aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, were and still are miry, ruinous, broke in, and in great decay, for want of the due reparation and amendment of the same, so that the liege subjects of our said lord the king, by themselves, and with their horses, coaches, carts, and carriages, could not, during all the time aforesaid, nor yet can, go, return, pass, ride, and labour, without great danger of their lives, and the loss of their goods, to the great damage and common nuisance of all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, through the same carriage roads, going, returning, passing, riding, and labouring, contrary to the form of the acts of parliament aforesaid, and against the peace of our said lord the king, his crown, and dignity and that the inhabitants and occupiers of lands and tenements, within the said township of in the county of, aforesaid, the said carriage roads so as aforesaid being in decay, by force of the said several acts, and by virtue of the said general award, so in pursuance thereof by the said commissioners made as aforesaid, ought, during the time last aforesaid, to have repaired and amended, and still ought to repair and amend, when and so often as it hath been or shall be necessary.

268. For not repairing a public bridge.

That a certain common bridge, commonly called lying and being in the parish of B. in the county of E. in the common king's highway, there leading from B. aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, to the town of R. in the same county, being a common highway for all the liege subjects of our said lord the king, and his predecessors, with horses, carts, and carriages, to pass and repass, ride and labour, at their free will and pleasure, on, &c. was and still is in great decay, broken, and ruinous, so that the liege subjects of our said lord the king, in, upon, and over the said bridge, with horses, carts, and carriages, could not and cannot pass and repass, ride and labour as they ought and were accustomed to do, to the great damage and common nuisance, &c. and against the peace, &c. (If the prosecution be against an individual ratione tenure, then allege,) and that A. B. late of, &c. by reason of his tenure of certain lands, lying in the parish of B. in the said county, is bound to repair and amend the said common bridge as often and whenever it

shall be necessary. (If against a county allege,) and that the inhabitants of the county aforesaid are bound to repair and amend the said common bridge, when and so often as it shall be necessary.

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OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, &c.

269. Against a township for a misdemeanor in burying a body without notice to the coroner, &c. (p).

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That on, &c. one W. D. died at the township of C. in the county of N. of a violent death and not of a natural death, that is to say, the said W. D. then and there died of a violent wound, before that time, to wit, ou, &c. at the township aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, given to the said W. D. by some person or persons to the jurors aforesaid unknown, and that the body of the said W. D. on, &c. at the township aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, lay dead; and that, at the several times aforesaid, C. F. and W. S. were coroners of our lord the king for t the said county of N. to wit, at the township aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, of which said premises the inhabitants of the said township of C. in the said county, afterwards, to wit, on, &c. at the township of C. aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, had notice; nevertheless, the inhabitants of the said township of C. in the county aforesaid, well knowing the premises, but not regarding their duty in that behalf, did not, nor did any of them, at any time, send or give any notice to or for the said C. F. or the said W. S. or either of them, nor to or for any coroner of our said lord the king, for the said county of N. to view the body of the said W. D. so lying dead as aforesaid, but unlawfully, obstinately, and contemptuously, omitted and neglected so to do; nor had the said C. F. or W. S. or either of them, or any coroner of our said lord the king, for the

said county, any notice to view the body of the said W. D. so lying dead as aforesaid; nor had the said C. F. or W. S. or either of them, or any coroner of our said lord the king, for the said county, any notice that the body of the said W. D. was so lying dead as aforesaid; neither did the said C. F. or the said W. S. or either of them, or any coroner of our said lord the king for the said county of N. at any time view the body of the said W. D. so lying dead as aforesaid; nor was any inquisition taken, on the view of the body of the said W. D. as by law required in that behalf, but the body of the said W. D. was afterwards, to wit, on, &c. unlawfully and contemptuously buried and interred, at the township of C. aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, without any view being had of the said body of the said W. D. by the said C. F. or W. S. or either of them, or any coroner of our said lord the king, for the said county of N. and without any inquisition being taken on the view of the body of the said W. D. as by law required in that behalf, to the great hindrance of justice, in contempt of our said lord the king, and against the peace, &c.

