Coal, setting fire to stacks of, 503; indictment, 503; evi-
dence, 504.
Coal mine, stealing from, 415; indictment, 415; evidence,
416. 11. Setting fire to, 507; indictment, 507; evidence,
507.

Codicil to a will, stealing, destroying, or concealing, 396; in-
dictment, 396; evidence, 396.

Coin, counterfeiting, 571; indictment, 571; venue, 73; evi-
dence, 571. 11.

Coin, counterfeit, uttering, 572; indictment, 572; evidence,
572. Uttering, having other base coin in his possession,
573; indictment, 573; evidence, 574. Uttering twice
within ten days, 575; indictment, 575; evidence, 575,
Uttering after a former conviction, 575; indictment, 575;
evidence, 576. Having base coin, with intent to utter it,
577; indictment, 577; evidence, 577.

Colt. See "Cattle."

Combat, sudden, homicide in, when manslaughter, when
murder, 229; stranger coming up and taking part in it,
if killing or killed, manslaughter, 232, 233.
Commencement of indictment, 76.

Commissioners of turnpike roads, how named in indictment,
83.

Commissioners of sewers, how named in indictment, 83.
Commitment and examination of offenders, 35; taking the

depositions, 35, and form of them, 36;-remand, 36, and
form of warrant doing so, 37; or adjourning, and allow-
ing the party to remain at large on recognizance, 37,
form of recognizance and notice of it, 38, and certificate
indorsed of the party's non-appearance, 39;-summons
of witness, 39, and form of it, 40, or warrant where the
summons has not been obeyed, 40, or in the first instance,
41, and warrant of commitment of witness, for refusing
to give evidence, 42; prisoner's defence before the magis→
trate, and previous caution, 42, and his statement there-
upon, 43, also caution to him as to any previous induce-
ment by threat or promise to confess, 43 ;-discharge or
commitment, 44, and form of the warrant of commit-
ment, 45; where committed for trial at the sessions, 45,
or at the assizes, 45, or where the offence has been com-
mitted in a county of a city or town, 46, or towns, &c.,
not being counties, 47;-binding over prosecutor and
witnesses by recognizance, 47, forms of them, 48-51,·
and transmission of them and the depositions, 47; copy of
depositions to the defendant, 51.—Examination and com
mitment where the arrest is in a different county from
that in which the offence was committed, 51, warrant
where the evidence proves the charge, 51, warrant where
the evidence does not prove the charge, 52, and form of

it, 52, costs of constable, 53, and order for them, 54.→
How, where the arrest is under a backed warrant, 54.
Commitment of a party indicted, 105, and form of the war-
rant, 106.

Commitment, bail how taken after, 57.

Commitment of juvenile offenders, 59, 60, and form of it,
61, 62.

Common, tenants in, how named in indictment, 81. 359; can-
not be guilty of larceny of the goods in common, 368.
Common assault, 282; indictment, 282; evidence, 282.
Common law misdemeanor, punishment of, 185.
Common law offence, conclusion of indictment for, 2.
Compassing and imagining the death of the Queen, treason,
564; indictment, 564; see "Treason." Compassing to
depose the Queen, 568; indictment, 557; limitation of
prosecution, 569; evidence, 569.

Complaint to a justice for an indictable offence, 30; form of
it, 31.

Compulsion, persons offending by, 10.

Concealment of birth, 297; indictment, 297; evidence, 298;
bail, 55; concealment, what, 299.

Concealment of a will or codicil, 396; indictment, 396; evi-
dence, 396.

Conclusion of indictment, 92; want of a proper one, 93.
Confession, 125: to a prosecutor, constable, &c., 125; must

be without inducement by threat or promise of favour,
126:-before a magistrate, 131, the usual caution being
previously given, 132. 43, 44 :-not evidence against the
receiver or accessory, 477.

Confession by plea of guilty, 110.

Conies, taking or killing by night, in a warren, 404; indict-
ment, 404; evidence, 405.

