were respectively employed as such workmen and journeymen, and did then and there with force and arms, seize, take, and carry away from divers workmen and journeymen in the said art, mystery, and manual occupation, divers shuttles of and belonging to such workmen and journeymen respectively, and by them respectively used in their work and labour as such workmen and journeymen, and did also then and there, and on divers other days, as well before as after, unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assemble and gather themselves, together, at, &c. aforesaid, and divers other places in the said county, and remain and continue together for divers long spaces of time, to wit, the space of twelve hours each of the said days, and during all those times make divers great riots, routs, tumults, and disturbances, to the great terror of all the liege and peaceable subjects of our said lord the king, and did also then and there, to wit, on, &c. aforesaid, with force and arms, unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously break and enter a certain building, situate and being at, &c. aforesaid, called the New Bailey, used for the confinement of felons and other offenders, and divers, to wit, five hundred shuttles then and there being in the said building, did then and there, with force and arms, unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously seize, take, and carry away,* and did also then and there, to wit, on, &c. with force and arms, unlawfully, maliciously, riotously, and tumultuously set fire to the said building, and burn, consume, and destroy the same, to the great damage and oppression not only [* 1169] of the* masters employing them and other workmen and journeymen in the said art, mystery, and manual occupation, but also of divers other liege subjects of our said lord the king, in contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, and against the peace, &c. That the said J. S. &c. the riot, together with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of five hundred and more, whose names are to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, afterwards, to wit, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did, unlawfully, riotously, routously, and tumultuously assemble and gather together, with intent to break and disturb the public peace of our said lord the king, and being so then and there assembled and gathered together, did then and there, with force and arms, make a great noise, riot, rout, tumult, and disturbance, and did then and there remain and continue together, making such noise, riot, rout, tumult, and disturbance, for a long space of time, to wit, the space of twelve hours. [Proceed as in the last count from the asterisk.] Second count for &c. Against master That I. S. late of, &c. and I. L. late of, &c. being evil disposed persons, and contriving and unlawfully, wickedly, and kers for a ropema. without maliciously intending to injure, prejudice, and aggrieve di-rope ma vers good and worthy subjects of this realm, being respec- conspiracy tively journeymen ropemakers, and to deprive them of the not to emmeans of their livelihood, heretofore, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. ploy jouraforesaid, did unlawfully conspire, combine, and confederate ney men and agree together, and to and with divers other persons to kers who the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, being respectively mas-had left ter ropemakers, that they would not, nor would either of their last them retain or employ any journeymen, who should leave master their respective services without the consent of the person his conor persons they might have last worked for. [And the ju-sent. (a) rors, &c. do further present, that in pursuance of the said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement between the said I. S. and I. L. so as aforesaid had, the said I. S. and I. L. afterwards, to wit, on, &c. aforesaid, at, &c. aforesaid, did respectively refuse to retain and employ G. H., I. K. &c. being then and there respectively journeymen ropemakers, and who had before then respectively left the service of M. N., O. P. &c. for whom they had last worked, without the consent of the said M. N., O. P. &c. for and on account of their having left such service as aforesaid,] to the great damage, &c. in contempt, &c. to the evil example, &c. and against the peace, &c. [Second count leaving out all within the brackets.] hold a man vit which [* 1170] That A. S. late of, &c. and T. C. late of, &c. wickedly, For a conunjustly, and maliciously devising and intending to aggrieve spiracy to one J. R. and also to subject him without any just cause to to bail for divers costs and charges, and to force and oblige him to the sum of undergo and suffer many great and arduous troubles both of£1100 on body and mind, on, &c. at, &c. aforesaid, wickedly, unlaw-an affida fully, and maliciously did conspire, combine, confederate, was sworn and agree together, to cause and procure the sum of one before the thousand one hundred pounds, to be indorsed upon a cer-clerk to the signer tain precept of our lord the now king, called a bill of Mid- of the bills dlesex, issued out of the court of our said lord the now of Middle. king, before the king himself, by virtue whereof the said sex. (t) J. R. might be arrested to answer in the same court at the suit of the said T. C. by the name of T. J. with an intention that the said J. R. might be compelled to find bail for the said sum of one thousand one hundred pounds, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and that the said T. C. in pursuance of, and according to the conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, so as aforesaid had and made between him the said T. C. and the said A. S. afterwards, to wit, on, &c. that is to say, (a) From the MS. of a gentleinan of the bar. (t) See a similar precedent 4 Wentw. 94. at, &c. aforesaid, in his own proper person came before B. B. gentleman, then and still being deputy to W. M. then and yet signer of the said precepts of our said lord the now king, called bills of Middlesex, out of the court of our said lord the king before the king himself, (which said W. M. by virtue of his said office, and according to the custom of the said court was such signer in that behalf) and the said T. C. in pursuance of, and according to the said wicked conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, so as aforesaid had and made between him the said T. C. and the said A. S. afterwards, to wit, on the said, &c. at, &c. aforesaid, did take his corporal oath upon the holy gospel of God before said B. B. then and there having full and sufficient power and authority to administer an oath to the said T. C. in that behalf, by virtue of a certain act of parliament made at a parliament, holden by several prorogations at Westminster, on the twentieth of January, in the twelfth year of the reign of the late king George the First, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, entitled, &c. and did