LARCENY-continued.

Stealing vegetables. See Summary Conviction, 7&8G. 4.

Larceny, post.

Stealing coal or ore from mines.

Stealing or severing with intent to steal the ore
of any metal, or any lapis calaminaris, man-
ganese or mundick, or any wad, black cawke
or black lead, or any coal or cannel coal, from
any mine, bed or vein, fel. pun. as for simple
larceny. See p. 96. ante.

Stealing fixtures. See Fixtures, p. 58. ante.
Larceny by tenants and lodgers.

c. 29.

Stealing any chattel or fixture let to be used s. 45. with any house or lodging, (a) fel. pun. as for simple larceny. Id. s. 45.

In the case of stealing any chattel, the ind. is to

be preferred in common form as for larceny. In the case of stealing fixtures, the ind. is to be preferred in the same form as if the off. was not a tenant or lodger, and in either case to lay the property in the owner, or person letting to hire. Id. 45.

Larceny and embezzlement by clerks and servants.
See Clerks, p. 27, ante.

Embezzlement by bankers, brokers, attorney or
agent. See Agents, p. 8, ante.

(a) This offence is extended by this act to ready-furnish

ed houses.

LARCENY-continued.

7 & 8 G. 4. Factors pledging goods for their own benefit. See

c. 29.

s. 57.

Factors, p. 52, ante.

False pretences. See p. 52, ante.

Restitution of stolen goods.

A person guilty of any felony or misd. under
this act, in stealing, taking, obtaining or con-
verting, or in knowingly receiving any chattel,
money or valuable security, or other property
whatsoever, may be ind. for any such offence,
by or on behalf of the owner, his executor or
admin. and convicted thereof, and in that
case, the property is to be returned to the
owner, &c. (a) and the Ct. may order restitu-
tion in a summary manner. (b) Id. s. 57.
If it should appear before any order made, that
any valuable security (c) shall have been boná

(a) That is, on the conviction of the parties who stole the goods, though the party stealing it was guilty of misd. only. Formerly the owner was entitled to have his property restored in felony only, but not in cases of misd. before this act.

(b) The judge before whom a prisoner is tried and convicted has power by this act to order restitution of the goods stolen, which have been produced at the trial; but in case the stolen property has not been produced, a writ of restitution must be resorted to by the owner.

(c) This applies to valuable securities only, such as bills, &c. mentioned in page 96, ante. Where an offender is indicted for stealing such property, and the parties who were liable to pay such securities have bonâ fide discharged them, or parties have taken them in payment bonâ fide, and without notice or cause of suspicion, such securities are not to be

LARCENY―continued.

c. 29.

fide paid or discharged, by any person liable 7 & 8 G. 4.
to the payment thereof, or being a negoti-
able instrument, shall have been bona fide
taken or received by transfer or delivery for a
valuable consideration, without notice, or
without any reasonable cause to suspect that
the same had been stolen, &c. the Ct. may
order restitution thereof. Id. s. 57.

Advertising a reward for the recovery of stolen s. 59.
goods, and no questions asked, for every of-

fence, pen. 50l. and costs, to any one that
will sue by action. (a) 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29.
s. 59. See p. 7, ante.

Printing such advertisements, pen. 50l. and
costs, by action as above. Id.

LEAD.

Stealing or ripping, cutting or breaking, with intent to steal, lead, &c. and utensils (b),

returned to the owners; as the effect of this might be to make them to be paid twice, which this clause is made to prevent, and protect negociable security.

(a) This is the only sect. of this act which gives a penalty recoverable by action at the suit of a common informer.

(b) Utensils.—That is to say, copper spouts, cisterns, stoves, &c. fixed in brick work. If not so fixed, the taking of them, though amounting to larceny, will not come within the meaning of this sect.

Metal in any land.—This is applicable to metal pumps, lamp posts, iron water pipes, iron gas pipes, &c.

7 & 8 G. 4. c. 28.

9 G. 4. c. 31.

LEAD-continued.

glass, or wood-work (a), from buildings, &c. fel. pun. as for simple lar. (b) Id. s. 44. See Fixtures, p. 58, ante.

LEAVING SEAMEN ASHORE. 9 Geo. 4.

c. 31. s. 30. pun. for, see p. 59, ante,

LETTERS.

7 & 8 G. 4. Demanding money with menaces and threats. 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. s. 8. pun. for, see p. 101,

c. 29.

ante.

LIBELS.

Blasphemous and seditious, pun. for, see p. 20,

c. 29.

7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 30. s. 12.

pun. for, see p. 17, ante.

LODGERS.

Larceny by tenants and lodgers, pun. for, see p. 111, ante. Id. c. 29.

LODGINGS.

Stealing goods from. See Fixtures, p. 58, ante.
LOOM.

7 & 8 G.4. Destroying silk, woollen or cotton goods, or

c. 30.

manufactured goods, or goods in any state of manufacture, breaking or destroying, or

(a) That is to say, window frames glazed, being part of the dwelling house, offices, or erections; but this clause does not apply to glass lights in frames to hot-beds, &c.

(b) For this punishment, see p. 96, ante.

LOOM-continued.

c. 30.

damaging with intent to destroy or render 7&8 G. 4.
useless, any goods or article being in the loom
or frame, or any machine, engine, rack or
tenters, or in any stage of manufacture, fel.
pun. at the disc. of the Ct. Tr. for life, or not
less than 7 yrs. or Impr. not ex. 4 yrs.; if a
male, to be once, twice or thrice pub. or priv.
W. if the Ct. think fit, in add. to Impr.
Id. c. 30. s. 3.

M.

MACHINERY.

Destroying, or forcibly entering buildings for that s. 3.

purpose, cutting, &c. any warp or shute, of or
any loom, frame, machine, engine, rack,
tackle or implement whatever, fixed or move-
able, prepared for, or employed in manufac-
turing or preparing any goods or articles, (a)
or by force entering any house, shop, building
or place, with intent to commit any of the
said offences, fel. pun. as last above mention-
ed. Id.

Destroying threshing machines, or machines
used in any kind of manufacture, not provid-
ed in this act by sect. 3.

(a) This sect. is confined to injuries done to machinery used in the manufactures therein mentioned only.