ing of words, assemblies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligences, concealments, maintenances, oppression, champarties, deceits, and all other evil doings, offences, and injuries whatsoever, and also of the accessaries of them within the county aforesaid (as well within liberties as without) by whomsoever, and in what manner soever done, committed, or perpetrated, and by whom or to whom, when, how, and after what manner, and of all other articles and circumstances concerning the premises, and every of them, or any of them, in any manner whatsoever, and the said treasons, and other the premises, to hear and determine according to the laws and customs of England, cometh as well the said Selby, who prosecutes for our said lord the king in this behalf as the said A. B. in his own proper person, and the jurors of that jury, by T. N. esquire, and I. B. esquire, sheriff of the said county of Middlesex, to this matter impanelled and returned, to wit, (the names of the petit jury) being called come, who being chosen, tried, and sworn to speak the truth of and upon the premises in the indictment aforesaid above specified, do say upon their oath,* that the said A. B. is guilty of the trespass and offence aforesaid in the indictment aforesaid above specified, in manner and form as by the said indictment above against him is alledged, whereupon it is considered by the court here that the said A. B. for the trespass and offence aforesaid in the indictment aforesaid above specified be taken, &c. which said A. B. being present, here is fined for the said trespass and offence three shillings and four-pence, which he paid to the sheriff of the said county of Middlesex in court here to the use of our said lord the king, and the said A. B. is committed to the house of correction at Clerkenwell, in the said county of Middlesex, there to remain and be kept to hard labour for the space of six calendar months.

where defen

(Same as ante to the (*) and then proceed as follows.) That The like the said A. B. is not guilty of the trespass and offence afore- dant was acsaid, in the indictment aforesaid above specified, in manner quitted. (n) and form as the said A. B. for himself above for his plea hath alledged, whereupon it is considered by the court here [389] that the said A. B. of the trespass and offence aforesaid in the indictment aforesaid above specified be discharged and go thereof without day.

Warwickshire,}

conviction, and judg.

Be it remembered, that at the general Record of session of the lord the king of oyer and terminer holden at Warwick, in and for the said county of ment for Warwick, on Friday, the 12th day of March, in the second murder or

(n) Cro. C. C. 8th Ed. 31. Ante (0) 4 Bla. C. appendix 3.

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year of the reign of the lord George the third, now king of Great Britain, before Sir Michael Forster, knight, one of the justices of the said lord the king, of his court of common bench, and others their fellows, justices of the said lord the The caption king, assigned by letters patent of the said lord the king under his great seal of Great Britain, made to them, the aforesaid justices and others, and any two or more of them, (whereof one of them, the said Sir Michael Forster, and Sir Edward Clive, the said lord the king, would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, by whom the truth of the matter might be the better known, and by other ways, methods, and means, whereby they could or might the better know, as well within the liberties as without) more fully the truth of all treasons, misprisions of treasons, insurrections, rebellions, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinings, and other falsities of the monies of Great Britain, and of other kingdoms or dominions whatsoever, and of all murders, felonies, manslaughters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings and conventicles, unlawful uttering of words, unlawful assemblies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligences, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, champarties, deceits, and all other misdeeds, offences, and injuries whatsoever, and also the accessaries of the same within the county aforesaid, as well within liberties as without, by whomsoever, and howsoever done, had, perpetrated and committed, and by whom, to whom, when, how, and in what manner; and of all other articles and circumstances in Oyer and ter the said letters patent of the said lord the king specified; the premises and every, or any of them, howsoever concerning, and for this time to hear and determine the said treasons and other premises, according to the laws and customs of the realm of England, and also keepers of the peace and justices of the said lord the king, assigned to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemean ours committed within the county aforesaid, by the oath of Grand jury. Sir James Thomson, baronet, Charles Roper, Henry Daws, [* 390] Peter Wilson, Samuel* Rogers, John Dawson, James Philips, John Mayo, Richard Savage, William Bell, James Morris, Laurence Hall, and Charles Carter, esquires, good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, then and there impanelled, sworn, and charged to inquire for the said lord the king, and Indictment. for the body of the said county, it is presented that, Peter Hunt, late of the parish of Lighthorne, in the said county, gentleman, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on the fifth day of March, in the said second year of the reign of the said lord the king, at the parish of Lighthorne aforesaid, with force and arms in and upon one Samuel Collins,

miner,

and of the peace.

in the peace of God, and of the said lord the king, then and there being, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; and that the said Peter Hunt, with a certain drawn sword, made of iron and steel, of the value of five shillings, which he, the said Peter Hunt, in his right hand then and there had and held, him, the said Samuel Collins, in and upon the left side of the belly of him, the said Samuel Collins, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did strike, thrust, stab, and penetrate, giving unto the said Samuel Collins, then and there, with the sword drawn as aforesaid, in and upon the left side of the belly of him, the said Samuel Collins, one mortal wound of the breadth of one inch, and the depth of nine inches; of which said mortal wound, he, the said Samuel Collins, at the parish of Lighthorne, in the said county of Warwick, from the said fifth day of March, in the year aforesaid, until the seventh day of the same month in the same year, did languish, and languishing did live; on which said seventh day of March, in the year aforesaid, the said Samuel Collins, at the parish of Lighthorne aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, of the said mortal wound did die ; and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Peter Hunt, him, the said Samuel Collins, in manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did kill and murder, against the peace of the said lord the now king, his crown and dignity. Whereupon the sheriff of the county Award of ca. aforesaid is commanded, that he omit not, for any liberty in pias. his bailiwick, but that he take the said Peter Hunt, if he may be found in his bailiwick, and him safely keep, to answer to the felony and murder whereof he stands indicted. Which said indictment the said justices of the lord the Session of king above named afterwards, to wit, at the delivery of gaol delive. the gaol of the said lord the king, holden at Warwick, in and for the county aforesaid, on Friday, the sixth day of August, in the said second year of the reign of the said lord the king, before the right honourable* [* 391] William Lord Mansfield, chief justice of the said lord the king, assigned to hold pleas before the king himself, Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, knight, one of the barons of the exchequer of the said lord the king, and others their fellows, justices of the said lord the king assigned to deliver his said gaol of the county aforesaid, of the prisoners herein being, by their proper hands, to deliver here in court of record in form of the law to be determined. And after- Arraignwards, to wit, at the same delivery of the gaol of the said lord the king, of his county aforesaid, on the said Friday, the sixth day of August, in the said second year of the reign of the said lord the king, before the said justices of the lord the king last above named, and others their fellows aforesaid, here cometh the said Peter Hunt, under the custody of

