shall have such and the like Powers and Authorities for the Trial of all such Murders, Treasons, Piracies, Felonies, Conspiracies, and other Offences, within any such Islands, Plantations, Colonies, Dominions, Forts, or Factories, as any Commissioners appointed or to be appointed according to the Directions of the Statute of the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, (1) by any Law or Laws now in force, have or would have for the Trial of the said Offences within this Realm;" and that "by an Act made in the Fifty-first Year of His Majesty's Reign, [51 Geo. 3. c. 23. See page 941 of this Work], the carrying away or removing from any Part of Africa of any person or persons whatsoever as a Slave or Slaves, and the wilfully shipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board any Ship, Vessel,or Boat, any person or persons for the purpose of his or their being so carried away or removed, and divers other Offences against that Act and other Acts for abolishing the Slave Trade, are declared respectively to be Felonies and Misdemeanors, and the Offenders, their Aiders and Abettors, are respectively made liable to such Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are therein mentioned and provided; but the Provisions thereby made for the Trial of such Felonies and Misdemeanors, when committed by British Subjects in Africa, have been found to be inconvenient and ineffectual;" and that "by an Act made in the Fifty eighth Year of his Majesty's Reign, [58 Geo. 3. c. 98. See page 948 of this Work], it is enacted, that all Offences declared by the said Act of the Fifty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign to be Felonies or Misdemeanors, committed or which shall be committed on the High Seas, or in any Port, Sea, Creek, or Place where the Admiral has Jurisdiction, may be inquired of, tried, and determined under and by virtue of any Commission already issued, or hereafter to be issued, according to the Directions of the said recited Act of the Forty-sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign;" and that "Offences which by the said recited Act of the Fifty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, are declared to be Felonies or Misdemeanors, have been or may be committed by British Subjects in Africa, either on Shore or in Rivers, or other Places where the Admiral has no Jurisdiction, and it may be impossible in such Cases to bring the Offenders to Justice under any of the said recited Acts, or any other Laws now in being, without great Inconvenience, Expence, and Delay;" and then enacts, that each and every Offence declared by the said (1) 28 H. 8. c. 15., which see under Title PIRACY, I. § 1. Offences de clared by the felonies or misdemeanors, com Act of the Fifty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign to be a Felony 51 G. 3. c. 23. or Misdemeanor, committed or which shall be committed by any Subject or Subjects of his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, in mitted by any of Africa, or in any of the Rivers, Ports, or Harbours thereof, not his Majesty's being a Place where the Admiral has Jurisdiction, and not being subjects in Africa, not being within the Local Jurisdiction of any Ordinary Court of a British within the juris- Colony or Settlement in Africa competent to try such Offence, may be inquired of, tried, and determined under and by virtue of any Commission already issued, or hereafter to be issued, according to the Directions of the said recited Act of the Fortysixth Year of his Majesty's Reign. diction of an admiral, &c. may be tried by commission, agreeably to 46 G. 3. c. 54. INDEX TO THE GENERAL MATTER. The Words in Italics denote the same Titles in this Volume. At the Head of most of those Titles in the Work will be found an Epitome of their Contents. Abduction of Women Abjuration, Oath of Administering Poison, &c. to Women A. Page 756, 757. 1176. 1178 - 647 1178, 1179 Africa, Trial of Offences relating to the Slave Trade committed in Appeal all Appeals of Murder, Treason, Felony, or other Offences, abolished Apprehending Offenders, shooting at, cutting, or stabbing, with intent to prevent 596, 597 976-978 1222. Appendix. . 1216 Apprentices enlisting into Forces Arsenals, burning, &c. Army Agents, Regulation of Articles of the Navy Artificer, seducing to leave the Kingdom 923 982, 983 609-626 581, 582.590 Abroad voluntarily leaving the Kingdom to exercise his Trade 593 Assaults, on Officers of the Navy, Customs, or Excise 815, 816. 819 1179 Brass, receiving 763 Bribery, relating to the Election of Members of Parliament, 677-681 785 925, 926 927 committed at Honduras, Trial of Burglary, receiving certain Goods stolen by Burning any Mill, House, Granary, Barn, Hop Oast, Malthouse, Stable, Coach House, Outhouse, Warehouse, or Shop Woods, Underwoods, or Coppices 766 1216 598 1180 Cables, injuring -- unlawfully receiving Canals, Venue in Indictments for Felony committed on Church and Sacrament, not attending maintaining others so offending 925-927 983, 984 Cinque Ports, Offences against the Safety of Vessels within the Jurisdiction of Civil Officers, liable to the Mutiny Acts Coaches, Venue in Indictments for Felony committed on 1094 600, 601 Coal Mines, setting fire to or drowning Colonies Commissaries, Embezzlement of Stores by liable to Mutiny Acts Common Prayer, derogating from the Book of Commerce, Public Subscriptions injurious to Commonable Ground, damaging Trees growing in Conjuration, no Person shall be proceeded against for - 1079 763 798-833 833-839 Customs, Regulations for preventing Frauds on the Revenue of 811, 812. 819. 824-826 1192 596 D. Debts by Soldiers Deserters, harbouring, &c. may be transported persuading Soldiers to desert Disguise, Persons in, obstructing Service of Process in - 979 986. 1002 953, 997 988, 989 Dissenters, relieved from certain Penalties and Disabilities 787-798 Dock-yards, burning, &c. 595 East India Company, Officers of, may sit on Courts-martial in Enchantment, no Person shall be proceeded against for pretending to the Practice of, how punishable Enlisting into Foreign Service Excise, (Revenue of) Forgeries relating to Perjuries relating to 980 - 981 - 1079 Regulations for preventing Frauds on the Revenue of 798-833 Assaults on, Obstructions to, or shooting at, maim ing, or wounding Officers of Customs and Excise |