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 AND PUNISHMENT. 547 II. Crimes, den(Miiinated single felonies, punishable by trans- 1787 * portation, whipping, impnsonment, the pillory, and hard labour in houses of correction, according to the nature of the offence. The principal of which are the following : — Grand larceny, which comprehends every spedes of theft above the value of one shilling, not otherwise distinguished. Keceiving or buying stolen goods, jewels, and plate. Eipping and stealing lead, iron, copper, &c, or buying or reodving. Stealing (or receiving when stolen) ore from blacklead mines. Stealing from furnished lodgings Setting fire to underwood. Stealing letters, or destropng a letter or packet, advancing the postage, and secreting the money. Embezzling naval stores, in certain cases. Petty larcenies or thefts under one shilling. Assaulting with an intent to rob. Aliens returning after being. ordered out of the kingdom. Stealing fish from a pond or river, fishing in inclosed ponds, and buying stolen fish. Stealing roots, trees, or plants of the value of five shillings, or destroying them. Stealing children with their appareL Bigamy, or marrying more wives or husbands than one (now punishable with transportation). Assaulting and cutting or burning clothes. Counterfeiting the copper coin. Marriage, solemnising clandestinely. Manslaughter, or killing another without malice. Stealing a shroud out of a grave. Cutting or stealing timber trees. Watermen carrying too many passengers in the Thames, ii any drowned. III. Offences denominated misdemeanours, punishable by, fine, imprisonment, whipping, and the pillory. The principal of yhich are the following : — Perjury, or taking a false oath in a judicial proceeding. Frauds, by cheating, swindling, contrary to the rules of common honesty. Conspiracies for the purpose of injuring or defending others. Assaults by striking or beating another person. Stealing dead bodies. Stealing cabbages, turnips, <fec., growing. Cutting and stealing wood and trees. Robbing orchards and garden& Stealing deer from forests Stealing dogSL Digitized by Google