Metal, fixed in land which is private property, stealing, commit-
ment for, 36. Ripping, cutting or breaking it, with intent
to steal it, commitment for, 36.

Metal, fixed for a fence to a dwelling-house garden or area, steal-
ing, commitment for, 36, 37. Ripping, cutting or break-
ing it, with intent to steal it, commitment for, 36, 37.

Metal, fixed in a square, street or place, dedicated to public use
or ornament, stealing, commitment for, 37. Ripping, cut-
ting or breaking it, with intent to steal it, commitment
for, 37.

Milestone. See "Highway."

Mill, setting fire to, commitment for, 42. Riotously pulling
down demolishing or destroying, commitment for, 46.
Mill-pond, breaking down or destroying the dam of, commit-
ment for, 51.

Miller. See "Bread."

Mine, stealing ore, &c. from, or severing it with intent to steal it,
commitment for, 32.

Mine of coal or cannel coal, setting fire to, commitment for, 44.
Mine, drowning or conveying water into, with intent to damage
it, commitment for, 45.

Mine, obstructing airway, waterway, drain, pit, level or shaft of,
commitment for, 45.

Mine, steam or other engine &c. used for, pulling down de-
stroying or damaging, commitment for, 45. Riotously do-
ing so, commitment for, 46.

Mundick, stealing from a mine, commitment for, 32.

Murder, by stabbing, commitment for, 57; by shooting, commit-
ment for, 58; by throwing a stone, commitment for, 58; by
beating, commitment for, 58; by riding over the deceased,
commitment for, 59; by strangling, commitment for, 59;
by drowning, commitment for, 59; by poison, commitment
for, 60.
Murder of a bastard child by the mother, commitment for, 62.

N.

Naval stores, having them in possession, commitment for, 77.
Navigable river, stealing from a ship barge or boat on, commit-
ment for, 26. Throwing down levelling or destroying locks,
sluices, floodgates or other works on, commitment for, 49.
Opening or drawing up floodgates, or doing other injury to
a navigable river, commitment for, 49.

Negligent escape, commitment of a constable for permitting it, 78.
Commitment of the party escaping, and those aiding him,

78.

Notice of appeal against a conviction, form of, 112.

Notice of bail, in what cases required, 16.

Nursery ground. See "Plants.”

Nusance, commitments for, see 87. See "Highway."

0.

Oath of a witness, form of, upon his examination before a justice
of the peace, 9.

Oath, unlawful, administering, commitment for, 76. Taking
such unlawful oath, commitment for, 76. Administering
an oath to commit treason or felony, commitment for, 76.
Obliterating or destroying a record, &c., commitment for, 28.
Obscene prints, selling, commitment for, 76.

Obstructing airways, waterways, drains, pits, levels or shafts of
mines, commitment for, 45.

Obtaining money &c. by false pretences, commitment for, 39,
40.

Offences, indictable, what, 1. Duties of justices of peace with
respect to them, 1, 3.

Offences punishable upon summary conviction, what, 1. Duties
of justices of peace with respect to them, 1, 93.

Office, setting fire to, commitment for, 42. Riotously pulling
down demolishing or destroying, commitment for, 46.
Opening floodgates, or doing injury to navigable rivers or canals,
commitment for, 49.

Orchard. See "Fruit."

Order for delivery of goods, entrusted to a factor or agent by his
principal, and pledged by him, commitment for, 39.

Order for the payment of money or delivery of goods, forging, com-
mitment for, 57.

Orders of magistrates, not obeying, commitment for, 81.
Ore of metal, stealing, from a mine, commitment for, 32.
Outhouse, setting fire to, commitment for, 42. Riotously pulling
down demolishing or destroying, commitment for, 46.
Ox. See "Cow."

Oysters or oyster brood, stealing, commitment for, 31. Dredging
for oysters in the oyster fishery of another, commitment for,
31.

Oyster fishery, wrongfully dredging in, commitment for, 32.
Dragging on the ground of another's oyster fishery, commit-
ment for, 32.

Pawning. See "Pawnbroker."
Pawnbroker:

1. Not having his name and the word "Pawnbroker" over
his door: information, 281; conviction, 282; warrant
of distress, &c., 282.

2. Receiving in pawn goods in a state of manufacture, or
linen put out to wash: information, conviction, &c. 282.
3. Taking more than regulated interest: information, con-
viction, &c., 283.

4. Selling pledges, before the time limited: information,
conviction, &c., 284.

5. Not delivering up pledges on payment of principal and
interest: information, conviction, &c., 284.

6. Pawnbroker not producing his books: information, con-
viction, &c., 285.

7. Pawning goods the property of others: information, con-
viction, &c., 286.

Peace officers, assaulting, in the execution of their duty, commit-
ment for, 68.

Pedlar. See "Hawker."

Perjury, commitment for, 80. Subornation of, commitment for,
80.

Person, stealing from the, commitment for, 20.

Pigeons, killing or taking, 246: summons or warrant, 246; con-
viction, 246.

Piles, &c. fixed in the ground for securing river or sea banks, cut-
ting off drawing off or removing, commitment for, 49.

See "Quarantine." "Ship."

