post letter, the property of the Postmaster General [from and out of a Oke's Synop. post letter bag, if so], then and there sent by a post office packet, called 2nd ed. p. 358. the Shannon, then and there being, contrary, &c.

291. Receiving Letters, &c. so stolen, &c. (Id. s. 30.)]-did felo- Id. Offence 189. niously receive from one E. F., being then a person employed by and under the post office [if so], a certain post letter [or post letter bag, or a certain bill of exchange, or as the case may be, the property of the Postmaster General, theretofore being in a certain letter] which had been theretofore feloniously stolen [or taken away, or embezzled, or secreted] by the said E. F., and sent [or intended to be sent] by the post, he the said A. B. then and there well knowing the same to have been so feloniously stolen [or as the case may be], contrary, &c.

292. Opening Letters. (Id. s. 25.)]-being then a person employed Id. Offence 190. by and under the post office, did then and there unlawfully, and contrary to his duty, open [or procure, or suffer to be opened] a certain post letter directed to one G. H., the property of the Postmaster General, contrary, &c.

293. Delaying Letters. (Id.)]-Proceed to the asterisk in Form No. 292, supra, then :-and wilfully detain [or delay, or procure, or suffer to be detained or delayed] a post letter directed to one G. H., the property of the Postmaster General, contrary, &c.

294. Retaining or Secreting, or (being required) refusing to deliver up Id. Offence 191. Letters, &c. lost or misdelivered. (Id. s. 31.)]-did unlawfully and fraudulently retain [or unlawfully and wilfully secrete, or keep, or detain], [or did unlawfully, after being required by one E. F., an officer of the post office, neglect, or refuse to deliver up],

a certain post letter [or post letter bag], the property of the Postmaster General, which ought to have been delivered to a certain other person, to wit, one G. H. [and which had been theretofore lost or misdelivered, and found by the said A. B.], contrary, &c.

POUND-BREACH.

day

295. Vide Forms No. 132, 133, ante, pp. 307, 308. (See 2 Burn's Jus. 29 ed. p. 312, 320.)]-that as constable of the said parish of -[or as bailiff to E. F. of &c.], he, the said C. D. received a warrant under the hand and seal of J. S. Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of [or under the hand of the said E. F., the landlord of the premises hereinafter mentioned], bearing date the of instant, by which he the said C. D., as such constable, was commanded to make distress of the goods and chattels of A. B., of the parish of aforesaid, for the sum of, in which he the said A. B. was theretofore by a certain order [or conviction] adjudged to pay [or, owing to the said E. F. for arrears of rent for a messuage and premises there situate, occupied by the said A. B. as tenant to the said E. F.], and to sell the said goods and chattels for such sum; that under the said warrant he the said C. D., on the day of instant, took a distress on a quantity of [potatoes] belonging to the said A. B. in a [or the said] messuage there situate, [or removed the said [potatoes] to a certain room there situate, called -], and put a lock on the door thereof; but that afterwards, to wit, on the day of instant, the said lock so placed on the said distress as aforesaid, was unlawfully and wilfully broken by

G. H. [or the said A. B.], and the said [potatoes] so taken as a distress were rescued by the said G. H. [or A. B.] in breach of the peace, and to the delaying of justice.

QUEEN.

296. Discharging or aiming, &c. Firearms, &c. at the Queen. (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51, s. 2.)]-did unlawfully and wilfully discharge [or attempt to discharge by then and there —},

[or point, aim or present at, or near to],

the person of our Lady the Queen a certain gun [or pistol, or certain firearms, to wit, ],

[or discharge, or cause to be discharged, or attempt to discharge, or cause to be discharged by then and there] a certain explosive substance, or material, to wit,

our Lady the Queen],

near to the person of

which he, the said A. B., then and there had and held in his right hand; [or strike, or strike at, or attempt to strike, or strike at the person of our Lady the Queen with a certain offensive weapon, to wit, or with his right hand, or as the case may be],

[or throw, or attempt to throw at, or upon, the person of our Lady the Queen a certain substance, to wit, a certain stone, or as the case may be],

with intent thereby then and there to injure the person of our said Lady the Queen,

[or to break the public peace, [and whereby the public peace was then and there endangered],

[or to alarm our said Lady the Queen],

contrary, &c.