270. For rescuing a rioter,

(After charging a riot as in pr. 233, &c. proceed,) And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present, that S. A. esquire, then and there being one of the justices, &c. fas in pr. 184, from* to **,) and then and there passing and going along the said town, in the king's highway there, and then and there seeing and observing, upon his own view, the said J. F., C. D., &c. and the said other disorderly persons, and disturbers of the peace of our said lord the king, (to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown), so then and there assembled and gathered 1 together, and also then and there breaking and disturbing the peace of our said lord the king, and misbehaving themselves in manner aforesaid, he the said S. A. according to the duty of his said office as a justice of the peace of our said lord the king for the said county of S. did then and there arrest and take the said J. F. in order to prevent and restrain him from any further continuing a party in the said riot and disturbance, and to cause him the said J. F. to be imprisoned, in order that he might answer and be duly punished for his offence aforesaid, according to the due form of the laws and customs of

this realm, and then and there had the said J. F. in his custody on that occasion; whereupon the said C. D, &c. (as before) and the said other disorderly persons, and disturbers of the peace of our said lord the king (to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown), being so assembled and gathered together as aforesaid, and not regarding the laws of this realin, nor fearing the pains and penalties therein contained, and unlawfully and wickedly devising and intending to prevent, hinder, and obstruct the due course of law and justice, and to rescue him the said J. F. from and out of the custody of the said S. A. (then and there being in the due execution of his office of such justice as aforesaid on that occasion,) did then and there, with force and arms, unlawfully, riotously, routously, and tumultuously make an assault and affray upon the said S. A. and him the said S. A. then and there did beat, bruise, wound, and ill-treat, so that his life was greatly despaired of; and that the said C. D. &c. (as before, except J. F.) and the said other disorderly persons, and disturbers of the peace of our said lord the king (to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown), being then and there so assembled and gathered together, him the said J. F. out of the custody and power, and against the will, of the said S. A. then and there unlawfully, riotously, and routously did rescue and put at large, to go unpunished for his offence aforesaid wheresoever he would; and that the said J. F. being so arrested and taken by the said S. A. as aforesaid, himself out of the custody and power, and against the will, of the said S. A. then and there unlawfully, riotously, routously, and violently did rescue, and did escape and go at large unpunished for his said offence wheresoever he would; to the great damage of the said S. A. in contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, and against the peace, &c.

Second count for a riot and assault upon the justice.

271. Indictment for maintenance (q).

That one L. P. late of, &c. yeoman, on, &c. and for the space of one whole year then next following, at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, maintained a cer

(q) Trem. P. C. 178. Drawn by Saunders.

tain action, then pending in the court of our said lord the king of his Exchequer, before his barons of the said Exchequer, between one C. W. plaintiff and one D. J. defendant, of a plea of trespass and ejectment of farm, of one hundred acres of land, &c. to the great damage of the said C. W. in contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, against the form of the statutes, &c. and against the peace, &c.

(Second count.) Maintained, on the part of D. J. and W. J. a certain suit by English bill in the Court of Chancery of our said lord the king at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, pending between D. J. and W. J. the complainants and D. L. the defendant, of and concerning the title to the said tenements, in contempt, &c. against the form, &c. and against the peace, &c.

272. Indictment for compounding felony.

That one W. D. at the parish of A. in the county of M. in his proper person, came before J. P. esquire, 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 county of M. and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors committed in the same county, and then and there, upon his oath, did charge and accuse one M. the wife of P. J. with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away one silver spoon and two silk handkerchiefs, of the goods and chattels of the said W. D; upon which the said J. P. then and there issued out his warrant under his hand and seal, made in due form of law, for the apprehending and taking the said M. to answer and be examined of and concerning the felony aforesaid, on her as aforesaid charged: and that afterwards, on, &c. the said M. at, &c. for the said felony, and by virtue of the said warrant, was taken and arrested, and then and there was brought before the said J. P. the justice aforesaid, and then and there, before the same justice, of and concerning the same felony was examined; upon which the said J. P. the justice aforesaid, then and there did make a certain warrant under his hand and seal, in due form of law, directed to the keeper of (r), or his deputy, thereby

(r) According to the warrant