James I
(48.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 1 JAMES I.
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Persons indicted for burglary |
29 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
6 |
|
" " " larceny |
40 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
9 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
15 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
2 |
|
Person " " murder |
1 |
|
Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
9 |
|
Person " " pig-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
8 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
120 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, all of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
6 |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
7 |
|
Person " " assault with dagger |
1 |
|
Persons " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
5 |
|
Person " " cheating and cosening |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
2 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
5 |
|
" " " nuisance, in putting a dunghill on public ground |
5 |
|
Person " " quarrelling and fomenting quarrels |
1 |
|
Persons " " refusing to keep watch |
3 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
53 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
38 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, eight of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
16 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
24 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 26, females 2 |
28 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 2 |
3 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
22 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
37 |
(49.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 2 JAMES I.
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|
Person indicted for bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
9 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
13 |
|
" " " larceny |
34 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
6 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
16 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
4 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
8 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
Person " " rape |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
98 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, two of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
8 |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
12 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
4 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot |
7 |
|
" " " cheating and cosening |
3 |
|
Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
35 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
1 |
|
Persons " " quarrelling and fomenting discords &c. |
2 |
|
Person " " trespass, in taking away a horse |
1 |
|
Persons " " vagabondage |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
53 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
28 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, nine of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
14 |
|
Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
1 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
21 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 26, female 1 |
27 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 5, after judgment 1 |
6 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
5 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
42 |
(50.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 3 JAMES I.
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|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
29 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
6 |
|
" " " larceny |
34 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
9 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
15 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
2 |
|
Person " " murder |
1 |
|
Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
9 |
|
Person " " pig-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
8 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
114 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, all of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
6 |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
7 |
|
Person " " assault with dagger |
1 |
|
Persons " " assembling riotously &c, and hindering officers in the execution of their duty |
9 |
|
Person " " cheating and cosening |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
2 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
37 |
|
" " " nuisance, in putting dung &c. and keeping dunghills on public ground near highways |
5 |
|
" " " refusing to keep watch |
3 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
53 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
32 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, eight of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
16 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
24 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 26, females 2 |
28 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 2 |
3 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
22 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
37 |
(51.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 4 JAMES I.
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|
Persons indicted for burglary |
18 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for larceny |
18 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
4 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with violence), including highway robberies |
15 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
3 |
|
" " " murder |
7 |
|
" " " witchcraft |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
71 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
6 |
|
" " " assault with sword |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. |
4 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and breaking windows &c. |
10 |
|
Person " " encroaching on a highway |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
86 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in keeping dogs offensively |
1 |
|
Persons " " quarrelling and fomenting discords &c. |
2 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
38 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
18 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, all of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
4 |
|
Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
1 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
8 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 19, females 2 |
21 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 9 |
9 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
10 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
25 |
(52.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 5 JAMES I.
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|
Catholic priest indicted for being and remaining traitorously in the country |
1 |
|
Person indicted for bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
11 |
|
Person " " fowl-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " horse-stealing |
10 |
|
" " " larceny |
46 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
3 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
19 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for murder |
8 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
12 |
|
Person " " pig-stealing |
1 |
|
" " " rape |
1 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons convicted for capital felonies |
119 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, two of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
14 |
|
Persons convicted of assault and battery |
11 |
|
" " " assault with the sword &c. |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting and hindering officers in the performance of their duty |
3 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot |
9 |
|
" " " carrying away an obligatory writing |
2 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
2 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
112 |
|
" " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
2 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in throwing filthy water into a public place |
1 |
|
Persons " " playing unlawful games |
2 |
|
" " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace |
3 |
|
" " " stopping a water-course |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
66 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
43 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, eight of them following up their confessions by pleading benefit of clergy |
11 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
3 |
|
Capital felons pleading benefit of clergy |
26 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 30, females 3 |
33 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 4, after judgment 6 |
10 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
4 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
51 |
(53.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 6 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for bigamy |
3 |
|
" " " burglary |
15 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
6 |
|
" " " larceny |
80 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
17 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
44 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
5 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for ox (cow &c.) stealing |
2 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
6 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
182 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, nine of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
25 |
Memoranda on the indictments show that, in respect to two of the
nine culprits so convicted on indictments for grand larceny, and six of
the other culprits, it was ordered that they should be delivered "on
payment of the fee." The amount of the fee does not appear.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
15 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
6 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
11 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
14 |
|
" " " building a new cottage and placing a tenant in it, without assigning four acres of land to the habitation |
5 |
|
Person " " building a new house against the form of a certain statute, and building it without gutters so that the rainfallfrom its roof annoyed passers-by |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping bowling-alleys |
2 |
|
Person " " keeping a brothel |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church |
125 |
|
" " " playing unlawful games |
10 |
|
" " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace &c. |
2 |
|
" " " selling ale by short measure |
18 |
|
Person " " selling unwholesome flesh for human food |
1 |
|
Persons " " stopping water-courses |
6 |
|
Person " " trespass, in breaking riotously into a house |
1 |
|
Also, three several informations against brewers for supplying unlicensed ale-house-keepers with ale and beer, in excess of their lawful requirements, against the form of a certain statute of 4 James I.; the number of the brewers thus informed against being |
3 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
89 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
56 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, eleven of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
20 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
6 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
34 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 42, females 7 |
49 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 6, after judgment 3 |
9 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
22 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
59 |
(54.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 7 JAMES I.
