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Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 356.

C. D. was drowned, of which said drowning [as in No. 256,
supra.]

263. By Poisoning.]-by mixing a large quantity of a certain deadly
poison, called
with a certain quantity of coffee, which
the said C. D. was then about to drink, and which the said
C. D. then and there did drink, by means whereof he the said
C. D. then and there became sick, and of the said poison so
drunk by him the said C. D., and of the sickness occasioned
thereby, then and there died, contrary, &c.

Id. Offence 172. (5 Burn's Jus. 29th ed. pp. 241-245.)

NUISANCES.

264. For carrying on the Trade of a Trunk-maker.]-did unlawfully and injuriously set up, exercise and carry on the trade and business of a trunk-maker in a certain workshop there situate near the dwelling houses of divers subjects of our lady the now Queen, and also divers public highways there, and did then and there unlawfully and injuriously make, and cause and procure to be made, divers loud and annoying sounds and noises by then and there hammering and striking divers trunks and boxes with divers large hammers and other instruments, by reason whereof the said subjects residing in the said dwelling-houses and passing on the said highways were greatly annoyed, disturbed and incommoded.

265. For erecting a Furnace with a Boiler, and using it for the boiling of Tripe and Offal of Beasts.]-did unlawfully and injuriously erect and set up, and cause to be erected and set up near the dwelling-houses of divers persons, and also near divers public highways there, a certain furnace with a boiler, to be used for the boiling of tripe and other entrails and offal of beasts, and then and on divers other days did unlawfully and injuriously boil divers large quantities of tripe and other entrails and offal of beasts in the said boiler, whereby divers noisome and unwholesome smokes and smells did then from thence there arise, so that the air there was greatly corrupted and infected.

266. For using a Shop in a Market as a Slaughter-house for killing Sheep, &c.]-did unlawfully and injuriously kill and slay, and cause to be killed and slain, divers, to wit, six sheep and two calves, in a certain shop of him the said A. B. there situate in a common market-place called the Shambles, and the excrement, blood, entrails and other filth coming from the said sheep and calves, did then and on divers other days there cause and permit to lie and remain in the said shop for a long time, to wit, for the space of six hours on each of those days, whereby divers filthy aud unwholesome smells and stenches therefrom did arise, and the air there was thereby greatly corrupted and infected.

267. For keeping a furious Dog unmuzzled near a Highway]—unlawfully did keep, and still doth keep, a certain large dog of a fierce and furious nature near unto the common highway there, and the said dog then and there unlawfully did permit and suffer, and still doth permit and suffer to go unmuzzled and at large, he the said A. B. well knowing the said dog to be of a very fierce and savage nature and disposition, and prone to bite, worry and injure all persons passing and repassing on the said highway.

268. The like. (From 2 Burn's Jus. 29th ed. p. 332.)]-did then and there unlawfully keep, and still doth keep, a certain large dog of a fierce and furious nature, and doth permit and suffer the same to go unmuzzled and at large near the Queen's highway there.

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269. For knowingly keeping an unruly Bull in a Field through which there was a public Footway.]-did unlawfully keep at large, and still doth keep at large, a certain bull of a fierce, furious and unruly nature, in a certain open field called, there situate, and in the occupation of the said A. B., through and along which said field there was and still is a common public footway leading from ; and that the said bull at the time aforesaid furiously ran at, to and against one C. D. [or the said C. D.] then passing in and along the said footway, and then and there furiously pushed at, cast down and prostrated the said C. D., and greatly hurt him; and that divers other persons having occasion to pass and repass in and along the said footway could not nor can they now pass or repass in and along the same without great hazard and danger of being torn, gored and wounded by the said bull (he the said A. B. well knowing the said bull to be of such fierce, furious and unruly nature.)

270. For exposing a Child infected with the Small Pox in public Streets.] -did unlawfully and injuriously take and carry one E. R., an infant of tender age, to wit, of the age of four years, then infected, ill and sick of and with a certain contagious, infectious and dangerous disease and sickness, called the small pox, into and along a certain open public street and passage called Market Street, there situate, to the great and manifest danger of infection with the said disease and sickness.

OATHS (UNLAWFUL).

271. Administering, or causing to be administered, any Oath to com- Oke's Synop. mit Felony, &c. (52 Geo. 3, c. 104, s. 1.)]-did unlawfully and felo- 2nd ed. p. 356. niously administer [or cause to be administered; or aid or assist at the Offence 173. administering of] a certain oath and engagement unto one C. D., purporting and then and there intended to bind the said C. D. to commit treason by traitorously compassing and imagining the death of our sovereign lady the Queen,

[or to commit murder, that is to say, feloniously and of his malice aforethought to kill and murder one G. H.]

