seduced by the instigation of the devil, on &c. with force and arms at, &c. (q) in and upon one T. L. a youth (r) about the age of seventeen years then and there being, feloniously (s) did make an assault, and then and there feloniously, wickedly, diabolically, and against the order of nature had a venereal affair with the said T. L., and then and there carnally knew the said T. L., and then and there feloniously, wickedly, and diabolically, and against the order of nature, with the said T. L. did commit and perpetrate that detestable and abominable (^) crime of buggery (u) (not to be named among Christians), to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great scandal of all human kind, against the form of the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. on 25 Hen. That R. Wiseman, late of, &c. not having the fear of God be- For sodomy in fore his eyes, nor regarding the order of nature, but being moved ano of a girl, and seduced by diabolical instigation on, &c. with force and arms VIII. c. 6. (x) at, &c. in a certain room in the work-house then situate in the parish aforesaid, in and upon one J. M. Spinster, then a virgin of eleven years, in the peace of God and our said lord the king then and there being, did violently and feloniously make an assault, and then and there the said J. M. in the room aforesaid, did wickedly, diabolically, feloniously, and against the order of nature, carnally know and a venereal affair in the fundament of the said J. M. then and there had, and her the said J. M. then and there wickedly, diabolically, feloniously, and against the order of nature, in the said fundament of her the said J. M. then and there did carnally know, and that sodomitical, detestable, and abominable sin called buggery (not to be named among christians) then and there with the said J. M. wickedly, diabolically, feloniously and against the order of nature committed and perpetrated, to the great displeasure of Almighty God and disgrace of all human-kind, against the peace, &c. and also against the form, &c. That D. P. late of, &c. not having the fear of God before his Indictment for eyes nor regarding the order of nature, but being moved and seen. VIII. bestiality, on duced by the instigation of the Devil on, &c. with force and arms c. 6. (y) b. 1. c. 4. 1 Hale, 669, 670. nandum," meaning " inhuman," but Com. Dig. Justices S. 4. (9) la Co. Ent. 351. b. it is stated to have been committed " to, wit in the dwelling house of one -, there." (r) In Co. Ent. 351. b. "male child." (4) In Co, Ent. 351. b. the word feloniously is here omitted.. now usually called abominable. (u) In Co. Ent. 351. "called (r) See this form Cro. C. C. 7th (t) In Co. Ent. 351," ab homiCrim. Law. 25 For an assault on a boy with an intent to commit sodomy. (4) For soliciting a person to permit defendant to commit buggery with him. (e) at, &c. in a certain cowhouse there, with a certain black cow then and there being, feloniously, wickedly, diabolically, and against the order of nature had a certain venereal and carnal intercourse, and then and there feloniously, wickedly, diabolically, and against the order of nature carnally knew the said cow, and then and there feloniously, wickedly, and diabolically, and against the order of nature with the said cow, (z) did commit and perpetrate that detestable and abominable crime of buggery, (not to be named among Christians) to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great scandal of all human kind, against the form of the statute, &c. and against the peace, &c. That A. B. late of, &c. not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on, &c. with force and arms at, &c. aforesaid, in and upon one J. H. (b) in the peace of God and our said lord the king then and there being, did make an assault (c) with an intent, that most horrid, detestable, and sodomitical crime, (among Christians not to be named) called buggery, with the said J. H. against the order of nature, then and there feloniously, wickedly, and devilishly to commit and do, to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great damage of the said J. H., and against the peace of our said lord the king, his crown, and dignity. [4 count for a common assault may be added.] (d) That the said C. D. being a person of a most wicked, lewd, and abandoned mind and disposition, and wholly lost to all sense of decency, morality, and religion, and devising and intending as much as in him lay, to vitiate and corrupt the morals of the said A. B., and to stir up and excite in his mind filthy, lewd, and unchaste desires and inclinations on the day and year aforesaid, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did wickedly and unlawfully solicit Cro. C. C. 8th ed. 86. and the (2) In Cro. C. A. 17. the words (a) See forms Cro. C. C. 7 Ed. (b) The precedents in Cro. C. C. years," but this is unnecessary, and see Cro. C. C. 8 Ed. 61. (c) The precedents in Cro. C. C. 7 Ed. 167. Starkie, 387. here state "and him the said J. H. then and there did beat wound and illtreat, so that his life was greatly despaired of," but these words are not in Cro. C. C. 8 Ed. 61, and scem better omitted when they do not accord with the facts. (d) Note to Cro. C. C. 7 Ed. 167. (e) Framed on principle of case in 2 East. 5. two other counts were added for exposing private parts ante 41. and incite, and endeavour to persuade the said A. B. to permit and suffer him the said C. D. then and there feloniously and wickedly to commit and do that detestable and abominable crime (among Christians not to be named) called buggery, with the said A. B. against the order of nature, to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great damage of the said A. B. and against the peace, &c. CHAPTER IV. INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST then chief con between this country and France. (a) For a libel in [COMMENCEMENT of information as ante, 6, and then proceed as French on the follows:] that before, and at the times of the printing and publicasul of France tion of the scandalous, malicious, and defamatory libels and libellous Bonaparte, matters and things hereinafter next mentioned, there subsisted, and tending to create discord now subsists friendship and peace between our sovereign lord the king and the French republic, and the subjects of our said lord the king and the citizens of the said republic, and that before and at those times citizen Napoleon Bonaparte was and is yet first consul of the said French republic, and as such the chief magistrate of the same, to wit, at the parish of Saint Anne, within the liberty of Westminster, in the county of Middlesex; and the said attorney general of our said lord the king further giveth the court here to understand and be informed that Jean Peltier, late of Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, well knowing the premises aforesaid, but being a malicious and ill disposed person, and unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to traduce, defame, and vilify the said Napoleon Bonaparte, and to bring him into great hatred and contempt, as well among the liege subjects of our said lord the king as among the citizens of the said republic, and to excite and provoke the citizens of the said republic, by force (a) Information against Peltier, filed Mich. T. 43 Geo, III. The libel must be set forth in the foreign language, and then trans lated 6 T. R. 162. but as to the translation, see 1 Saund. 242. a. note 2. and arms, to deprive the said Napoleon Bonaparte of his consular And the said Second count, lord the king, further giveth the court here to understand and be informed that the said Jean Peltier so being such person as aforesaid, and unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending as aforesaid, afterwards to wit, on, &c. at, &c. aforesaid, unlawfully and maliciously did print and publish, and cause and procure to be printed and published a certain other scandalous and malicious libel, containing (b) When different parts of a libel not following each other are set out in one count, each distinct part should be thus described, 1 |