then and there before the said B. B. the deputy aforesaid, upon his oath aforesaid, falsely, maliciously, wickedly, and corruptly say, depose, swear, and make affidavit in writing amongst other things, that the said J. R. was then justly and truly indebted to him the said T. C. in the sum of one thousand one hundred pounds, for money lent and advanced to the said J. R. which said affidavit was entitled as followeth: "King's bench, T. J. plaintiff, J. R. defendant," as by the said affidavit filed in court may more fully appear, whereas in truth and in fact, at the time at which the said T. C. did take his said oath, and make * 1171]his said affidavit in form aforesaid, the said J. R. was not justly and truly indebted to the said T. C. in the sum of one thousand one hundred pounds, for money lent and advanced to the said J. R. and the said A. S. and T. C. at the time of taking such oath, and making such affidavit well knew the same, to wit, at, &c. aforesaid, and whereas in truth and in fact, at the time on which the said T. C. did take his said oath, and make his said affidavit in form aforesaid, the said J. R. was not truly and justly indebted to the said T. C. in any sum of money whatsoever, lent and advanced to the said J. R. and the said A. S. and T. C. at the time of taking such oath, and making such affidavit well knew the same, to wit, at, &c. aforesaid, and whereas in truth and in fact, at the time on which the said T. C. did take his said oath, and make his said affidavit in form aforesaid, he the said J. R. was not indebted to the said T. C. in the said sum of one thousand one hundred pounds, or in any other sum whatsoever, upon any account whatsoever, and the said A. S. and T. C. at the time of taking such oath, and making such affidavit well knew the same, to wit, at, &c. aforesaid, by reason and means of which said conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement, so as aforesaid had and made between the said A. S. and the said T. C. the said J. R. hath been put to great expence of his money, and hath undergone and suffered many great and arduous troubles both of body and mind, to the great damage of the said J. R. to the evil example of, &c. and against the peace, &c. indict an when the 1172) That A. H. late of, &c. widow, J. H. late of, &c. and For conR. H. late of, &c. being evil disposed persons, and wickedly spiracy to devising and intending unjustly to deprive one J. P. of his innocent good name, fame, credit, and reputation, and also to subject man of the said J. P. without any just cause, to the pains and penal-perjury; ties by the laws of this country inflicted on persons guilty bill was of wilful and corrupt perjury, on, &c. with force and arms, throwa at, &c. aforesaid, among themselves did unlawfully and out by the wickedly conspire, combine, confederate and agree* toge-grand juther, falsely and maliciously to charge and accuse the said (") J. P. of wilful and corrupt perjury, and to indict him for the same supposed crime, and the jurors, &c. do further present, that in prosecution of the said wicked device and intentions of them the said A. H., J. H. and R. H. and according to the conspiracy, combination, confederacy, and agreement between them as aforesaid had, the said A. H., J. H. and R. H. afterwards, to wit, at the assizes and general sessions of oyer and terminer of our lord the king, holden at, &c. on Saturday the twenty-first day of August, in the fifty-third year of the reign, &c. before Sir R. G. one of the barons of our lord the king of his court of exchequer, Sir V. G. knight, one of the justices of our said lord the king of the court of C. P. and others, their fellows, justices of our said lord the king, assigned by letters patent of our said lord the king, under the great seal of the united (u) See a precedent for conspiracy to indict for forgery where the bill was thrown out, 4 Wentw. 96. For a conspiracy to indict for robbery where the bill was thrown out in like manner, Cro. C. C. 277. 7 Ed. Indictment for a conspiracy to indict without naming the crime, but merely stating it as a capital offence, and that in pursuance of the conspiracy the defendant did indict, holden valid, 2 Burr. 993. Indictment for kingdom of G. B. and I. to them the said Sir R. G. Sir V. G. and others, their fellow justices of our said lord the king, and to any two or more of them directed, (of whom one of them the said Sir R. G. and Sir V. G. or of either in the said letters patent named, our said lord the king willed to be one, to enquire more fully the truth, by the oath of good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, and by other ways, means, and methods by which they should or might better know (as well within liberties as without) by whom the truth of the matter might be the better known and enquired into, of all treasons, misprisions of treason, insurrections, rebellions, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinings, and other falsities of the money of the United kingdom of G. B. and I. and other kingdoms or dominions. whatsoever, and of all murthers, felonies, manslaughters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings, and conventicles, unlawful uttering of words, assemblies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligences, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, champarties, deceits, and all other evil doings, offences, and injuries whatsoever, and also the accessaries of them, within the county aforesaid, (as well within liberties as without) by whomsoever, and in what manner soever done, committed, or perpetrated, and by whom or to whom, when, how, and after what manner, and of all the articles and circumstances concerning the premises, and every of them, or any of them, in any manner whatsoever, and the said treasons and other the premises according to the laws and custom of E. for that time to hear and determine, did falsely exhibit a certain bill of indictment against the said J. P. by the name and addition of J. P. late of U. in the county aforesaid, gentleman, to Sir P. H. baronet, Sir J. C. H. &c. [here state the [* 1173] names of the grand jurors,] good and lawful men of the said county of S. then and there sworn and charged to inquire for our sovereign lord the king, for the body of the said county, and which said bill of indictment was and is as follows, that is to say, Somerset, &c. [here set out the bill preferred verbatim.] And the said A. H., J. H. and R. H. did then and there attempt and endeavour as much as in them lay, to get the said indictment by the said jury to be found a true bill, when in truth and in fact the matter therein contained was wholly false, and so it then and there appeared to the said jury, who then and there returned the said last mentioned bill of indictment, and found the same no true bill, to the great damage, infamy, and disgrace of the said J. P. in contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, to the evil example, &c. and against the peace, &c. And the jurors first. Second count. |