License, another form under same, 806
selling liquor without license, under
Massachusetts Revised statutes,
c. 47, s. 3, 807

another form under same, 808
another form under same, 809

violation of license laws in Rhode

Island, 810

same in New York, 811

same in New Jersey, 812

same in Pennsylvania, 813

another form for same, being that

used in Philadelphia, 814
same in Virginia, 815

same in North Carolina, 816
same in Alabama, 817

same in Kentucky, 818

same in Tennessee, 819

same in Mississippi, 820

Liquor, selling by the small, see "Tippling
Houses."

Lord's day, see "Sabbath."

Lost instrument, how pleaded, 939, n.
Lotteries, selling lottery tickets, general
frame of indt., 828

general requisites of indt., 828, n.
Indictments against:

Selling lottery tickets.

General

frame of indictment, 828
same where ticket is lost or de-
stroyed, or in defendant's posses-
sion, 829

selling ticket in New Hampshire,
830

same in Massachusetts, 831
advertising lottery ticket in same,

under stat. 1828, c. 184, 832
selling lottery tickets in same, under
stat. 1825, c. 184, s. 1, 833
selling ticket in New York, 834
another form for same, 835
promoting lottery in same, being
the form in common use, 836
carrying on lottery whose descrip-
tion is unknown to jurors, 837
selling lottery policy in Pennsyl-
vania, under act of March 16,
1847, 838

selling ticket in same, under same,
839

Same under repealed act of March

1,1833. First count, sale of ticket,
ticket being set forth, 840
Second count. Conspiracy to sell a
lottery ticket, &c., the defendant
being singly charged with a con-
spiracy with others unknown, 841
same in Virginia, 842

selling lottery tickets, under Ohio
statute, 843

opening up a lottery scheme, cailed
"the Western Reserve Art Union,"
under Ohio statute, 844
obstructing authorities, under Ohio
statute, 845

obstructing authorities and prevent-
ing a proclamation at a riot, under
Ohio stat., 846

riot and refusing to disperse on
proclamation being made, under
Ohio statute, 847

publishing scheme of chance, under
Ohio statute, 848

conspiracies to violate the laws con-
cerning, how to be pleaded, 624
Lot, public nuisance to, indt. for, 690, &c.
Louisiana, commencement and conclusion
of indt. in, 71
information in, 71

M

MAGISTRATE, indt. against for committing
where he had no jurisdiction, 897
indt. against for neglect of duty in
riot, 898

indt. against for proceeding to dis-
charge duties of office when in-
toxicated, 899

indt. against for issuing warrant
without oath, 900

indt. against for refusal to deliver
transcript, &c., 901

indt. against for extortion, 902
indt. against a third party for in-
sulting, &c., 960

Mail, U. S., offences concerning, see "Post
Office."

Maine, commencement and conclusion of
indictment in, 19

Maintenance, indt. for, 1011
Malicious mischief, requisites of indt., &c.,
470
Indictments:

[For several forms of indictments
which might be classed under this
head, see 213, &c.]

maliciously wounding a cow, 470
giving cantharides to prosecutors,
471

tearing up a promissory note, 472
cutting down trees the property of
another, not being fruit, or culti-
vated, or ornamental trees, under
Ohio statute, 473

destroying vegetables, under Ohio
statute, 474

killing a heifer, under Ohio statute,
475

cutting down trees, &c., 476
killing a steer at common law, 477
altering the mark of a sheep, under
the North Carolina statute, 478

Second count. Defacing mark,

479
entering the premises of another,
and pulling down a fence, 480
destroying two lobster carts, under
the Mass. statute, 481

removing a landmark, under the
Penn. statute, 482

felling timber in the channel of a
particular creek, in a particular
county, under the North Carolina
statute, 483

Malicious mischief, throwing down fence,
under Ohio statute, 484

breaking into house, and frightening

a pregnant woman, 485

cutting ropes across the ferry, 486
breaking glass in a building. Mass.
Rev. st., ch. 126, s. 42, 487
burning a record, 488
Manslaughter, see "Homicide."
Mariner, see "Seamen."

