Of information by master of crown-office.

commencement of information by master of crown-office, 7

conclusion of each count, 7

commencement of second count, 7

common conclusion of information, 7

Of coroner's inquests.

inquisition of murder against principal and aiders and abet-

tors, 7

Of presentments by a judge or justice, &c.

presentment of judge of highway being out of repair, 9

presentment by justice on like occasion, 10

Of informations qui tam.

information qui tam at quarter sessions, 11

CHAP. II.

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST GOD, RELIGION, AND

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

FOR OFFENCES AGAINST GOD, RELIGION, AND PUBLIC WORSHIP.

at common law for verbal blasphemy of the Trinity, 13

for blasphemous libel on Christian religion-viz. part of

Paine's Age of Reason, 14

at common law against sabbath-breaker for keeping open

shop, 20

on statute for not going to church for a month, 20

at common law for misbehaviour at church, 21

on statute for striking with weapon in church-yard, 21

for drawing weapon with intent to strike, 22

for drawing weapon and striking, 22

for breaking church windows by firing at them, 23

another form for similar offence, 23

on Toleration Act, 1 W. & M. c. 18. for disturbing dissenting

congregation, 24

another form on same statute, 25

for disturbing Anabaptists' meeting, 26

for disturbing dissenting congregation on 52 Geo. III. c. 155.

27

at common law for riot at dissenting meeting-house, 28

for conspiracy to disturb dissenting congregation, stating

overt acts, 29

the like not stating overt acts, 30

for conspiracy to disturb, stating other overt acts, 31

for conspiracy to prevent assembling at meeting-house, stat-

ing overt acts generally, 31

for conspiracy to prevent certain persons from assembling at

meeting-house, stating overt acts, 32

conspiracy to cause riot with overt acts, 32

for riot and disturbance of assembly at meeting-house, 33

for common riot, 34

INDICTMENTS, &C. FOR

CHAP. III.

OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY AND

DECENCY.

FOR OFFENCES AGAINST DECENCY AND MORALITY.

for carrying away corpse from church-yard, 35

against master of workhouse and surgeon, for conspiracy to

prevent body of poor person from being buried, 36

for taking away for purpose of dissection, 38

for preventing interment generally, 38

for keeping a bawdy-house or other disorderly house, 38

for keeping a disorderly house, 40

for keeping a disorderly house, 40

for bathing near public ways and habitations, 41

for exposing private parts in indecent posture, 41

for exposing body naked, 42

for publishing obscene libels and prints, 42

for publishing obscene libel and indecent prints, 44

for exposing to sale obscene print, 46

for exhibiting same to public view, 47

for keeping room for exhibition of indecent prints, 48

for exhibiting obscene prints for money, 48

for buggery with a boy, 48

for sodomy in ano of girl, 49

for bestiality with cow, 49

for assault with intent to commit sodomy, 50

for soliciting person to permit buggery with him, 50

CHAP. IV.

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST LAW OF NATIONS.

FOR OFFENCES AGAINST LAW OF NATIONS.

for libel in French on the then chief consul of France, 52

for accusing Russian ambassador of having sent advice to our

enemies, 54

information for riotously breaking house of ambassador from

duke of Savoy, and taking goods, 58

CHAP. V.

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE KING, GOVERN-

MENT, AND PUBLIC OFFICERS.

HIGH TREASON.

Preliminary observations.

as to the offence of high treason, 60

as to the indictment, 63

as to the defence, 66

as to the evidence, 67

as to the judgment and punishment, 67

Indictments for treason.

for compassing the king's deposition and death, on 25 Ed.

III. 68

Overt acts.

