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FORCIBLE ENTRY (continued):

for empanelling a jury of persons having lands, &c., of
quarterly value of 40s., &c.

penalty on sheriff making default, 201.

penalty recoverable by bill or indictment

they who have had three years' possession of land may
hold with force, 139

upon indictment for forcible entry, no restriction shall be
made if person indicted has been three years in quiet
possession, and his estate be not ended

of costs

GENERAL NOTE:

restitution to be made not only to freeholders but to te-
nants for years, copyholders, guardians, &c., 140
indictment at common law, ib.

none agaanst disseiee for forcible entry within
due time, 140, note

otherwise, where defendant has no title, ib.
need, show such force as constitutes a breach
of the peace

and possession of premises

indictment on the statutes-

alleges force, to distinguish from trespass
generally shows the title to the estate in pos-
session at the time of the force, not the
quantity of the estate, 141, note
describes the premises with certainty

award of restitution must find the wrong-doer
continues in possession, ib., note

for what possessions indictments will lie, ib.
there must have been a claim to land, &c.

also, actual violence or terror

explanation of terror, 142, n.

who are deemed forcible enterers, ib.

restitution to such only as have been put out of actual
possession, ib.

prosecutor not a competent witness, ib.

FORGERY:

persons convicted of practising as attorneys, punishment
of, 25

of certificates relating to the slave laws, see title "Slave
Trude"

1. Of instruments for the transfer of stock in the public funds,
and stock of public companies-

forging letters of attorney, 143

personating proprietors, or counterfeiting their names, ib.
what amounts to personating a proprietor, 144, note

powers of attorney included among " deeds," ib.

forging powers to transfer stock, or to receive dividends,
or personating the owners thereof, 144

making transfers of stock in any other names than the
owners', 145

FORGERY (continued):

forging transfers, 146

making false entries in the books of the bank, ib.
making out false dividned-warrants, ib.

forging transfer an offence, though the person whose
name is forged has no stock, 147, note

and though the forged document was not with

nessed, ib.

forging names of witnesses to instruments for the transfer
or receipt of Bank Stock, South-Sea stock, or India
stock, 148

forging or altering receipts or debentures relative to cer-
tain Irish stock, 149

forging letters of attorney to transfer the said stock, or,
personating proprietors, 150

forging dividend-warrants of certain Irish stock, 150

making transfers thereof in any but proprietors' names

151

2. OF NOTES AND OTHER SECURITIES OF THE BANK OF

ENGLAND

forging the common seal, or any bank note, 151
forging bank bills or notes, 152

making frames for forging notes, or having in custody in-
struments for that purpose, ib.

engraving notes to resemble inland bills, &c. 153

forging or uttering bank notes, dividend-warrants, &c.,
154

having any frame for making paper with bar-lines, or
sums in words, appearing in the substance of the
paper, or having such paper, ib.

having forged or blank bank-notes, 155

engraving on any plate a bank-note, bill, &c., or having
such a plate, or uttering such a note or bill, 156
45 Geo. 3, c. 89, from what previous statutes taken,
156, note.

engraving plates to resemble Bank of England notes, or
uttering paper resembling them, 157
3. OF PUBLIC COMPANIES' SECURITIES-

counterfeiting the South-Sea Company's common seal
on bonds, 158

ditto of the London and Royal Exchange Assurance-
Companies, ib.

ditto of the British Cast Plate-Glass Manufactory, ib.
4. OF STAMPS-Stamps on Paper, &c.

counterfeiting any stamp directed to be used by 37 Geo. 3,
c. 90, or uttering paper with counterfeit stamp
upon it, 159

similar clauses in several other acts, 159, note
similar clauses in 44 Geo. 3, c. 98, 160

in 48 Geo. 3, c. 141, 16

in 52 Geo. 3, c. 143, ib.
in 55 Geo. 3, c. 185, 163

FORGERY (continued):
Stamps on plate—

forging the stamp on plate used by the Gold-
smiths' Company, &c., 164

marking plate with a forged stamp, ib.
transposing the stamp from one vessel to ano-
ther, ib.

selling or exporting plate with forged stamp, 165
having any forged stamp in possession, ib.
stamp on plate, what is, 165, note

forging stamps on wrought plate, ib.
forgery of plate-duty marks, 166

Excise stamps-

making frames used in the making of paper, 167

Stamps on silks, calicos, &c.—

counterfeiting stamps, 168

selling with a counterfeited stamp, ib.
counterfeiting renewed stamps or seals, 169

Stamps on cambrics—

counterfeiting the seal, or selling goods with
a counterfeit seal, 170

Post-office mark-

forging the stamp of postage, ib.