Marshal of U. S., resistance to, indt. for, 885
Maryland, commencement and conclusion
of indt in, 50

Masquerade, indt. against, 752

Massachusetts, commencement and conclu-
sion of indt. in, 28-9, 30
Indictments:

against accessary before the fact
generally, 101

against accessary before the fact
generally, 102

murder, in a duel fought without
the state, 171

for carnally knowing and abusing a
woman child under the age of
ten years, 187

mayhem, by slitting the nose, 193
misdemeanor in kidnapping a slave,
198

assault and battery, Massachusetts
form, 215

felonious assault, 248

felonious assault with intent to rob,
being armed, 250

assault with intent to ravish, 253
having in possession coining instru-
ments, 353

having in possession ten counterfeit

coin, with intent to pass the same,
354

having in custody less than ten

counterfeit pieces of coin, 355
uttering and publishing as true a
forged promissory note, 356
for forging a promissory note, 357
for counterfeiting a bank bill, 358
for having in possession at the same
time, ten or more counterfeit bank
bills, with intent to utter and pass
the same as true, 359

passing a counterfeit bank bill, 360
having in possession a counterfeit

bank bill, with intent to pass the
same, 361

making a tool to be used in coun-
terfeiting bank notes, 362
having in possession a tool to be
used in counterfeiting bank notes,
363

with intent to use the same, 363
counterfeiting current coin, 364
uttering and passing counterfeit
coin, 365

burning unfinished dwelling-houses,

390

setting fire to a building, whereby a
dwelling-house was burnt in the
night-time, 391

burning a dwelling-house in the
day-time, 392

setting fire to a building adjoining
a dwelling-house in the day-time,
whereby a dwelling-house was
burnt in the day-time, 393
burning a stable within the curti-
lage of a dwelling-house, 394
burning a city hall in the night-
time, 395

burning a meeting-house in the day-
time, 396

burning a vessel lying within the

body of the county, 397
burning a dwelling-house with in-
tent to injure an insurance com-
pany, 398

setting fire to stacks of hay, 399
burning a dwelling-house in the
night-time, 400

robbery-the prisoner being armed
with a dangerous weapon, 411
robbery-the prisoner being armed
with a dangerous weapon, and
striking and wounding the person
robbed, 412

robbery, not being armed, 413
attempting to extort money by
threatening to accuse another of
a crime, 414

larceny in dwelling-house in day-
time, 432

breaking and entering a vessel in
the night-time, and committing a
larceny therein, 433

breaking and entering a shop in the
night, and committing a larceny
therein, 434

larceny by the cashier of a bank,
435

breaking and entering a stable in
the night-time, and committing a
larceny therein, 436

breaking and entering a shop in the
night-time, adjoining to a dwell-
ing-house, with intent to commit
the crime of larceny, and actually
stealing therein, 437

entering a dwelling-house in the
night-time without breaking,
some persons being therein, and
being put in fear, 438
breaking and entering a dwelling-
house in the day-time, the owner
being therein, and being put in
fear, 439

breaking and entering a city hall,
and stealing therein in the night-
time, 440

against the president and cashier of
a bank for embezzlement, 466
against a clerk for embezzlement,
467

against a carrier for embezzlement,
468

breaking glass in a building, 487
general frame of indictment, form
used in Massachusetts, 529
perjury on a trial in the Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts,
on a civil action, 582
endeavoring to suborn a person to
give evidence on the trial of an
action of trespass, issued in the
Supreme Judicial Court, 604
obstructing townways under the
statutes of 1786, etc. etc., 689
disorderly house, form in use, 724
keeping a common bawdy-house,
725

against keeper of house of ill-fame,
726

against an innkeeper for allowing
nine-pins, etc., etc., to be played
on his premises, 742
against same for keeping gaming
cocks, 743

doing business on Sunday, 758
selling unwholesome meat, 759
for adulterating bread for the pur-
pose of sale, 760

selling adulterated medicine, 761
lewdness and lascivious cohabita-
tion. First count, by lying in bed
openly with a woman, 774