Pilot.
Pit of a mine, filling up or obstructing, commitment for, 45.
Plants, growing in gardens &c, stealing, conviction, 258; second

offence, commitment for, 35. Damaging or destroying
them with intent to steal them, conviction, 259; second of-
fence, commitment for,35. Stealing or damaging them, growing
elsewhere, conviction, 260, 261; conviction for a second of-
fence, 262. Damaging or destroying them maliciously, if
growing in a garden, &c., 269; conviction, 269; second
offence, commitment for, 270: the like, if growing elsewhere,
271; conviction, 271; conviction for a second offence, 272.
Pledge. See "Pawnbroker."

Pledging the goods &c. of his principal, by a factor, commitment
for, 39.

Poison. See "Murder." Attempt to murder by poison &c.,
commitment for, 61.

Polygamy. See "

Pond.

Bigamy."

66

See "Fish-pond." Mill-pond."

Port, stealing from a ship barge or boat in, commitment for, 26.
Post.

See "Fences."

Post-horse duty:

1. Post-master not delivering tickets to persons hiring

horses: information, 286; conviction, 287; warrant
of distress &c., 287.

2. Post-masters not filling up the ticket truly: information,
conviction &c., 288.

3. Using the same ticket for any other horse: information,
conviction &c., 288.

4. Persons hiring horses, falsely alleging them to be their
own, 289: information, conviction &c. 289.

5. Forging tickets, 290: information, conviction &c., 290.
6. Toll-gate keepers not filing tickets, or refusing to give
check tickets, 290: information, conviction &c., 290.
Post-master. See "Post-horse duty."

Pretences, false, obtaining money by, commitment for, 39, 40.
Prison. See "Gaol."

Prison, breach of, commitment for, 78. Conveying files &c. to a
prisoner, to enable him to escape, commitment for, 79.
Prisoner, examination of, in cases of felony, 8, 9;-in cases of
misdemeanor, 8.

Prisoner, evidence for him, may be received by the Justice of
Peace, at the time of the examination, 15.

Prisoner discharged, upon bail being taken, 17; warrant of deli-
verance in such case, 17.

Proceedings at the hearing of an information, 99: before what
justices, 99; appearance or default of the party, 99; evi-
dence, 100; what must be proved, 100; and the manner of
proving it, 100; who competent as witnesses, 100; convic-
tion, 101; adjudication, 101; costs, 101; form of award-
ing them, 102; form of warrant of distress and sale for
them, 102; constable's return thereon, for want of distress,
103; commitment thereupon to the house of correction, 103.
Procurers, in offences punishable upon summary conviction: con-
viction &c., 264. 276.

Promissory notes, stealing, commitment for, 20.

Promissory notes: uttering notes or bills for less than 20s., 291:
information, 291; conviction, 291; warrant of distress, 292.
Provoking a man to send a challenge, commitment for, 84.
Public indecency, commitment for, 88.

Pulling down airways, waterways, drains, pits, levels or shafts
of mines, commitment for, 45.

Pulling down a bridge, commitment for, 50.

Pulling down steam-engines or other engines, staiths, waggon-
ways &c., used for mines, commitment for, 45.

Pulling down, riotously, a church, chapel, house, machinery &c.,

commitment for, 46.

Pulse, burning stacks of, commitment for, 52. Burning crops of,
commitment for, 52.

Q.

Quarantine:

1. Not hoisting quarantine signals: information, 293; con-
viction, 293; warrant of distress &c., 293.

2. Hoisting quarantine signals, in vessels not liable to qua-
rantine; information, conviction &c., 293.

3. Pilot conducting a ship liable to quarantine, into a place
not appointed for such vessel, 294; information, con-
viction &c., 294.

4. Quitting vessels liable to quarantine, 295; information,
conviction &c., 295.

5. Landing goods from vessels liable to quarantine, 295;
information, conviction &c., 295.

6. Knowingly receiving goods from vessels liable to quaran-
tine, 295; information, conviction &c., 295.

Quay adjoining to a port or navigable river, stealing from, com-
mitment for, 27.

R.

Rack, for preparing or manufacturing silk woollen linen or
cotton goods, cutting breaking damaging or destroying,
commitment for, 43. Entering a building by force, with
intent to do so, commitment for, 44.

Rape, commitment for, 64. Assault with intent to commit a rape,
commitment for, 64.

Real estate, stealing writings relating to the title to, commitment
for, 29.

Receipt, forging, commitment for, 56.
Receiver of stolen goods, commitment of, together with the prin-
cipal, 40; or as for a substantive felony, 40. The like,
where the offence of the principal is a misdemenor, 41. Re-
ceiving stolen property, where the offence of the principal is
punishable upon conviction only, 263; conviction, 263; con-
viction for a second offence, 264.

Recognizance to prosecute or give evidence, in what cases and
how taken, 12; how, where the prosecutor or witness is a
married woman, 12. Form of recognizance to prosecute
and give evidence, 12. Form of recognizance to give evi-
dence, 13. These recognizances, with the depositions of
witnesses, and the examinations of the accused, to be trans-
mitted to the assizes or sessions, 13, 14. 8.

Recognizance of bail, how taken, 16; form of it, 16; to be trans-
mitted to the assizes or sessions, 17. 8.

Recognizance upon an appeal against a conviction, form of, 113;
upon a certiorari to remove a conviction, 113, 114.

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