T. L. of divers bank notes of and belonging to the said T. L. that is to say, thirty bank notes for the payment of money, that is to say, for the payment of one pound respectively, and respectively of the value of one pound, &c. to the great damage of the said T. L. and against the peace, &c.

(Second count.) That the said J. H., T. S., and T. P. being persons of ill fame, name, and dishonest conversation, and wickedly devising and intending, unjustly, unlaw fully, and by indirect means, to cheat and defraud the said T. L. of divers other bank notes for the payment of money, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. fraudulently, maliciously, and unlawfully did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree, between and amongst themselves, wrongfully, injuriously, and unjustly, by wrongful and indirect means, to cheat and defraud the said T. L. of the said last-mentioned bank notes, of and belonging to the said T. L.; and that in execution of the said last-mentioned premises, and in pursuance of the said last-mentioned conspiracy, combination, and agreement between and amongst them as last aforesaid, so last made, the said J. H., T. S., and T. P. afterwards, to wit, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. by certain undue and unlawful means in that behalf, fraudulently, maliciously, and unlawfully did cheat and defraud the said T. L. of divers other bank notes, that is to say, &c. (as before,) and thereby then and there, by the means last aforesaid, did greatly impoverish and injure the said T. L. to the great damage of the said T. L. and against the peace, &c.

› Third count, charging the conspiracy generally, without any overt act.

216. Indictment against two parish officers for conspiring to persuade a poor couple to marry, in order to burthen the man's parish with the maintenance of the woman (c).

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That on, &c. at, &c. one T. S. was a poor single man, and unable to maintain himself (d) and any poor woman whom he should marry and take to wife, and that the place of

the last legal settlement of the said T. S. on the said, &c. was, and ever since hitherto hath continued to be, and still is, in the parish of C. in the said county of O.; and that one S. M. now called S. S. and now the wife of the said T. S. on the same day and year aforesaid, and continually from thence until the marriage of the said S. with the said T. S. hereinafter-mentioned, was a poor single woman, legally settled in (e), and actually chargeable to, the parish of M. in the county aforesaid. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present that R. H. late of the said parish of M. yeoman, and W. H. late of the said parish of M. yeoman, well knowing the premises, and unlawfully, wickedly, and wrongfully combining, devising, designing, and intending to exonerate, free, and discharge the parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of M. from the charge and expense which might ensue to the parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of M. from the said S. as a poor person, then having a legal settlement in the said parish of M. and then actually chargeable to the said parish of M. and unjustly to oppress and aggrieve the parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of C. and wrongfully and unjustly to charge and burthen the parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of C. with the maintenance and support of the said S. on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. unlawfully and wickedly did conspire, combine, confederate, agree, and meet together, with the wicked intent and purposes aforesaid, to cause and procure a marriage to be had and solemnized between the said T. S. and the said S.) they the said T. S. and S. at the time of such conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, -being such poor persons of the several and respective parishes aforesaid); and that the said R. H. and W. H. in pursuance of the said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement between them had as aforesaid, afterwards, to wit, on the same, &c. at, &c.* the better and more effectually to complete and perfect the said wicked contrivance, conspiracy, and intention, did then and there

(e) See the case of R. v. Edwards, 8 Mod. 320. where the indictment was quashed for want of this averment; yet

it seems to be immaterial where she was settled, if not in C.

promise (f) the said T. S. that they the said R. H. and W. H. or one of them, would pay for a license, a wedding ring, a wedding dinner, and all other costs, charges, and expenses in, about, and attending the solemnization or ceremony of the marriage herein-after next mentioned; and also that they the said R. H. and W. H. or one of them, would give something handsome to the said T. S. and S. and also then and there told the said T. S. that he the said T. S. and the said S. should have no cause to complain, if he the said T. S. would marry and take to wife the said S.; by reason of which said premises he the said T. S was then and there prevailed upon to consent, and did then and there consent and agree to marry the said S. and did afterwards, to wit, on the same, &c. at, &c. marry and take to wife the said S. (he the said T. S. at the time of the said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, and at and after the time of the said marriage, being a poor person as aforesaid, and not having a legal settlement in the said parish of M. but having a legal settlement in the said parish of C. and the said S. at the time of the said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, and until the time of the said marriage, being a poor person, having a legal settlement in, and usually chargeable to, the said parish of M.) by means of which said premises, the said inhabitants and parishioners of the said parish of C. for a long time, to wit, ever since the time of the said marriage until the day of the taking of this inquisition, have been put to great charges and expenses, amounting in the whole to a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of ten pounds, in and about the maintenance and support of the said S. and are likely to be put to great trouble and further great charges and expenses in and about the maintaining and supporting of the said S. to the great damage, oppression, and grievance of the said parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of C. and against the peace, &c.

