allo against the peace of our faid lord the king, his crown and dignity: And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that the faid P. B. being a person of, &c. and not having any regard for the laws of this realm, most unlawfully, wickedly, and unjustly, and out of his malice aforethought devifing, contriving, and intending (as much as in him the faid. P. B. lay) further to difturb, difquiet, and moleft the faid G. S. being fuch person of good name, &c. and a man of a quiet and peaceable temper and difpofition as aforefaid, and alfo further to expofe the faid G. S. to fcandal, fhame, and reproach, and to caufe, inftigate, move, provoke, and incite the faid G. S. to fight a duel with him the fad P. B. and thereby to cause him the faid G. S. to break the peace of our faid lord the king as aforefaid, he the faid P. B. in order to complete, perfect, and bring to effect his faid moft unlawful and wicked purpofes, afterwards, that is to fay, upon the faid eighth day of March, in the faid twenty-fecond year of our faid the lord the now king, with force and arms, at the parish of Saint George's, Hanover-fquare aforefaid, in the county of Middlefex aforefaid, did again wickedly, unlawfully, openly, and maliciously, by and in the presence and hearing of him the faid G. S. and without any juft caufe or provocation whatsoever, but of his malice aforethought, and in a threatening, challenging, and provocative manner, fpeaking to him the faid G. S. with thefe threatening and provocative words following, that is to fay, I (meaning himself the faid P. B.) have been told, &c. &c. (fame as in 1ft Count) with a defign and intention to inftigate, incite, move, and provoke the faid G. S. to fight a duel with him the faid P. B. as aforefaid, and thereby to caufe the faid G. S. to break the peace of our faid the king as aforefaid, and other mifchiefs upon him the faid G. S. he the faid P. B. did then and there with force and arms unlawfully and maliciously bring, to the great damage, fcandal, and difgrace of him the faid G. S. in contempt, &c. (3d and 4th Counts like the 1ft and 2d. omitting the parts in Italic,) did again wickedly, unlawfully, openly, and mali- 5th Count, ciously, and in the prefence and hearing of him the faid G. S. and without any juft caufe or provocation whatsoever challenge, and as in much as in him the faid P. B. lay, endeavour to move, incite, inftigate, and provoke him the faid G. S. to fight a duel with him the faid P. B. and thereby to cause him the faid G. S. to break the peace of our faid lord the king as aforefaid, and other mischiefs upon him the faid G. S. did then and there bring to the great damage, &c. of him the faid G. S. in contempt, &c. &c.

MIDDLESEX. The jurors, &c. that George Stacpoole, Indictment for late of, &c. efquire, being a person of quarrelfome and turbulent fending a chal temper and difpofition, and a disturber of the peace of our faid lenge lord the king, on, &c. in the twenty-fecond year of the reign, money loft at

about

a game called &c. país dice

2d Count,

&c. with force and arms, at, &c. in, &c. unlawfully and maliciously did challenge John Macnamara, efquire, a peaceable fubject of our faid lord the king, to fight him the faid J. M. upon account of money then and there won by the faid J. M. of the faid G. S. by then and there playing at dice with the faid G. S. at a certain game called pafs dice, to the great damage of the faid J. M. in contempt, &c. and against the peace, &c. and also against the form of the statute, &c.; that the faid G. S. being fuch perfon as aforefaid, afterwards, that is to fay, on, &c. in the twenty-fecond, &c. with force and arms at, &c. in, &c. unlawfully and maliciously did provoke the faid J. M. to fight him the faid G. S. on account of money then and there won by the faid J. M. of the faid G. S. by then and there playing at dice with the faid G. S. at a certain game called pals dice, to the great damage of, &c. in contempt, &c. and against the peace, &c. and alfo against the form, &c.; that the faid G. S. being fuch perfon as aforefaid, afterwards, that is to fay, on, &c. in the twenty-fecond, &c. with force and arms, to wit, with fwords and other offenfive weapons, at, &c. in, &c. did make an affault upon the faid J. M. in the peace of God and our faid lord the king, then and there being, and then and there did beat the faid J. M. on account of money then and there won of him the faid G. S. by then and there playing with this faid G. S. at dice at a certain game called pafs dice, to the great damage, &c. (as before): that the faid G. S. being fuch perfon as aforefaid, afterwards, that is to fay, on, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. in, &c. unlawfully and maliciously did challenge the faid J. M. to fight him the faid G. S. upon account of money then and there won by the faid J. M. of the faid G. S. to the great damage, &c. &c. (as before): that the faid G. S. being fuch perfon as aforesaid, afterwards, that is to fay, on, &c. in the twenty-fecond year, &c. with force and arms, at, &c. in, &c. unlawfully and maliciously did provoke the faid J. M. to fight him the faid J. M. upon account of money then and there won by the faid J. M. of the faid G. S. by then and there playing with the faid G. S. at dice, to the great damage, &c. (as before.) (6th Count like the 3d. omitting the words in Italic,-" at a certain game called pafs dice."

