COMMITMENT, continued. where the offender confessed the felony, i. 271. for stealing Irish linen, i. 272. on suspicion of grand larceny, 273. of two persons, one for stealing goods, and the other for accepting for a misdemeanor in attempting to steal, i. 273. felony by horse stealing, under 1 Ed. 6. c. 12. s. 10; 2 & 3 Ed. 6. suspicion of stealing a mare, i. 274. felony by killing a sheep and stealing the carcass, on 14 Geo. 2. a misdemeanor in stealing fish in a garden, on 5 Geo. 3. c. 14. in an inclosed pond, i. 274. stealing plants, i. 275. robbing a wreck, under 26 Geo. 3. c. 19. i. 275. felony in breaking into a dwelling house in the day time, persons the like, and putting in fear, under the same statute, i. 276. burglary, and stealing a silver tankard, i. 276. felony, in privately stealing in a shop, under 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 23. stealing from bleaching-grounds, under 18 Geo. 2. c. 27. — i. 277. s. 7.-i. 277. a horse from a stable, under 39 El. c. 15.— i. felony in stealing from the person on 18 Eliz. c. 4.-i. 278. a misdemeanor, in attempting to steal from the person, for want of re-examination, i. 278, 283. by a justice on view for insulting him, i. 279. warrant by a secretary of state to the keeper of Newgate, to receive to the Tower by the secretaries of state, for being the author of a by way of detainer for an offence, i. 280. of a rogue and vagabond, i. 281. on a preceding conviction for non-payment of a penalty, i. 282. to hard labour and whipping, i. 282. for want of distress on the constable's return of nullâ bonâ, i. 283. order on overseers (if in Middlesex) or treasurer of the county, (if in COMMON. conviction for cutting down and carrying away trees on, on 29 Geo. 2. COMMON. information, &c. for keeping sheep infected with the mange on a common, COMMON PRAYER. information against a resident incumbent, for not reading the common CONFESSION. of a prisoner charged with felony, under 2 & 3 Ph, & M. c. 10.-i. 287. information for disturbing of, i. 331. CONSPIRACY. nature of, i. 287, 288. commitment for a conspiracy to charge a person with sodomy, and CONSTABLE. for conspiracy to defraud creditors, under 4 Ed. 3. oath of, i. 289, 290. c. 11. s. 3.-i. 289. appointment of a deputy, i. 290. oath to be administered by a constable to appraisers, on goods being dis- memorandum to be indorsed by the constable, on the inventory, i. 291. obligation to be taken by a constable for the peace, under the hand and summons by a constable, in pursuance of a justice's precept, i. 292. high constable's warrant for petty constable's presentment, i. 293. - warraut for an assault on a constable, i. 294. commitment for an assault on a constable in the execution of his duty, i. 294. of a constable for a wilful escape, i. 295. warrant to the high constable to apprehend the petty constable for a from two justices, to constitute another constable on the death allowance to constable for conveying prisoner to gaol, i. 296. order on the treasurer of the county, to pay constable's allowance for the same, i. 297. table of fees, i. 297. demand on, of perusal and copy of warrant, i. 15, warrant for assaulting, in the execution of his office, i. 109. CONVICTION. See tit. ALEHOUSES; BREAD, &c. &c. APPRENTICES, i. 70-74; notice of, i. 298. requisites of, i. 298, 299. general form of, where no particular form is provided, under 3 Geo. 4. c. 23. i. 299. notice of appeal against a conviction of two justices, i. 305. general form of mitigation of penalty, i. 305. CORDAGE. conviction under 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 83. s. 22.-i. 306. CORN. information for stopping and seizing a waggon loaded with wheat in the warrant for a person preventing the buying, or free circulation of corn, commitment to the house of correction thereon, i. 307. conviction for buying corn by a measure, not being the standard CORONER. precept from the coroner to summon a jury, i. 310. oath to be taken by the foreman of a jury, on request by the coroner, i. 310. of witness, i. 311. inquisition for murder, i. 311. where a man hung himself, i. 312. person drowns himself, i. 313. was non compos mentis, i. 314. ents his own throat, i. 314. kills another in his own defence, i. 315. the murderer is unknown, i. 316. commitment of a witness by a coroner, for refusing to give evidence, i. 316. recognizance by a coroner from prosecutor, and witnesses to appear be- COSTS. of conveying prisoner to gaol, i. 319. order of a justice of the peace to the treasurer of the county, to pay ex- justice's order for payment, on a complaint determined by him, under - warrant of distress and sale in default of payment of costs awarded, constable's return thereon, i. 322. justice's warrant to apprehend for such costs, and commitment thereon, COTTON MILLS. commitment for setting fire to, under 9 Geo. 1. c. 28. — i. 209. COUNTY BRIDGE. See tit. BRIDGES. COUNTY RATE. return of the rental of the parish as charged to the poor-rate, under 55 Geo. 3. c. 51.-i. 323. precept to high constable to collect county rate, i. 324. high constable's warrant to levy the rate, i. 325. summons of the overseers of the poor for not paying their proportion of the county rate to the high constable, i. 326. warrant of distress to levy a county rate on the overseers of the poor, summons of high constable for not paying county rate to the treasurer' COW. commitment for maliciously maiming, i. 221. CUSTOMS. See tit. EXCISE and CUSTOMS. CUTLERS. form of conviction, under 59 Geo. 3. c. 7. s. 12.-i. 328. DEAD BODY. warrant to apprehend for digging up and carrying away out of church- for a misdemeanor in preventing the interment of, ii. 124. commitment for digging up and taking away, ii. 239. conviction for not removing, cast on shore, under 48 Geo. 3. c. 75.- DEMAND. of perusal and copy of warrant, on constable, i. 15. DESERTED PREMISES. gaoler, i. 15. information and complaint, &c. to recover possession of, i. 346 to 348. conviction for permitting meetings in places not duly certified and regis- certificate of a person having taken the oaths before a justice of the information for disturbing a cougregation, under 1 W. & M. c. 18. s. 18. warrant thereon, i. 332. DISTRESS. -i. 331. commitment thereon, for want of sureties, i. 332, 3. See tit. ALEHOUSES, &c. &c. warrant of, on non-payment of penalty for selling ale without licence, return of nulla bona, to be indorsed upon warrant by constable, i. 34. warrant of, for expences in committing a person to gaol, having ability to order and judgment of the justice, where the judgment is for the com- when the complaint is unfounded, i. 333. DISTRESS. order, &c.---continued. complaint to be exhibited in writing, in the case of goods clandes- summons thereon, i. 335. order in pursuance of the foregoing summons, i. 335. recognizance on appeal against a conviction, for fraudulently tress, i. 345. warrant of distress, in case the offenders, having notice, refuse constable's return thereupon of the want of distress, i. commitment thereon, i. 341. complaint and oath to be made, in case of goods and chattels being frau- warrant upon the preceding complaint and oath, i. 343. notice to tenant, i. 344. information and complaint to recover possession of deserted premises, notice to be affixed on the premises being deserted, i. 346. of second view, to be fixed upon the door, on failure of pay- record of putting the landlord in possession, i. 348. information for a rescous and pound breach at common law, on 3 Geo.4. warrant to levy hue and cry on the foregoing information for rescous and to apprehend for pound breach, i. 351. recognizance to prosecute for rescous and pound breach, i. 353. with sureties to answer to an indictment thereon, i. 353. DOCK YARD. - commitment for setting fire to king's stores in, under 12 Geo. 3. c. 24. -i. 210. a building in, i. 210. |