presentment of bridge at quarter session, which county ought to repair, 597

against individual for not repairing bridge which he ought to do, ratione tenuræ, 599

against individual bound ratione tenure to repair, for suffering bridge to decay, 599

for suffering bridge to be out of repair and unsafe, 599

for leaving parapet wall prostrate, so that passage is dangerous, 600

against assignees of corporation for not repairing public bridge
built in lieu of ford, which corporation ought to preserve,
600

for not repairing house near common sewer and bridge, 602
for not repairing highway within distance of 300 feet from
bridge, 602

INDICTMENTS,&C. FOR NOT REPAIRING WATER-COURSES, &c. against corporation of city for not cleansing water course, 603 for suffering port to be so filled with rocks, stones, &c. as to prevent ships from entering it, 605

presentment by commissioners of sewers for not repairing part of wall which was blown up by spring tides, defendant liable, ratione tenuræ, 606

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR NUISANCES TO HIGHWAYS BY

ACTUAL OBSTRUCTION.

for erecting and keeping shut gate across highway, 607

for locking and fastening gate erected in common public road, 608 another form for erecting and keeping shut gate across highway, 610

for obstructing footway in defendant's close, by pulling down style and erecting hedge, wall, &c. across way, 610

for digging ditch and raising hedge across highway, 611

for putting and continuing posts and chains across footway, 611 for erecting and continuing building on common footway, 612 for obstructing highway in various forms, 612

for continuing building on highway, 612

for building wall, 613

for digging up road and placing materials for building, 613
for taking up pavement of street and erecting portico, and narrow-

ing foot-path, 614

for building on highway and narrowing it, 616

for building shed or porch projecting on highway, 617

for continuing hedge formerly erected by person unknown, across pack and prime way, 617

for continuing gate on highway, 618

for stopping up foot-way without stating mode, 618

for making holes in foot-way, 619

for digging hole in public street, 619

for digging horse pond and erecting cistern in common passage, 620 for cutting gap in bank which confined water in water course, and overflowed highway, 621

against nightmen for laying soil in streets, 622

for shooting dirt in highway, 622

for laying rubbish in square, whereby coach overturned and

caused death, 622

for laying rubbish in carriage way to church, 623

for digging up pavement, 624

for destroying pavement of public highway, &c. 624

for laying timber in highway, 625

for placing two carts for selling goods in public street, 625

for suffering empty drays to remain in street, 626

for letting waggon stand in street, 626

for baiting bull in market place, being king's highway, 627

for letting off fire-works in public street, 627

for driving cattle, &c. killing them and leaving their skins, &c. near Newgate market, 629

for causing offensive smells, &c. 630 for obstruction of highway only, 630 for carrying filth in carts, 631

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR NUISANCES TO WATER COURSES, &c. BY OBSTRUCTION.

for making embankments and narrowing Thames, 632

for making embankment or wharf projecting into Thames, 635 for stopping water course, whereby water overflowed highway, 637 for placing putts in river Severn and obstructing navigation, &c. 638

For erecting ledges and dams in Thames, and injuring navigation, 639

for continuing ledges and dams erected by others, 640

for nuisance in diverting water course running into public pond, 640

for nuisance and obstruction on Thames, by keeping vessel sunk there, 641

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR NUISANCES NEAR TO HIGHWAYS, HOUSES, &c. 641

for keeping unruly bull in field, through which there was public footway.

for keeping furious dog unmuzzled near highway, 643

for nuisance in keeping pack of hounds, and placing carrion near road whereby air was infected, 643

for placing carrion near highway, 644

for continuing carrion near highway which had been placed

by persons unknown, 645

for placing offal merely, 646

for keeping dogs which made noises in night, 647

for keeping hogs near public street, 647

for killing sheep near highway and leaving carcasses, &c. there, 647

against butcher, for using his shop as slaughter-house in public market, 648

for erecting furnace with boiler and using it for boiling tripe and offal of beasts, 649

on road act for erecting necessary house near public highway, that it became common nuisance contrary to act, 651

for laying dung, &c. in public market, whereby air was infected and passengers annoyed, 652

for boiling bullocks' blood for making colors, 652

for making hartshorn in building erected near public street, 653 for erecting building, &c. for purpose of making hartshorn therein, 653

