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INDICTMENT-continued.

count for previous conviction, 333

joinder of defendants, 334

cases in which time is limited for preferring, 334

how drawn up and indorsed, 335

before the grand jury, 346

finding of grand jury, 347

consequences of being thrown out, 348

Vexatious Indictments Act, 348

INDICTMENT BEFORE HOUSE OF PEERS, 286

INDIVIDUALS, offences against, 146

INDORSEMENT,

fraudulently inducing, 236

forging, 253

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 450

INFANCY,

when exempts from criminal responsibility, 26

three ages to be considered, 26

infancy of witness as a ground of incompetency, 393

INFORMATION,

definition of criminal, 335

other uses of the term, 335, n.

information ex officio, 335

example of, 336

information by Master of the Crown Office, 337

proceedings, 337

how tried, 337

process on, 353

INFORMATION IN SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS, 474

INFORMATION ON PENAL STATUTE, compounding, 95

INJURE, attempt to, the Queen, 54

INJURY TO PROPERTY, 263: v. MALICIOUS INJURY.
INLAND REVENUE STAMPS, forging, 254

INN, disorderly, 136

INNUENDO, in libel, 111

INQUISITION OF OFFICE, 325: v. CORONER.

INSANITY,

an exemption from criminal responsibility, 20
medical and legal views differ, 20

varieties of, 21

partial or total, 21

INSANITY-continued.

permanent or temporary, 21

three stages in the history of, 21

the existing law as declared in M'Naughten's Case, 22
how dealt with by the proposed Criminal Code, 23

medical evidence, 23

trial in cases of, 24

is a bar at any stage to further proceedings, 25

appearing at arraignment, 361

reprieve, if after judgment, 459

insanity of witness, a ground of incompetency, 393
INSURRECTION against the SOVEREIGN, 50

INTENT

in larceny, 206

in false pretences, 235
in forgery, 257

in malicious injuries, 267

INTENTION

an essential of crime, 12
what is it, 12

contrasted with will, 12

determines whether an act is criminal, 13, 15

though not the sole gauge of liability, 16
naked intention not punishable, except in treason, 15
criminal intention, or malice: v. MALICE.

INTERROGATION OF PRISONER, 391

INTIMIDATING PARTIES OR WITNESSES, 91

INVASION, procuring foreign, 55

INVITO DOMINO, in larceny, taking, 200

INVOLUNTARY,

meaning of the term, 12
acts not punishable, 19

IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE, 23

IRON: v. METAL.

ISSUE: v. GENERAL ISSUE.

J.

JERVIS'S ACTS, 474

JOINDER OF COUNTS: v. COUNTS.

JOINDER OF Defendants, 334

JOINT OWNER, larceny, &c., by, 204

JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY, goods of, ownership, how laid,
327

JOINT TENANT, larceny by, 204

JOURNEY, offences committed on, where tried, 343

JUDGES,

slaying the, 51

at assizes, 290

at the Central Criminal Court, 295

bail by, 322

JUDGMENT, 433

arrest of, 433

postponed, 433

where defendant is not before the court, 433

how given, 434

reversal of: v. REVERSAL.

JUDGMENT OF MAGISTRATE on summary conviction, 479

JUDICIAL SEPARATION AFTER ASSAULT, 18

JURIS PRESUMPTIO, 422

JURIS ET DE JURE PRESUMPTIO, 422

JURISDICTION, plea to the, 365

JURORS: v. JURY.

JURY,

contempt of court by, 99

trial by, 373: v. EMBRACERY; Grand Jury; Petty Jury.

when trial by jury may be claimed, 467

JURY OF MATRONS, 459

JUSTICE, PUBLIC: v. PUBLIC JUSTICE.

JUSTICE OF PEACE: v. MAGISTRATE.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE, 149

in execution of criminal, 149

by officer in execution of duty, 150, 168

in prevention of crime, 151

in cases of rape, &c., 151

distinguished from excusable homicide, 152

JUVENILE OFFENDERS, 468

KEEPING THE PEACE,

K.

security for, 275, 280

forfeiture of recognizances, 278, 280

recognizances, general or special, 280: v. SECURITY.

KILLING, animals, 272; v. HOMICIDE.

Knowledge: v. Carnal Knowledge; Guilty Knowledge.

L.

LABOUR: v. HARD LABOUR.

LAND: v. REAL PROPERTY.

LAND TRANSFER ACT, 1875,
forgery against, 255
offences against, 261

LARCENY,

definition of, 189

simple and compound distinguished, 189
what things may be the subjects of, 190
at common law, only personal goods, 191
law as to things real, 191

severance, &c., makes personal goods, 191
materials of buildings, fixtures, &c., 192
ore or coal from mines, 192

trees, 192

plants, &c., 193

deeds, &c., 193

choses in action (including cheques, &c.), 193
animals, 195

deer, 196

hares and rabbits, 196

fish, 197

oysters, 197

dogs, 197

horses, cows, sheep, &c., 198

killing animals to steal carcass, skin, &c., 198

the value of the thing stolen, 198

grand and petty larceny, 198

ownership of goods, how laid, 199

the wilfully wrongful taking possession, 199

if claim of right, no felony, 199, 206

actual taking, 199

constructive taking, 200

where the right of property, as well as of possession, is parted
with, 200

authority of servant to part with property or possession, 201
where the possession is obtained animo furandi, 201

ring-dropping, 201

LARCENY continued.

narrow line separating larceny from false pretences, 202, 232,
248

where the possession is obtained lawfully and bonâ fide without
any fraudulent intent in the first instance, 202

in cases of bailment, 202

where the delivery does not alter the possession in law, 203

bare use does not divest of possession, 204

the taking must be of another's goods, 204
by joint tenant or tenant in common, 204
by members of a corporation, 204, n.
by husband or wife, 204

larceny of things found, 205

the taking physically regarded, 205
asportation, 205

attempt, 206

animus furandi, 206

larceny distinguished from trespass, 206

need not be lucri causâ, 207

servants taking master's corn, &c., 207

counts for distinct acts of stealing, 208, 332

verdict of embezzlement on indictment for larceny, and vice

versâ, 208, 226

place of trial, 208, 342

punishment, 209

after previous conviction, 442

in case of tenant or lodger, 209

of clerks or servants, 209

larceny distinguished from embezzlement, 223, 248
compound or aggravated larceny, 209

of goods in process of manufacture, 210

from vessels, docks, &c., 211

from wrecks, 211

by those in the public service, constables, &c., 211

stealing from the person, 215

in relation to post-office, 216: v. DWELLING-HOUSE;
ROBBERY.

verdict of larceny on indictment for embezzlement, and vice
versâ, 208, 226

on indictment for false pretences not acquittal because it
turns out to be larceny, 232

count for receiving may be added, 220, 332
summary jurisdiction in larceny, 470, 472

small larcenies and embezzlements, 470
larcenies not indictable, 472

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