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"fuch other perfon or perfons upon "the account aforefaid, fhall, being "thereof convicted upon an indictment "or information to be exhibited against "him or them for that purpofe, forfeit

By ftatute 9. Anne, c. 14. " for pre"venting fuch quarrels as fhall and "may happen on account of gaming," it is enacted, "that in cafe any person or "perfons whatsoever fhall affault and "beat, or challenge or provoke to fight" to her majefty, her heirs, and fucceff"any other person or persons whatsoever

❝ors, all his goods and chattels and perupon account of any money won by "fonal eftate whatsoever, and shall also "gaming, playing, or betting at any "fuffer imprisonment, without bail of "of the games aforefaid, such person "mainprize, in the common gaol of the "and perfons affaulting and beating, "county, where fuch conviction fhall be "challenging, or provoking to fight" had, during the term of two years."

COMPOUND

COMPOUNDING PENAL ACTIONS.

LONDON,. The jurors for our fovereign lord the now Indictment king upon their oath prefent, that heretofore, to wit, on Thurf- gainit a

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mon informer

day next, after, &c. in Michaelmas term, in the eighteenth year for compound

of the reign of our lord the now king, W. A. S. late of

ing a penalty as well for our faid lord the king as for himfelf, impleaded one under a penal J. K. in the court of our faid lord the king, before the king him- law after iffue felf (the faid court then and still being held at Westminster), in a joined. certain plea, to wit, a plea of debt on demand for four thoufand five hundred and one pounds fixteen fhillings of lawful money of Great Britain, that is to fay, as due and owing from the faid J. K. to our faid lord the king, and the faid W. A. S. to the damage of the faid W. A. S. who fued as aforefaid, of twenty pounds, of and for the committing the feveral offences furmifed to have been committed by the faid J. K. against a certain penal law, to wit, a certain act of parliament made in the parliament of our fovereign lord the now king, at a feffion thereof holden at Westminster, in the county of Middlefex, on the twenty-fixth of October, in the fixteenth year of his reign, entituled, an act (fet forth title verbatim) in this, that after the making of the faid a& (fet forth the different offences as charged in the declaration in the original action): And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that the faid J. K. afterwards, to wit, in that fame Michaelmas term, in the eighteenth year aforefaid, in the faid court of our lord the now king, before the king himself (the faid court then and ftill being held at Westminster, in the faid county of Middlefex aforefaid), anfwered to the faid W. A. S. who fued as aforefaid in the faid plea, by pleading that he the faid J. K. did not owe to, &c. (fet forth plea and joinder of iffuç): And the faid plea was at the time of the committing of the offence hereafter mentioned, depending and undetermined in the faid court of our lord the king, before the king himself (the faid court then and still being held at Westminster, in the faid county of Middlesex), to wit, at London aforefaid, in, &c.: And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that after the faid J.K. had answered the faid W. A. S. who fued as aforefaid, in the plea aforesaid, and after issue joined therein between the parties aforefaid, and whilst the said plea was depending and undetermined in the faid court of our lord the king, before the king himself, and before taking of this inquifition, to wit, on the twenty-fourth day of July, in the eighteenth year aforesaid, that is to fay, at London aforefaid, in, &c. aforefaid, he the faid W. A. S. did unlawfully without procefs of law, and without the order or consent of the faid court of our faid lord the king, before the king himself, and whilft the faid plea was fo depending as aforesaid (the faid court then and ftill being held at Westminster, in the county of Middlefex), make compofition with the faid J. K. and take that is for himself, of and from the faid J. K. a certain fum of money, to wit, the fum of one hundred and

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Seventy-five pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, upon colour and pretence that he the faid J. K. had committed the feveral identical offences herein-before mentioned to have been furmised to have been commited by the faid J. K. against the aforefaid penal law, and for which he the faid W. A. S. impleaded the faid J. K. as aforefaid, to wit, at L. aforefaid, in, &c. in contempt of our faid lord the king and his laws, and to the evil example of all others in the like cafe offending, against the form of the ftatute in fuch cafe made and provided, and against the peace of our faid lord the king, his crown and dignity, &c. Make compofition, &c. and take bank notes, to wit, certain notes in writing, commonly called bank notes, for the payment of divers fums of money, in the whole amounting to a large fum of money, to wit, the fum of, &c. of lawful, &c. by the governor and company of the Bank of England, faid notes then and there being of a large value, to wit, of the value of one hundred and feventy-five pounds of like lawful money; for the offence for 3d & 4th Counts which W. A. S. was prepared to give evidence.