first agreeing with J. W. to assist enemies in invasion, 68

second-conspiracy to rise in rebellion and incite enemies to

invade the kingdom, 68

third-assisting person who had come hither for traitorous

purposes, 69

fourth-conspiring to collect information as to dispositions of

subjects to assist invasion, with intent to cominunicate

same to enemy, 69

fifth-collecting information as to disaffected persons, in or-

der to send information to enemy, 70

sixth-obtaining and keeping like information with like in-

tent, 70

seventh-sending information to enemy how British subjects

were affected towards king, 71

eighth-conspiring to raise rebellion and war in Ireland, 71

ninth-conspiring that W. J. should go to Ireland to raise re-

bellion and war there, 71

tenth-corresponding with W. J. in Ireland for same traito-

rous purposes, 72

eleventh-supplying W. J. with money for same traitorous

purposes, 72

for traitorously adhering to king's enemies, 73

for treason compassing death of king and to depose him, 73

first overt act, writing letters apprising enemy of state of

forces, &c. 74

second-giving notice to enemy of forces being about to sail

to West-Indies, 75

third-writing another letter, 75

fourth-writing letters to French subjects about the state of

our forces, 75

eleventh-sending accounts to France, 76

twelfth-retaining one S. R. to carry information to French, 76

thirteenth-obtaining account of naval forces, with intent to

send them to France, 77

fourteenth-retaining H. L. to obtain such information for

same purpose, 77

fifteenth-retaining H. L. to obtain information as to particu-

lar squadron with like intent, 78

for adhering to French king, 78

other overt acts compassing deposition and death of King, 79

for conspiring to levy war against king in his realm, see 25

Ed. III. st. 5. c. 2. 79

first overt act, that defendants met with a conspiracy to alter

constitution and depose king, 80

second-publishing books and inviting persons to meet for

treasonable purposes, 80

third-consulting as to time and place of meeting, 81

fourth defendants agreeing that some of them should meet

about the convention, 81

fifth-for procuring arms to oppose regal government, 81

sixth-conspiring to levy war against king, 82

seventh-conspiring to subvert government, 82

eighth-publishing books inviting subjects to commit trea-

son, 82

ninth-procuring arms to levy war against king, 83

common conclusion, 83

for levying war against king in this realm, 83

overt act-assembling armed with offensive weapons, 84

LIBELS AND INSULTS ON KING AND GOVERNMENT, &c.

for hissing and insulting king on return from theatre, after an

attempt there to shoot him, 84

for hissing and hooting about the king's carriage, 35

for libel on king, 86

for libel on king and administration, 87

for libel on hereditary monarchy and constitution, 88

for libel upon royal family, 88

for libel on King and employment of troops in America, 90

for libel on government, in order to deter subjects from re-

sisting invasion, 91

for seditious words of king and royalists, 94

for seditious words of king and his guards, 94

against dissenting preacher for a seditious sermon, 95

for seditious words of king and constitution, 96

for seditious words against king and government, 97

OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST KING, GOVERNMENT, AND OFFICERS.

for assaulting privy counsellor in execution of his office, 99

for libel in verse, of chancellor of exchequer, and of peers,

bishops, and commons, 99

for hiring and retaining a person to serve French king as

soldier, 100

for persuading soldier to mutiny, 102

for administering oath to persons not to give evidence, &c.

against illegal society, 102

CHAP. VI.

INDICTMENTS, &c. FOR OFFENCES AGAINST COIN.

Preliminary notes.

as to offence, 103

limitation of prosecution, 104

indictment, 104

evidence, 104

defence, 104

judgment, 104

rewards, 104,

Indictments, &c.

for treason in coining guineas, 103

coining shilling, 105

another form on 25 Ed. 3. st. 5. c. 2. 105

coloring base metal like shilling, 105

for coining halfpenny, 106

coining halfpenny, against principal and accessary before fact,

107

coining bank tokens, on 52 Geo. III. 107.

having coining tools in custody, 108

concealing coining tools, 110

having die in custody for coining shillings, 110

clipping monies and uttering them, 110

putting off counterfeit shillings and sixpences for less than no-

minal value, 111

uttering counterfeit shilling, 112

uttering counterfeit shillings twice within ten days, 113

for a third uttering, 114

for uttering counterfeit half-crowns, having others in pos-

session, 114

uttering counterfeit shilling, having before been convicted as
common utterer on same day, i15

uttering, &c. guineas filed and diminished, 116

uttering counterfeit half-guinea, 116

uttering counterfeit sixpence and having another in custody,

117

having counterfeit money in possession with intent to utter it,

117

putting off false copper at lower rate than its nominal value,

117

buying guineas, 118

selling counterfeit Dutch guilders for good guilders, 120

importing counterfeit or light coins, 120

sending counterfeit coin out of kingdom, 120

offences against bullion, what are, 120