for continuing building, &c. before built by persons unknown, 653 for erecting and continuing soap manufactory near highway, 655 for continuing only, 655

against apothecary for keeping house for inoculating near houses and church, 657

for entertaining persons laboring under small pox, whereby some of parishioners died, 657

for inoculating persons whereby small pox was communicated to inhabitants, &c. 657

against overseers for putting number of poor persons in improper neighbourhood, and thereby creating nuisance to inhabitants, 658

for conspiracy to lessen value of houses in parish of St. Ann, by the like 660

for keeping copper-smith's shop so as to annoy neighbourhood, 663

for carrying trade of brazier so near several dwelling-houses as to be nuisance, 664

for cutting down and destroying turnpike gate, 665

FRAUDS RELATIVE TO HIGHWAYS.

against surveyor of highways for using materials obtained for repairing them on his own premises, and employing public laborers, &c. 666

for embezzling gravel got for parish, 667

INDICTMENTS FOR NOT REPAIRING GAOLS.

against mortgagee in possession of gaol liberty and hundred court

for not repairing it, whereby prisoners therein could not be kept safely, 668

against mayor and burgesses for not repairing Gloucester gaol, 669

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR ILLEGAL COMPANIES.

on 6 Geo. I. for raising subscriptions to set on foot company, for purpose of selling bread, 669

for acting as if they had been a corporate body, 670

for raising subscription, not having charter from the crown, 671

INDICTMENTS FOR KEEPING UNLICENSED ALEHOUSES, GAMING HOUSES, &C.

for keeping alehouse without license, 671

for selling ale and beer on sunday, 672
for keeping unlicensed dancing house, 672
for nuisance at common law, 673

for keeping house for cock fighting, &c. 673
for keeping common gaming house, 673

for keeping E. O. table, 674

for keeping common gaming house to play at faro, 675
second count, certain common gaming room and place, 675
for keeping common gaming house for billiards, 677

INDICTMENTS FOR UNLAWFUL GAMING.

for winning more than 107. at a sitting, 677

for same offence on two days, 678

for winning 201. within twenty-four hours at back-gammon, 678 for winning more than 101. at one sitting, by betting on side of another player, 679

for winning more than 207. within twenty-four hours by betting,

679

for losing more than twenty pounds within twenty-four hours, 679 on 9 Ann, for winning above ten pounds at cards at one time and sitting, 680

for fraudulently winning money at dice, 680

INDICTMENTS FOR SELLING OFFICES, DRIBERY, &c.

for agreeing to receive office of distributor of stamps for county, on condition of allowing former possessor to have profits for life, 681

for attempting to bribe first lord of treasury, in order to procure reversion of office in Jamaica, 683

for proposing to minister, that if he would procure office, defendant would pay 5000l. into hands of third person, 687 for similar offence, and undertaking to lodge security for 50007. in hands of E. F. F. 688

against revenue officer, for giving up goods forfeited and taking

bribe, 689

for receiving bribe, 692

for offering to bribe revenue officers to give up and to refrain from seizing goods, 693

for offering bribes to revenue officers, 695

against officer for receiving presents in India, 697
against register for engaging as a proctor, 698

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO THE POOR

AND POOR RATES.

for carrying two paupers to parish where they had no settlements where one died, 698

for bringing person ill with small pox into parish where she died, 699

for bringing woman into parish where she had no settlement and where she died, and parishioners put to expence in burying her, 699

for lodging inmate who was delivered of bastard child, which became chargeable to liberty, 700

against overseer for applying money received from earnings of poor in workhouse to his own use, and giving in false accounts, 701

against overseer for making up false accounts and verifying them on oath, 704

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR ILLEGAL MARRIAGES, BIGAMY, &c. for solemnizing matrimony without licence, &c. 711

against parish clerk for single felony in deceiving clergyman to make false entry of banns when none had been published, 711 against parish clerk for making false entry of publication of banns, 712

for misdemeanour in procuring marriage with minor by false allegations, 713

against duchess of Kingston for bigamy, 718

against man for having two wives at same time, 721

for marrying second wife former being living, 721

INDICTMENTS RELATIVE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, SLAUGHTER

ING HORSES.

for slaughtering horse without giving notice to inspector of slaughter houses, 721