1

for assault with walking stick, 823

for riding over person with horse, 823

for driving coach against prosecutor's chaise, 823

for driving cart against chaise, and throwing driver from it, 825 for assault and presenting loaded gun, and threatening to fire it,

825

for violent assault and wounding plaintiff with bayonet, 825

for assaulting driver of chaise, and with the off wheel overturning

chaise, 826

for driving cart against chariot, and breaking back of one of the

horses drawing chariot, 826

for making assault and taking away a receipt, 827

for violent assault on clergyman, 827

for violent bruising with fist, 827

for similar injury whereby prosecutor was prevented from doing his duty as clerk, &c. 827

for common assault, 828

for assault with intent to murder, 828

for assault with drawn sword with intent to murder, 828

for casting into pond of water with intent to suffocate, 829

for beating and ill-treating parish apprentice and keeping her from necessary food, 829

for stripping apprentice, whipping her, and keeping her without
food, 829

for compelling apprentice to go naked into frozen rivulet, 830
for holding apprentice near to large fire and scorching and throw-
ing her against ground, 830

for not providing sufficient food for servant of tender age, 831
for assaulting woman quick with child so that child was brought
forth dead, 831

for assaulting one of collectors of turnpike in execution of his
office, 832

for assaulting constable in execution of office, 832

for assaulting gamekeeper in execution of duty, 832
for assault on account of money won at play, 833

like in more concise form, $33

on 6 Geo. I. for assaulting person on highway and defacing garments, 833

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR ASSAULTS AND FALSE IMPRISON

MENTS.

for assault and false imprisonment, 835

the like, and obtaining five guineas for discharge, 835

like and obtaining note for discharge, 855

against commander in chief of one of East India provinces, for assault and imprisoning prosecutor for ten months, 836

for assault and demanding of prosecutor, either to sign note for payment of money or to fight a duel, 838

for imprisonment and demanding of prosecutor to sign note or to fight duel, and threatening to shoot him, 838

for pointing pistol at prosecutor and threatening to shoot him, 839 for challenge, 839

for common false imprisonment, 839

for assaulting, menacing with loss of life, and throwing into dungeon in Exeter castle, and keeping him imprisoned there, 839 for assault and false imprisonment within palace, 840

INDICTMENTS FOR THREATS AT COMMON LAW.

for extorting money under pretence of prosecuting for unnatural crime, 841

for obtaining money by threatening to have party imprisoned and pillored for perjury, 842

INDICTMENTS FOR THREATENING LETTERS-FELONY ON

STATUTES.

on 9 Geo. I. for sending threatening letter with fictitious name sub-
scribed thereto, demanding money, 843

for sending letter threatening to charge capital felony, 846
for sending letter charging prosecutor with sodomy, 847

INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS FOR CHALLENGES.
for sending written challenge, 848

for sending challenge by letter to a magistrate, 850
second count not setting out letter, 851

another precedent for sending written challenge, 852

for sending challenge in letter, 852

for sending challenge to prosecutor and posting him as a coward,

853

for carrying a challenge, 854

for delivering written challenge, 855

for delivering written challenge as by desire of a third person, 855

for provoking prosecutor to fight, 855

against justice of peace for writing and delivering challenge to another justice at instance of third person, 855

for writing and delivering challenges, 855

for delivering written challenge as from third person, 856

for provoking and inciting prosecutor to fight, 856

for verbally challenging justice of peace to fight, 856

for personal challenge to fight duel, 857

for verbal challenge to fight and violent assault, 859

for writing letter inciting another to send challenge, 861 Crim. Law,

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for assaulting and provoking to fight, 862

for sending challenge about money lost at play, 862

INDICTMENTS FOR MALA PRAXIS.

against midwife who had engaged the delivering of woman,
killing her by bad treatment, 863

INDICTMENTS FOR LIBELS.

Preliminary Notes.

offence, 866

modes of prosecution, 871

indictment or information, 872

charge, &c. 872

evidence, what sufficient, 875

verdict, 876

judgment, 877

PRECEDENTS OF INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR LIBELS.