ry.

ment.

Plea, not guilty.

Issue.

Venire.

William Browne, esquire, sheriff of the county aforesaid (in whose custody in the gaol of the county aforesaid, for the cause aforesaid, he had been before committed,) being brought to the bar here in his proper person, by the said sheriff, by whom he is here also committed; and forthwith being demanded concerning the premises in the said indictment above specified and charged upon him, how he will acquit himself thereof, he saith that he is not guilty thereof, and thereof for good and evil he puts himself upon the country; and John Blencowe, esq. clerk of the assizes for the county aforesaid, who prosecutes for the said lord the king in this behalf doth the like; therefore let a jury thereupon here immediately come before the said justices of the lord the king last above mentioned, and others their fellows aforesaid, of free and lawful men of the neighbourhood of the said parish of Lighthorne, in the county of Warwick aforesaid, by whom the truth of the matter may be the better known, and who are not of kin to the said Peter Hunt, to recognize upon their oath, whether the said Peter Hunt be guilty of the felony and murder in the indictment aforesaid above specified, or not guilty; because as well the said John Blencowe, who prosecutes for the said lord the king in this behalf, as the said Peter Hunt, have put themselves upon the said jury and the jurors of the said jury, by the sheriff for this purpose impannelled and returned, to wit, David Williams, Jno. Smith, Tho. Horne, Chas. Nokes, Richard May, Walter Duke, Matthew Lion, James White, Wm. Bates, Oliver Green, Bartholomew Nash, and Hy. Long, being called, come, who being elected, tried, and sworn to speak the truth of and concerning the premises, upon their oath say, that the said Peter Hunt is guilty of the felony and murder aforesaid, on him above charged in the form aforesaid, as by the indictment aforesaid is above supposed against him, and that the said Peter Hunt, at the time of [*392] committing the said felony and murder, or* at any time

Verdict, guilty.

since to this time, had not nor hath any goods or chattels, lands or tenements, in the said county of Warwick, or elseAsking de- where, to the knowledge of the said jurors. And upon this fendant as it is forthwith demanded of the said Peter Hunt, if he hath to judgment. or knoweth any thing to say, wherefore the said justices

death.

here ought not upon the premises and verdict aforesaid to proceed to judgment and execution against him who nothing further saith, unless as he before had seen. Whereupon all Judgment of and singular the premises being seen, and by the said justices here fully understood, It is considered by the court here, that the said Peter Hunt be taken to the gaol of the said lord the king, of the said county of W. from whence he came, and from thence to the place of execution on Monday now next ensuing, being the ninth of this instant August, and there he be hanged by the neck, until he be dead; and that afterwards his body be dissected and anatomised.

Lent, 1792.

ment at oyer

Northamptonshire. Be it remembered that, at the gene-Caption, ral sessions of oyer and terminer of our sovereign lord the Record of king, holden at Northampton, in and for the county of judgment for Northampton, on Monday the 26th day of March, in the defendants twenty-second year of the reign of our sovereign lord on an indictGeorge the third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, and terminer France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. Be-at assizes, fore the honourable Francis Buller, esquire, one of the jus- for not retices of our said lord the king, Harley Vaughan, serjeant pairing highway. (p) at law, and others their fellows, justices assigned to hold pleas before the king himself, George Hill, one of the serjeants at law of our said lord the king, Harley Vaughan, serjeant at law, and others their fellow justices of our said lord the king, assigned by letters patent of our said lord the king, under his great seal of Great Britain, to them and others, and any two or more of them made, of whom our said lord the king willed that the right honourable sir John Skinner, knight, chief baron of our said lord the king of his court of Exchequer, the said Francis Buller, George Hill, and Harley Vaughan, among others in the said letters patent named, should be one to enquire more fully the truth, by the oath of good and lawful men of the said county of Northampton, and by other ways, means, and methods, by which they should or might better know (as well within liberties as without) by whom the truth, of the matter may be better known and inquired into, of all treasons, misprisions of treasons, insurrections, rebellions, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinings, and other falsities of the money of Great Britain and all other kingdoms or dominions whatsoever, and of all murders, felonies, manslaughters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings and conventicles, unlawful*uttering of words, assemblies, misprisons, [* 393] confederacies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligences, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, champarties, deceits, and all other evil doings, offences, and injuries whatsoever, and also of the accessaries of them, within the said county of Northampton, (as well within liberties as without,) by whomsoever and in what manner soever done, committed, or perpetrated, and by whom or to whom, when, how, and after what manner, and of all other articles and circumstances concerning the premises, and every or any of them in any manner whatsoever, and the said treasons, and other the premises, according to the laws and customs of England for this time, to hear and determine, by the oath of sir George Robinson, baronet, John Robinson, &c. [names of grand jury,] esquires, good and lawful men of the said county of Northampton, then and there sworn and charged to inquire for our said

(p) From Mr. Nicholl's MS.