297. Producing Gun, &c. near to the Queen. (Id.)]—did unlawfully and wilfully produce [or have in his right hand] near to the person of our Lady the Queen then and there being, a certain gun [or pistol, or firearms, to wit, or certain explosive, or destructive, or dangerous mat—], with intent to use the same to injure the person of our said Lady the Queen [or to alarm our said Lady the Queen], contrary, &c.

ter, to wit,

RAILWAYS.

Oke's Synop.

2nd ed. p. 360. Offence 199.

Id. Offence 200.

Id. Offence 201.

298. Servants guilty of Misconduct while employed. (3 & 4 Vict. c. 97, s. 13, 14; and 5 & 6 Vict. c. 55, s. 17.)]-This is the same as described in the Form No. 1. tit. " Railways," ante, p. 177.

299. Negligently doing, or omitting to do, any Act whereby Life shall or might be endangered, or Trains impeded. (Id.)]-Vide Forms No. 3 and 4, tit." Railways," ante, p. 177.

300. Any Person doing anything to obstruct Engine, or to endanger Safety of Passengers. (3 & 4 Vict. c. 97, s. 15.)]-did unlawfully and wilfully [state the act, as: place, [or caused to be placed] upon the iron rails and road of a certain railway there situate, called the railway, certain stones, or iron gates, or as the case may be], in such manner as thereby to obstruct a certain engine and certain carriages then and there using the said railway,

[or so as thereby then and there to endanger the safety of divers persons then and there conveyed in and upon the said engine and carriages],

and that the said A. B. did thereby then and there obstruct the said engine and carriages,

[or endanger the safety of the said persons so conveyed in and upon the same as aforesaid],

contrary, &c.

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 360.

RAPE.

301. (9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 16; Burke's Crim. Law, p. 111.)]—did vio- Id. Offence 202. lently assault one [or the said] C. D., and did then and there violently and against her will feloniously ravish and carnally know the said C. D., contrary, &c.

(See "Carnally knowing Children," ante, p. 296; "Assaults," Form No. 43, ante, p. 292.)

RECEIVING GOODS.

302. Receiving, where the Stealing amounts to a Felony. (7 & 8 Id. Offence 203. Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 54.)]-did feloniously receive of one E. F. one watch, of

the value of of the goods and chattels of one for the said] C. D.,
before then feloniously stolen, taken and carried away by one [or the
said] E. F. [or some person or persons unknown], he, the said A. B.,
then and there well knowing the said watch to have been before then
feloniously stolen, taken and carried away, contrary, &c.

If the offence was committed in another county, add :—" and
that the place where the said A. B. was found with the said
property in his possession [or received the said property] was
in the parish of aforesaid."

303. Receiving, where the Stealing, &c. is an indictable Misdemeanor, Id. Offence 204. under 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29. (Id. s. 55.)]-did unlawfully receive of one E. F. one silver watch, of the value of, of the goods and chattels of one [or the said] C. D., then lately before unlawfully obtained from the said C. D. by one [or the said] E. F. by false pretences, he, the said A. B. then and there well knowing the said watch to have been unlawfully obtained from the said C. D. by false pretences, contrary, &c.

RESCUE.

(Vide tit. "Escape," &c. ante, p. 307; "Poundbreach," ante, p. 331.)

REWARD.

304. Corruptly taking Money on pretence of helping to stolen Pro- Id. Offence 211. perty. (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 58.)]-did corruptly and feloniously take and receive from one [or the said] C. D. certain money and reward, to wit, the sum of pounds, of the monies of the said C. D., under pretence [or upon account] then and there of helping the said C. D. to certain goods and chattels of him the said C.D., to wit, — - before then feloniously stolen, taken and carried away, the said A. B. not having caused the said person by whom the said goods and chattels were so stolen, taken and carried away as aforesaid, to be apprehended and brought to trial for the same, contrary, &c.

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 360. Offence 212.

Id. p. 362.
Offence 213.

Id. Offence 214.

Id. Offence 215.

RIOT.

305. A tumultuous Disturbance of the Peace by Three or more Persons. (1 Hawk, c. 65, s. 1.)]-did, together with divers other persons to the number of ten and more, unlawfully, riotously and routously assemble and gather together to disturb the public peace, and did then and there unlawfully, riotously and routously make a great noise, riot and disturbance, to the great terror of her Majesty's subjects then and there being and residing, passing and repassing [and if so, add, and did then and there unlawfully, riotously and routously assault one C. D., and him, the said C. D., did then and there beat, wound and illtreat].