(Second count.) And the jurors, &c. that on the said,

(f) See p. 146. and the cases there cited. Where the woman was pregnant by the man and they were willing to be married, it was holden that

no indictment lay. R. v. Fowler, Cor. Buller, J. Taunt. Sp. Ass. 1788. East. P. C. 461.

&c. at, &c. one T. S. was a poor single man, and unable to maintain himself and a wife: and that the place of the last legal settlement of the said T. S. on the same day and year last aforesaid, was, and hath ever since hitherto continued to be, and still is, in the said parish of C. in the said county of O. (as in the last count, to the *, then proceed thus,) did unlawfully and unjustly persuade, cause, and procure the said T. S. then being such poor single person and an inhabitant of the said parish of C. as aforesaid, and the said S. then also being such poor single person, and chargeable to the said parish of M. as aforesaid to intermarry with each other. And the jurors, &c. that the said T. S. and S. did in consequence thereof, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. intermarry with each other, and that after such marriage was had, as last aforesaid, to wit, on, &c. the said S. was removed as the wife of the said T. S. to the said parish of C. as being the place of the legal settlement of the said T. S. by virtue of a certain order made under the hands and seals of the Rev. J. C. doctor in divinity, and J. W. esquire, then being two of the justices of our said lord the king, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king, in and for the said county of O. and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, (the said T. S. being, at the time of such removal, such poor person as aforesaid); by means of which said last-mentioned premises, the parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of C. have been put to great charges and expenses, &c. (as before.)

277. Indictment against two persons, for conspiring that one of them should rob the other, with intent to charge the hundred.

That A. B. late of W. labourer, and C. D. late of the same, labourer, being evil-disposed persons, and devising and intending unjustly to oppress and aggrieve divers liege subjects of our said lord the king within this realm, and wrongfully charge them with the payment of great sums of money, to the amount of two hundred and thirty pounds, and upwards, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. did unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together, that be the said A. B. should, in or near the king's highway there, take from the person of the said C. D. the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds

and a silver watch, and that the said C. D. should make oath, before some justice of the peace, of the said pretended robbery; and that the said C. D. in pursuance of the said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agree ment, did afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year above mentioned, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, personally appear before J. D. esq. then and yet being one of the justices of our said lord the king, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king in and for the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors committed within the same county, and did make and give information in writing, upon oath, to and before the said J. D. then and there being such justice as aforesaid, that about ten of the clock in the forenoon of that day, he the said C. D. was assaulted in the highway leading from C. in the county of W. to L. in the county of S. near a place called the Green Man, in the parish of W. in the hundred of H. in the said county of W. by a tall, lusty man, wearing a dark brown wig and a brown coat, mounted on a black horse or mare, about fifteen hands high, and was by him robbed, in the highway aforesaid, of the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds and a silver watch, and that he the said C. D. did not, at the time of the said robbery, nor then, know the person who committed the said fact, with the fraudu lent and wicked intent, and on purpose to charge the inhabitants of the said hundred with the payment of the said sum of two hundred and thirty pounds, under colour of justice and process of law; whereas, in truth and in fact, he the said C. D. was not assaulted in the highway leading from C. aforesaid, in the county of W. aforesaid, to L. in the said county of S. near the said place called the Green Man, in the said parish of W. in the hundred of H.. in the said county of W. by a tall, lusty man, wear-ing a dark brown wig and a brown coat, mounted on a black horse or mare; and whereas, in truth and in fact, he the said C. D. was not at the time in that behalf aforesaid, or at any other time whatsoever, robbed of the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds and a silver watch, as he the said C. D. so swore in and by his said information in writing as aforesaid, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said lord the king, his crown and dignity. (2nd count.) And the jurors aforesaid, &c. that the said

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