|
|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
34 |
|
" " " coining false money |
4 |
|
" " " clipping and diminishing the king's current money |
2 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
24 |
|
" " " larceny |
104 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
20 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
25 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
14 |
|
" " " murder |
8 |
|
" " " ox ('cow &c.) stealing |
5 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " rape |
6 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
18 |
|
Person " " witchcraft |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
267 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, six of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
39 |
It was adjudged that of these thirty-nine culprits twenty-six should
be delivered on payment of ihe fee, and thirteen be whipt and then
delivered on payment of the fee.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
17 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
4 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
5 |
|
Person " " building a new stable against the form of a certain statute |
1 |
|
Persons " " cheating and cosening |
3 |
|
Person " " enticing an apprentice to neglect his master's service and spend his master's money on harlots |
1 |
|
Persons " " following vocations without having served apprenticeships to them |
2 |
|
" " " forcible entry and disseisin |
6 |
|
Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
96 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in building a cottage without a roof-gutter to carry off the rainfall |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
1 |
|
Persons " " nuisance, in stopping public ways |
2 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in stopping a water-course |
1 |
|
" " " selling unwholesome flesh for human food |
1 |
|
" " " taking away a tame stag |
1 |
|
Person indicted for trespass, in intruding into the King's palace (Whitehall) and the Prince of Wales's palace (St. James's) without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground |
5 |
|
" " " trespassing on private ground and taking away lead |
3 |
|
Also, Informations for supplying unlicensed ale-house-keepers with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements against two brewers |
2 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
137 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
96 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, twenty-six of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
38 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
3 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
57 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 56, females 4 |
60 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 12, after judgment 5 |
17 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
26 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
115 |
(55.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 8 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for bigamy |
6 |
|
" " " burglary |
32 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
20 |
|
" " " larceny |
85 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
4 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
34 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
13 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
5 |
|
Person " " pig-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
208 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, seven of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
24 |
|
All of these twenty-four culprits were sentenced to be whipt and pay the fee before being delivered. |
|
Person indicted for abducting a rich widow and detaining her against her will |
1 |
|
Persons " " assault and battery |
21 |
|
Persons indicted for assault with sword &c. |
5 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
9 |
|
" " " breaking into a garden and cutting down fruit-trees |
2 |
|
Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
2 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
69 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in blocking a public way with carts |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in keeping a slaughter-house offensively |
1 |
|
Persons " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
2 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in throwing bones and hoofs of animals on a highway |
1 |
|
Persons " " vagabondage |
6 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
93 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
73 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, eleven of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
17 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
6 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
42 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 42, females 3 |
45 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 6, after judgment 1 |
7 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
26 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
81 |
(56.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 9 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
43 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
12 |
|
" " " larceny |
97 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
12 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
25 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
2 |
|
" " " murder |
9 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
5 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
4 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
211 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, fifteen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
32 |
Of these thirty-two culprits, twenty-seven were sentenced to be whipt,
before being delivered on payment of the fee. Three of the remaining five
were ordered to be delivered on payment of the fee. In respect to the
sentences on the other two, the bills afford no information.