Connexion, having, with a girl under ten, 311; indictment,
311; evidence, 312. The like with a girl between ten
and twelve, 312; indictment, 312; evidence, 313.
Conspiracy, 615; indictment, 615; venue, 72; evidence, 618.
119. Conspiracy on the high seas, 68.

Conspiracy, a wife may be indicted with her husband for, 7.
Constable, arrest by, 27:- without warrant, 21, where
the party is in the act of committing the offence, 21,
(how in case of riot, 24, 25); and after offence commit-
ted, 25, on a charge of felony, 26, or on suspicion, 26;
in prevention of offences, 27; on hue and cry, 28;
how, 28; he may demand assistance, 27; killing by,
when justifiable, 29, being killed, murder or man-
slaughter, 29, 30. Arrest by him, under a warrant, 33.
Constable, assaulting, 287; indictment, 287; evidence, 288.
Constable, confession to, 125; must be without inducement
by threat or promise, 126.

Constable's costs, of conveying a prisoner into another
county, 53; form of order for them, 54.

Constructive breaking, in burglary, 331; constructive taking
in larceny, 371–379.

Contra formam statuti, conclusion of indictment by, 92.
Convicted felon, a competent witness, 155.

Conviction of juvenile offenders, 59; in what cases, 59; by
whom, 59; summons or warrant, 60; conviction and
commitment, 60; form of the conviction, 61; form of the
commitment, 61.,

Conviction before a magistrate, how proved, 142.

Conviction, previous, how proved, upon an indictment for a
subsequent offence, 143. 576. 626, or in support of a plea
of auterfois convict, 143.

Copper, ripping or stealing from buildings, &c., 412; indict-
ment, 411; evidence, 412.

Coppice, setting fire to, 503; indictment, 502; evidence, 503.
Copy of depositions for defendant, 51.

Copy of indictment, in what cases defendant entitled to, 99,
565.

Copy, examined, proof of a record, &c., 142. 147.

Copy of court roll, forgery of, 556.

Corn, crops of, setting fire to, 502; indictment, 502; evi-
dence, 503,

Corn, stacks of, setting fire to, 503; indictment, 503; evi-
dence, 504.

Coroner's inquisition, how party arraigned on it, 108.

Corporate town, county of, offences in, where tried, 64.

Corporation, how punishable by indictment, 8, 9; how in-
dicted, 79.

Corporations, proceedings of, how proved, 146; entries in
their books, how proved, 147.

Corporation seal, forgery of, 563.

Correction, homicide by, when by accident, when man-
slaughter or murder, 218.

Corrosive fluid, throwing, at or on a person, 280; indictment,
280; evidence, 281.

Costs upon trial of an indictment, 186; in prosecutions for
felonies, 186, for misdemeanors, 187; costs of attend-
ing before the committing magistrate, 188. In prosecu-
tions for offences at sea, 188. In other cases, 189. Costs
of apprehension, 189, 192. What costs allowed, 190
Costs taxed, and order for them, 191; how, for offences
in a county of a city or town, 192.

Costs, upon an indictment for libel, 322.

Costs of constable, for conveying a prisoner into another
county, 53.

Cotton goods in process of manufacture, stealing, 436; indict-
ment, 436; evidence, 437.

Cotton goods in the loom, &c., destroying, 498; indictment,
498; evidence, 498. Cotton warps, breaking or destroy-
ing, 499; indictment, 499; evidence, 499. Entering a
building by force, to commit either of these offences, 500;
indictment, 500; evidence, 501.

Counterfeiting the coin, 571. See "Coin."

Counts, joinder of 93; for the same offence, 93; for different
offences, 95; for several larcenies, 360; verdict on, 175,
179.

Counties, offences on the boundaries of, where tried, 65.
County of a city or town, offences in, commitment for them,
how, 46; where offence tried, and form of venue, 64.

County, indictments against, how, 79.

County, property of, how laid in indictment, 81; amended for
variance, 86, 100.

