structed and hindered in the use and enjoyment of that way, to the great damage, &c. [Conclusion as ante, 608.] That A. O. late of, &c. on, &c. and on divers other days and times, as well before as afterwards, with force and arms, at, &c. in and upon the king's common highway, there leading from, &c. unto, &c. divers great pieces of timber, put aud placed, and caused to be put and placed, and the same great pieces of timber so as aforesaid put and placed, from the aforesaid, &c. until the day of exhibiting this information, in and upon the king's common highway aforesaid, to be, lie, and remain, hath permitted, and doth still permit, to the great damage, &c. [Conclude as ante, 608.] Middlesex. That K. L. late of, &c. labourer, on, &c. in, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. aforesaid, to wit, in the common and public street there called C. street, (the same street then and there being the king's common highway, there used by all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, to go, return, pass, repass, ride, and labour at their free will and pleasure) (c), unlaw fully and injuriously did put and place, and cause and procure to be put and placed, two carts for the selling and exposing to sale of pease in the shells, and the said carts in the same street and common highway, on, &c. aforesaid, for the space of three hours, at, &c. aforesaid, unlawfully and injuriously did cause to be and remain, whereby the said street and common highway, during the time last aforesaid, was very much obstructed and straitened, so that the liege subjects of our said lord the king, could not through the same street and common highway, during the time in that behalf aforesaid, go, return, pass, repass, labour, ride, and labour with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, as they ought and were wont and accustomed to do, to the great damage, &c. [Conclusion as ante, 608.] That H. F. late of, &c. and on divers other days and times For suffering between that day and the day of the taking of this inquisition, remain in a strect, empty drays to (a) See form, Burn, J. Highways, and precedents and notes, ante, 606 to 610. (b) Cro. C. C. 8th edit. 305. See 3 Campb. 224. 231. 6 East, (c) This is not necessary. was obstructed (a). whereby passage with force and arms, at, &c. in a certain street there called L. street, being the king's common highway, there used for all the king's subjects, with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, to go, return, ride, repass, and labour at their free will and pleasure, unlawfully and injuriously did put and place three empty drays, and did then and on the said other days and times, there unlawfully and injuriously permit and suffer the said empty drays respectively to be and remain, in and upon the king's common highway aforesaid, for the space of divers hours, to wit, for the space of five hours on each of the said days, whereby the king's common highway aforesaid, then, and on the said other days, for and during all the said times, on each of those days respectively, was obstructed and straitened, so that the liege subjects of our said lord the king could not then and on the said other days and times, go, return, pass, repass, ride, and labour, with their horses, coaches, carts, and other carriages, in, through, and along the king's common highway aforesaid, as they ought and were wont and accustomed to do, to the great damage, &c. [Conclusion as ante, 608.] For letting a waggon stand in public street, so as to incommode passengers (b). That A. B. late of, &c. before and at the times hereafter mentioned, was, and still is, a proprietor of divers waggons for conveyance for hire of goods of others to and from E. and being such proprietor, he, with force and arms, on, &c. and on divers other days and times between that day and the eighth of January, 1803, in the parish of, &c. in the city and county aforesaid, without just cause or excuse, but wrongfully and unjustly did cause and permit divers, to wit, twenty waggons to stand and remain for a long time, to wit, ten hours on each [ 627 ] day, before his warehouse, situate in a public street and highway, called, within such parish, city, and county, and divers cumbrous and other parcels which had been conveyed, or were intended to be conveyed, in such waggons, to lie during such time scattered about such public street, to the great hindrance, impediment, and annoyance, of all his majesty's subjects passing and repassing such street, &c. [Conclusion as (a) Cro. C. C. 8th edit. 304. That this is an indictable offence, see 3 Camp. 231. 6 East, 427. See precedents and notes, ante, 606 to 610. (b) See 6 East, 427, where this was held an indictable offence, 3 Campb. 224, 231. Cro. C. C. 8th edit. 395, and the precedents and notes, ante, 606 to 610, ante, 608.] The second count charged that the defendant permitted divers waggons to stand in the said public street and highway, and there to remain before his warehouse for a long and unreasonable time, to wit, &c. by which the king's subjects were during that time, much impeded and obstructed, &c. [There was a third count for similar nuisances from the eighth of January to the day of the presentment.] That S. J. late of, &c. and divers other persons to the jurors aforesaid unknown, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. aforesaid, in a certain common and public street there, called the Market-place, the same street then and there being, and still being, the king's common highway, used by all the liege subjects of our said lord the king and his predecessors, with horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, and on foot to go, return, pass, repass, ride, and labour at their wills and pleasures, unlawfully and injuriously did lead, drive, put, and place, and did cause and procure to be led, driven, put, and placed, a certain bull, and the same bull did then and there bait with dogs, and the same bull so baited with dogs in the same street and common highway, on, &c. aforesaid, unlawfully and injuriously did cause to be and remain for a long space of time, to wit, for the space of three