A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Part 35

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