306. The like, shorter.]—did, together with divers other persons, to the number of and more, unlawfully and riotously assemble to disturb the public peace, and did then and there make a great riot and disturbance to the terror and alarm of her Majesty's subjects there being, and against the peace of our lady the Queen.

307. Opposing the making of Proclamation. (1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 5, s. 5.)]-did wilfully, knowingly and feloniously, with force and arms, obstruct and hinder J. S., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said [county] of -, [or one T. J. I., Esquire, the sheriff of the said county of], who was then and there beginning [or going] to make proclamation to a certain unlawful, riotous and tumultuous assembly there, to disperse themselves according to the statute for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, whereby such proclamation was not then made, contrary, &c.

[Vide Part III. of this Collection, tit. "Riots," for the form of proclamation.]

308. Twelve or more remaining One Hour thereafter. (Id. s. 1.)]being then and there, together with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of [more than, if so] twelve, unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace, and being then and there required and commanded by J. S., Esquire, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said [county] of , [or one T. J. I., Esquire, the sheriff of the said county of -], by proclamation in the Queen's name, then by him made, to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business, feloniously did then and there, to the number of [more than, if so] twelve (notwithstanding such proclamation made as aforesaid), riotously and tumultuously remain and continue together by the space of one hour after such command and request made by proclamation as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

309. The like, where Proclamation hindered and not made. (Id. s. 5.)] -This may be readily framed from No. 308.

310. Riotously demolishing, or beginning to demolish, a Church, House, Stable, Warehouse, &c. (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 30, s. 8.)]-for that they, together with divers other persons unknown to the number of [more than, if so] twelve, did then and there unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously assemble together to the disturbance of the public peace, and being then and there so unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously assembled together as aforesaid, did then and there feloniously, unlawfully, and with

force [begin to, if so] demolish [or pull down, or destroy] the parish church of

[or a certain house, stable, &c., the property of one [or the said] C. D.]

[or a certain building used in carrying on the trade [or manufacture

of, to wit, a ——— -]

[or a certain engine, to wit, a — -]

there situate, contrary, &c.

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 362.

SACRILEGE.

311. Breaking and entering a Church, &c. and stealing therein. (7 & 8 Id. Offence 216. Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 10.)]-did feloniously break and enter the chuch [or chapel, to wit, a chapel of ease] of the said parish there situate, and did then and there feloniously and sacrilegiously steal, take and carry away one silver cup, of the value of of the chattels of the parishioners of the said parish then and there being found, contrary, &c.

312. Stealing in a Church, &c. and breaking out of same. (Id.)]-did Id. Offence 312. feloniously and sacrilegiously steal, take and carry away from the church [or chapel, to wit, a chapel of ease] of the said parish there situate, one silver cup of the value of of the chattels of the parishioners of the said

parish, then and there being found, and that the said A. B., so being in the said church [or chapel] as aforesaid, and having then and there committed the said felony as aforesaid, afterwards did feloniously break out of the said church [or chapel], contrary, &c.

SEAMEN (MERCHANT).

313. Fraudulently using a Seaman's Register Ticket. (7 & 8 Vict. c. 112, s. 21.)]-did unlawfully alter [or destroy],

[or counterfeit, or transfer to one E. F. or traffick in by then and there for gain],

[or attempting to counterfeit, &c. by then and there -] a certain register ticket, numbered issued [or purporting to be issued] by the registrar of seamen, [or collector or comptroller of the customs] at the port of [as the case may be] to one C. D., being then and there a seaman, pursuant to the provisions of an act passed in a session of parliament holden in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, and for keeping a Register of Seacontrary, &c.

men,

314. Giving false Answer respecting a lost Register Ticket. (Id. s. 22.)]-being then and there a seaman, and having previously lost a certain register ticket, numbered issued by the- · [as the case may be], to him the said A. B., pursuant [&c. as in No. 313, between the asterisks ** then :] and then and there appearing in person and representing his case to the registrar of seamen in London [or as the case may be], did then and there unlawfully give a false answer to a certain reasonable question then and there put to him the said A. B. by the said registrar [or -] with reference to the said ticket, that is to say, [set out the question], and to which the said A. B. then and there made answer [set out his answer], whereas in truth and in fact the said answer of the said A. B. was and is false, for that [state how], contrary, &c.