Forms of Indictment for Offences Triable at Courts of Quarter Sessions, under the
Provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 14 & 15 Vict. cap. 100.
J. E. DAVIS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
26. Stealing fabrics in the process of manu-
27. Stealing trees in an orchard, &c., xi.
28. Stealing a tree above the value of five
29. Damaging trees, with intent to steal, xii.
30. Stealing letters, xii.
5. Larceny, with a count for receiving, against 31. Larceny of money by a clerk or servant, xiii.
10. Against accessary after the fact, where the
principal is unknown, v.
Stealing in a dwelling-house to the amount
of five pounds, xvi.
11. Larceny, after a previous conviction for
felony at the quarter sessions, vi.
12. Larceny, after a previous conviction for
felony at the assizes, vi.
13. Larceny of money, vii.
14. Larceny of a promissory note, vii.
15. Larceny of a bill of exchange, viii.
16. Larceny of cattle, viii.
17. Killing cattle with intent to steal, viii.
18. Larceny of metal fixed to a building, viii.
19. Larceny of a fixture, ix.
20. Larceny of glass belonging to a building,
ix.
21. Larceny of metal fixed in land being
private property, ix.
22. Larceny of metal fixed in a place dedicated
to public use, x.
23. Cutting with intent to steal lead fixed to a
24. Stealing ore from a mine, x.
Breaking and entering a shop, xvii.
39. Stealing from the person, xviii.
40. Robbery, xviii.
41. Assault with intent to rob, xviii.
42. Demanding money with menaces, xix.
43. Demanding property by force, xix.
44. Malicious injuries to animals, xix.
45. Destroying trees in an orchard, &c., xx.
46. Destroying trees above the value of five
pounds, xx.
47. Drowning a mine, xx.
48. Obstructing airway of a mine, xxi.
49. Destroying a steam engine for working a
mine, xxi.
Damaging, with intent to destroy, a steam
engine for working a mine, xxi.
Destroying threshing machines, xxii.
52. Damaging, with intent to destroy, thresh-
ing machines, xxii.
25. Severing ore from a mine, with intent to 53. Removing piles used to secure the banks of
4. Riot and assault, with a count for a com- 27.
mon assault, xxv.
5. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm,
xxvi.
6. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm,
with a count for a common assault,
xxvii.
7. Maliciously inflicting grevious bodily harm,
xxvii.
8. Maliciously inflicting grevious bodily harm, 30.
with a count for an assault, occasioning
actual bodily harm, xxviii.
9. Maliciously cutting, xxviii.
10. Assault with intent to steal from the per-
son, with a count for a common assault,
xxix.
11. Assault on a parish constable in the execu-
tion of his duty, with a count for a
common assault, xxix.
12. Assault on a police constable in the exe-
cution of his duty, xxx.
13. Assault upon a revenue officer in the exe-
cution of his duty, xxx.
14. Assault on a special constable in the exe-
cution of his duty, xxx.
Assault on a person aiding another in ap-
prehending defendant for an offence
under the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19, xxxviii.
Assault on a person apprehending defen-
dant committing an indictable offence in
the night, xxxix.
Assault on a person aiding another in ap-
prehension of defendant committing an
indictable offence in the night, xl.
Against a master or mistress for neglecting
to provide food for an apprentice or
servant under the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 11, xl.
Against a master or mistress for mali-
ciously assaulting an apprentice or ser-
vant under the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 11,
with counts for maliciously inflicting
bodily harm, and for a common assault,
xli.
32. Indecent assault, with a count for a com-
mon assault, xlii.
33. Indecent assault with intent to have an
improper connexion, xliii.
34. Indecent assault by other means, xliii.
35. Assault with intent to commit a rape, xliii.
Assault with intent to commit a rape, with
a count for an indecent assault, xliv.
Carnally knowing a child above ten and
under the age of twelve years, xliv.
Carnally knowing a child above ten and
under the age of twelve, with a count
for an indecent assault, xlv.
Attempting to have carnal knowledge of a
girl under twelve years of age, xlv.
Attempting to have carnal knowledge of
a girl under twelve, with a count for an
indecent assault, xlvi.
15. Assault on a local constable, xxxi.
16. Assault upon a person acting in aid of a
constable, xxxi.
17. Assault with intent to resist the lawful
apprehension of the party assaulting,
xxxii.
18. Assault with intent to prevent the lawful
apprehension of a third party, xxxii.
19. Assault with intent to prevent the lawful
apprehension of the defendant and
another, xxxii.
47. Obtaining money by false statement of 74.
authority to receive debts, li.