|
|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
32 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
2 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
2 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot |
7 |
|
Person " " building new cottages &c. without assigning four acres of land to each or any-one of them |
1 |
|
" " " following a vocation without having served an apprenticeship to it |
1 |
|
Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin |
5 |
|
Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
2 |
|
Person " " keeping a disorderly house during divine service |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
84 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in defiling the water of a public pond and spring by cleaning hides therein |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
1 |
|
" " " removing a wooden post set in a highway |
1 |
|
" " " taking away a child and cheating |
1 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
98 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
75 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, twelve of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
15 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
43 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 41, females 6 |
47 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 7, after judgment 1 |
8 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
28 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
82 |
(57.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 10 JAMES I.
|
|
Person indicted for bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
17 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
5 |
|
" " " larceny |
47 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
3 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person done with violence, including highway robberies |
15 |
|
Person " " manslaughter |
1 |
|
Persons " " murder |
3 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
4 |
|
Person " " rape |
1 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
98 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, ten of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
13 |
All of these thirteen culprits were sentenced to be whipt, nothing
being said of the obligation of any one of them to pay a fee before delivery. It is also worthy of remark that in the ensuing files of this
reign, nothing appears on any bill to notify that a culprit convicted of
petty larceny was required to pay a fee before enlargement.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
28 |
|
Person " " assault with sword |
1 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
1 |
|
Persons " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
15 |
|
Person " " breaking into a chase and killing deer |
1 |
|
" " " cheating by means of counterfeit letters |
1 |
|
" " " following a vocation without having been apprenticed to it |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
89 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in putting cartloads of dirt on a highway |
1 |
|
" " " trespassing and taking away lead |
1 |
|
" " " vagrancy |
1 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
38 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
50 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, four of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
6 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
14 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 20, females 2 |
22 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
5 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
11 |
(58.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 11 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
56 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
9 |
|
" " " larceny |
147 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
10 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
35 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
12 |
|
" " " murder |
11 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
12 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
3 |
|
Person " " rape |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
21 |
|
Person indicted for unnatural offence |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
318 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, thirty-seven of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
47 |
All these forty-seven culprits were sentenced to be whipt.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
28 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. |
7 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
8 |
|
Person " " cheating and cosening |
1 |
|
Persons " " entering a house forcibly and breaking its windows |
2 |
|
Person " " extortion by colour of office &c. |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
" " " keeping a bowling-alley |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
8 |
|
" " " neglecting to repair public ways |
8 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
91 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a ruinous cottage, likely to fall on a public way |
1 |
|
Constables " " for permitting vagrants to escape without punishment |
3 |
|
Persons " " selling bread by short weight |
9 |
|
Person " " selling beer by short measure |
1 |
|
Persons " " shooting and killing pigeons |
2 |
|
" " " trespassing on private ground and breaking down palings |
3 |
|
" " " unlawful arrest and imprisonment |
|
Person " " vagabondage |
1 |
|
Also, Informations for supplying unlicensed keepers of ale-houses with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements, against five brewers |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
134 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
146 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, nine of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
15 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
45 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 72, females 4 |
76 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 13, after judgment 8 |
21 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
24 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" |
4 |
(59.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 12 JAMES I.
|
|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
64 |
|
" " " coining false money |
2 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
13 |
|
" " " larceny |
117 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
8 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
13 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
2 |
|
" " " murder |
8 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
7 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
3 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
13 |
|
" " " witchcraft |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
252 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, thirty-nine of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
48 |
All these forty-eight culprits were sentenced to be whipt.
|
|
Persons indicted for abducting an heiress aged fourteen years |
3 |
|
" " " assault and battery |
20 |
|
" " " assault with sword |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
8 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
12 |
|
" " " cutting a leaden water-conduit |
3 |
|
Person " " extortion by colour of office |
1 |
|
Persons " " following vocations without having served apprenticeships to them |
4 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
130 |
|
Person " " refusing to take a certain oath of the statute of 3 James I., entitled "An Acte for the better discoveringe and repressing of Popishe Recusants" |
1 |
|
Persons " " selling bread by short weight |
3 |
|
" " " taking away pieces of iron |
2 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
4 |
|
Person " " wounding a man by driving a cart over his head |
1 |
|
Also, Informations for ingrossing against |
1 |
|
" " " building cottages without assigning four acres of land to each or any of them, against |
2 |
|
" " " supplying unlicensed ale-house-keepers with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements against brewers |
2 |
|
" " " selling beer at excessive price against brewers |
6 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
92 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
112 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, ten of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
12 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
4 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
35 |
|
" " sentenced to be hanged—males 48, females 6 |
54 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 2, after 7 |
9 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
16 |
|
Capital felons described in the indictments as " late of London " |
4 |
(60.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 13 JAMES I.