Second count. Lascivious be-
havior by putting the arms
openly about a woman, 775
selling liquor, etc., 796
another form under the same sec-
tion, 797

Rev. Stat., c. 47, s. 2, 798

another form under same, 804
another form under same, 805
another form under same, 806
selling liquor without license, Rev.
stat., c. 47, s. 3, 807
another form under same, 808
another form under same, 809
removal of dead body, 822
selling lottery tickets, 831
advertising lottery tickets in same,
832

selling lottery tickets in same, 833
disturbing a religious meeting, 862
assault on police officer in the city
of Boston, 891

against a justice of the peace for
extortion generally, 902

uttering blasphemous language as
to God, 964

sending a letter threatening to ac-
cuse a person of a crime, 973
sending a letter threatening to burn
a dwelling-house, 974
polygamy, 986

for polygamy by continuing to co-
habit with a second wife, 987
attempting to influence a voter by
threatening to discharge him
from employment, 1018

illegal voting, 1019

breach of pilot laws, 1027
sending a written message to a per-
son, to fight a duel, 1043
posting another for not fighting a
duel, 1044

attempt to commit an offence, 1046
attempt to burn dwelling-house,
1047

attempt to burn dwelling-house in
the night-time by breaking and
entering a building, and setting
fire to the same, 1048

attempt to commit a larceny from
the person of an individual, by
picking his pocket, 1049
Master, indt. against for abusing appren-
tice or servant, 914

confining on board ship, indt. for,
1069, &c.

Master of vessel, see "Misconduct.”
Mayhem, indictment on Coventry Act, 22

and 23 Car. 2, c. 1, for felony, by slitting
a nose, and against the aider and abet-
tor, 192

Mayhem by slitting the nose, under the
Rev. stat. Massachusetts, ch. 125, § 10,

193
Mayhem by cutting out one of the testicles,
under the Pennsylvania statute, 194

against principal in first and second
degree for mayhem in biting off
an ear, under the statute of Ala-
bama, 195

biting off an ear, under Rev. stat.

N. C. 34, c. 34, 196
Maliciously breaking prosecutor's arm with
intent to maim him, under the Alabama
statute, 197

Meat, unwholesome, indt. against offering
for sale, 759

Meeting, seditious, conspiracy to raise, indt.
for, 1129

Michigan, commencement and conclusion
of indt., 73

larceny, form in use in, 427
Mill, permitting waters of to overflow, indt.
for, 696

Minister, foreign, offences against, see
'Foreign Minister."

66

Mint, U. S., responsibility of officers in, 460
indt. against officer of, 460
Misbehavior, see "Misconduct in Office."
Mischief, see "Malicious Mischief.”
Misconduct in office, 897, et seq.

Indictments:

against a magistrate, for commit-
ting in a case where he had no
jurisdiction, 897

against a magistrate for neglect of
duty at a riot, 898

First count, for neglecting to
read the riot act.

against a justice of the peace, for

proceeding to the duties of his
office in a state of intoxication, 899
against a justice of the peace, for
issuing a warrant without oath,
using falsely the name of a third
party as prosecutor, 900
against a justice of the peace in
Pennsylvania, for refusal to de-
liver transcript to party demand-
ing it, 901

against a justice of the peace in
Massachusetts, for extortion gene-
rally, 902

against a justice of the peace for ex-
torting fees for discharging a re-
cognizance, and for not returning
the same to the court for which it
was taken, 903

against a constable for extorting
money of a person apprehended
by him upon a warrant, to let
him go at large, 904

against a constable for neglecting

to execute a warrant in a civil
case, 905

against a constable for neglecting to

execute a justice's warrant for
the apprehension of a person, 906
against a constable for extorting and

obtaining money under color of
discharging a bench warrant, 907
against constables for neglecting to
attend the sessions, 908
against a high constable for not
obeying an order of sessions, 909
against a toll collector for extorting
toll from a person who had com-
pounded, 910

