his hands and possession a pair of silver shoe buckles, the sion a pair of buckles by property of the said C. D. by colour and means of a false false token, privy token, against the statute, &c. and against the peace, on 33 Hen. &c. VIII. c. 1. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] that for Another for on the day of he the said E. F. did by a false pri- procuring vy token, (or “counterfeit letter") that is to say, by, &c. goods under false pre[here particularize the offence] falsely and deceitfully obtain tences under and get into his hands and possession [here mention the things] 35 Hen. 8. c. from G. H. of contrary to the statute in that case made, 1. &c. apprentice [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for that he Against an the said C. D. being a person duly bound as an apprentice for obtaining to the said A. B. for the full term of 7 years, did enlist as a money under soldier in his majesty's land service, and did state to the false preten justice of peace, before whom he was carried, that he was ces, by en listing, on not an apprentice, whereby he is liable to be indicted and pun- 30 Geo. 2. c. ished for obtaining money under false pretences under the 24. (g) provisions of the statute in that case made and provided. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with unlaw- Another for fully, knowingly, and designedly, by false pretences, obtain- obtaining goods under ing of and from the said C. D. one coat of the value of twenfalse preten. ty shillings, of the goods and chattels of the said C. D. with ces on 30 intent to cheat and defraud him thereof, against the statute, Geo. 2. c. 24. &c. another [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] for know- The like in ingly and designedly, by false pretences, obtaining from the form. said A. B. thirteen pairs of silk stockings of the value of ten pounds and upwards, with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same, against the statute, &c. another [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] for that C. The like in D. did on the day of knowingly, designedly, and form. under a certain false pretence, obtain from him the said A. B. at in the county aforesaid, the sum of 20s. the proper monies of him the said A. B. with intent to cheat and defraud him thereof against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. another [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for that The like in after the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand seven form. hundred and fifty seven, to wit, on, &c. now instant, at, &c. the said A. B. did unlawfully, knowingly, and designedly by false pretences obtain from one C. D. [here set out the goods] of the value of 1. of the monies, goods, wares, and merchandizes of the said C. D. with intent to cheat and defraud the said C. D. of the same, contrary to the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with know- For obtain. ing a barpsiingly, designedly, and unlawfully obtaining by false preten- chord under ces from the said J. K. a certain instrument of music, called [* 102] (q) See notes 2 vol. and 2 East, P. C. 822. ces, on 30 false preten a harpsichord, of the value of 30%. the property of the said J. K. with an intent to cheat and defraud him of the same, contrary to the statute, &c. Geo. 3. c. 24 For feloni FOR RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] [After ously buying stating the facts against principal, as the case may be, then] and also for that the said C. D. hath feloniously bought and received the said silver spoons, knowing the same to have been feloniously stolen. stolen goods joining the original of fender (r) For feloni ed in the [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with feousiv receiv-loniously and with a fraudulent intention, buying or receiving ing bank notes, taken in the county of Middlesex, of A. B. a letter carrier employed out of a let in the business relating to the post office, a certain bank note ter by a per- of the value of 201. which at the time of buying or receiving, son employ he the said A. B. knew to have been contained in a certain post office letter which had been secreted or embezzled by the said A. under 426e0. B. as such letter carrier, contrary to the statute, &c. 3. c 81. (s) Another slightly varying from the former. For a misde [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] on suspicion of feloniously receiving with a fraudulent intention, certain promissory notes, for payment of money, of the Worcester Bank, well knowing the said promissory notes to have been contained in a certain letter sent by the post, and to have been stolen or unlawfully taken out of the said letter by some person employed in the post office, against the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] on susmeanour in picion of feloniously receiving from E. F. in the parish of receiving Saint Giles in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, about goods, the principal fe- 30 pounds weight of iron, of the value of 10s. the property of lon not being the said C. D. knowing the same to have been stolen, the upon 29 Geo principal felon not being convicted of the said felony. convicted 2. c.30 s.1.