|
|
Person indicted for bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
50 |
|
Person " " fabricating counterfeit Letters Patent, under an impression of the King's Great Seal, taken from another patent |
1 |
|
Persons " " fowl-stealing |
3 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
21 |
|
" " " larceny |
106 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
12 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
36 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
4 |
|
" " " murder |
3 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
5 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
4 |
|
Person " " rape |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
10 |
|
" " " witchcraft |
3 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
260 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, nineteen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
24 |
All twenty-four culprits were sentenced to be whipt.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
63 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. |
4 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
13 |
|
" " " " " and wrecking a house |
9 |
|
" " " breaking into a close and killing rabbits |
2 |
|
" " " card-sharping |
4 |
|
" " " forcible entry and disseisin |
8 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for keeping brothels |
2 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c |
161 |
|
Person " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace &c. |
1 |
|
Persons " " selling bread by short weight |
4 |
|
Butchers " " selling mutton and veal in Lent, the same not being sold for victualling ships in foreign parts |
12 |
|
Persons " " taking away goods deceitfully and fraudulently |
3 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
3 |
|
Also, an Information against one person for following a vocation without having been apprenticed to it |
1 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
122 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
98 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, seven of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
14 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having their benefit of clergy |
39 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 65, females 11 |
76 |
|
" " reprieved—after judgment 3 |
3 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
27 |
(61.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 14 JAMES I.
|
|
Person indicted for bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
16 |
|
Person " " coining false money &c. |
1 |
|
Persons " " fowl-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
9 |
|
" " " larceny |
67 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
6 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
11 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
3 |
|
Person " " murder |
1 |
|
Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
9 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
14 |
|
Person " " incorrigible vagabondage |
1 |
|
" " " witchcraft |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
142 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, sixteen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
17 |
|
All seventeen culprits were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
24 |
|
Persons indicted for assault with sword |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
2 |
|
" " " card-sharping |
3 |
|
" " " deer-stealing |
2 |
|
Person " " extortion and cheating |
1 |
|
" " " keeping an ale-house without licence |
1 |
|
" " " keeping a ferocious mastiff under insufficient control |
1 |
|
Constables " " neglecting to do their best for the apprehension and punishment of vagrants |
8 |
|
Persons " not coming to church &c |
146 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
1 |
|
" " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace &c. |
1 |
|
" " " selling milk by deficient measure |
1 |
|
Persons " " taking away lead |
2 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
65 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
60 |
|
Culprit sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
1 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
32 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 31, females 2 |
33 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
15 |
(62.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 15 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
19 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
7 |
|
" " " larceny |
77 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
5 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
6 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
5 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
3 |
|
Person " " sheep-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
127 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, twenty-one of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
25 |
|
All twenty-five culprits were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
35 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
8 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
28 |
|
Persons indicted for cheating and extortion |
2 |
|
Person " " " by means of counterfeit letters |
1 |
|
Persons " " giving false and slanderous evidence in a Court of Justice |
2 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
2 |
|
Person " " keeping disorderly house, with unlawful games |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
156 |
|
Constables " " permitting vagrants to escape from their custody |
3 |
|
Persons " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c. |
3 |
|
Person " " refusing to keep watch |
1 |
|
Persons " " vagabondage |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
57 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
