act for the Punishment of the bringing in of the Counterfeit Coins of Foreign Realms, being cur. 1 Elis. c. 2. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer 345 Royal Power over all Estates aad Subjects within her 235 5 Eliz. c. 9. An Act for Punishment of such as shall procure 5 Elis. c. 11. An Act against the Chipping, Washing, Round. 5 Eliz. c. 14. An Act against Forgers of false Deeds and 209 70 18 Eliz. c. 1. An Act against the diminishing and impairing of the Queen's Majesty's Coin, and other Coins current 18 Eliz, c. 5. An Act to redress Disorders in Common In- 23 Eliz. c. 1. An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Sub- 234 518 249 Statute of Octavo Regis, H. 6, concerning forcible Entries; 139 235 3 Jac. 1, c. 10. An Act for the rating and levying of the Charges for conveying Malefactors and Offenders to the 21 Jac. 1, c. 8. An Act to prevent and punish the Abuses in procuring Process and Supersedeas of the Peace and good Behaviour, and of his Majesty's Courts at Westminster, and to prevent the Abuses in procuring Writs of Certiorari out of the said Courts, for the removing of Indictments found before Justices of the Peace in their General Ses- 21 Jac. 1, c. 15. An Act to enable Judges and Justices of the Peace to give Restitution of Possession in certain Cases 140 suffer any Recovery, acknowledge any Statute, Recogni- 134 395 |