County, inhabitants of, competent witnesses for it, 152.

County courts, evidence of proceedings in, 143.

Council of a borough, exempt from serving on juries, 158.
Counsel for prosecution, 167, and note. Counsel for defence,

169.

Counting-house, breaking and entering, and stealing, 348;
indictment, 348; evidence, 349.

Country bank-notes, forgery of, 555; larceny of, 393.
Courts, foreign, proceedings in, how proved, 144.
Courts, inferior, proceedings in, how proved, 144.

Courts, proceedings in, in what cases publication of them a
libel, 321.

Coverture, when a defence for a woman indicted, 6-8.
Cow. See "Cattle."

Creek, stealing from a vessel in, 438; indictment, 437;
evidence, 438.

Crime, threatening to accuse of, with intent to extort, 323;
indictment, 323; evidence, 324.

Crime does not render witness incompetent, 155.

Criminal appeal court, 194; the court and its judges, 194;
case, 195; hearing and judgment, 196; subsequent pro-
ceedings, 196; certificate of the clerk of assize or clerk
of the peace as to the decision of the court, 197.
Crops of corn or pulse, setting fire to, 502; indictment, 502;
evidence, 503.

Curtilage of a dwelling-house, building within it, what, in
burglary, 335. Breaking and entering a building within
the curtilage, 344; indictment, 344; evidence, 344.
Curtilage, what, 345.

Custom house, entries in the books of, how proved, 147.
Customs, officers of, shooting at or wounding, 586; indict-
ment, 586; evidence, 586. Assaulting or obstructing
them in the exercise of their duty, 587; indictment, 587;
evidence, 587.

Cutting, with intent to murder, 259; indictment, 259; evi-
dence, 260. Cutting, what, 260; cutting, with intent
to do grievous bodily harm, 262; indictment, 262; evi-
*dence, 263. Cutting, 267; indictment, 207; evidence,
267.

Cutting and piracy, 484.

Cutting and robbing, 424; indictment, 424; evidence, 425.
Cutting lead, iron, &c., from a building, with intent to steal
it, 412; indictment, 411; evidence, 412.

Cutting silk, woollen, linen, or cotton goods in the loom, &c.,
498; indictment, 498; evidence, 498. Cutting warps of

silk, cotton, &c., or certain machinery, 499; indictment,
499; evidence, 499.

Catting trees or shrubs, &c., 506; indictment, 506; evidence,
506.

Cutting sea or river banks, 512; indictment, 512; evidence,
512. Cutting off piles, &c., securing sea or river banks
or canals, 514; indictment, 513; evidence, 514.

D.

Dam of a fish-pond, breaking down, 515; indictment, 515;
evidence, 516.

Dam of a mill-pond, breaking down, 517; indictment, 517;
evidence, 517.

Damaging bridges, 517; indictment, 517; evidence, 517.
Damaging any monument, picture, or statue in a church or
in public, 522; indictment, 522; evidence, 523.
Damaging anything kept for the purpose of art or science in a
museum, &c., 521; indictment, 521; evidence, 522.
Damaging a ship otherwise than by fire, 529; indictinent,
529; evidence, 529.

Damaging, with intent to render useless, silk, woollen, linen,
or cotton goods in the loom, &c., 498; indictment, 498;
evidence, 498. Damaging, with like intent, warps of
silk, cotton, &c., 499; indictment, 499; evidence, 499.
Damaging steam engines, staiths, &c., of mines, 510; indict-
ment, 510; evidence, 511.

Damaging trees, shrubs, &c., 506; indictment, 506; evidence,
506.

Dead animal, how described in an indictment for larceny,
355, 401.

Deaf and dumb persons may be witnesses, 150.

Death, sentence of, 180; where and by whom executed, 202.
Death accelerated by a hurt from another, homicide, 210.
Death, to constitute homicide, must be within a year and day,
212.

Death from accident or mistake, &c., 9, 10. 216.