(t) [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for a For a misde. misdemeanour, viz. receiving a watch, the property of the meanour in said C. D. and which was feloniously taken from him on the knowingly king's highway, the said A. B. knowing the same to have stolen goods, been stolen. The said C. D. cannot apprehend the principal the princi felon to prosecute and convict him for the said felony. pal felon not having been convicted on 29 Geo. 2. c. 30. s. 1. receiving For receiv. ing stolen goods know. ing them to be stolen on the highway, on 29 Geo II. c. 30. [* 103] [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with feloniously receiving in the city of London, of and from some person unknown, knowing the same to have been stolen, a gold watch, the property of the said H. B. and feloniously taken from him by* a robbery on the highway, in the county of Middlesex, contrary to the statute. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for that the Buying sto len goods said A. B. on, &c. at, &c. of the goods and chattels of the where thief said C. D. by a certain ill-disposed person (to me the said is not known. justice yet unknown) then lately before feloniously stolen of the same ill-disposed person, unlawfully and unjustly did buy and receive, the said A. B. well knowing the said goods and chattels to have been feloniously stolen, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, and against the peaces. &c. silver watch, [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with offer- For offering ing to pawn with the said L. M. a silver watch, and not giving to pawn a a satisfactory account of the means by which she became and not givpossessed of the said watch, and the said L. M. therefore ing a good suspects that the said watch hath been stolen, or otherwise account of unlawfully obtained, and upon examination of the said J. K. it, on 30 Geo. before me, the said justice, there appears to be just cause to g. (2) suspect the same is either stolen or illegally or clandestinely obtained, contrary to the statute, &c. And her safely keep in your said custody for the space of six days, for further examination, until, &c. II. c. 24 s. 7, the owner, [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] of unlaw- For unlawfully pawn. fully pawning a clock, the property of the said G. H. entrusted ing goods with him by the said G. H. to repair, he the said E. F. not without the being employed or authorized by the said G. H. the owner consent of thereof, to pawn or dispose of the same, contrary to the sta- 30 Geo. II. tute. Whereby the said E. F. hath forfeited the sum of chap. 24. s. 3 twenty shillings, prescribed by the said statute, which said sum of twenty shillings being demanded of him by me the said justice, he hath refused to pay. sory note. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for fraudu- For destroylently, deceitfully, and unlawfully burning and destroying a ing a promis. promissory note for the payment of the sum of fourteen pounds, the same not being satisfied, with intent to cheat and defraud the said C. D. of the same, against the peace. &c. FOR FORGERY, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] on suspi- For forging and uttering cion of having unlawfully, fraudulently, and deceitfully made an order of and counterfeited a certain false, forged, and counterfeited admission to order, purporting to be an order of admission for two to the the theatre. pit of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, this evening, and (w) with having unlawfully, fraudulently, deceitfully, and knowingly uttered, offered, and tendered the same false, forged, and counterfeited order, as and for a good and true order and admission to the said theatre, with intent to injure and [* 104] defraud the proprietors of the said theatre, against the peace, &c. (u) See notes 2 vol. vol. and 2 East, P. C. 852, 3 (w) See notes on this head, 2 859. supply pro visions of For forging a [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with uncertificate to lawfully, fraudulently, and falsely making, forging, and counterfeiting, and knowingly uttering and publishing as true at Spanish ar the victualling office, in the parish of St. Mary le Strand, in my under the said county of Middlesex, a certain false, forged, and government employ, with counterfeited certificate, purporting to be the certificate of intent to de- the said C. M. as captain of his majesty's said ship R. authorizing the said A. B. as purser, to issue and supply from the said ship, divers large quantities of provisions to a detachment of the Spanish army, under the command of Don Epos Mina, with intent to defraud our said lord the king, against the peace, &c. king.. dividend warrant of the bank of England, on Commitment [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] on suspicion for forging of feloniously forging and counterfeiting a certain dividend warrant, for of the sum of nine pounds nine shilpayment lings, and of feloniously disposing and putting away the said dividend warrant, (in London) well knowing the said dividend warrant to be forged and