against an innkeeper for not receiv-

ing a guest, he having room in
his inn at the time, 911
against an innkeeper refusing to en-
tertain foot travellers, 912
against an attorney for buying a
note, on New York stat., sess. 41,
c. 259, &c., 913

against a master for neglecting to
provide an apprentice of tender
years with sufficient food, cloth-
ing, bedding, and other necessa-
ries, 914

against a mistress, for not providing

sufficient food for a servant, keep-
ing her without proper warmth,
&c., 915

against overseers for cruelty to a
pauper, 916

against a juror for not appearing

when summoned on a coroner's
inquest, 917

for refusing to serve the office of
overseer of the poor, 918

for refusing to execute the office of
constable, 919

for refusing to take the office of
chief constable, being duly elected
at the quarter sessions, 920
against a gaoler for a voluntary es-
cape, 921

same where the party escaping was
committed by a judge as a fugi-
tive from justice, 922

against a constable for a negligent
escape, 923

against a prisoner for escape out of
custody of constable, 924
inflicting cruel and unusual punish-

ment on one of the crew of a ves-
sel, &c., 925

against same for same, the punish-
ment being beating and wound-
ing, &c., 926

Second count. Specifying the pun-
ishment more minutely, 927
confining a boy in run of a ship, &c.,
928

Second count. Refusing suitable
food, 929

another form, withholding suitable
food, &c., 930

forcing, &c., a seaman ashore in a
foreign port, 931

Second count. Same in another
form, 932

Third count. Leaving behind sea-

man, 933

N

burglary, 372

larceny, 422

receiving stolen goods, 453
embezzlement, 464

secreting goods with intent to de-

fraud creditors, 507

false pretences, 530

against an insolvent for a false re-
turn of his creditors and estate,
584

disorderly house, &c., 722

gaming house, 741

violation of license laws, 811
selling lottery ticket, 834

against an attorney for buying a
note, 913
bigamy, 988

neutrality laws, violation of, 1117,
et seq.

Ninepins, indt. against playing in Massa-
chusetts, 742
North Carolina, commencement and con-
clusion of indt. in, 56

Indictments in:

forging a receipt, 285

assault by a person of color, 258
biting off an ear, 196

altering mark of a sheep, 478

larceny of bank note, 428

particular creek in a particular
county, 483
negligently permitting fences to re-
main during the crop season less
than five feet high, 704

exposing the private parts in an
indecent posture, there being no
allegation of lookers-on, 773

against overseer for refusing to re-
pair road, 789

violation of license laws, 816
bigamy, 993

adultery, against both parties joint-
ly, 1001

Notes, forgery of, indt. for, 269, et seq.
larceny of, 428, et seq.

Not guilty, see "Pleas."
Nuisance, general frame of indt., 674

larceny of slave, 448

general requisites of indt., 674, n.
what defences admissible in indt.

for, 674, n.

what length of time, 674, n.
what public benefit, 674, n.
nuisances to highways, bridges, wa-
tercourses, or navigable rivers,
notes concerning, 674, n.
Indictments:

erecting a gate across a public high-
way, 675

erecting and continuing a house,
part of which was on the high-
way, 676

obstructing a common highway, by
placing in it drays, 677

same with filth, &c., 678

letting off fireworks in the public
street, 679

keeping a pond of stagnant water
in a city, 680

placing a quantity of foul liquor,
called "returns," in the high-
way, 681

laying dung near a public street,
whereby the air was infected, and
inhabitants annoyed, 682

letting wagons stand in a public
street, so as to incommode pas-
sengers, 683

placing casks in the highway, 684
leaving open an area on foot pare-
ment in a street, 685
laying dirt in a footway, 686
keeping a ferocious dog, 687
profane swearing in a public street,
688

obstructing townways in Massa-

chusetts, under the statutes of
1786, c. 67, s. 7, and 1786, c. 81,
and s. 6, 689

blocking up the great square of a

town house in Pennsylvania, 690
erecting a wooden building on pub-
lic square of a village in Ver-
mont, 691

throwing dirt upon a public lot, 692
stopping an ancient watercourse,
whereby the water overflowed the