against a principal in the second degree,

See Appendix Note to p. 339.

jury may be required to reconsider their verdict, 339.
may rectify it before it is recorded, ib.

after it has been recorded, cannot be altered in matter of
substance, ib.

but may in matter of form, ib.

where facts are defectively found, venire facias de novo
grantable, ib.

may be amended if entered contrary to the minutes taken
at the trial, ib.

when necessary to find facts dehors the record, 340.

in case of homicide, ib.

in case of robbery, formerly usual to charge the jury, in
case of acquittal, to inquire who did it, ib.

practice ceased when the jurors came from the body of the
county, ib.

whether the party fled, ib.

the inquest traversable, ib.

what may be rejected as surplusage, ib.
VIDELICET,

See Surplusage.

W.

WALES,

offences committed in, where triable, 13.

stats. 26 H. 8. c. 6. and 34 & 35 H. 8. c. 26., 14, 15.

construction of these statutes, 15.

plundering of ships wrecked in Wales, ib.

next English county, what, ib.

when act of parliament shall be construed to extend to, 13.
20 G. 2. c. 42. s. 3. ib. note (n).~

INDEX TO THE PRECEDENTS.

The number prefixed denotes the number of the precedent, the
number subjoined, the page.

A.

ABATEMENT, PLEAS IN,

289, of a wrong addition, 704.

291, misnomer, that there is no such parish as that named
in the indictment, 705.

ACCESSORY,

114, indictment against an accessory before the fact to a
felony, 456.

115, against an accessory for receiving the principal felon,

ib.

116, against an accessory for receiving stolen goods, 457.
117, against an accessory for receiving goods in one county,
the principal having been convicted in another
county, ib.

118, for a misdemeanor in receiving stolen goods, 458.
119, against two for unlawfully receiving stolen lead, un-
der the stat. 29 G. 2. c. 3. s. 1. 459.

120, of felony for receiving money to help a person to sto
len goods, and not apprehending the felon, 461.

ARSON,

78, indictment for arson, 417.

79, for burning a cotton mill, 420.

80, for burning the defendant's own house with intent to

defraud the insurers, ib.

81, for setting fire to a dock-yard and destroying naval

stores, 421,

82, for setting fire to a stack of hay, 421,

83, at common law, for setting fire to a place of confine-
ment in a borough, 422.

ARTIFICER, ENTICING OF, see Trade..

ASSAULTS,

33, common commencement; commencement of a subse-
quent count, 384.

34, for a common assault, 385.

35, for assaulting a constable in the execution of his of-
fice, ib.

36, for an assault and false imprisonment, ib.

37, for the like, and obtaining five guineas for discharg-
ing, ib

38, for the like, and obtaining a note for discharging, 386.
39, for an assault with intent to ravish, ib.

40, against two persons for assaulting a married woman,
with an intent that one of them should ravish
her, ib.

41, for assaulting a woman with quick child, so that the
child was brought forth dead, ib.

42, for assaulting one of the collectors of a turnpike in
the execution of his office, 387.

43, for an assault on a boy, with intent to commit so-
domy, ib.

44, for an assault with an intent to murder, ib.

45, for assaulting the driver of a chaise, and with the off-
wheel of a cart overturning the chaise, 388.

46, for an assault and beating out an eye, ib.

47, for the like, and tearing the hair off the prosecutor's
head, 389.

48, for an assault and encouraging a dog to bite, ib.
49, for an assault and rescuing goods distrained for rent,
ib.

50, for assaulting a game keeper in the execution of his
duty, 391.

51, for an assault, by casting a person on the ground and
kicking him, ib.

52, for an assault and casting into a pond with intent to
suffocate, 392.

53, for a riot, and assault on a surveyor of turnpike roads
in the execution of his office, and for preventing
the labourers from working, 393.

54, against a man and his wife for cruelly beating and
ill-treating a parish apprentice, and keeping him
from necessary food, 395.

55, for entering a public house, making a noise therein,
and threatening bodily harm to the owner, 396.
56, for an assault and riot in a dwelling-house, and re-
moving goods, 397.

57, for an assault on a deputy goaler in the execution of
his office, 398.

58, for an assault on an excise officer, ib.

59, for an assault, false imprisonment, and rescue, 399

60, indictment under the stat. § G. 1. c. 22. for shooting
at a person in his dwelling-house, 400.

61, of felony by slitting a nose, and against the aider and
abettor, 401.

62, for striking a person with a weapon in a church-yard,

403.

63, for an assault with intent to rob, under the stat.
7 G. 2. c. 21. 404.

64, for a felonious assault, with intent to spoil clothes,
&c. 405.

65, for feloniously assaulting a privy counsellor in the
execution of his office, 406.

66, for challenging to fight on account of money won at
play, under the stat. 9 Ann. c. 14. for the same, al-
leging an assault and beating, 408.

67, for an assault under the stat. 36 G. 3. c. 9. ib.
68, for an assault, &c. with intent to stop grain, &c. ib.
ATTEMPTS, SOLICITATIONS, and ENDEAVOURS,
223, for endeavouring to seduce a soldier from his alle
giance, 624.

224, for enticing an artificer to leave the kingdom, ib.
232, for an attempt to poison, 636.

233, for an attempt to burn the defendant's own house,
637.

234, for soliciting a servant to steal his master's goods, 639.
See tit. Malicious Mischief, Libel.

AUTERFOITS CONVICT,

295, of manslaughter, plea of, to charge of murder, 707.

BASTARD, see Homicide, Murder.

BIGAMY, see Polygamy

BLACK ACT,

See tit. Malicious Mischief, Subornation, Perjury.

170, under the Black Act, for breaking down the mound
and head of a fish-pond, whereby the fish were lost,
551.

171, for maliciously cutting down trees, ib.

172, for forcibly rescuing a person from a constable,
charged with feloniously sending a letter, without a
name subscribed, demanding money, 552.

173, for feloniously and maliciously killing a gelding, 553.
174, for maliciously wounding a cow, 554.

175, for maiming a gelding, ib.

176, for cutting with intent to resist the lawful apprehen-
sion of the defendant for an offence, ib.

BURGLARY,

75, indictment for burglary, 414.

76, for burglary, alleging a breaking in with intent, an
actual felony committed, and a breaking out against
the statute 12 Ann. c. 7. 415.

BURNING, see Arson.

C.

CERTIFICATE,

305, of the former conviction, 724.
CHALLENGE,

66, indictment for challenging to fight on account of mo-
ney won at play, 407..>

CHEATS,

121, for cheating, at common law, by means of false cards,

463.

122, for selling cloth with the alneager's seal counterfeited
thereon, 466.

123, at common law, for uttering a counterfeit half gui-
nea, ib.

124, for selling by false scales, 467.

125, for deception in the sale of wine by bartering and false
pretending, 468.

See False Pretences, False Tokens.

CHURCH, see Larciny, Riot.

CHURCH-YARD, see Assault.

CLERGY, soe Counter-plea.

CLERK,

embezzlement by, see Laren's
CLOATHS, SPOILING OF, see Assaults.

163, for putting off false copper money at a lower rate than
its denomination imports, 530.6630 bus
164, for putting

counterfeit silver money, 531.04.

165, for putting off counterfeit silver, Baving at the same