6 G.3. c.36.

6 G.3. c.48.

9 G.3. c.29.

9 G.3. c.41.

10 G.3. c.18.

10 G.3. c.48.

13 G.3. c.31. § 4 & 5.

13 G.3. c.32.

13 G.3. c.33.

16 G.3. c.30.

19 G.3. c.74. except § 70.

21 G.3. c.68.

an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for encouraging the Cultivation, and for the better Preservation of Trees, Roots, Plants, and Shrubs; and another Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods and Underwoods, and for the further Preservation of Roots, Shrubs, and Plants; and an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the more effectual Punishment of such Persons as shall demolish or pull down, burn, or otherwise destroy or spoil any Mill or Mills, and for preventing the destroying or damaging of Engines for draining Collieries and Mines, or Bridges, Waggonways, or other Things used in conveying Coals, Lead, Tin, or other Minerals from Mines, or Fences for inclosing Lands in pursuance of Acts of Parliament; and an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for better securing the Duties of Customs upon certain Goods removed from the Out Ports and other Places to London; for regulating the Fees of Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Province of Senegambia, in Africa: for allowing to the Receivers General of the Duties on Offices and Employments, in Scotland, a proper Compensation for their Trouble and Expences; for the better Preservation of Hollies, Thorns, and Quicksets in Forests, Chases, and private Grounds, and of Trees and Underwoods in Forests and Chases; and for authorizing the Exportation of a limited Quantity of an inferior Sort of Barley called Bigg, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the Islands of Orkney; and an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for preventing the stealing of Dogs; and another Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for making the receiving of stolen Jewels, and Gold and Silver Plate, in the Case of Burglary and Highway Robbery, more penal; and so much of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the more effectual Execution of Criminal Laws in the Two Parts of the United Kingdom, as relates to the Prosecution and Punishment of Persons for Theft or Larceny, and for receiving or having any stolen Property as therein mentioned; and an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for repealing so much of an Act made in the Twenty third Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, as relates to the preventing the stealing, or destroying of Turnips; and for the more effectually preventing the stealing or destroying of Turnips, Potatoes, Cabbages, Parsnips, Pease, and Carrots; and another Act passed in the same Thirteenth Year, intituled An Act to extend the Provisions of An Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for 'the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods and Underwoods, and for the further Preservation of Roots, Shrubs, and 'Plants,' to Poplar, Alder, Maple, Larch, and Hornbeam; and an Act passed in the Sixteenth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act more effectually to prevent the stealing of Deer, and to repeal several former Statutes made for the like Purpose; and the whole of an Act passed in the Nineteenth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, and other Punishment of certain Offenders, except so much thereof as relates to the Judges Lodgings; and an Act passed in the Twenty first Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Fourth Year of the

Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the more effectual punishing Stealers of Lead and Iron 'Bars fixed to Houses, or any Fences belonging thereunto;' and another Act passed in the same Twenty first Year, intituled An 21 G.3. c.69. Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Twenty ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for more effectually discouraging and preventing the • stealing, and the buying and receiving of stolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brass, Bell-metal, and Solder, and for more effectually bringing the Offenders to Justice;' and an Act passed in the Twenty second Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An 22 G.3. c.58. Act for the more easy Discovery and effectual Punishment of Buyers and Receivers of Stolen Goods; and an Act passed in the Thirty first Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to render Persons 31 G.3. c.35. convicted of Petty Larceny competent Witnesses; and an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for better protecting the several Oyster Fisheries within this Kingdom; and so much of an Act passed in the Thirty third Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for better preventing Offences in obstructing, destroying, or damaging Ships or other Vessels, and in obstructing Seamen, Keelmen, Casters, and Ship Carpenters, from pursuing their lawful Occupations, as relates to Persons who shall wilfully and maliciously set fire to, or destroy or damage otherwise than by Fire, any Ship, Keel, or other Vessel; and so much of an Act passed in the Thirty sixth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to prevent Ob- 36 G.3. c.9. structions to the free Passage of Grain within the Kingdom, as relates $ 3. to the End. to the Liability of the Inhabitants of Hundreds; and an Act passed

31 G.3. c.51.

33 G.3. c.67.

$ 5 & 6.

