VAGRANTS-continued.

of idle and disorderly persons, 933-935.
who to be deemed, 933, 934.
punishment of, by commitment, 935.
form of warrant, 935.

rogues and vagabonds, 935, 936.

who to be deemed, 936, 937.
punishment of, 936.

incorrigible rogues, 936, 937.

who to be deemed, 936, 937.
punishment of, 937.
apprehending, 937, 938.

any person may apprehend offenders, 937.
penalty on constables, &c. neglecting duty, 937
on fresh pursuit, what constitutes, 937, 938.

power of justices out of sessions, 938.

may issue warrant to apprehend suspected persons, 938.
all vagrants to be searched, and trunks, bundles, &c.
inspected, 938.
effects found to be sold towards expenses, 938.
binding over persons to prosecute vagrants at sessions,

power of sessions to allow expenses, 939.

proceedings at sessions, 939.

punishment of incorrigible rogues, 939.
duties of constables and peace officers, 940.
penalties for neglect of duties, 940.
expenses of prosecution, 940.

power to search lodging-houses, 941.

certificates to ask alms, 941.

938.

visiting justices may grant certificates to enable persons
discharged from prison to receive alms on their route,

punishment for loitering or deviating, 941.

941.

justices not to grant, except to soldiers and sailors,

VENISON,

offences relating to, 298, 299.

VENUE. See Indictment.

VESSELS. See Ships.

stealing from, 480.

VILLAINOUS JUDGMENT,

what it is, 181.

VITRIOL,

throwing into the face, not a wounding within Lord Lans-

downe's Act, Addenda, p. 1116.

VOLUNTARY ESCAPE. See Escape.

by justice, viewing a felony or breach of peace, 947.
without writing, in what case, 947.

for what causes a warrant may be granted, 947.

in cases of libel, 948.

where a summons is more proper, 947.

general warrant bad, 947.

may issue to bring party before any justice of the county, 951.
what is to be done previously to granting it, 947.

how long it continues in force, 952.

how far grantable on suspicion, 948.

form thereof, 949-952.

altering a warrant, 951.

must be under seal, 951.

must be drawn up at the time when granted, 952.
signed in blank, but filled up before executed, 952.
addressed to several, 952. See also 38.

endorsement into another county, 952-958.

offenders escaping out of one of the United Kingdoms
into another, 953-956.

service of subpoena in such cases, 956.

execution of, by constable, 39. 949. note (a).

See Arrest ;

and General Index, Constable.

any one except the party may execute it, 38.
whether constable need shew it, 45, 46.

returning, 47.

constable ought not to part with, 45.

of commitment. See Commitment.

to search for stolen goods. See Search-warrant.

WARREN,

killing hares or conies in, 299.

WATCHMAN. See General Index, Watching and Lighting.

his authority to arrest, 38, 39.

what is to be done after, 47.

WAY. See Highway.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. See General Index.

selling short, 129.

WHIPPING,

of females, abolished, 965.

WIFE,

woman marrying pending an action, 957.
committing offences, 957-959.

in her husband's presence, 957, 958, 959. See also 451.
not answerable for husband's breach of duty, 957.
not an accessary in receiving her husband, being guilty
of a felony, 958.

cannot be accessary after the fact to her husband,
though she may before, 7.

receiving a felon without husband's knowledge, may
be accessary, 7.

aliter, where she and husband both receive, 7.
keeping a bawdy-house or gaming-house, 958.
may be indicted separately, 958.

husband to be joined as to a penalty, 958.
stealing husband's goods, 450, 960.

goods of husband's bailee, 959.

carrying her away with the husband's goods, 959.
stealing by her paramour, she assisting, 960.

guilty of forcible entry, 960.

guilty of slander, trespass, or assault, 960.

taking in execution for, 961.

receiving stolen goods, how far husband liable, 961.
guilty of conspiracy with her husband, 961.
killing her husband, 961.

woman servant marrying, 961.

wife hiring to be a servant, 961

evidence for or against her husband, 961, 962.

See Vol. I.
tit. Evidence.

may demand surety for the peace against her husband,

961, 962.

habeas corpus against husband for ill-treatment of wife, 962.
husband and wife agreeing to live separate, habeas corpus for
husband, 962.

punishment for pretending to, 963.

