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dwelling-house] of him the said C.D., situate at in the said [county] by [some person unknown], and that he has reasonable and probable cause to suspect and verily does suspect that the said goods and chattels are concealed in the [dwelling-house] of E.D., of

in the said [county], labourer; * for he the said C.D., upon his said [oath] says that [here set forth the grounds of suspicion, which must be reasonable].* And thereupon the said C.D. prays that justice may be done in the premises.

Exhibited and sworn before me at the time and place aforesaid.

J.S.

(No. 2.)

UNDER THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND MALICIOUS INJURIES ACTS.

Proceed as in the last form to the first asterisk.]* He the said C.D. has reasonable and probable cause to suspect and verily does suspect that* divers, to wit, fifty pounds weight of gunpowder [gunpowder, explosive or noxious substance or thing, machine, engine, instrument, or thing] are kept [made, kept, or carried] for the purpose of being used in committing (a) [any of the felonies mentioned either in the Offences against the Person Act or Malicious Injuries Act] in the house [house, mill, magazine, storehouse, shop, cellar, yard, wharf, or other place; carriage, waggon, cart, ship, boat, or vessel] of one S.B., at in the said

[county]; for he the said C.D. upon his said [path] says that [here set forth the grounds of suspicion, which must amount to a "reasonable cause"]. And thereupon, &c. [conclude as in the last form from the third asterisk].

(a) Here state, if it be practicable, the felony intended to be com mitted.

(No. 3.)

UNDER THE FORGERY AND COIN ACTS.

Proceed as in the last form to the second asterisk.] E.F., of in the said [county], labourer, has in his custody, &c. [custody or possession], without lawful authority or excuse, a certain mould for making paper in imitation of the paper used for the notes and bills of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England [or a certain forged Bill of Exchange purporting to be for the payment of 201., and to be drawn by one S.T. and accepted by one R.W., or as the case may be] (a), in his [dwelling-house] at in the said [county]; for he, &c. [conclude as in the last form from the last asterisk].

To wit.

Search Warrant.

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WHEREAS it appears to me, the undersigned, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county], by the information_on [oath] of C.D., of in the said [county], a credible witness, that [here state the matter alleged by the informant in the manner in which it is stated in the preceding Informations, beginning at the first and ending at the second asterisk in form No. 1, in cases under the Larceny Act; and beginning at the first and ending at the last asterisk in form No. 2, in cases under the Offences against the Person and Malicious Injuries Acts; and beginning at the first asterisk and proceeding to the second asterisk in form No. 2, and then proceeding with form No. 3 to the asterisk, in cases under the Forgery and Coin Acts].

These are, therefore, in the name of our said Lady the Queen to authorise and require you, with necessary and proper assistants, to enter in the day-time into the said [dwelling-house] of the said E.F., at the [county] aforesaid [this description must accord

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(a) See s. 46 of the Forgery Act, ante, p. 309; and s. 27 of the Coin Act, ante, p. 336, for the things that may be searched for.

with the Information], and there diligently to search for the said goods [as in the Information], and if the same, or any part thereof, shall be found upon such search, that you bring the same (a) * and also the body of the said E.F.* before me or some other of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county], to be dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal at said [county] this

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A.D. 186
J.S. (L.S.)

(a) Omit the part between the asterisks wherever the person in possession of the thing would be guilty of no offence.

See ante, p. 400.

ARSON-continued.

ᎪᎡᎢ,

&c., or place, or to any university, &c., inn of
court, or dedicated to public use or maintained by
public subscription, 211

any other building, 212

goods in any building, 213

crop of hay, grass, corn, grain, pulse, &c., 221
wood, coppice, or plantation of trees, 221
heath, gorse, furze, or fern, 221

stack of corn, grain, pulse, tares, hay, straw, haulm,
stubble, &c., furze, gorse, heath, fern, turf, peat,
coals, charcoal, wood or bark, or steer of wood or
bark, 222

mine of coal, cannel coal, or anthracite, 228
ship or vessel, 243

with intent to prejudice owner or underwriter,
243

attempting to set fire to buildings, 214

crops of corn, &c., 222

stacks of steers, &c., 222

mines, 229

ships, 244

works of, destroying or damaging, 237

ASSAULTS,

common, summary conviction of, 67

commitment to hard labour for non-payment of fine, observa-
tions on, 68

aggravated, on females and children under fourteen years of
age, 68

Introduction, xxxii.

certificate of dismissal, &c., 69

such certificate or conviction a bar to other proceedings, 71
observations on the cases decided on the former clause, 71
summary provisions not to apply to attempts to commit
felony, &c., &c., 75

on clergymen and other ministers, 63

on magistrates preserving wreck, 64

with intent to commit felony, 65

resist apprehension or detainer, 65

on peace officers or their assistants, 65

with intent to obstruct the sale or passage of grain, flour, &c.,
65

on seamen, keelmen, or casters, 66

in pursuance of any conspiracy to raise the rate of wages, or
respecting any trade or manufacture, 67

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ASSAULTS-continued.

punishment, on conviction on an indictment, of common
assault, 76

assault occasioning actual bodily harm, 76

costs may be ordered to be paid by defendant on conviction
on indictment of any assault, 93

costs may be levied by distress, 95

with intent to rob, 134

АТТЕМРТ,

to murder by poison, 45

by wounding or causing grievous bodily harm, 45

by destroying buildings with gunpowder, 46

by setting fire to or casting away ships, 47

to administer poison, 47

to shoot or discharge loaded arms at, 47
to drown, suffocate, or strangle, 47

by any other means, 48

to maim, disfigure, or disable, or to do grievous bodily harm,
52

to choke, &c., with intent to commit an offence, 53

to administer chloroform, &c., with intent to commit an
offence, 54

to abuse girls under twelve years of age, 78

to procure abortion, 82

to commit abominable crime, 85

to take or destroy fish, 119

to set fire to building, 214

to destroy buildings with gunpowder, 215

to set fire to crops of corn, &c., and stacks and steers, 222

to set fire to mines, 229
to injure telegraphs, 237
to set fire to ships, 244

ATTORNEY,

embezzling money or securities intrusted to him with a
written direction, 166

or goods, &c., or power of attorney intrusted to him

for safe custody, 166

fraudulently selling property intrusted to him for safe custody,
168

B.

BAIL,

acknowledging in name of another without authority, 293
recognizance, form of, 381

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