[or to commit a certain felony punishable by law with death, that is to say, feloniously to

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and which said oath and engagement was then and there taken by the

said C. D., contrary, &c.

272. Taking same, without being compelled. (Id.)]-did unlawfully Id. Offence 174. and feloniously take a certain oath and engagement purporting [&c. as in

No. 271 to the asterisk*, then :] he the said A. B. not being then and

there compelled so to do, contrary, &c.

273. Administering, or causing to be administered, or present_thereat, Id. Offence 175. any Oath to disturb the public Peace, or to engage in seditious Purposes, &c. (37 Geo. 3, c. 123, s. 1.)]—did unlawfully and feloniously administer [or cause to be administered, or aid, or assist, or was present at, or consent to the administering, or taking of] a certain oath and engagement unto one C. D., purporting and then and there intended to bind

Oke's Synop.

2nd. ed. p. 356. wit,

the said C. D. to engage in a certain mutinous [or seditious] purpose, to

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formed for a mutinous

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[or to disturb the public peace, by-
[or to be of a certain association, called
or seditious purpose, to wit,

[or to obey the orders and commands of a certain illegally consti-
tuted body of men, called —],

[or not to inform or give evidence against any associate, confederate or other person of and belonging to a certain unlawful association and confederacy],

[or not to reveal or disclose a certain unlawful combination and confederacy, called

],

[or not to reveal a certain illegal act done by one G. H., to wit, -, or a certain illegal act, to wit, intended to be done

by one G. H.],

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[or not to reveal or disclose a certain illegal oath and engagement, to wit, —, taken by the said A. B. [or by one G. H.,]* and which said oath and engagement was then and there taken by the said A. B., contrary, &c.

274. Taking same without being compelled. (Id.)]—did unlawfully and feloniously take a certain oath and engagement purporting [&c. as in No. 273 to the asterisk*, then :], he the said A. B. not being then and there compelled so to do, contrary, &c.

Id. p. 358.
Offence 177.

Id. Offence 178.

Id. Offence 179.

PERJURY.

275. At Common Law. (Adapted from 5 Burn's Jus. 29th ed. p. 521.)] -did falsely, wickedly, wilfully and corruptly commit wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit to hold to bail then and there made by him the said A. B.

[or in the testimony which he gave upon oath, as a witness at the trial of a certain cause between C. D. and E. F. at the assizes for the county of York then and there holden],

[or in the testimony he gave upon oath in his examination before J. P. Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of , upon the hearing of a certain information [or complaint] then and there preferred by one C. D. [or the said A. B.] against E. F.],

[or in his evidence as a witness on the hearing of a certain information at a petty sessions of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the division of N. in the said county of wherein one C. D. was the informant and one E. F. the defendant].

276. Subornation of Perjury.]—did unlawfully, corruptly, wickedly and maliciously suborn and procure one C. D. to commit wilful and corrupt perjury on the day of - instant, at in the testimony [&c. as in either of the cases in Form No. 275, supra]. • If the offence be on a statute, add the words "contrary, &c."

277. Before Judge of a County Court. (9 & 10 Vic. c. 95. s. 84.)]did wilfully and corruptly give false evidence in his examination upon oath [or affirmation], before one J. C. Esquire, the judge of the County Court of C., at N., on the hearing of a certain cause between C. D. [or the said A. B.] and E. F., then and there holden, contrary, &c.

PERSONATION.

278. Of Seamen, &c. or their Representatives, for their Pay, Pension, Oke's Synop. &c. (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 20, ss. 84, 88.)]-did wilfully, know- 2nd ed. p. 358. ingly [or falsely] and feloniously personate and assume to be one C. D., a Offence 180. seaman [or mariner, or person], then entitled [or supposed to be entitled]

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to certain wages [or pay, pension, prize-money, or allowance], to wit, the -, for services in her Majesty's navy, in order then and there to receive the said wages [or as the case may be], contrary, &c.

279. Of Soldiers, for their Prize Money, &c. (2 Will. 4, c. 53, s. 49, Id. Offence 181. and 7 Geo. 4, c. 16, s. 36.)]—This may be readily framed from No. 278,

supra.