in the Thirty ninth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to 39 G.3. c.85. protect Masters against Embezzlements by their Clerks or Servants;

and so much of an Act passed in the Thirty ninth and Fortieth

Years of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the Security of 39 & 40 G.3. Collieries and Mines, and for the better Regulation of Colliers and c.77. § 1 & 5. Miners, as declares what Persons shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and as relates to any Person who shall steal or take away, or break, destroy, damage, or embezzle, any Article not exceeding the Value of Five Shillings as therein mentioned, or shall break, destroy, or damage any Waggon, Cart, or other Carriage as therein mentioned; and an Act passed in the Forty first Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the in- 41 G.3. c.24. demnifying of Persons injured by the forcible pulling down and de- (U.K.) molishing of Mills, or of Works thereunto belonging, by Persons unlawfully and riotously assembled; and an Act passed in the Forty

second Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to extend the Pro- 42 G.3. c.67. visions of an Act made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for repealing so much of an Act made in the Twenty third Year of His late Majesty King George the Second, as relates to the preventing the stealing or destroying of Turnips, and for the more effectually preventing the stealing or destroying of Turnips, Potatoes, Cabbages, Parsnips, Pease, and ⚫ Carrots,' to certain other Field Crops, and to Orchards; and for amending the said Act; and an Act passed in the same Forty second Year, intituled An Act more effectually to prevent the stealing 42 G.3. c.107. of Deer; and so much of an Act passed in the Forty third Year

of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the further Prevention 43 G.3. c.58. 7 & 8 GEO. IV. Part of § 1.

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of malicious shooting, and attempting to discharge loaded Fire Arms, stabbing, cutting, wounding, poisoning, and the malicious using of Means to procure the Miscarriage of Women; and also the malicious setting Fire to Buildings; and also for repealing a certain Act made in England in the Twenty first Year of the late King James the First, intituled An Act to prevent the destroying and ' murdering of Bastard Children;' and also an Act made in Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, also intituled An Act to prevent the destroying and murdering of Bastard Children;' and for making other Provisions in lieu thereof, as relates to the setting Fire to any of the Buildings therein enumerated; and the whole of an Act passed in the same 43 G.3. c.115. Forty third Year, intituled An Act for the more effectually providing except § 6. for the Punishment of Offences in wilfully casting away, burning, or destroying Ships or Vessels; and for the more convenient Trial of Accessories in Felonies; and for extending the Powers of an Act made in the Thirty third Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, as far as relates to Murders, to Accessories to Murders, and to Manslaughters, except so much thereof as specially relates to Accessories before the Fact in Murder, and to Manslaughter; and so much of an Act passed in the Forty fourth Year of King George the Third, intituled An Act to render more easy the apprehending and bringing to Trial Offenders escaping from one Part of the United Kingdom to the other, and also from one County to another, as relates to the Prosecution and Punishment of Persons for Theft or Larceny, and for receiving or having any Stolen Property, as therein mentioned; and an Act passedin the Forty fifth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to prevent in Great Britain the illegally carrying away Bark; and for amending Two Acts passed in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, for the Preservation of Timber Trees, Underwoods, Roots, Shrubs, Plants, Hollies, Thorns, and Quicksets; and an Act passed in the 48 G.S. c.129. Forty eighth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to repeal

44 G.3. c.92. $ 7 & 8.

45 G.3. c.66.

48 G.3. c.144.

51 G.S. c. 41.

51 G.3. c.120.

52 G.3. c.63.

so much of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act to take away the Benefit of Clergy 'from certain Offenders for Felony,' as takes away the Benefit of Clergy from Persons stealing privily from the Person of another; and for more effectually preventing the Crime of Larceny from the Person; and an Act passed in the same Forty eighth Year, intituled An Act for the more effectual Protection of Oyster Fisheries and the Brood of Oysters in England; and an Act passed in the Fifty first Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the more effectually 'preventing the stealing of Linen, Fustian, and Cotton Goods and Wares, in Buildings, Fields, Grounds, and other Places used for 'printing, whitening, bleaching, or dyeing the same,' as takes away the Benefit of Clergy from Persons stealing Cloth in Places therein mentioned; and for more effectually preventing such Felonies; and an Act passed in the same Fifty first Year, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the Forty seventh Year of His present Majesty, for more effectually preventing the stealing of Deer; and an Act passed in the Fifty second Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for more effectually preventing the Embezzlement of Securities

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for Money and other Effects left or deposited for safe Custody, or other special Purpose, in the Hands of Bankers, Merchants, Brokers, Attornies, or other Agents; and an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for extending the Provisions of an Act of the 52 G.3. c.64. Thirtieth Year of King George the Second, against Persons obtaining Money by false Pretences, to Persons so obtaining Bonds and other Securities; and another Act passed in the same Fifty second

Year, intituled An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Per- 52 G.3. c.130. sons destroying the Properties of His Majesty's Subjects, and enabling the Owners of such Properties to recover Damages for the Injury sustained; and so much of an Act passed in the Fifty third

Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act to repeal a certain Pro- 53 G.3. c. 162. vision respecting Persons convicted of Felony without Benefit of Clergy, contained in an Act made in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the Erection of a Penitentiary House for the Confinement of Persons convicted within the City of London and County of Middlesex, and for making other Provisions in lieu thereof, as relates to the Punishment of Larceny; and an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Persons riotously destroy- 56 G.3. c.125. ing or damaging Buildings, Engines, and Machinery used in and about Collieries and other Mines, Waggonways, Bridges, and other Works used in conveying and shipping Coals and other Minerals; and for enabling the Owners of such Property to recover Damages for the Injury sustained; and so much of an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the same Reign, intituled An Act for the 57 G.3. c.19. more effectually preventing Seditious Meetings and Assemblies, as $38. relates to the Liability of the Inhabitants of the City, Town, or Hundred, to yield Compensation to the Party injured, as therein mentioned; and an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of

His present Majesty, intituled An Act for the summary Punish- 1G.4. c.56. ment, in certain Cases, of Persons wilfully or maliciously damaging or committing Trespasses on public or private Property; and the

whole of an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to re- 1G.4. c.115. peal so much of the several Acts passed in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of Elizabeth, the Fourth of George the First, the Fifth and Eighth of George the Second, as inflicts Capital Punishment on certain Offences therein specified, and to provide more suitable and effectual Punishment for such Offences, except so much thereof as relates to the Offences made Capital by the said Act of Queen Elizabeth; and another Act passed in the same Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in 1G.4. c.117. the Tenth and Eleventh Years of King William the Third, intituled An Act for the better apprehending, prosecuting, and punishing of Felons that commit Burglary, Housebreaking, or Robbery in Shops, Warehouses, Coach Houses, or Stables, or that steal Horses,' as takes away the Benefit of Clergy from Persons privately stealing, in any Shop, Warehouse, Coach House, or Stable, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes of the Value of Five Shillings; and for more ef fectually preventing the Crime of stealing privately in Shops, Warehouses, Coach Houses, or Stables; and an Act passed in the Third Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act for extending the SG.4. c. 24. Laws against Receivers of Stolen Goods to Receivers of Stolen Bonds, Bank Notes, and other Securities for Money; and an Act

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3 G.4. c. 93.

3 G.4. c.38.

3 G. 4. c.114.

SG 4. c.126. $128.

4 G. 4. c.46.

passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for altering and amending several Acts passed in the First and Ninth Years of the Reign of King George the First, and in the Forty first, Fifty second, Fifty sixth, and Fifty seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, so far as the same relate to the Recovery of Damages committed by riotous and tumultuous Assemblies, and unlawful and malicious Offenders; and the whole of an Act passed in the same Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act for the further and more adequate Punishment of Persons convicted of Manslaughter, and of Servants convicted of robbing their Masters, and of Accessories before the Fact to Grand Larceny, and certain other Felonies, except so far as relates to Manslaughter; and so much of another Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to provide for the more effectual Punishment of certain Offences, by Imprisonment with hard Labour, as relates to the Punishment for receiving Stolen Goods, and for obtaining any Property as therein mentioned by false Pretences; and so much of an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England, as creates any Felony; and the whole of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act for repealing the Capital Punishments inflicted by several Acts of the Sixth and Twenty seventh Years of King George the Second, and of the Third, Fourth, and Twenty second Years of King George the Third, and for providing other Punishments in lieu thereof, and in lieu of the Punishment of Framebreaking under an Act of the Twenty eighth Year of the same Reign, except so far as relates to the Felonies created by the Acts of the Twenty seventh Year of King George the Second and of the Third Year of King George the Third therein recited; and the whole of an Act passed in the same Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act for extending the Benefit of Clergy to several Larcenies therein mentioned, except so far as relates to any Person convicted of stealing or embezzling His Majesty's Ammunition, Sails, Cordage, or Naval or Military Stores, or of being accessory to any such Offence; and the whole of an Act passed in the same Year, intituled An Act for allowing the Benefit of Clergy to Persons convicted of certain Felonies under Two Acts of the Ninth Year of King George the First and of the Twenty seventh Year of King George the Second; for making better Provision for the Punishment of Persons guilty of sending or delivering threatening Letters, and of Assaults with Intent to commit Robbery, except so far as relates to any Person who shall send or deliver any Letter or Writing threatening to kill or murder, or to burn or destroy, as therein mentioned, or shall be accessory to any such Offence, or shall forcibly rescue any Person being lawfully in Custody for any such Offence; and an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act for the Amendment of the Law as to the Offence of sending threatening Letters; and so much of an Act passed in the same Year of the present Reign, intituled An Act to alter and amend an Act for the better Pro§ 7, 8, 9, & 10. tection of the Property of Merchants and others, who may hereafter enter into Contracts or Agreements in relation to Goods, Wares, or Merchandize intrusted to Factors or Agents, as relates to any Mis

4 G.4. c.53.

4 G. 4. c.54.

6 G.4. c. 19.

6 G.4. c.94.

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