48. Obtaining money by pretence of a pay-
ment to a third person, li.
49. Obtaining money by false pretences as to
the name and circumstances of the de-
fendant, li.
50. Obtaining a post-office order by a begging
letter, purporting to be written on be-
half of a third person, lii.
51. Obtaining money by personating another,
52. Obtaining money by false representations
as to the employment and condition of
the defendant, liii.
53. Obtaining a horse by false representations,
liv.
54. Obtaining goods by falsely pretending
that the defendant was a trader in sol-
vent circumstances, liv.
55. Obtaining money by false allegations of
delivery of goods, lv.
56. Obtaining money by a false pretence as to
the amount due for carriage of a parcel,
lv.
57. Obtaining money by rendering a false ac-
count of work done by a third party,
lvi.
58. Obtaining a cheque by means of false pre-
tences, lvii.
59. Obtaining a bill of exchange by means of
false pretences, lvii.
60. Obtaining money by falsely pretending
that a member of a friendly society was
indebted to the society, lviii.
61. Falsely pretending that the rules of a
friendly society had been duly certified,
lviii.
62. Obtaining money by means of a false
warranty of the weight of goods, lix.
63. Obtaining money by a false warranty of
goods, lx.
64. Falsely pretending that goods were of a
particular quality, lx.
65. Attempting to obtain money by means of
false pretences, lxi.
66. Selling by false scales, lxi.
67. Selling by false weights, lxii.
68. Selling by false measures, lxii.
69. General count for conspiracy to defraud of
money, lxiii.
70. General count for conspiracy to defraud of
goods, lxiii.
71. General count for conspiracy to cheat
tradesmen generally of their goods,
lxiii.
72. Conspiracy to obtain goods by false re-
presentations as to property, lxiv.
73. Conspiracy to cheat and defraud of goods,
setting out overt acts, lxiv.
Conspiracy to obtain money by false pre-
tences, with a count for obtaining
money by false pretences, lxv.
Being found by night armed, with intent
to break into a house and commit a
felony therein, lxvi.
Being found by night in possession of
implements of housebreaking, without
lawful excuse, lxvi.
Being found by night with a disguised
face, with intent to commit felony, lxvii.
Being found by night in a house, with
intent to commit a felony therein, lxvii.
Being found by night armed, with intent
to break into a house, after a previous
conviction for one or other of the
offences mentioned in the four last pre-
ceding forms, lxviii.
Forms of Indictments for Offences Triable at the Assizes only, adapted to the
Provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 14 & 15 Vict. cap. 100, and
alphabetically arranged. By HENRY T. J. MACNAMARA, ESQ., of Lincoln's
Inn, Barrister-at-Law.
3. Indictment for stealing children under the
age of ten years (9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 21),
xcviii.
For setting fire to a ship (7 Will. 4 &
1 Vict. c. 89, s. 6), cv.
For setting fire to a ship with intent to
prejudice the owner or underwriter
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 89, s. 6), cv.
For setting fire to ships of war, &c. cv.
For setting fire to a ship, with intent to
murder (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 89, s. 4),
cvi.
For setting fire to stacks of corn, &c.
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 89, s. 10), cvi.
For setting fire to farm produce, &c. in
farm buildings (7 & 8 Vict. c. 62, s. 2),
cvii.
For setting fire to crops (7 & 8 Geo. 4,
c. 30, s. 17), cvii.
1. Principal in the second degree, c.
2. Accessary before the fact, ci.
3. Accessary after the fact, ci.
1. Endeavouring to seduce a soldier from his
allegiance, under 37 Geo. 3, c. 70, s. 1,
ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES.
1. For attempting to set fire to buildings, &c.
(9 & 10 Vict. c. 25, s. 7), cvii.
2. For attempting to drown with intent to
murder (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 85, s. 3),
cviii.
3. For attempting to shoot with intent to
murder (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 85, s. 3),
cviii.
4. For attempting to poison with intent to
murder (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 85, s. 3),
cix.
1. For setting fire to a house, with intent to
injure any person (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.
c. 89, s. 3), cii.
2. For setting fire to a church or chapel
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 89, s. 3), ciii.
3. For setting fire to a house, some person
being therein (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 89,
s. 2), ciii.
4. For setting fire to a gaol (see Reg. v.
Connor, 2 Cox C. C. 65), civ.
4. Against a bankrupt for not discovering his
property (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106, s. 251), Indictment for attempting to bribe a constable,
5. Against a bankrupt for obtaining goods
on credit by false pretences (s. 253),
cxii.
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