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Grand Larceny, which comprehends every species of Theft above the value of One s.h.i.+lling, not otherwise distinguished
Receiving or buying Stolen Goods, Jewels and Plate. _See page_ 299
Ripping and stealing Lead, Iron, Copper, &c. or buying or receiving, _See page_ 295
Stealing (or receiving when stolen) Ore from Black Lead Mines
Stealing from Furnished Lodgings
Setting fire to Underwood
Stealing Letters, or destroying a Letter or Packet, advancing the Postage, and secreting the Money
Embezzling Naval Stores, in certain cases, _See pages_ 261-263
Petty Larcenies, or Thefts under one s.h.i.+lling
a.s.saulting with an intent to Rob
Aliens returning after being ordered out of the kingdom
Stealing Fish from a Pond or River--Fis.h.i.+ng in inclosed Ponds, and buying stolen Fish
Stealing Roots, Trees, or Plants, of the value of 5_s._ or destroying them
Stealing Children with their apparel
Bigamy, or Marrying more Wives or Husbands than one (now punishable with transportation)
a.s.saulting and Cutting, or Burning Clothes
Counterfeiting the Copper Coin, &c.--_See page_ 191-211
Marriage, solemnizing clandestinely
Manslaughter, or killing another without Malice, &c. _See page_ 44
Cutting or Stealing Timber Trees, &c. &c. &c.
Stealing a Shroud out of a Grave
Watermen carrying too many pa.s.sengers in the Thames, if any drowned
3. OFFENCES _denominated_ Misdemeanors, _punishable by Fine, Imprisonment, Whipping, and the Pillory._
_The princ.i.p.al of which are the following:_
Perjury, or taking a false Oath in a judicial proceeding, &c.
Frauds, by Cheating, Swindling contrary to the rules of common honesty, &c. &c.
Conspiracies, for the purpose of injuring or defrauding others
a.s.saults by striking or beating another person, &c.
Stealing Dead Bodies
Stealing Cabbages, Turnips, &c. growing
Cutting and stealing Wood and Trees
Robbing Orchards and Gardens
Stealing Deer from Forests
Stealing Dogs
Setting fire to a House to defraud the Insurance Office
Making and selling Fire-Works and Squibs
Throwing the same when on fire about the streets
Uttering Base Money
Selling Base Money under its denominated value
Embezzlement in the Woollen, Silk, and other Manufactures
Offences by Artificers and Servants in various Trades
Combinations and Conspiracies for raising the price of Wages, &c. (_See stat._ 39 _Geo._ III. _c._ 81)
Smuggling Run Goods, and other Frauds relative to the Excise and Customs
Keeping Bawdy Houses and other Disorderly Houses
4. IDLE and Disorderly Persons _described by the Act of the 17th Geo. II. cap. 5. and subsequent Acts_; punishable with one Month's Imprisonment--_namely_,
1. Persons threatening to run away and leave their wives and children on the Parish
2. Persons who tipple in Ale Houses, and neglect their Families, &c. as described in the 3d Geo. III. cap. 45
3. Persons who shall unlawfully return to the Parish or place from which they have been legally removed, without bringing a Certificate
