Art. 7. Late decisions as to false pretences, and general principles as to false tokens, &c.

CHAPTER CCIV.

COMPOUNDING INFORMATION, CONSPIRACY, &C. DUELLING, EMBRACERY, ELECTIONS, ESCAPES, RESCUES, EXTORTION, FORCIBLE ENTRY, &c.

Art. 1. Compounding, &c.

2. Conspiracy.

3. Evidence and forms, &c.

4. American cases of conspiracy.

5. Evidence that proves a conspiracy.

6. Duelling.

7. Embracery.
8. Elections.

9. Escapes.
10. Rescues.

11. Extortions.

12. Forcible entry.

13. Going and rioting armed in terrorem.

14. Menacing letters sent.

CHAPTER CCV.

FORESTALLING, ENGROSSING, MONOPOLIES, AND REGRATING.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Forestalling.

3. Engrossing.

4. Regrating.

5. Monopolies.

6. Adopted in the United States.

CHAPTER CCVI.

GAMING AND GAMING HOUSES, INNS, &C. IDLERS, &C.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Gaming.

3. Inns or taverns, and licensed houses and places.>

4. Idle persons.

5. Play houses.

6. Luxury.

7. Federal district, retailing in.

4. Pleadings in cases of indictment, &c. for libels, &c.

5. Mail, robbery of, &c.

CHAPTER CCVIII.

NUSANCES, BONFIRES, PAGEANT SHOWS, &C.

Art. 1. Nusances of various kinds.

2. Bonfires, crackers, fire-works, squibs, rockets, pageant shows, setting fire to woods.

3. Bridges out of repair.

4. Eaves-droppers.

5. Fish acts obstructed.

6. Ferries negligently kept, &c.

7. Highways out of repair.

8. Horse-racing.

9. Lotteries.

10. Offensive trades.

11. Unwholesome provisions.

12. Indictment for nusances.

13. Public health.

14. Contagious sickness or infectious disease.

15. Statutes to prevent its spreading.

16. Health laws of Congress.

17. Statutes against hawkers, pedlars, &c.

CHAPTER CCIX.

PRISONS, BREACH OF, &c.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Massachusetts statutes as to, &c.

3. Judicial decisions.

4. Suppose an innocent person be arrested.

5. Pound breach.

CHAPTER CCX.

PERJURY AND SUBORNATION OF PERJURY.

Art. 1. Perjury at common law.

2. Acts of Congress as to.

Art. 3. Massachusetts acts.

4. What is perjury or not.

5. Indictment, &c.

6. Piracy, common law, &c.

7. By Art 1, sect. 8, of the Constitution, &c. acts of Congress. 8. Massachusetts statutes as to piracy.

9. What is piracy or not.

CHAPTER CCXI.

RIOTS, ROUTS, AND UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES, SCHOOLS, SLAVE TRADE, &C. TRES

6. Slave trade.

7. State statutes as to.

8. Kidnapping.

9. Trespass, and notes.

10. Usury generally.

11. Adjudged cases as to usury.

12. Weights and measures, how derived, sorts, &c.

13. Statutes, &c. in the United States.

14. Adjudged cases, indictments for using false weights, &c.

CHAPTER CCXII.

CRIMES AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Homicide of various descriptions.

3. Dwelling houses.

4. Arson generally.

5. Statutes as to.

6. Construction, cases, &c.

7. Burglary generally.

8. What is night time.

9. What is breaking and entering.

10. The intention to commit felony.

11. Massachusetts statutes, and several matters.

3. What is forgery or not on acts of Congress.

4. What is forgery or not on Massachusetts statutes.
5. American decisions as to forgery on the statutes, &c.
6. Indictment and evidence.

CHAPTER CCXIV.

LARCENY, &C. ROBBERY, &C.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Acts of Congress as to larceny.

3. Massachusetts statutes as to larceny.

4. American adjudged cases.

5. Several English cases as to what is larceny or not, at common law.

6. Special property, how larceny may be of it.

7. Robbery, what is robbery or not.

8. What is a felonius taking from the person.

9. Who are robbers.

10. Indictment and evidence.

11. Certain expressions in our statutes, as, with intent to steal, felonious intent, felonious taking and carrying away personal goods of another, explained by late decisions.

12. Other such expressions so explained, as, putting in fear, force and violence, from the person of another.

CHAPTER CCXV.

MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER.

Art. 1. What is murder or not.

2. To kill an officer in the execution of his office is murder.

3. Further cases of murder.

4. Further cases of manslaughter.

5. Murder, American statutes.

6. Cases decided in Massachusetts.

CHAPTER CCXVI.

PER INFORTUNIUM, SE DEFENDENDO.

Art. 1. Per infortunium.

2. Se defendendo.

Art. 3. Ex necessitate killing, &c.

4. Indictments and evidence.

5. Rape.

6. Sodomy.

7. Several crimes.

CHAPTER CCXVII.

CRIMINAL CASES, PLEADINGS IN.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Complaint, and notes.

3. Warrant, &c. arrest, backing of, sc. form of.

CHAPTER CCXVIII.

INDICTMENTS.

Art. 1. Indictments, generally.

2. Where does an indictment lie, many cases.

3. Where an indictment lies not.

4. The Grand Jury.

5. Caption of an indictment.

6. Joint and several.

7. The body of the indictment.

8. Bad language.

9. Name and addition of indictee.

10. Time.

11. Place or venue.

12. Description of the person killed.

13. Technical words.

14. Contra formam statuti.

15. Other points relating to indictments.

CHAPTER CCXIX.

PLEADINGS IN INFORMATIONS.

Art. 1. General principles.

2. Where an information lies.

3. Where an information does not lie.

4. Proceedings in informations.

5. Coroner's inquisition.

6. Massachusetts statutes as to these inquisitions.

7. The force and effect of this inquisition.

CHAPTER CCXX.

PLEADINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES.

Art. 1. Process of commitment.