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TREES,

larceny of, 201

setting fire to, 274

damaging, &c., 284

TRESPASS, larceny distinguished from, 216

TRIAL,

offences interfering with free administration of justice at, 95

place of, 352

time of, 369

modes of, 384: v. PRACTICE.

TRIERS, in case of challenge of jurors, 391

TRUSTEE, embezzlement by, 239

TRUTH,

of seditious libel, no extenuation, 57
of defamatory libel, 112

TURNPIKE, destroying gates, bars, &c., 281

U.

UNDUE INFLUENCE AT ELECTIONS, 91

UNIVERSITY COurts, 314

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES, 106

UNLAWFUL COMBINATION: v. TRADE; UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES.

UNLAWFUL OATHS, 57

voluntary oaths, 86

UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES, 58

UNNATURAL OFFENCE, 182

attempt, 182

assault with intent, 182

UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS, sending to sea, 147

UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN, 68

UTTERING,

in forgery, 268

the guilty knowledge, 269

V.

VAGRANCY, 144

VALUABLE SECURITY,

stealing, destroying, obliterating, &c., 202
the term defined, 202

inducing person by fraud to execute, 246

VALUE OF THING STOLEN, 207

VARIANCE BETWEEN INDICTMENT AND EVIDENCE, 340

VEGETABLE: v. PLANT.

VEHICLE: v. DRIVING.

VENIRE FACIAS AD RESPONDENDUM, 362

VENUE, 339: v. PLACE.

VERDICT, 442

how arrived at and given, 442
general, partial, or special, 442
in case of co-defendants, 443

of attempt on indictment for complete crime, 443
for crime other than that charged, 443

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after previous conviction, 445

VESSEL: v. SHIP.

VEXATIOUS INDICTMENTS ACT, 359

VIADUCTS, destroying, &c., 281

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, 314

VIEW OF FRANK-PLEDGE, 315, n.

VIEW OF LOCUS IN QUO BY JURY, 450

VIOLATION OF KING'S WIFE, &c., 49

VIOLENCE, in robbery, 223

VOLUNTARY OATHS, 86

W.

WALL,

destroying, 282

damaging sea or river, 281

WAR, levying, against the Sovereign, 50

WAR, PRISONER OF, aiding to escape, 78

WAREHOUSE,

breaking into, 256
setting fire to, 273

WARRANT,

larceny of, 203
forging, 263, 264
definition, 317

WARRANT-Continued.

by whom granted, 317
when issued, 318

if indictment has been found, 318, 361

if accused is in custody, 319
construction of, 319

form of, 320, n.

backing, 320

executing, 320

general warrants, illegal, 321

search warrants, 321

bench warrant, 362

in case of person charged with summary offence, 489

to compel attendance of witness, 490

WATER, DEPRIVING OF, by wilfully breaking contract of service,
128

WAY: V. HIGHWAY.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, false, 248, 249, n., 315

WHARF,

stealing from, 221

destroying, 281

WHIPPING, 455

WIFE,

when not criminally responsible, 29

as accessory after the fact, 38

cannot steal property of husband, 214

goods of, ownership how laid, 338

cannot be witness against her husband, except in a few

cases, 405

WILFUL INJURY: v. MALICIOUS INJURY.

WILL,

stealing, destroying, &c., 203

forging, 263

WILL,

an essential of a crime, 12

contrasted with intention, 12

absence of, exempts from criminal responsibility, 19

WINTER ASSIZES, 302

WITCHCRAFT, 74

WITHDRAWAL FROM PROSECUTION, 450

WITNESS,

offences with regard to, 96, 414

WITNESS-continued.

contempt of court by, 104

before magistrates, 327

binding over to appear at trial, 328

examination by grand jury, 358

grounds of incompetency fewer now than formerly, 403

forms of incompetency, 403
incompetency of accused, 404

of accused's consort, 405
on account of insanity, 406
of infancy, 407

of relation of legal adviser, 407

of want of religious belief, 408

objection to competency, when made, 409
credibility of, 409

knowledge of, 409

disinterestedness of, 410

veracity of, 410

general character of, 411

what questions witness may refuse to answer, 411, 433

number of, 412

accomplices as, 412

attendance of, how secured, 413

production of documents by, 413

consequences of failure to appear, 414

attendance of witness, who is in custody, 414

privilege from arrest, 414

expenses of, 415

ordering out of court, 418: v. EXAMINATION.

when a defendant or his consort may be witness, 440, n.

WOMEN: v. GIRLS.

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larceny of, goods in process of manufacture, 220
injury to manufactures or machinery, 279

WORDS, technical, when to be used in indictment, 339
WORKMEN: v. TRADE.

WORKS OF ART, destroying, &c., 285

WORSHIP: v. PUBLIC WORSHIP.

WOUNDING, 191

animals, 283

WRECK,

assault upon those engaged in preservation of, 195

WRECK-Continued.

impeding escape from, 195
stealing from, 221
destroying, 281

WRIT OF ERROR, 468

when it lies, 469

how obtained, 469

judgment affirmed or reversed, 469

WRITING,

how proved, 421

best evidence as to, 429

rules as to evidence of, 436: v. EVIDENCE.

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