hours, whereby the said street and common highway, during the time last aforesaid, was very much obstructed, so that the liege subjects of our said lord the king could not through the said street and common highway, during the time last aforesaid, go, return, &c. with horses, &c. as they ought and were wont to do, to the great damage, &c. [Conclusion as ante, 608.] [Commencement as ante, 2.] That B. R. late of, &c. on, &c. at, &c. in a certain common and public street and highway, For baiting a bull in a market place, being the king's highway (a). On 9 & 10 W. 3. c. 7. for letting off fire works in a public street (b). Second count. Third count. there for all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, on foot, with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, to go, return, ride, pass, repass, and labour at their free will and pleasure, wrongfully, unlawfully, and injuriously, did fire certain fire-works, that is to say, two fire-works called Roman candles, whereby the said public street and common highway was then and there greatly obstructed, and divers liege subjects of our said lord the king then and there standing, being, passing, and repassing, in and along the said public street and common highway, were then and there greatly terrified and put in great peril and danger of bodily harm, and could not then go, return, pass, and repass, on foot and with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, in and along the said public street and common highway, as they ought to have done, and had been used and accustomed to do, and otherwise might and would have done, to the great terror, alarm, danger, and common nuisance of all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, in and near the said public street and highway inhabiting and residing, and of all other the liege subjects of our said lord the king there standing, being, and passing, in contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, to the evil example, &c. and against the peace, &c. and against the form of the statute, &c. And the jurors, &c. do further present, that the said B. R. on the said, &c. at, &c. aforesaid, in a certain other common and public street and highway there, for all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, on foot, and with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, to go, return, ride, pass, and repass, and labour, at their free will and pleasure, wrongfully, unlawfully, and injuriously, was aiding, assisting, in firing certain fire-works, that is to say, two other fire-works, called Roman candles, whereby the said public street and common highway was then and there greatly obstructed, and divers liege subjects of our said lord the king, then and there standing, being, passing, and repassing, in and along the said last-mentioned public street and common highway, were then and there greatly terrified and put in great peril and danger of bodily harm, and could not then go, return, pass, and repass, on foot, and with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, in and along the said last-mentioned public street and common highway, as they ought to have done, and had been used and accustomed to do, and otherwise might and would have done, to the great terror, &c. [as in first count.] And the jurors, &c. do further present, that the said B. R. on, &c. aforesaid, at, &c. aforesaid, in a certain other common and public street and highway there, wrongfully, unlawfully, and injuriously, did fire certain other fire-works, whereby the said last-mentioned public street and common highway was then and there greatly obstructed, and divers liege subjects, &c. [as in first count to the end.] [629 ] That W. S. late of, &c. on, &c. and on divers other days and times between that day and the day of taking this inquisition, tle, &c. killing For driving catwith force and arms, at London, (that is to say) at the parish of them, and leaving their skins, &c. Christ-church, Newgate Street, in the ward of Farringdon to corrupt, near Within, in London aforesaid, in a certain house and building Newgate market. there, in the occupation of the said W. S. and situate and being in a certain public street, and king's common highway there, called Warwick Lane, and near divers other public streets and common highways there, and also near the dwelling-houses of divers of the liege subjects of our said lord the king there situate, unlawfully and injuriously, did kill, slaughter, and caused to be killed and slaughtered, divers oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and swine, to wit, five thousand oxen, &c. &c. and the excrement, blood, offal, entrails, and other filth from the said oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and swine, on the same day, and in the year aforesaid, and on the other days and times aforesaid, there unlawfully and injuriously did permit and suffer to be, and remain, in and near the said house and building, and to run from and out of the said house and building, into and along the said public street and king's common highway, called Warwick Lane, and the horns, hides, skins, and offal of the said oxen, cows, calves, sheep, and lambs, he, the said W. S. on the, &c. aforesaid, and on the other days and times aforesaid, there unlawfully and injuriously did put and place, and cause and procure to be put and placed, in the said public street and king's common highway last aforesaid, and the said horns, hides, skins, and offal, to be and remain in the public street and king's common highway last aforesaid, and then and on the other days and times aforesaid, there wrongfully and injuriously did permit and suffer. And the said oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and swine, he, the said W. S. on, &c. aforesaid, and on the other days and times aforesaid, there unlawfully and injuriously did drive, and cause and procure to be driven, in, along, and through the public street and king's common highway aforesaid, and towards and into the said house and building for the purpose of being slaughtered there, by means of which said premises divers noisome and offensive smells and stenches |