5. OF OFFICIAL PAPERS, SECURITIES, AND DOCUMENTS-

Memarial of the registry of deeds—

memorials of wills and conveyances in the west

riding of Yorkshire, ib.

how to be written, directed, &c., 171

what to contain, ib.

register to indorse a certificate, ib.

to be numbered, ib.

not to extend to copyholds, 172

manors, &c. to be but once named, where more

writings than one, ib.

penalty for forging, ib.

of wills, when to be entered, ib.

no judgment, &c. to affect, but from time of the

memorial, 173

manner of making entry, 174

register to enter such memorial, ib.

penalty for forging, ib.

certificates to be signed by register, ib.

Memorials of wills and conveyances in Middlesex to be in

parchment, 174

of deeds, how attested, 175

of wills, how attested, ib.

forgery of, ib.

does not extend to copyholds, ib.

Memorials of wills and conveyances in the North-Riding of
Yorkshire-

to be registered, 176

method of registry, ib.

FORGERY (continued):

of judgments, 177

registry of writings at full length, ib.
penalty of forging, 178

Mediterranean passes—

description of, 178

forgery of, 179

committed out of the kingdom, may be tried in

any county, ib.

Widows' pension remittance-bills-

widows' pensions, 180

form of bills, ib.

personating widows, ib.

forging bills or certificates, ib.

regulations provided with regard to the half-pay
of royal marines, to extend to their widows'
pensions, 181

two commissioners of the admiralty empowered
to act, ib.

form of remittance-bills, ib.

Navy officers' allowance, and marine half-pay remittance-
bills-

form of bill, 182

Navy half-pay and pension certificates, and bills of ex-
change, 182

half-pay and pensions may be paid by bills of
exchange, 182

forging certificates, felony, 183

form of certificate, ib.

Greenwich Hospital pension certificates
forging certificates, &c. 183

form thereof, 184

act for regulating navy prize-money, 184, note

Seamen's letters of attorney, wills, &c.

mode of executing them, 184

form of executors' check, 186

form of claimants' petition, 187

form of certificate to obtain letters of administration, 188
remittance, ib.

punishment for persons falsely representing next of kin,
190

punishment for forging names of ministers, ib.

Seamen's Remittance-Bills:

petty officers and seamen may obtain payment of wages,
by remittahce-bills, 191

former provisions made applicable to this case, 192
punishment for procuring false applications, ib.

procuring the utterance of forged letters of attorney, &c.,
193

Seamen's Orders:

personating the relations of seamen to receive wages,
&c., 194

FORGERY (continued):

falsifying dates of orders, ib.

forms of order and certificate, ib.

counterfeiting letters of attorney to obtain prize-money,

195

or uttering such letters, 196

taking a false oath to obtain probate of wills, &c., in order
to receive pay or prize-money, capital, ib.

Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials:
false entries of such matters, felony, 197
forms of the registers, 198

Exchequer Bills:

forging thereof, felony, 199

counterfeiting receipts or certificates, ib.

similar provisions in other statues, 200, note

Government Annuity Certificates:

punishment for forging registers, certificates, &c., 200
personating nominees, or forging certificates, felony, 201
form of certificate, ib.

Contracts, Certificates, &c. for the Redemption of the Land Tax:
forging, &c. any contract, assignment, certificate, or
receipt, felony, 201

punishment for forging certificates for the redemption or
sale of the land tax, 202

Quarantine Certificates:

forging or uttering false certificates required by order in
council, felony, 202

Alehouse Certificates:

forging or receiving money for certificates, 203
returns of premiums on policies of insurance

Franks:

penalty for forgery or alteration of declaration of
return of premium, 204

forging any superscription, or altering the date thereof,
felony, 204

Handwriting of Public Officers:

treasurer of the navy, 204

accountant-general, 205

treasurer of the ordnance, 206

receiver-general of the stamp duties, ib.

receiver-general of the post office, ib.

surveyor-general of the woods and forests, 207

receiver-general of the customs, ib.

receiver-general of excise, ib.

registers of the admiralty, 208

receiver of the prefines, ib.

VI. Of Private Papers, Securities, and Documents :

the several penalties for forging of deeds the first or
second time, &c. 209

penalty for forging or publishing a false deed, whereby
another's freehold shall be troubled, ib.

forging of a deed, whereby a lease or annuity may be
claimed, 210

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