41 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, one of them following up his confession by pleading his clergy effectually |
2 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
17 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 33, females 3 |
36 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 3, after judgment 5 |
8 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
21 |
(63.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 16 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
20 |
|
Person " " fowl-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " horse-stealing |
17 |
|
" " " larceny |
95 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
9 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
24 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
3 |
|
" " " murder |
3 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
10 |
|
Person " " pig-stealing |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
10 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
193 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, twenty-three of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
28 |
|
Of the twenty-eight culprits twenty-seven were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
32 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the exetion of their duty |
8 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
21 |
|
Person " " being drunk and disorderly |
1 |
|
Person indicted for breaking forcibly but not feloniously into a private house |
1 |
|
Persons " " card-sharping |
4 |
|
Person " " cheating and extortion |
1 |
|
" " " cheating by means of spurious passport and Letters Testimonial |
1 |
|
" " " driving a horse and cart over a woman |
1 |
|
Persons " " going about the country and buying old iron as petty chapmen to the injury of "les blacksmiths" |
6 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
5 |
|
Person " " keeping a bowling-alley |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
3 |
|
" " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games |
3 |
|
Constable " " neglecting to arrest doers of nuisances |
1 |
|
Constables " " neglecting to do their best to convey vagrants to the places of their nativity |
23 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
80 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in making bricks offensively—to wit, baking them with "ill-smellinge seacole" and putting them on a public way |
1 |
|
Persons " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c. |
4 |
|
" " " receiving in their dwelling-houses inmates alias subtenants |
8 |
|
" " " selling ale by defective measure |
2 |
|
" " " selling bread by defective weight |
2 |
|
" " " taking and carrying away a leaden water-conduit |
3 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
40 |
|
Also, Informations for supplying unlicensed ale-house-keepers with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements, against sixty brewers |
60 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
83 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
83 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, four of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
8 |
|
Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
1 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
22 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 47, females 13 |
60 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 2 |
3 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
17 |
Two of the indictments against vagrants, preserved in the G. D. files of
this year, exhibit memoranda that may be interesting to persons seeking
particulars touching the history of Virginia, U.S. Arraigned at the Old
Bailey court-house on a charge of having been persistent vagrants at
Clerkenwell on 2 August, 16 James I., and at divers times before and after
the said day, Ralph Rookes, Richard Wheeler, Walter Styles and Robert
Hickes, all late of Clerkenwell, put themselves 'Not Guilty'; when Robert
Hickes was acquitted. Found 'Guilty,' Richard Wheeler and Walter Styles
were branded with the letter R on the left shoulder. Ralph Rookes was
also found 'Guilty'; but instead of being branded and returned to the
streets he was spared the fiery touch and committed to Sheriff Johnson for
transportation to Virginia; the memorandum over his name being "Po se
cul r' Vic' Johnson mitti ad Virg'nia'"="He puts himself 'Not Guilty' on
a jury; is found 'Guilty'; is reprieved to Sheriff Johnson, to be sent to Virginia."—In like manner it appears from a similar memorandum on the bill
of indictment preferred against Joseph Johnson for vagrancy at Clerkenwell, that on being found 'Guilty' by a jury, he was 'r Vic' Johnson mitti
ad Virginia'." Both these bills are in injured and dateless rolls.
(64.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 17 JAMES I.
|
|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for bigamy |
4 |
|
" " " burglary |
63 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
20 |
|
" " " larceny |
139 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
4 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
33 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
3 |
|
" " " murder |
6 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
10 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
3 |
|
" " " rape |
2 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
6 |
|
Person " " witchcraft |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
294 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, twenty-seven of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
31 |
Of these thirty-one culprits, only thirteen appear from the memoranda on the indictments to have been sentenced to be whipt. But
the bills of this year were kept with a manifest carelessness, which
disposes the editor to think that the number of petty thieves sentenced to whipping exceeded thirteen.