counterfeited, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, against the statute, &c. 45 Geo. Ill. e. 88. s. 2. (x) For perso nating a seaman to re. ceive his [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] for feloniously and falsely assuming and personating the character and person of the brother of J. H. (late a seaman on board his prize money. majesty's ship Isis, but since dead) thereby administering to notes, on 15 a will as the heir and representative of the said J. H. with intent to cheat and defraud the true and lawful heirs and representatives of the said J. H. of wages and prize money due to him for service as a seaman on board his majesty's ship the Isis. For felony in [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with having forging bank feloniously forged and counterfeited, at, &c. certain bank Geo Il c 13 notes, purporting to be the bank notes of the Governor and s. 11.45 Geo Company of the Bank of England, with intent the said GoIII. c. 88 s vernor and Company to defraud, against the peace, &c. and against the statute, &c. 2. note, under 15 Geo. Il c. For felony in [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with felouttering niously uttering, publishing, and putting away as true, a forged bank certain false, forged, and counterfeited bank note, purporting to be a note of the Governor and company of the Bank of 13. s. 11 and England, for the payment of one pound, well knowing the 45 Geo. III c. same to be false, forged, and counterfeited, with intent to de88. s. 2. fraud the said governor and company, against the statute, &c. For putting [Commencement* and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] upon the off forged oath of A. B. C. D. and others, with having feloniously disbank notes, posed of, and put away, at Birmingham, in the county of on 15 Geo. 2. Warwick, certain forged and counterfeited notes, purporting and 45 Geo. to be the notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank 3 c 88 2. of England, knowing the same to be forged and counterfeited, [* 105] c. 13. s. 11. (x) See notes on Forgery, 2 vol. with intent to defraud the said governor and company, contrary to the statute, &c. notes pur land to be [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] For For causing unlawfully causing and procuring to be engraved in and a plate for upon a plate of copper, in the city of London, a certain pro- porting to be missory note, purporting to be the promissory note of the notes of the governor and company of the bank of England, for the pay- bank of Engment of ten pounds, containing the words," Bank of England," engraved, on and the words expressing the sum and amount of the said 13 Geo. 3.c. promissory note in white letters on a black ground; he the 79. s. 1. said John Graham not being an officer, workman, servant, or agent for the time being of the said governor and company, or authorized and appointed for that purpose and for the use of the said governor and company only, contrary to the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with un- For publish. ing note lawfully, knowingly, and wilfully uttering and publishing a gate resembling certain promissory note, containing the word "Fifty," ex- one of the pressing the sum in the said note in white letters on a black bank of Engground, without being authorized or appointed for that pur-taining white land, conpose by the governor and company of the bank of England, letters upon against the statute, &c. a black ground, on 13 Geo. 3. c. 79 s. 1. (y) the words 13 Geo. 3. c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] with For causing being guilty of felony, in the county of Warwick, to wit, Bank of Enghaving at Birmingham, in the said county of Warwick, by land to apcertain art, mystery, and contrivance, caused and procured pear the words "Bank of England" to appear visible in the sub- on paper, on stance of certain paper, he the said James Grove not then and 79. s. 1. there being an officer, workman, servant, or agent for the time being, of the governor and company of the bank of England, authorized and appointed for that purpose by the said governor and company, contrary to the statute, &c. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67] With For altering a bank note feloniously counterfeiting and altering a certain bank note and uttering of the governor and company of the bank of England, for the it when alsum of fifty pounds, and also that he the said W. H. did tered, on 15 offer, dispose of, and put away such counterfeit and altered, Geo 2. c. 13.note, knowing the same to be counterfeited and altered, with intent to defraud the said governor and company, contrary to the statute, &c. s. 11. [Commencement and conclusion as ante 57 to 67.] On sus- For felony in picion of feloniously altering a bank note for the payment bank note, altering a of two pounds, to make the same resemble a bank note for on 45 Geo. the payment of ten pounds, and offering, disposing of, and 3 c.. putting away the said altered bank note, knowing the same [*106 1 to be altered, with intent to defraud the governor and company of the bank of England, against the statute, &c. (y) See general note on Forgery 2 vol. |