280. Bail, &c. (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 66, s. 11.)]--did felo- Id. Offence 182. niously acknowledge before the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Knight, one of the barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster (the said Sir F. P., knight, then and there having lawful authority, to take any recognizance of bail in any suit then depending in the said court), a certain recognizance of bail, in the name of C. D., in a certain cause then depending in the said court, wherein E. F. was plaintiff and F. G. defendant, he the said C. D. not being then and there privy or consenting to the said A. B. so acknowledging such recognizance in his name as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

281. Owners of Stock. (Id. s. 7.)]-did feloniously, falsely and deceitfully personate one C. D., the said C. D. then and there being the owner of a certain [dividend in respect of a certain] share and interest in certain stock and annuities which were then transferable at the Bank of England, to wit, one-third share of and in the sum of two hundred and eighty-one pounds five shillings, three pounds per centum Consolidated Bank Annuities [or as the case may be], and he the said A. B. did thereby then and there [endeavour to] transfer the said share and interest of the said C. D. therein,

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[or did receive the sum of being a dividend on the said share and interest of the said C. D. therein],

as if he the said A. B. was then and there the true and lawful owner thereof, contrary, &c.

PIRACY.

282. Common Law. (4 Bl. Comm. 72.)]—did piratically and felo- Id. Offence 183. niously assault one [or the said] C. D. and E. F. then being on board a certain ship called the -, upon the high seas near the [coast of Africa], and thereby then and there put the said C. D. and E. F. in bodily fear and danger of their lives, and the said ship and the apparel and tackle thereof, of the value of and ten bales of silk of the value of ——, in

and on board of the said ship then being, of the goods and chattels of certain subjects of our lady the Queen [unknown], and then and there being in the custody of the said C. D. and E. F. on the high seas aforesaid, did piratically, feloniously and violently steal, take and carry away, contrary, &c.

283. The like, with Violence. (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88, s. 2.)]— Proceed to the asterisk in Form No. 282, supra, then :-and that the said A. B. at the time of [or immediately before or after the] committing

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 358.

of such piracy as aforesaid, did feloniously make an assault in and upon the said C. D. [or one E. F.], then and there being on board the said ship, with intent him the said C. D. [or E. F.] then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, to kill and murder,

[or did feloniously cut [or wound, or as the case may be] the said C. D. [or one E. F.], then and there being on board the said ship],

contrary, &c.

POLYGAMY.

Id. Offence 184.

Id. Offence 185.

Id. Offence 186.

Id. Offence 187.

Id. Offence 188.

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284. (From 5 Burn's Jus. 29th ed. p. 613.)]-did marry one G. H., spinster, and her the said G. H. then and there had for his wife, and that the said A. B. afterwards, to wit, on the day of parish of —, feloniously did marry and take to wife one L. S., spinster, the said G. H. his former wife being then living, contrary, &c.

See tit. "Bigamy," ante, p. 294.

POST OFFICE.

285. Stealing or embezzling Letters. (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 36, s. 26.)]-being then a person employed under the post office, did feloniously steal, take and carry away,

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[or feloniously, for the purpose of did embezzle [or secrete, or
destroy],

one post letter, the property of the Postmaster General, contrary, &c.
[and that the place where the said A. B. was apprehended and
in custody on the said charge was in the parish of
said].

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286. The like, if containing Money, &c. (Id.)]-Proceed to the usterisk* in Form No. 285, supra, then :—and then and there containing one bill of exchange for the payment of fifty pounds, the property of the Postmaster General, contrary, &c.

287. Stealing from Letters. (Id. s. 27.)]-did feloniously steal, take and carry away one bill of exchange for the payment of fifty pounds, the property of the Postmaster General, from and out of a certain post letter then and there being found, contrary, &c.

288. Stealing a Post Letter Bag, Letters from it or a Mail. (Id. s. 28.)]-did feloniously steal, take and carry away one post letter bag, the property of the Postmaster General,

[or one post letter, the property of the Postmaster General, from a post letter bag, or from a certain post office there situate, or from one E. F. (an officer of the post office), or from a certain mail then and there being],

contrary, &c.

289. Stopping a Mail. (Id.)]-did feloniously stop a certain mail for the conveyance of letters, called the Falmouth Mail, then and there being, with intent the same then and there feloniously to rob [or search], contrary, &c.

290. Stealing a Post Letter from a Post Office Packet. (Id. s. 29.)] -did feloniously steal, take and carry away [or unlawfully take away] a

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