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315. Master, &c. forcing a Seaman on Shore. (Id. s. 47.)] being
then master [or mate, or an officer, to wit, -] of a certain merchant
vessel, called the -
belonging to one E. F., a subject of her Majesty,
did, whilst he was abroad with such vessel on the high seas, unlawfully
and wrongfully force on shore and leave behind one C. D. then and there
belonging to the [crew of the] said vessel, before the completion of the
voyage for which the said C. D. was engaged [or before the return of the
said vessel to the united kingdom],

[or from the asterisk say: unlawfully, wilfully and wrongfully leave
behind on shore [or at sea] one C. D. then and there belonging
to the [crew of the] said vessel, by then and there
&c.]

contrary, &c.

before,

SMUGGLING.

Oke's Synop. 2nd ed. p. 362. Offence 217.

Id. Offence 218.

Id. Offence 219.

Id. Offence 220.

316. Making Signals to Smuggling Vessels.

(8 & 9 Vict. c. 87, s. 60.)]-did, after sunset of the same day, and before sunrise on the day next following, to wit, at the hour of ten in the night of the same day, unlawfully make [or aid or assist in making],

[or was then and there unlawfully present for the purpose of aiding
or assisting in making],

a certain light at a certain part of the sea shore [or coast] there situate,
[or on board of a certain boat there being on the sea near the coast
there],

for the purpose then and there of giving notice or signal to some person
or persons unknown, on board a certain smuggling vessel, then and there
being, contrary, &c.

If committed for trial in a different county where the offence happened, insert in the commitment: "and that the place where the said A. B. was next after the commission of the said offence taken and carried [or found] was the parish aforesaid.”

317. Armed Assemblies, to the number of Three or more, for Smuggling. (Id. s. 63.)]-together with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of [more than] three, within the united kingdom [or as the case may be], being then and there armed with firearms and other offensive weapons, to wit, with guns, pistols, swords, and daggers, were then and there feloniously and unlawfully assembled together in order to be then and there aiding and assisting in the illegal landing of certain goods then prohibited by law to be landed [or as the case may be], to wit, trary, &c.

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318. Aiding therein. (Id.)] - Proceed to the asterisk* in Form No. 317 supra, then :—were then and there aiding and assisting, and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully aid and assist in the illegal [&c. as in No. 317.]

319. Five or more assembled to rescue Offenders. (24 Geo. 2, c. 40, s. 28.)]-together with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of [more than] five, did feloniously and tumultuously then and there assemble to rescue one C. D., who was then and there duly apprehended by one E. F., an officer of her Majesty's customs, for having [state the act of smuggling], contrary, &c.

320. Shooting at Boats, &c. within One Hundred Leagues. (8 & 9

Vict. c. 87, s. 64.)]-on the high seas, and within one hundred leagues of a certain part of the coast of the united kingdom, called, to wit, at the parish of aforesaid, did feloniously and maliciously shoot at and upon a certain vessel [or boat] belonging to her Majesty's navy [or in the service of the revenue], the said vessel [or boat] being then on the high seas as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

321. Shooting at or Wounding Officers, &c. (Id.)]-did feloniously and maliciously shoot at [or maim, or dangerously wound] one C. D. then and there being an officer of the navy [or army, or marines] with a certain pistol then and there loaded with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, which the said A. B. then and there held in his right hand, and held at and against the said C. D., the said C. D. being then and there employed in the due execution of his office and duty as such officer, contrary, &c.

Oke's Sy nop. 2nd edit. p. 362

322. In Company with more than Four others with Smuggled Goods. Id. Offence 221. (Id. s. 65.)]—being then and there in company with divers other persons unknown to the number of [more than] five, then and there was found feloniously with certain goods, to wit, then and there liable to forfeiture under and by virtue of the statute in that behalf, contrary, &c.

323. In Company with One other Person with Goods, and armed or disguised. (Id.)]-being then and there in company with divers other persons unknown [or with one other person unknown] within five miles of the sea coast, [or of a certain navigable river called the Fal] there, was then and there found feloniously with certain goods, to wit, then and there liable to forfeiture under and by virtue of the statute in that behalf, and then and there carrying certain offensive arms [or a certain offensive weapon], to wit,

[or and then and there being disguised with a

contrary, &c.

324. Assaulting or opposing Officers on Duty. (Id. s. 66.)]-did un- Id. Offence 222. lawfully by force [or violence] assault,

[or resist, oppose, molest, hinder, or obstruct],

one [or the said] C. D., then and there being an officer of the army, [or navy, or marines], and duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, and in the due execution of his duty as such officer, contrary, &c.

325. The like, while searching for Goods. (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 53, ss. 40, 43.)]-being then and there armed with a certain offensive weapon, to wit, a did unlawfully assault one C. D., then being a revenue officer and then searching for certain goods forfeited under or by virtue of the statute in that behalf, to wit, , in a certain dwelling-house of the said A. B. [or as the case may be,] there situate,

[or then seizing a certain cart then conveying certain goods, to wit, forfeited under or by virtue of the statute in that behalf,] and in the due execution of his duty as such officer, contrary, &c. (Vide tit. "Assaults,” ante, p. 292, Form No. 46.)

SODOMY.

326. With Mankind. (9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 15.)]-did feloniously, Id. Offence 223. wickedly, and against the order of nature, carnally know one C. D., and

Oke's Synop. then and there with the said C. D. feloniously did commit and perpetrate 2nd edit. p. 362. the abominable crime of buggery.

Id. Offence 224.