1 written slander.

for libel on king, 877

for libel on judges of K. B. tending to prejudice jury on a trial

for murder, 878

for uttering seditious words of king, 881

for libel on Prince Regent, 882

for libel in Portuguese language on Portuguese ambassador, im-
puting dishonesty, 882

for libelling Sir W. Garrow in his conduct of cause, 884

against printer of newspaper for publishing advertisement by
married woman offering to become mistress, 887

common form of indictment for libel on private individual, 888

for publishing only, 888

for writing and sending letter to prosecutor accusing him of theft,

889

for writing and sending ludicrous verses accusing prosecutrix of

tyranny, &c. and sending in form of letter, 889

for writing and sending libel to prosecutrix, 890

for writing and publishing, 890

for publishing libel on prosecutors, charging them with having

exported gold to Holland, 890

for libel on attorney contained in letter, 894

for composing and publishing libel, 894

for publishing only, 895

for libel on attorney in form of address to judge, charging him

with suppressing evidence, &c. 895

for publishing libel against three justices, church-wardens, &c.

for libel by surgeon against dissenting preacher, 899.

2 for libels in pictures, prints and effigies.

indictments for libel and libellous pictures, 900

for libelling prosecutor and his wife in obscene verses and pic-

tures, 902

for libel in a print, 904

for drowning in effigy collectors of assessed taxes, 905

for libel by hanging prosecutor in effigy, 908

for erecting gallows and hanging on it effigy of waterman, 909

for fixing gallows and hanging thereon effigy of two persons, and

burning them, 910

for publishing ex parte statement of preliminary examinations

before magistrate previous to his committing person for

offence, 911

for libel on person who was dead, 914

3 for verbal slander, 914

for insulting commissioners of property tax, 914

CHAPTER XV.

FOR OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONAL PROPERTY.

LARCENY.

Preliminary Notes.

the offence, 917

of the degrees of larceny, 924

the things in respect of which larceny may be committed, 926
by whom larceny may be committed, and how it is aggravated by
situation of offender, 935

of larceny from particular places, 939

stealing from person, 944

requisites of indictment, 944

trial, &c. 950

punishment of larceny, 950

Accessaries and receivers of stolen goods, 951

offences, 951

indictment, 958

evidence, 959

PRECEDENTS OF INDICTMENTS FOR LARCENY,

MENT, AND RECEIVING, &c.

Against principals and accessaries.

EMBEZZLE-

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general form of indictment at common law for grand larceny in

stealing property of different persons, 960

for stealing hay, 960

for stealing sacks of wheat, 960

stealing sacks of wheat meal, 960

stealing guineas, 960

stealing wool, 961

stealing silver spoons, 961

stealing articles of various kinds belonging to hospital, 961

for stealing boxes, shoes, pocketbook, sugar, and kettles, 961

for receiving stolen goods, on 4 and 5 W. and M. c. 9. s. 4. 961

against accessary for receiving stolen goods in one county, when

principal was convicted in another, 962

for misdemeanour in receiving stolen goods as accessary, chief

felon being unknown, on 22 Geo. II. c. 58. 962

against receiver of naval stores, 963

for having naval stores found in custody, on 9 and 10 W. III.

c. 41. s. 2. 963.

With respect to thing taken.

stealing shrubs in night time from garden, on 6 Geo. III. 965

for single felony in stealing lead affixed to dwelling-house, on

4 Geo. II. c. 32. 965

against aider and assister, 966

against receiver of stolen lead, 966

stealing lead affixed to church, on 4 Geo. II. c. 32. 966

the like where property in lead in rector, 966

where property of lead in churchwarden of parish, 966

where property in inhabitants and parishioners, 966

for stealing lead from off church, &c. generally, 967

receiving stolen lead before conviction of principal felon, 967

for receiving, &c. generally, 967

receiving, &c. under its value, 967

for stealing bills of exchange, being in payment for duties, on

2 Geo. II. 967

where property in his majesty, 968
where property in individual, 969
property in several persons, 969

for stealing promissory note on 2 Geo. II. 969
for stealing bill of exchange on 2 Geo. II. 969

for stealing bank note on 2 Geo. II. 969
for stealing promissory notes on 2 Geo. II. 970
stealing stamps, 970

stealing stamps in more general form, 970