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though. of the jury find the intent laid in the
indicament, as well as another, the indict-
ment will be supported, ib.

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or indictments in assants, with intent to prevent a law-
30. ahurehension, it must appear that the offender
DAC SOME DOUDcation of the purpose for which he
was apprehended, 13, note

SVEHMEN, DÜ JMen in burglary, 38, note; 40, note
Du Bessey in housebreaking, 40, note
II BEITUNG, EVErment of, in forgery, 216, note
jenomous, as essential in larceny, 339, note
E VIE TIME A ought to exist, ib.

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ʼn lite, whether, without publication, sufficient to com-
pien & mosdemeanor, 364, note

di great body ham, though not to kill, may be
Beverweies productive of murder, 393, note

malicious, presumed in cases of homicide, until rebutted
by Curcumstances, 302, note

INTERPRETATION of a criminal statutes, rule for, 532
FRELIGION Östurbing preachers, &c. 269

abusing the sacrament, or breaking any altar or crucifix,
punishable with imprisonment for three months, 261
the penaly in rescuing offenders, ib.

Esturbance of mister in saying the common prayer,
within the statute of Mary, 262, note

distarting essenting congregations, 264

JOINT-OWNERS : property of, how laid in indictment, 252
JUDGMENT:

in high treason, as to women, 245

JURISDICTION:

alteration of, 246

1. JUSTICES of ASSIZE, OYER and TERMINER, and GAOL
DELIVERY-

who shall be justices of nisi prius, 264

the writ of nisi prius, 265

commission of nisi prius, a consequence of
commission of assize, ib., note

commission of assize, what, ib.

who shall be justices of assize, and gaol delivery, 267
commission of general gaol delivery, how
directed, ib., note

commission of oyer and terminer, how directed,
268, note

JURISDICTION (continued):

justices of assize, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery,
to take certain oaths, 268

justices of assize to have commissions sufficient to

inquire of maintainers, common embracers, &c. 269
justices of assize and gaol delivery to hold their sessions
in the principal towns, 269

chief justice of C. B., to be assigned amongst others to
take assizes and deliver goods, ib.

justices of nisi prius shall give judgment in all treasons,
felonies, and misdemeanors, 270

judges empowered to act as judges of gaol delivery, in
their own counties, 273

justices of assize may try offences relating to the king's
stores, 113

justices of oyer and terminer and assize may determine
all forgeries, 210

2. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE:

good men and lawful, &c. shall be assigned to keep the
peace, 273

who shall be justices of the peace, and what authority
they shall have, 274

when the conservators of the peace first acquired
the name of justices, ib., note

qu., whether they may not try prisoners for clip
ping coin, 275

power of Court of Chancery, as to justices, 276, note
justices of a liberty or corporation may commit offenders
to the house of correction of the county 276
justices may act for two adjoining counties, 277
how far justices of counties may act, as such, within
any city being a county of itself, 278

justices acting in any place not being a county, may
commit offenders to the gaol of the county, ib.

justices may bind over witnesses by recognizance, to
give evidence at the sessions of oyer and terminer,
279

justices acting for any county at large may act as such
in places, having exclusive jurisdiction, within or
adjoining such county, 280

Time of holding Quarter Sessions:

at what time justices of the peace shall hold their quarter
sessions, 280

when Michaelmas quarter sessions shall be held in
counties in England, 281

JURY, 282

no indictor shall be on inquests of felonies, &c., who is
chargeable with such crimes,

indictor means one of the grand jury, 282, note
of the grand jury, ib.

exceptions to grand juryman allowed after plea of not
guilty, ib.

JURY (continued):

of the effect of the repealed stat. 11 Hen. 4, c. 9, ib.
of preferring a bill before the grand jury, 283, note
of the evidence relating to it, ib.

no capture without indictment and adjudication, 283
any person worth 401., may be on jury for trials of felo-
nies in corporate towns, ib.

saving of knights and esquires, 284

of the keeping of juries in Wales before verdict, ib.
jurors in Wales, perjuring or otherwise misdemeaning
themselves, liable to imprisonment or fine, ib.
qualifications for serving on jurors in England, 285
in Wales, 286

Exemptions:

aliens, convicts, and outlaws, disqualified, 287
Of issuing the Warrants, &c.

