COMMITMENTS-continued.

for privately stealing in a shop, 97
for stealing from bleaching-ground, 98

for stealing in a dwelling-house, on 12 Ann, c. 1, s. 7, 98
for burglary, and stealing a horse, 98

for felony, in privately stealing from person, 98

for attempt to steal from person, for want of sureties, 98
against a clerkinr embezzling, 98

for stealing effects of the bank, against one of its officers, 99
against a sorter of letters, for stealing a bill out of a letter, 99
against a letter carrier, for secreting letters, 99

for stealing letter, containing bank notes in the general post
office, against a person employed therein, 99

against a person employed in post office, for stealing a bank
note from a letter, and another for receiving it, 99

against a lodger, for robbing his furnished lodgings, 99

against a lodger for carrying away property with intent to steal
it, 100

against attorney, for disposing of bill entrusted to him, 100
for robbery of the mail, 100

the like in another form, 100

for publishing a note stolen out of the mail, 100

for obtaining a pair of buckles by false tokens, 101

for procuring goods by false pretences, 101

against an apprentice, for obtaining money under false pre-
tences by enlisting, 101

another for obtaining goods under false pretences, 101

four other forms, 101, 2

for buying stolen goods, joining the original offender, 102
for receiving bank notes taken out of a letter by person em-
ployed in post office, 102

a similar form, 102

for a misdemeanour in receiving goods, principal felon not
having been convicted, 102

other forms, 102

buying stolen goods where thief is not known, 103

for offering to pawn a silver watch, and not giving a good ac-
count of it, 103

for unlawfully pawning goods without the consent of owner,

103

for burning a promissory note with intent to defraud the hold-
for forgery, 103

[er, 108
for forging and uttering an order of admission to the theatre,

103

for forging a certificate to supply provisions of Spanish army
under government, 104

for forging dividend warrant of the Bank of England, 104
for personating a seaman to receive his prize money, 104
for forging bank note, 104

for uttering forged bank note, 104

for putting off bank notes, 105

for causing a plate to be engraved for notes, purporting to be

bank notes, 105

COMMITMENTS-continued.

for publishing a note resembling a bank note, containing white
letters on a black ground, 105

for causing the words, " Bank of England," to appear visible
on paper, 105

for altering a bank note, and uttering it when altered, 105
for altering a bank note, 105

for having a forged bank note in possession, 106

for procuring plates to be engraved for vending bank notes with
intent to utter, 106

for having forged stamps in possession, imitating those used by
goldsmith's company, 106

for forging stamps, 107

for having a plate in his custody, 107

for forging stamps on paper, 107

for forging stamp on the ace of spades, 107

for forging stamp on seamen's power of attorney, 107

for counterfeiting the stamp on gold or silver, 108

for selling cards with a forged stamp, knowing it to be so,

108

for producing a forged discharge to defraud the commissioners
of Chelsea hospital, at common law, 108

for personating bail, 108

for forging a seaman's will, 108

for forging a will, on another statute, 108

for forging seaman's certificate, 109

for forging order for payment of seaman's prize money, 109
another form, 109

for forging a bond, 109

for putting away forged country bank notes, 109

for counterfeiting and uttering a false promissory note, 110

for uttering a forged bill of exchange, 110

for forging an indorsement on a note, 110

for uttering a bill with a forged acceptance, 110

for forging receipts for money, 110, 111

for forging a receipt for provision, for one of his majesty's fo-
reign garrisons, 110

for forging a pensioner's receipt of Chelsea hospital, 111

for forging and uttering an accountable receipt, 111

for publishing a forged receipt, 111

for forging a receipt and afterwards uttering it, 111

For offences against real property.

for arson in setting fire to an house, 112

another form, 112

for setting fire to the prisoner's own house, whereby others
were burned, 114

against a servant for carelessly setting fire to his master's
house, 112

for burglary, 112

on suspicion of burglary, 112

against an accessary to a burglary, 113

other forms of burglary, 113

for attempting burglary, 113

for attempting to break house, 113

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COMMITMENTS-continued.

for breaking and entering house with intent to steal, 113
for breaking a house with intent to steal, 113

for breaking and entering a dwelling-house and stealing, 114
for a burglary in breaking out of a dwelling-house, 114

for cutting lead from a warehouse with intent to steal it, 114
for stealing lead affixed to buildings, 114

for entering a workshop with intent to commit felony, 114
For offences relative to ships.

for piracy, 114

for casting away a vessel with intent to defraud the under-
writers, 115

another form, 115

the like against the owner, 115

for boarding a ship, and assault on the high seas, 115
for stealing from a wreck, 96

For conspiracies.

for conspiracy to charge a person with unnatural crime and
extorting money, 115

for conspiracy to defraud creditors of insolvent debtor, 115

liberate or discharge defendant having found bail, 119

rule of K. B. remanding prisoner to prison after habeas cor-
pus, 126

Commitments after indictment found.

by a justice, 208

by sending threatening letter, 209

for want of bail, 209

for burglary on indictment found at Old Bailey, 210

on certificate of defendant's non-appearance, 210

on indictment found for assault, 210

by way of detainer for feloniously receiving goods, 210
in K. B. for misdemeanour, 211

CONSILIUM,

rule for, 428

CONDITIONS, see RECOGNIZANCE.

