OYER AND TERMINER, special commission of, for trial of certain high treasons in commission of, for northern circuit, 146 form of commission of, for London or Middlesex, 142 commission of, under which O'Coigley, &c. were tried, 160 receipt to sheriff to summon jury by two judges appointed for sheriff's return thereto, 172 venire ad respondendum from services of, to answer indict- capias from sessions of, and gaol delivery, on indictment for issue where indictment preferred at assizes for Wilts under PACK AND PRIME WAY. P plea to indictment for not repairing, 561 PARDON. commitment for not fulfilling condition, 81 pardon under royal sign manual, 449 call to prisoner to pay benefit of, 452 order at assizes confirming king's conditional, defendants to PARISH. record of judgment in K. B. for fine on indictment against, PAROLE OF HONOUR, See PRISONER." PAWN, see COMMITMENT." commitment for offering to pawn a silver watch, and not giv for unlawfully pawning goods without owner's consent, 103 PEACE, COMMISSION OF, see PEACE, BAEACH OF. warrant by two justices at quarter sessions for, 17 PERJURY. judgment for at election, 369 record of acquittal (where prosecutor made default) upon in- plea of autre fois acquit to indictment for, tried at Clerken- PERSONATING, see PRIZE MONEY." PETITION. for discharge of recognizance, which remains in force through affidavit of poverty, to found assignment to petition exchequer PETITION-continued. to discharge estreat of recognizance of bail for defendant's for assignment of king's counsel, 265 for pardon, 449 for, with intent to defraud insurers, 114 PLEAS, See "Highways," and end of Analytical Table. that offence triable in Scotland and demurrer, 505 exclusive jurisdiction in corporation of Beverley, in York- replication thereto-jurisdiction in quarter sessions, 514 plea, offence out of jurisdiction of sessions, 515 demurrer to plea to jurisdiction, 515 joinder in the like, 515 continuances, and judgment on demurrer and respondeas ous- ter, 516 Demurrers to indictments. general demurrer, 517 the like by inhabitants of parish, 517 common joinder, 517 demurrer to some counts on indictment for forcible entry, and joinder, 518 special demurrer, no time and place alledged, 518 Pleas in abatement, misnomer of surname, and addition, 520 misnomer of christian name, 521 wrong addition, 521 the like in another form, 522 defendant an earl, and not so described, 523 want of addition, 524, 5 in appeal, no such parish as that named, 525 demurrer to plea in abatement to indictment, 526 the like to replication, 526 joinder, 527 judgment, 527 Pleas in bar to indictment. autre fois acquit, on indictment for burglary, 528 joinder, 530 plea, autre fois acquit to indictment for perjury at Clerken- demurrer thereto, 532 joinder, 533 plea, autre fois convict to appeal of murder, 534 autre fois convict to part, and not guilty to residue, 556 Of pleas to merits of indictment. entry of plea, not guilty, in treason or felony, 540 PLEAS―continued. plea, not guilty, to indictment for misdemeanour, 540 to information ex officio in K. B. 540 plea by two inhabitants of a parish, 540 by township, confession to part and not guilty to residue, 541 PLURIES CAPIAS. in outlawry, 215 return to, 217 POISON. commitment for misdemeanour in attempting to poison, 91 form of information at police office, Southwark, for obtaining to obtain search warrant for stolen goods at police office, Union form of summons at office, Bow-street, 9 at Union Hall, 9 used at Bow-street office, 11 like at police office, Union Hall, to apprehend for false pre- summons from police office, Bow-street, to witness to attend like from police office, Union Hall, 35 POST OFFICE GENERAL. commitments against sorter of letters for stealing bill of ex- against letter carrier in, for secreting letters, on 5 Geo. 3. c. against a person employed in, for stealing letter containing against a person employed on business relating to, for feloni- for feloniously receiving bank note taken out of letter by per- POVERTY, see AFFIDAVIT." POWER OF ATTORNEY, See " STAMPS." commitment for forging stamp on seaman's, 107 PRACTICE. in regard to recognizances to try traverse, 288 as to party indicted bringing housekeepers into court as delivery of note of names and additions to clerk in court who question by clerk to person indicted, 288 answer, 288 mode of pleading general issue, 288 mode of taking recognizance on said plea, 288 PRECIPE. for writ of error, 415 with the attorney-general's fiat for writ of error, on indictment for receiving stolen goods, 415 PRÆMUNIRE. judgment of, 369 PRECEPT. oyer and terminer to sheriff to summon jury by two judges gaol delivery precept by judges appointed for Lincoln circuit, 172 return to same, 174 gaol delivery for borough of Leicester, 174 precept in county of Westmoreland to summon jury at ses- like in Middlesex from justices of peace to sheriff to summon precept to suminon jury before sessions, 303 to constable of Tower, in case of earl Ferrers to deliver pri- PREGNANCY. oath to forematron to try, of prisoner, like to rest of jury of matrons, 443, 4 PRESENTMENT. caption at adjourned sessions of, by justice, of highway being caption of, by commissioners of sewers, 195 information to ground a warrant to apprehend a principal and warrant to apprehend accessary, after fact, for harbouring, 16 against accessaries, after fact, of highway robbery, in assisting PRISONER. examination of, for burglary, 40 examination and confession of prisoner on charge of murder PRISONER OF WAR. Commitments, for assisting French to escape by conveying them across coun- for assisting French to escape out of prison and conveying for aiding escape of French, on parole of honour, 73 for assisting prisoner of war to escape generally out of realm, 73 PRISONER, order to bring up, 4 proceedings calling to bar, &c. 316 PRISON, Commitments, for breaking, on a charge of obtaining goods under false pre- of a rogue and vagabond for breaking, whereby he became in- for escaping from lighter where defendant was in execution of sentence, 79 Crim. Law. VOL. IV. 7 PRISON Continued. on suspicion of feloniously conveying instruments into, to as- for feloniously conveying instruments and disguise into prison from Union Hall, 35 other forms in country, 35 warrant for witness who has disobeyed summons, 36 in another form by a country magistrate, 37 other forms by coroner for refusing information and to sign when persons are to be called on recognizances, 178 by warrant, &c. before indictment, (see " Warrant") bench warrant from sessions, (see " Warrant,") 198 warrants after indictment found, 200 to 205 process by venire distringas and outlawry, 201 to 243 (see PROCLAMATION, at assizes by cryer at opening of court to keep silence, 182 at assizes for silence whilst reading proclamation against pro- at assizes for silence before charge given to grand jury, 183 at assizes for persons under recognizance to appear and pro- before discharge of prisoners against whom grand jury have on re-opening court pursuant to adjournment, 187 writ of, to appear at session, 215 return to writ of, of one proclamation in county court by for- another return to writ of proclamation of three proclamations, 221 record of outlawry at assizes, where two exigents and two pro- proclamation for silence to proceed on business on arraignment like for information on trial of traverse at assizes, $16 trial of felony at sessions, 316 like to discharge prisoners, 342 like to discharge recognizance, 342 like before sentence of death, 363 |