churchwardens, &c. to make alphabetical lists of qualified
persons,

lists to be fixed to church-doors and kept by churchwar-
dens for inspection, 288

when the lists are to be altered,

clerk of the peace to insert the lists in the " jurors' book
for the year,"

form of writ of venire facias and precept to sheriff,

sheriff, coroner, &c. to return names from jurors' book for
the current year, 289

in criminal matters,Court of King's Bench, &c. have power
to issue or order, orally or otherwise,

for return of juries as previously; jurors to be taken from
the county, not the hundreds

in criminal and civil matters, the judges of assize, &c.
may direct, 144

jurors (to be divided into two sets) to serve indiscrimi-
nately for a stated time

sheriff to specify to juror his set or list, and time of
attendance, 290

to impanel the names alphabetically

and to draw juries from respective lists

in cases of views, trial to proceed during attendance of
the viewers

of summoning jurors for a view

viewers to be sworn first on jury at the trial of the issue,
291

common juries to be summoned ten days before time of
atttendance

special juries, three days,

juries in London and Middlesex as before

want of qualification, good cause of challenge

not so want of freehold, where juror otherwise qualified
clause not to extend to special jurors

no challenge for want of a knight's being returned in
panel, 292

JURY (continued):

the king to challenge for cause; cause to be specified
in murder or felony, prisoner may challenge not more
than twenty peremptorily

court of king's bench, &c. may order special jury to be
struck (in all cases except for treason or felony)
before proper officer, upon motion of either party, &c.
qualifications of special jurors,

list of those qualified, called the "special,"
jurors' list to be subjoined to jurors' book, 293
list to be arithmetically numbered, &c.

method of striking special juries

costs and fees, 294

any juror making default (without reasonable excuse) to
be fined

any viewer making default to be fined 107., or more, 295
fine on sheriff for wrong return

on clerk of assize, &c. for false record
of appearance, &c.

sheriff to register in jurors' book names of those who
have served, and to give certificates, on payment of
one shilling, saving in case of grand and special
jurors

likewise to register names of those who have served on
grand or petty juires at sessions, from the list made
by the clerk of the peace, and to give certificates
and payment of 1s.

after what time juror may be again summoned
to serve at assizes or sessions,

serving of grand jurors at assize or great ses-
sions and special jurors,

sheriff for money excusing attendance, or not
giving notice in due time, and bailiff sum-
moning those not named in the warrant, to
be fined, 297

other penalties

of juries for trial of aliens,

when justice of peace exempt, 298

when inhabitants of Westminster exempt,

saving in case of juries for a liberty, corporate
town, &c.

qualifications and exemptions in London,
persons not qualified to serve in civil causes,
not to serve on trials for capital offences-
challenge

court of nisi prius in London may fine,
qualifications to serve on inquests, the same as
on trials at nisi prius,

saving the right of coroner, in virtue of his
office, and others,

sheriff, coroners, and commissioners, may fine
jurors for non-attendance,

JURY (continued):

of recovering fines,

of pleading the general issue for things done in
pursuance of the act-double costs of the
venue, &c.

writs of attaint, &c. abolished,

of proceedings against, and punishment of em-
bracers and corrupt jurors, 300

see tit. "Embracery."

Act of 6 Geo. 4, c. 50, not to affect the power of judges-
practice, &c. left unrepealed,

Forms-

warrant for returning lists of jurors,

precept for returning lists of jurors, 301
form of return, 302

General note.of the freehold required in the qualifications,
302, note

an M.P. exempt during session,

want of qualification vitiates the verdict,
not so, an excess in the number of jurors,

explanation of sect. 13, 303, note

of the parol award of the judge, at goal deliveries

justices of the peace in cases of
felony

of the venire returnable immediately

in removals by certiorari

explanation of sect. 20, 303, note

of awarding a tales de circumstantibus

of the same under the repealed stats.

of amending and enlarging the panel of the warrants
explanation of sect. 25, 304, note

of the time of a summons

of the sheriff's return

rules in case of a view

view, not granted by judges at assize
ground of removal by certiorari
explanation of sections 27, 28, 29
of challenges

I. Peremptory challenges by prisoner
only on indictments for crimes
number, at common law, 35

under statutes for treason, 35
for murder and felony, 20

beyond legal number, void

II. Challenges for cause; either by the crown

or the prisoner, 304, note

1. To the array

for want of indifference, &c., in

sheriff

not in person returned to serve

principal, as for partiality

for favour, as on account of re-

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