A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2

William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep

Stevens and Sons, 1896

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BOOK III	1

2 The Breaking and Entering	2

CHAPTER PAGE	3

3 The Mansion House	14

4 The Time	37

5 The Intent to commit a Felony	38

6 The Indictment Trial c	49

7 Being armed at night with intent to break into Houses	50

Of Larceny and Embezzlement of Naval and Military Stores	402

Of Larceny of Cloth and other Articles in Process of Manufacture	403

Of Larceny by Tenants and Lodgers	405

CHAPTER PAGE XXVII Of Embezzlements and Frauds by Bankrupts	407

Of Receiving Stolen Goods	418

2 When Enactments apply	421

3 Receiver and Principal	422

4 Indictment and Venue	433

Of Sacrilege or Breaking into any Church or Chapel and committing a Felony therein	54

Of Housebreaking	57

Of Stealing in a Dwellinghouse any Person therein being put in Fear	60

Of Stealing in a Dwellinghouse to the Value of 5 or more	63

Of Breaking c and Stealing in a Building within the Curtilage	69

Of Breaking c and Stealing in any Schoolhouse Shop Warehouse or Countinghouse	73

Of Breaking into any House c with intent to commit Felony	75

Of Robbery and Assaults with intent to Rob	76

2 The Felonious Taking	80

3 The Taking Against the Will of the Party	87

5 Assaults with intent to Rob	113

6 Principals and Accessories	115

7 The Indictment Trial c	116

CHAPTER PAGE X Of Larceny	121

1 The Taking and Carrying away	122

2 The Taking must be Invito Domino	129

3 Taking by Bailees and Persons having Special Property in the Goods	131

4 Taking where Owner parts with the Property	141

5 Taking where Possession obtained by Fraud	168

6 Taking by Finding	196

7 Taking Animo Furandi	209

8 Taking Lucri Causâ	219

9 Goods in respect of which Larceny may be com mitted	222

b Written Instruments	229

c Animals Birds and Fish	246

d Electricity	252

11 Indictment Trial and Punishment	273

Of Stealing from the Person	298

Of Stealing Horses Cows and Sheep	300

Of Stealing Dogs	306

Of Stealing and Destroying Deer	307

Of Taking or Killing Hares or Conies in a Warren c	310

Of Unlawfully Taking or Destroying Fish	312

Of Stealing in any Vessel in Port or upon any Navigable River c or in any Creek c and of Plundering Shipwrecked Vessels	316

Of Larceny by Servants and Persons who have the Cus tody of Goods as Servants and not the Legal Possession	319

Of Embezzlement by Clerks and Servants	340

Of Embezzlement and Frauds by Bankers Brokers Agents Trustees Directors Public Officers and Others	352

Of Embezzlements of Minor Importance	367

Of Embezzlement by Officers and Servants of the Bank of England and by Public Officers or by the Police	368

Of Larceny and Embezzlement by Persons in the Post office of Stealing Letters and of Secreting Bags or Mails of Letters	375

1 Telegraph Messages	396

2 Injuring Postoffice Property	397

5 Trial and Evidence	437

Of Taking a Reward for Helping to the Discovery of Stolen Property	443

Of Unlawfully Receiving or Having Possession of Pub lic Stores	448

Of Unlawfully Receiving Tackle or Goods cut from or left by Ships and of Receiving Goods stolen on the River Thames	452

Of Cheats Frauds False Tokens and False Pretences	454

2 Of False Pretences punishable by 24 25 Vict с 96 467	539

3 Of Cheats and Frauds punishable by Other Statutes	552

Of Forgery	564

1 Of the Making or Alteration necessary to consti tute Forgery	565

2 Of the Instruments in respect of which Forgery may be committed	617

3 Of the Fraud and Deceit to the Prejudice of Anothers Rights	624

4 Of Principals and Accessories	636

5 Of the Indictment Trial Evidence and Pun ishment	642

6 Enactments as to Forgery Generally	680

Of the Forging c of Records Judicial Process and Evidence	686

Of Forgeries relating to the Public Funds and the Stocks of Public Companies	695

Of Forging the Securities of the Bank of England or Ireland or other Banks	705

Of Forging East India Securities Debentures c	709

Of Forging and Transposing Stamps	712

Of the Forgery of Official Papers Securities and Documents	725

Of the Forgery of Private Papers Securities and Documents	761

2 Cases decided on Statutes in Force	764

Of Demanding Property upon Forged Instruments	769

Corn Trees c	781

Injuries to growing Corn Woods Stacks c	796

Of Cutting and Destroying Hopbinds	803

MineEngines	809

Of Burning and Damaging Ships and Other Vessels	821

Injuries to Works of Art	828

APPENDIX B Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Receiving	854

Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Indictment c	869

APPENDIX E Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Embezzlement	876

APPENDIX F Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Frauds	880

APPENDIX G Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Unlawful Pos	892

APPENDIX H Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Forging Securi	899

APPENDIX K Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Forgery	905

Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Forgery of	911

APPENDIX N Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Forgery	930

APPENDIX O Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Forgery of	950

APPENDIX P Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Engraving	956

APPENDIX S Decisions on Repealed Statutes as to Killing	976

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25 Vict aforesaid afterwards alleged AMERICAN NOTE amount appeared bailee bank note Bank of England Bayley bill of exchange breaking and entering burglary chattel cheque clause is taken clerk committed common law convicted thereof Court custody defendant delivered dwelling-house East P. C. embezzlement evidence fact false pretences forged or counterfeited forgery fraud fraudulent guilty of felony guilty of larceny Hale hard labour holden imprisoned indicted for forging indictment for stealing instrument intent to defraud Jim Butchers jury found laid Leach liable ment misdemeanor objected obtained offence opinion owner paid paper party payable payment penal servitude person possession post-office prisoner was indicted prisoner's promissory note prosecutor prosecutrix proved punishment purporting purpose question receipt received repealed robbery servant shew shillings solitary confinement stamp statute stolen sufficient taking term not exceeding uttering valuable security words

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Title	A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2 A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Horace Smith
Authors	William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep
Editors	Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep
Edition	6
Publisher	Stevens and Sons, 1896

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