|
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
48 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c |
4 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
10 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
33 |
|
Person " " breaking (by way of trespass— not feloniously) into a house |
1 |
|
Persons " " cheating and extortion |
3 |
|
" " " cheating by means of unlawful games |
5 |
|
Persons indicted for fomenting discords, quarrelling &c. |
2 |
|
Person " " forcible entry and disseisin |
1 |
|
" " " harbouring evil and suspected persons |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
8 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
5 |
|
" " " neglecting to aid in the repair of highways |
11 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c |
73 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour a ditch |
1 |
|
Persons " " selling beer by defective measure |
4 |
|
" " " selling bread by short weight |
3 |
|
" " " selling coals and charcoals by defective measure |
2 |
|
Person " " taking away goods |
1 |
|
Persons " " vagabondage |
28 |
|
Also, Informations for supplying ale and beer to unlicensed ale-house-keepers &c. against thirty-seven brewers |
37 |
|
" " for ingrossing corn against |
1 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
87 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
96 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, two of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
13 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
31 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 38, females 7 |
45 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 8, after judgment 3 |
11 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
33 |
(65.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 18 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for bigamy |
4 |
|
" " " burglary |
34 |
|
" " " fowl-stealing |
5 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
14 |
|
" " " larceny |
110 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
9 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
41 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
8 |
|
" " " murder |
7 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
8 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
4 |
|
" " " rape |
4 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
3 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
251 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, all of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
30 |
|
Of these thirty culprits, twenty-eight were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Person administering poison with intention to murder |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
63 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
7 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c |
11 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
41 |
|
Person " " being drunk and disorderly |
1 |
|
" " " breaking into a close and cutting down fruit-trees |
1 |
|
Persons " " chasing and killing deer in Hyde Park |
2 |
|
" " " cheating with playing cards |
3 |
|
Person " " digging and cutting leaden water-conduits |
1 |
|
Persons " " extortion by making compositions for pretended offences |
7 |
|
" " " fomenting discords, quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c |
6 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
4 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
33 |
|
" " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games |
3 |
|
Public carrier indicted for loading four-wheel wains excessively and causing them when so laden to be drawn along the highways by teams of seven horses |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for not coming to church &c. |
110 |
|
Constables " " permitting their prisoners to escape |
4 |
|
Person " " polluting a neighbour's dwelling by causing filth to flow into it |
1 |
|
" " " receiving into his dwelling-house inmates alias subtenants |
1 |
|
Constable " " refusing to execute a warrant for whipping a man and a woman |
1 |
|
Persons " " selling bread by light weight |
7 |
|
" " " selling unwholesome flesh for human food |
2 |
|
Mainpernors " " suffering their prisoners to escape |
2 |
|
Persons " " taking away goods and chattels |
5 |
|
Sub-Bailiff of Duchy of Lancaster indicted for tampering with a warrant by erasing and substituting names, and then making false arrests and imprisonments by virtue of the same warrant |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for trespassing and taking fish |
3 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
21 |
|
Also, Informations against brewers for &c. |
16 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
81 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
121 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments |
3 |
|
Culprits standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" |
2 |
|
Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy |
24 |
|
Capital felons sentenced to be hung—males 36, female 5 |
41 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 15, after judgment 2 |
17 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
20 |
(66.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 19 JAMES I.
|
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
22 |
|
Person " " fowl-stealing |
1 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
12 |
|
Persons " " larceny |
100 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
2 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
24 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
7 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
3 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
Person " " rape |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " witchcraft |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
182 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, twenty-four of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
25 |
|
Of these twenty-five culprits, twenty-four were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
55 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c |
5 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty |
5 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
18 |
|
Person " " brawling in church |
5 |
|
Persons " " buying butter wholesale and selling it again neither in shop, nor fair, nor market |
2 |
|
" " " cheating and extortion |
7 |
|
" " " cheating by spurious Letters Testimonial and counterfcit passport |
4 |
|
" " " cheating by playing cards |
2 |
|
Person " " driving a wain and four horses over a man |
1 |
|
Persons " " following vocations without having been apprenticed to them |
4 |
|
" " " fomenting discords, quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c |
4 |
|
" " " frequenting a dicing-house and playing unlawful games |
3 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
10 |
|
Person indicted for keeping a bowling-alley |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping brothels |
11 |
|
Person " " keeping a disorderly house, with unlawful games |
1 |
|
" " " keeping a ferocious dog under no sufficient control |
1 |
|
Persons " " not coming to church &c. |
51 |
|
" " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively |
3 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in digging a cellar in a public way and leaving it without a fence |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in making a dung-hill in a public place |
1 |
|
A parish " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a common sewer and privy |
1 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a public way |
1 |
|
" " " receiving inmates alias subtenants in his dwelling-house |
1 |
|
Persons " " selling bread by defective weight |
5 |
|
" " " selling goods by false weights |
2 |
|
" " " taking away goods and chattels |
3 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
59 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
104 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, four of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
7 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
22 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 29, females 2 |
31 |
|
" " reprieved before judgment 1, after judgment 3 |
4 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
12 |
(67.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 20 JAMES I.
