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AGREEMENT TO WITHDRAW FROM PROSECUTION, 450

AIDER BY VERDICT, 339

AIDERS AND ABETTORS, 35, n.

AIDING PRISONER TO ESCAPE, 78

ALARM THE QUEEN, attempt to, 54

ALIENS v. FOREIGNERS.

ALLEGIANCE, seducing soldier from, 61

ALPACA,

larceny of, &c., 221

injuring machines or manufactures, 279

ALTERING, in forgery, 267

AMBASSADORS, how far amenable to the criminal law, 32

AMENDMENT OF DEFECTS, 340

ANIMALS,

larceny of, 204

killing in order to steal carcass, skin, &c., 207

killing, maiming, wounding, &c., 283

ANIMUS FURANDI,

possession of goods obtained with, 210
what it is, 216

must exist at time of taking, 216
APOSTACY, 72

APPEAL,

none ordinarily in criminal cases, 467

under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 470

from summary conviction to quarter sessions, 311

to superior court on case, 498

APPEAL, TRIAL BY, 384

APPREHENSION OF OFFENDERS, rewards for, 325: v. ARREST.

APPRENTICES, assaults on, 196

AQUEDUCTS, destroying, 281

ARMED: v. BUILDING; SMUGGLING.

ARMY,

desertion, 61

mutiny in, 61

offences in, 63

ARMY DISCIPLINE AND REGULATION ACT, 1879, 61, 63

ARRAIGNMENT, 370

standing mute at, 371

insanity at, 372

ARRAY, challenge to the, 389

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of mines, 275

of ships, 275

of ships of war, 276

of ships in port of London, 276

act must be done unlawfully and maliciously, 276

what is a setting fire, 277

the intent to defraud, 277

ART, destroying works of, &c., 285

ASPORTATION, must be proved in larceny, 215

ASSAULT,

both a crime and a civil injury, 3, 188

common assault, 187

wide scope of the crime, 187

distinguished from battery, 188

punishment or compensation, 188
summary jurisdiction in, 189, 485
judicial separation after, 189
defences, 189

ASSAULT-continued.
aggravated assault, 190

actual bodily harm, 190
wounding, 190

grievous bodily harm, 190

with intent to commit a felony, 192
with intent to rob, 225

to obstruct sale of grain, &c., 129

in connection with wrecks, 195

on revenue officers, 121

on peace officers, 81, 195

on clergymen, 196

on gamekeepers, 149

on apprentices, 196

on servants, 196

on lunatics, 196: v. INDECENT.

ASSEMBLY, unlawful, 106

ASSIZES, 301

when and where held, 301

winter, 302

commissions under which the judges sit at, 303

commissioners at, 304

judges regulated by Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, 304, n.

special commission, 304

ATHEISTS, formerly could not be witnesses, 408

ATTACHMENT, 105

ATTAINDER, 379

ATTAINDER, BILL OF, 295

ATTEMPT,

punishable, 16

what is an, 16

sometimes a felony, always at least a common law misde-

meanor, 17

verdict of, on indictment for completed offence, 17, 443
punishment of, 17

to injure or alarm the Queen, 54

to murder, 175

to procure miscarriage, 182

to choke, &c., 192

to steal, 216

ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES: v. WITNESS.

ATTORNEY: v. POWER OF ATTORNEY; SOLICITOR.

AUTREFOIS ACQUIT,
plea of, 378

what acquittal must be proved, 378

AUTREFOIS ATTAINT, 379

AUTREFOIS CONVICT, 379

B.

BACKING A WARRANT, 320

BAIL,

false personation of, 248

what it consists in, 330

in what cases may be allowed by magistrates, 330
number and sufficiency of, 331

refusing or delaying, 331

excessive, 332

bail after committal for trial, 332

bail by the Queen's Bench Division, 332

by justices at quarter sessions, 333

by judges of assize, 333

by coroners, 333

BAILEE,

larceny by, 212

goods stolen from bailee, ownership, how laid, 338

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trafficking in property intrusted for safe custody, 238
BANKRUPT,

offences by, 122

BANKRUPT-continued.

absconding, 123

prosecution of, directed by the Court, 124

BANKRUPTCY ACT,

false declarations under, 87

BAPTISM: v. REGISTER.

BAR,

trial at, 301

plea in, 377

BARK, setting fire to, 274

BARN, setting fire to, 273

BARRATRY,

common, 96

by solicitor, &c., 97
BARRISTER: v. COUNSEL.
BATTERY, 188

BATTLE, trial by, 384

BAWDY-HOUSE: v. BROTHEL.

BEAST V. ANIMAL.

BEATING, killing by, 173

BENCH WARRANT, 362

BEST EVIDENCE, 429

BETTING-HOUSE, 139

BESTIALITY: v. UNNATURAL CRIME.

BIGAMY, 135

when a second marriage is not felonious, 135
defence and evidence, 136
punishment, 136

BILL OF ATTAINDER, 295

BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES, 295

BILL OF EXCHANGE, larceny of, 203

BILL OF INDICTMENT,

BIRD,

before the grand jury, 357

found true, or thrown out, 358

if thrown out, may be preferred again, 359

larceny of, 204

killing, maiming, &c., 283

BIRTH: v. CONCEALMENT; REGISTER.

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