2d Count.

Indictment for MIDDLESEX, to wit.

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T. BARROW.

compounding The jurors for our lord the king qui tam action, upon their oath present, that after the first day of August, A.D. without leave of 1785, to wit, on, &c. A.D. 1788, at the parish of, &c. in the court, founded county of Middlefex, A. B. being then and there a retail dealer of on the glove act, gloves, duly licenced in manner in and by the ftatute in that cafe without a made, provided and prefcribed, did utter and fell by retail to a ftamp, being certain perfon (to the jurors aforefaid as yet unknown) one pair duly licenced.

for felling gloves

of leather gloves above the price and value of ten-pence, and not exceeding the price or value of one fhilling and two-pence, for which the faid pair of gloves fo uttered and fold by retail, there was charged and payable unto and for the ufe of his majefty, a ftamp duty of two-pence, in purfuance of the ftatute in that cafe made and provided, without the ftamp ticket by the faid ftatute in that cafe made and provided, directed to be affixed to fuch gloves, being affixed to the fame, and marked and ftamped as by the ftatute in that cafe made and provided is directed, contrary to the form of the faid ftatute; whereby, and by force of the ftatute in that cafe made and provided, the faid A. B. forfeited and became liable to pay for fuch pair of gloves fo uttered and fold the fum of twenty pounds, to be recovered as by the ftatute in that cafe made and provided is directed, and to be applied, if fued for within the fpace of fix calendar months from the time of fuch penalty being incurred, one moiety thereof to his majefty, and the other moiety thereof to the person or persons who should inform and fue for the fame: And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further prefent, that after the faid firft day of Auguft, A. D. 1785, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. in, &c. the faid A. B. being then and there fuch retail dealer in gloves as aforefaid, did utter and fell by retail to a certain other perfon to the jurors aforefaid unknown,

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one pair of leather mittens, exceeding the price or value of one fhilling and four-pence, to wit, of the price and value of one fhilling and eight-pence, for which faid pair of mittens fo uttered and fold by retail, there was charged and payable unto and for the ufe of his majefty a ftamp duty of three-pence, in pursuance, &c. &c. (as before, fay "mittens," inftead of "gloves.") And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that after the committing the faid feveral offences, and before the faid penalties, or either of them, had been recovered, and within the fpace of fix calendar months from the time of the faid penalties being incurred, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. W. K. late of, &c. in, &c. labourer, well knowing the premises, and not regarding the ftatute in that cafe made and provided, nor fearing the penalties therein contained, upon colour and pretence of the said several matters of offence against the penal law in that cafe made and provided, committed by the faid A. B. as aforefaid; and without procefs unlawfully did take, accept, and receive of and from the faid A. B. a promise of a certain reward for the use of himself the faid W. K. to wit, a certain note in writing, commonly called a promiffory note, made by the faid A. B. and delivered to the faid W. K. and bearing date the faid twenty-third day of, &c. by which faid note the faid A. B. feven days after the date, promised to pay to the faid W. K. by the name and defcription of Mr. W. K. or his order, the fum of eight pounds, for value received; and the faid W. K. did thereby then and there, to wit, at. the parish of, &c. make compofition with the faid A. B. for the faid feveral offences fo committed by the faid A. B. against the penal ftatute, and did wholly defift and abftain from any profecution of and for the faid offences, and every of them; which faid compofition fo done as aforefaid was then and there, to wit, at the parish of, &c. fo done without the order or confent of any of his majesty's courts at Weftminfter, and without any lawful authority whatsoever, in contempt of our faid lord the king and his laws, to the great hindrance and obftruction of justice, to the evil example of all others in the like cafe offending, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the ftatute in that cafe made and provided, and against the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity: And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that the said W. K. not regarding the statute in that cafe made and provided, nor fearing the pains and penalties therein contained, afterwards, and after the committing of the feveral offences above mentioned by the faid A. B. and within fix calendar months from the time of the faid penalties being incurred, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. he the faid W. K. without process, upon colour and pretence of the faid feveral matters of offence committed by the faid A. B. according to the form of the ftatute in that cafe made and provided as aforefaid, unlawfully did take, accept, and receive of and from the faid A. B. a certain fum of money, to wit, the fum of eight pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, for himself the faid W. K. without the order or VOL. IV. confent

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