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No. 9.

In an indictment for robbery.

Feloniously took a gold watch (or as the case may be) from the person of C D and against his will, by violence to his person (or by putting him in fear of some immediate injury to person).

No. 10.

Robbery, being armed with a dangerous weapon. Being armed with a dangerous weapon, did commit an assault upon one C D, with intent, if resisted, to kill or wound the said C D, and then and there feloniously took a gold watch (or as the case may be) from the person of the said C D. and against his will.

No. 11.

In an indictment for larceny.

Feloniously took and carried away a gold watch (or as the case may be), the personal property of C D (or of a person whose name is unknown to the grand jury), of the value of more than thirty-five dollars.

No. 12.

Larceny in a dwelling-house.

Feloniously took and carried away in a dwelling-house (or other house, ship, or boat, as the case may be) a gold watch (or as the case may be), the personal property of CD (or of a person whose name is unknown to the grand jury).

No. 13.

In an indictment for burglary.

Broke and entered in the night-time, a dwelling-house, in which there was at the time a human being, namely, one C D (or whose name is unknown to the grand jury, as the case may be), with intent to commit larceny (or other crime describing it generally) therein, by forcibly bursting or breaking the wall (or an outer door, or a window, or a shutter of a window) of such house (or as the case may be).

Oct. 19, 1864.

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Burglary after entering with intent to commit crime. Having entered in the night-time a dwelling-house, in which there was at the time a human being, namely, one C D (or whose name is unknown to the grand jury, as the case may be), with intent to commit larceny (or other crime, describing, it generally) therein, broke such dwelling-house, by forcibly bursting or breaking the wall (or by other means to be stated as in No. 13), or (following the words therein), was armed with a dangerous weapon therein, or committed an assault upon C D, a person lawfully then in such house.

No. 15.

In an indictment for forgery.

Forged (or falsely made, altered, or counterfeited, or as the case may be) an instrument purporting to be (or being) the last will and testament of C D, devising certain property, with intent to defraud or injure.

No. 16.

Forged a certificate purporting to have been issued by J C, an officer duly authorized to make such certificate, of the acknowledgment of C D of the execution by him, of a conveyance to E F of certain real property, with intent to defraud or injure.

No. 17.

Counterfeited a gold (or silver) coin of the

of Mexico, called a dollar, which was at that time current by law or usage within this state.

No. 18.

In an indictment for perjury.

On his examination as a witness, duly sworn to testify the truth, in the trial of an action at law in the court of between C D, plaintiff, and E F, defendant, which court had authority to administer said oath, he testified

falsely, that (stating the facts alleged to be false), the Oct. 25, 1880. matters so testified being material, and the testimony being willfully false.

No. 19.

In an indictment for polygamy.

Having a wife then living, unlawfully married one C D, or unlawfully lived and cohabitated with one C D as his wife.

No. 20.

In an indictment for libel.

Published or caused to be published in a newspaper called the —, the following libel concerning C D

(stating the matter published).

No. 21.

In an indictment for assault and battery.

Assaulted and beat C D.

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN

JUSTICES' COURTS.

CHAPTER I.

OF JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES' COURTS.

§ 2051. Civil jurisdiction of justices' courts.
§ 2052. Criminal jurisdiction of a justice's court.

§ 2053. When crime is triable in a justice's court.

1.

§ 2051. [1.] The civil jurisdiction of justices' courts, Oct. 21, 1864, and by whom and where and how holden, is prescribed by the title IV. of chapter XI. of the Code of Civil Procedure.

"An act to regulate the civil and criminal procedure in justices' courts," of which this is § 1, took effect on May 1, 1865, as provided in § 133 thereof. See sections 2175 to 2183, in which jurisdiction of certain civil causes not embraced in title 4 of chapter 11 is specially conferred upon justices'

courts.

Civil jurisdic tion of justices

courts.

§ 2052. [2] A justice's court has jurisdiction of the Dec. 19, 1865, § 2. following crimes committed or triable in their respective

counties:

1. Larceny, where the punishment therefor may be imprisonment in the county jail or by fine;

2. Assault, and assault and battery, not charged to have been committed with intent to commit a felony, or in the course of a riot, or with a dangerous weapon, or upon a public officer in the discharge of his duties;

3. Of any misdemeanor defined and made punishable by sections 1788 [575], 1789 [576], and 1790 [577] of the Code of Criminal Procedure;

4. Of any misdemeanor defined and made punishable by sections 1888 [666], 1889 [667], 1890 [668], and 1901 [678] of such code;

criminal juris

diction of a justice's court.

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