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Person indicted for arson |
1 |
|
" " " bigamy |
1 |
|
Persons " " burglary |
26 |
|
" " " coining false money |
2 |
|
" " " escaping from gaol |
2 |
|
" " " fowl-stealing |
|
|
" " " horse-stealing |
|
|
" " " larceny |
124 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
6 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
20 |
|
" " " manslaughter |
8 |
|
" " " murder |
4 |
|
" " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
10 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " rape |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for sheep-stealing |
12 |
|
Person " " unnatural offence |
1 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
234 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, thirty of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
34 |
|
Of these thirty-four culprits, thirty-two were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
29 |
|
" " assault with sword |
2 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
9 |
|
" " " breaking (by way of trespass— not feloniously) into a house by night |
2 |
|
Person " " carrying a gun charged with powder on the highway |
1 |
|
" " " deserting service |
1 |
|
Constable " " failing to do his best to apprehend vagrants and bring them to punishment |
1 |
|
Person " " harbouring vagrants and suspected persons |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
9 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
6 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
54 |
|
Person " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace |
1 |
|
Persons " " receiving into their dwelling-houses inmates alias subtenants |
31 |
|
" " " selling bread by defective weight |
6 |
|
Person " " trespassing and taking away goods |
1 |
|
Persons " " vagabondage |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
67 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
91 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, two of whom followed up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
5 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
32 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 27, females 2 |
29 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 2, after judgment 5 |
7 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
36 |
N.B.—In respect to a considerable number of persons indicted for
capital felonies by the bills of this year, the clerical annotator of the documents gives no information further than that they "po se"=put themselves
'Not Guilty' on trial. For instance, save that they so put themselves on
the country, nothing is told by the annotator of the twenty persons indicted
for capital felonies at G. D., 30 May, 20 James I.
(68.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 21 JAMES I.
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|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for burglary |
23 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
16 |
|
" " " larceny |
110 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
6 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
13 |
|
Person " " murder |
1 |
|
Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
4 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
10 |
|
Person " " sacrilege |
1 |
|
Persons " " sheep-stealing |
20 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
204 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, fifteen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
21 |
|
Of these twenty-one culprits, sixteen were sentenced to be whipt. |
|
Persons indicted for assault and battery |
37 |
|
" " " assault with sword &c. |
5 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. |
10 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
36 |
|
Person " " attempting to extort money by a threatening letter |
1 |
|
" " " breaking into a close and plucking up vines |
1 |
|
" " " cheating with playing cards |
1 |
|
Persons " " defrauding by breach of trust |
2 |
|
" " " extortion |
5 |
|
" " " fomenting quarrels, quarrelling &c. |
2 |
|
" " " forcible entry and disseisin |
13 |
|
" " " keeping ale-houses without licence |
6 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
10 |
|
Person " " keeping a gaming-house |
1 |
|
" " " neglecting to keep watch |
1 |
|
Constables " " neglecting to do their best to bring vagrants to punishment &c. |
7 |
|
Persons " " neglecting to aid in repairing highways |
12 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
68 |
|
Person " " nuisance, in building a "dogge-house" and putting "a laistall of dead horses" in the field called "Hockle in ye hole" |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in putting a dunghill in a highway |
1 |
|
" " " nuisance, in stopping a water-course |
1 |
|
" " " perjury, committed in the Court of Exchequer |
1 |
|
Persons " " receiving into their dwelling-houses inmates alias subtenants |
8 |
|
" " " selling ale and beer by defective measure |
5 |
|
" " " selling bread by defective weight |
3 |
|
" " " selling charcoal by defective measure |
2 |
|
Persons indicted for taking away (not feloniously, but by way of trespass) goods and chattels |
4 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
2 |
|
Also, Informations for following vocations without having served apprenticeships to them, against seven persons |
7 |
|
" " keeping a gambling-house, against one person |
1 |
|
" " ingrossing grain or cattle, against four persons |
4 |
|
" " supplying keepers of unlicensed ale-houses with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements, against five brewers |
5 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
90 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
85 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, ten of whom followed up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
13 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
37 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 27, females 4 |
31 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 2, after judgment 1 |
3 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
24 |
N.B.—That the number of the convictions for capital felonies, enumerated
in this account, exceeds so greatly the combined numbers of the allowances
of clerical benefit, capital sentences and reprieves before judgment, is due to
the negligence of the clerical annotator of the bills of indictment. Respecting twenty persons indicted for capital felonies at G. D., Dec, 21 James I.,
he only says "po se cul' ca' nul'" = put themselves 'Not Guilty,' were found
'Guilty,' and had no chattels; nothing being added to the incomplete
memoranda to show whether they were branded, sentenced to be hung,
or reprieved.