WITNESSES. See Vol. V. tit. Evidence.

making depositions before committing justices &c. 197.

et seq. See Exumination.

binding over, to appear at trial, 206, 207. See Examination.
subpoenas in different parts of the U. K., 956.
WOLFSHEAD,

WOMAN. See Wife-Polygamy-Rape.
forcing a woman to enter into a bond, 963.
forcible abduction of, 964, 965.

no suit to compel marriage of, 965.
peeresses, how to be tried, 965.

judgment against, in treason and felony, 965.
plea of pregnancy, 965.

sentence of whipping not to be awarded, 965.
attending the torn and leet, 966.

serving the office of constable or overseer, 966.
WOOD,

former statutes respecting, repealed, 966.
7 & 8 G. 4. c. 30., 966.

destroying or damaging, 551.

setting fire to, 966. 110.

7 & 8 G. 4. c. 29., 453.

stealing, 453, 454.

penalties on damaging trees in Alice Holt, 966.

in Woolmer Forest, 967.

forfeiture for destroying fences put up under Inclosure Acts, 967.
WOUNDING,

what amounts to, within Lord Lansdowne's Act, 542.
not throwing vitriol. See Addenda, p. 1016.

WRECK,

what is a wreck of the sea, in legal understanding, 968.
jetsam, flotsam, and ligan, 968.

to whom it belongs, 969.

whether seizing be a felony at common law, 969.

assisting ships in distress, 969-971.

12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18., 969.

justices, &c. to suminon assistance, 969.

penalty for refusing assist-

ance, 969.

to provide for care of goods wrecked, 971.
penalty on persons entering ship without leave, im-
peding the saving, &c. 970.

provision for payment of salvage, 971.

officer of customs abusing his trust, 985.

lord of manor's claims not to be prejudiced, 985.

26 G. 2. c. 19., 969.

justices to call a meeting in aid, 969.

any justice may take the posse comitatus, 970.
who shall give orders to save, 970.
salvage, as to persons not employed

reward to persons discovering

examination on oath of persons

1 & 2 G. 4. c. 75., 971-985.

VOL III.

under the au-
thorities, 971.
goods wrongfully
bought, &c. 985.
belonging to the

vessel, &c. 985.

where pilots and others are to deposit anchors, &c. and

other parted ships' materials and goods, 972.

penalty for concealing them, 972.

ort of goods deposited, 973.

fees for report, 976.

4 c

where pilots and others are to deposit anchors, &c. — con-

tinued.

seizure of goods not deposited, 973.
disposal of goods reported and not claimed, 973.
adjustment by justices of differences between owners and
salvors, 974, 975.

of remuneration for services to ships in distress, 974.
cutting away or defacing buoys, &c. felony, 975.988.
fraudulently purchasing or receiving anchors, cables, &c.
975, 976..

pilots selling or disposing of, 977.
dealers in marine stores to have their names painted
on their store-houses, 977.

to keep an account of old stores bought by
them, 977.

to permit inspection, 978.

to advertise before cutting up cordage, 978.

manufacturers of anchors to place marks on them, 978,

form of conviction under this Act, 979.

appeal from conviction, 979.

inhabitants competent, 980.

979.

offences under this Act, where to be tried, 980.
reservation of rights of Trinity-house, &c. 980.
lords of manors not to claim wrecks till report made, 981.
perishable goods may be sold by consent of justices,

981.

goods saved to be forwarded to original destination, 982.
carriages may pass over adjacent lands in order to save,
&c., 982.

jurisdiction as to salvage, 983.
in case of damage done by foreign vessel in harbour, any
of the judges may cause her to be arrested until
owners, &c. shall undertake to appear, 983.

penalties, how recoverable, 983.

adjustment and payment of salvage, 983.

where salvors have acted without authority from
officers of customs, &c. 993.
48 G. 3. c. 130.-pilot, &c. committing act tending to wreck
of ship, 989.
3 G. 1. c. 13. salvage adjusted by lord warden of Cinque
Ports, 985.

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1 & 2 G. 4. c. 76. (Cinque Ports Act), 986. et seq.
lord warden to appoint commissioners to determine
differences as to salvage, 986.

commissioners' power, 986.

their pay, 987.

not to act where resident, 987.

their oath, 987.

appeal from their decision, 987, 988.

cutting away or defacing buoys, felony, 988.

depositing anchors, wrecked merchandise, and ships'