CONFESSIONS, ante 63

CONGREGATION, see ("Toleration Act," "Religion.")

information for disturbing, 3

warrant on 1 W. and M. c. 18, s. 18, to apprehend person for
disturbing in a parish church, 13

commitment for disturbing in a parish church, 67

in Episcopal chapel, 68

of dissenters, 68

COINING,

information to obtain search warrants against persons for, 6
for forging foreign coin on 37 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 7., 7

warrant to search for instruments for coining silver coin of
this realm, and to seize offender, 22

like to search for counterfeited foreign coin of Prussia, 23
search warrant against coiner in another form, 23
for treason in coining shillings, 73

COMMITMENTS,

for treason in colouring base money like shillings, 73
for coining copper halfpence, 73

for treason in having tools for coining in custody, 73

COMMITMENTS-continued.

for feloniously counterfeiting Frederick d'ors, 74

for feloniously making counterfeit foreign coin, 74
for misprision of treason in making quarter moidores,
judgment for, 371

CONSPIRACY,

commitment for, to charge person with sodomy, and thereby
extorting money from him, 115

for, to defraud creditors, 115

warrant by chief justice of England to apprehend persons on
certificate of clerk of peace of indictment, found for, 201
ancient and modern forms of, for, 369

record of indictment for, where defendants were acquitted, no
prosecutor appearing on trial, 396

CONSTABLE,

notice of inhabitants of parish to, to enter into recognizance
to prosecute for keeping disorderly house, 8

return by, to summons, 10

for assault on, in execution of his duty, 78

CONVICTION,

certiorari to two justices of peace to remove into B. R. 251
like to bring up record of, of murder which was pleaded to
action on premises, and replication of nul tiel record, 253
certificate of the former, 352

record of judgment on, at adjourned session of oyer and ter
miner at Clerkenwell, Middlesex, on indictment for keep-
ing disorderly house, 638

record of, and judgment for murder or felony at assizes, 389
record of London's warrant to respite execution on, 444
certificate of, for burglary, at Old Bailey, 467

certificate of, on indictment for conterfeiting halfpenny, 468
record of, on trial on information for libel in newspaper, filed
by att. gen. 501

replication to plea of autre fois convict, nul tiel record of, 538

CORONER,

commitment of witness by, on refusal to give evidence, 38
to sign information, 38

recognizance taken by, from prosecutor and witnesses to ap-
pear before grand jury, and give evidence, and afterwards,
if bill be found, to prosecute, and give evidence on trial;
and if not found, then to give evidence on trial of coroner's
inquest, 46

CORRECTION, HOUSE OF,

general form of commitment to, 65

of a rogue and vagabond to, 65

for escaping from, 78

for rescuing a prisoner out of custody of keeper of, 80

COSTS.

recognizance to pay extra costs under 38 Geo. 3, c. 52, s. 12,
46, 7

order of justice of peace to treasurer of county to pay ex-
pences of taking to gaol, 116

the like for costs of complaint determined before justice, 117
warrant to levy same, 117

return thereto, 118

warrant to imprison party for such costs, 118

COUNSEL,

'speeches of, 321, to 324

reply of, for prosecution, 330

indorsements on brief of affidavit for, 497
licence for, 500

COUNTERFEIT MONEY,
Commitments,

on suspicion of feloniously putting off, at a lower rate than de-
nomination, 74

for putting off at a lower rate than denomination imported, 74
for feloniously counterfeiting Frederick d'ors, 74

for feloniously making counterfeit foreign coin, 74
for misprision of treason in making quarter moidores, 74
for uttering, having other of the same kind in possession, 75
for feloniously uttering, the third offence, 75

for feloniously buying counterfeit copper money for less than
its nominal value, 76

COUNTERPLEA,

on London side at Old Bailey on former conviction in the
same court, 346

on Middlesex side at Old Bailey to bar felon of benefit of
clergy, he having been before convicted at assizes, 347
to a plea praying benefit of clergy that had already been al
lowed, 348

to prayer of benefit of clergy prior conviction, Middlesex, $50
pleas in answer to, 352

COURT,

adjournment of, 187

proclamation on re-opening pursuant to adjournment, 187

CREDITORS,

commitment for conspiracy to defraud, 115

CRYER,

proclamation by, at assizes at opening of court to keep si-
lence, 182

like at sessions, 182

demand by of sheriff's return of precepts, 182

call of the grand jury, 182

telling jury to stand together, 315

proclamation for persons to give information against a pri-
soner on trial of felony at assizes, 315

CUTTING ENGINE, see "Coining."

Commitments on,

for having in possession, for making shillings, 74

DEAD BODY,

commitment for digging up and taking away, 68

DEFILING,

commitment for, and forcibly taking away a woman of sub-

stance, 95

DEMURRER,

general to an indictment, 517

general to an indictment for non-repair of highway, ibid.
common joinder in, 517

to several counts of an indictment for forcible entry, and con-
fession as to the residue, 518