(69.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 22 JAMES I.
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|
Number of Persons. |
|
Persons indicted for bigamy |
2 |
|
" " " burglary |
37 |
|
" " " horse-stealing |
16 |
|
" " " larceny |
84 |
|
" " " larceny with housebreaking |
7 |
|
" " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies |
15 |
|
Person " " manslaughter |
1 |
|
" " " murder |
1 |
|
Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing |
2 |
|
" " " pig-stealing |
2 |
|
" " " rape |
2 |
|
" " " sheep-stealing |
15 |
|
Persons indicted for capital felonies |
184 |
|
Persons convicted of petty larceny, seventeen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny |
18 |
Of these eighteen culprits, sixteen were sentenced to be whipt. Five
women, convicted of stealing to the value of nine shillings, were burnt in the
hand, and delivered after having been so branded, in accordance with the
recent statute, which accorded to women the benefit of their sex in respect
to larcenies not exceeding the value of ten shillings.—In connection with
this concession to the sex that might not plead benefit of clergy, it may
be here remarked that the G. D. R. of 9 Feb., 9 James 1., preserves the
curious bill of indictment for grand larceny, "Becon Neale nuper de London
spinster," over whose name appears this clerical memorandum, "pe' li' non
le' sus' = petit librum, non legit, suspendatur = she asks for the book; does
not read it; be hung." The clerk was doubtless nodding when he thus put it
on record that a woman pleaded her clergy, was allowed the book, and was
sentenced to be hung because she failed to read it.
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|
Number of Persons. |
|
Person indicted for abducting and marrying an heiress under sixteen years of age |
1 |
|
Persons " " assault and battery |
48 |
|
" " " assault with sword |
3 |
|
" " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. |
14 |
|
" " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. |
33 |
|
Person " " building a new cottage &c. without assigning and laying four acres of land to the same dwelling |
1 |
|
" " " defrauding by breach of trust |
1 |
|
" " " deserting service |
1 |
|
" " " drunkenness and disorderly conduct |
1 |
|
Persons " " extortion |
3 |
|
Person " " forcible entry and disseisin |
1 |
|
Persons " " keeping unlicensed ale-houses |
11 |
|
" " " keeping brothels |
32 |
|
" " " not coming to church &c. |
42 |
|
" " " nuisances, in putting laystalls, i.e. heaps of dung and other refuse on the highway |
2 |
|
Constable " " permitting his prisoner to escape |
1 |
|
Person " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace |
1 |
|
Persons " " receiving into their dwelling-houses inmates alias subtenants |
32 |
|
" " " seizing and taking away goods |
2 |
|
Person " " selling beer by defective measure |
1 |
|
" " " selling unwholesome flesh for human food |
1 |
|
" " " vagabondage |
1 |
|
Also, Informations for forestalling, against |
4 |
|
" " " buying and re-selling cattle against the form of a certain statute, against |
2 |
|
" " following vocations without having served apprenticeships to them, against |
56 |
|
" " ingrossing grain, against |
19 |
|
" " intermeddling in the execution of a process in a Court of Record, against |
1 |
|
Also, Informations for keeping a disorderly house, with cards and dice &c., against a licensed victualler |
1 |
|
" " keeping "gaming-houses," against five licensed victuallers |
5 |
|
" " killing, dressing and selling flesh in Lent, against thirteen butchers |
13 |
|
" " selling beer in forbidden measures and at prohibited rates, against thirty-three brewers |
33 |
|
" " shooting with a gun in violation of a certain statute, against |
1 |
|
" " supplying unlicensed ale-house-keepers with ale and beer in excess of their lawful requirements, against sixteen brewers |
16 |
|
" " usurious money-lending against |
1 |
|
Persons convicted of capital felonies |
70 |
|
" acquitted of " " |
70 |
|
Capital felons confessing indictments, five of whom followed up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually |
6 |
|
" " pleading and having benefit of clergy |
43 |
|
" " sentenced to be hung—males 22, female 1 |
23 |
|
" " reprieved—before judgment 3, after judgment 5 |
8 |
|
Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large |
20 |
