A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their PreventionColquhoun, Patrick
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A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention
Colquhoun, Patrick
Crime -- England -- London; Police -- England -- London
2. CRIMES _denominated_ Single Felonies; _punishable by
Transportation, Whipping, Imprisonment, 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 species of Theft
above the value of One Shilling, 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 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 5_s._ 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, &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 passengers in the Thames, if any
drowned
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3. OFFENCES _denominated_ Misdemeanors, _punishable by Fine,
Imprisonment, Whipping, and the Pillory._
_The principal 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
Assaults 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)
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