327. With an Animal. (Id.)]—did feloniously, wickedly, and against the order of nature, carnally know a certain cow [or ass, or as the case may be,] then and there being, and then and there with the said cow feloniously did commit and perpetrate the abominable crime of buggery.

328. Accusing or threatening to accuse thereof, with a view to extort Money and thereby extorting same. (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 87, s. 4.)] -did feloniously accuse,

[or threaten to accuse],

him the said C. D. of having committed [or attempted, or solicited the said A. B., or E. F. to commit] the abominable crime of buggery with him the said A. B. [or with one E. F., or a certain cow, or as the case may be,] with a view and intent then and there to extort and gain property from the said C. D., and that the said A. B. by then and there intimidating the said C. D. by the said accusation [or threat] as aforesaid, did then and there extort and gain from the said C. D. two pieces of the current gold coin of this realm called sovereigns, the property of him the said C. D., contrary, &c.

(See tit. "

Accusing," ante, p. 286, where no money extorted.)

Id. Offence 225.

SOLICITING TO THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENCE.

329. Where the Offence solicited not committed. (R. v. Higgins, 2 East, 5; Dick. Q. S. by Talfourd, 435.)]—did falsely, wickedly, and unlawfully solicit and incite one E. F. to [here state the felony or misdemeanor solicited.]

SPRING GUNS AND MAN TRAPS.

330. Setting or permitting same upon Premises. (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 18, ss. 1, 3.)]-did unlawfully set [or place, or cause to be set, or placed,]

[or unlawfully, knowingly, and wilfully permit to remain set], in a certain garden there situate, a certain spring gun [or man trap, or engine, to wit, a -], which was then and there loaded and charged with gunpowder and divers leaden shot [or stones], with intent that the said spring gun [or as the case may be] should inflict grievous bodily harm upon any trespasser who might come in contact therewith, contrary, &c.

STAGE COACHES.

331. Furiously driving and injuring Person. (1 Geo. 4, c. 4.)]being then and there a coachman and having charge of a certain public carriage, called an omnibus, [or as the case may be,] carrying passengers for hire, the same not being a hackney coach, did then and there by wantonly [or furiously] driving the same [or by racing with another such carriage, or by certain misconduct, to wit, -,] overturn the said public carriage, by reason whereof one C. D., who was then and there a passenger in the same, was thereby maimed [or greatly injured],

[or run at and against one C. D. then being on the Queen's high

way, or on the side of the Queen's highway, there situate, and
thereby maiming [or greatly injuring] the said C. D.],

contrary, &c.

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STOCKING FRAMES.

332. Selling or disposing of hired Stocking Frame, &c. (28 Geo. 3, Id. Offence 226. c. 55, ss. 2, 3.)]-being then and there a framework knitter, renting a certain stocking frame [if so, and the machine employed therewith, called a ,] of one [or the said] C. D., did then and there unlawfully sell [or dispose of] the said stocking frame [and machine] to one E. F. without the consent of the said C. D., being then and there the owner thereof, contrary, &c.

333. Receiving or purchasing same. (Id.)]-did unlawfully and wil- Id. Offence 227. fully receive [or purchase] of one E. F. a certain stocking frame [or machine employed and let with a certain stocking frame], heretofore let by one [or the said] C. D., the owner thereof, to and rented by the said E. F., he the said A. B. then and there well knowing that the said stocking_frame [or machine] to have been so lent to and rented by the said E. F. as aforesaid, contrary, &c.

SUBSEQUENT FELONY.

Vide Form No. 208, tit. "Larceny," ante, p. 318.

Id.

p. 364. Offence 228.

TREASON.

334. (Vide the 36 Geo. 3, c. 7, s. 1; 57 Geo. 3, c. 6, and 11 Vict. Id. Offence 230. c. 12, s. 3.)]-did maliciously and traitorously compass, imagine, devise, and intend to depose our lady Queen Victoria from the regal state, title, power and government of this realm, and from the style, honour and kingly name of the imperial crown thereof, and to bring and put our said lady the Queen to death [or as the case may be], contrary, &c.

335. Did maliciously and traitorously compass, imagine, invent, devise, and intend the death and destruction of our sovereign lady the Queen, contrary, &c.

See a variety of other Forms, 2 Chit. C. L., and Jervis's Arch. Cr.
Plead. and Ev. 9th ed. p. 499-505.

WIFE.

336. Publicly exposing to sale and selling a Wife. (R. v. Delaselle, Adapted from 3 Burr. 1438; R. v. Padley, 27 July, 1818.]-did indecently, immorally, Form in unlawfully, wickedly, deliberately and wilfully, in and near certain streets 6 Burn's J. there situate, publicly and in the presence and hearing of one E. F., and p. 431, 29th ed. divers other persons there then being, expose to sale and offer to sell and dispose of for lucre and gain, one C. B., then and there being the lawful wife of the said A. B., and did then and there endeavour to persuade the said E. F. to purchase and take the said C. B. for his wife, and did then and there sell and dispose of the said C. B. to the said E. F. for the sum

of

for the purpose and in order that he might unlawfully cohabit with and have unlawful carnal knowledge of the said C. B.

WOMEN.

337. Procuring Defilement of a Woman under Twenty-one Years of Age. (12 & 13 Vict. c. 76, s. 1.)]-did by certain false and fraudulent pretences [or representations], to wit, [set them out], [or certain fraudulent means, to wit, -], unlawfully procure one C. D., then being a woman [or child] under the age of twenty-one years, to wit, of the age of seventeen years, to have illicit carnal connection with a certain man, to wit, one E. F., and the said C. D. did then and there have such illicit carnal connection with the said E. F., contrary, &c.

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