and if any Person shall steal any such Property from the Person of another, or shall assault any other Person with Intent to rob him, or shall with Menaces or by Force demand any such Property of any other Person with Intent to steal the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Four Years, and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment. VII. And be it declared and enacted, That if any Person shall accuse or threaten to accuse any other Person of any infamous Crime, as hereinafter defined, with a View or Intent to extort or gain from him, and shall by intimidating him by such Accusation or Threat extort or gain from him any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, every such Offender shall be deemed guilty of Robbery, and shall be indicted and punished accordingly. VIII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall knowingly send or deliver any Letter or Writing, demanding of any Person, with Menaces, and without any reasonable or probable Cause, any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security; or if any Person shall accuse or threaten to accuse, or shall knowingly send or deliver any Letter or Writing accusing or threatening to accuse, any Person of any Crime punishable by Law with Death, Transportation, or Pillory, or of any Assault with Intent to commit any Rape, or of any Attempt or Endeavour to commit any Rape, or of any infamous Crime, as hereinafter defined, with a View or Intent to extort or gain from such Person any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security; every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Four Years, and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment. IX. And, for defining what shall be an infamous Crime within the Meaning of this Act, be it enacted, That the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with Beast, and every Assault with Intent to commit the said abominable Crime, and every Attempt or Endeavour to commit the said abominable Crime, and every Solicitation, Persuasion, Promise, or Threat offered or made to any Person, whereby to move or induce such Person to commit or permit the said abominable Crime, shall be deemed to be an infamous Crime within the Meaning of this Act. X. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall break and enter any Church or Chapel, and steal therein any Chattel, or having stolen any Chattel in any Church or Chapel, shall break out of the same, every such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon. XI. And be it enacted, That every Person convicted of Burglary shall suffer Death as a Felon; and it is hereby declared, that if any Person shall enter the Dwelling House of another with Intent to H to commit Felony, or being in such Dwelling House shall commit any Felony, and shall in either Case break out of the said Dwelling House in the Night Time, such Person shall be deemed guilty of Burglary. any capital. XII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall break and Housebreaking enter any Dwelling House, and steal therein any Chattel, Money, and stealing in or valuable Security to any Value whatever; or shall steal a House, when such Property to any Value whatever in any Dwelling House, any Person therein being put in fear; or shall steal in any Dwelling House any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security to the Value in the whole of Five Pounds or more; every such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon. a House for ca XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no Building, What Buildings although within the same Curtilage with the Dwelling House, and only are Part of occupied therewith, shall be deemed to be Part of such Dwelling House for the Purpose of Burglary, or for any of the Purposes pital Purposes. aforesaid, unless there shall be a Communication between such Building and Dwelling House, either immediate, or by means of a covered and inclosed Passage leading from the one to the other. House, but not XIV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall break and Robbery in any enter any Building, and steal therein any Chattel, Money, or Building within valuable Security, such Building being within the Curtilage of the same Curtia Dwelling House, and occupied therewith, but not being Part lage as the thereof according to the Provision hereinbefore mentioned, every privileged as such Offender, being convicted thereof, either upon an Indictment Part of the for the same Offence, or upon an Indictment for Burglary, House- House. breaking, or stealing to the Value of Five Pounds in a Dwelling House, containing a separate Count for such Offence, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Four Years, and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment. XV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall break and Robbery in a enter any Shop, Warehouse, or Counting House, and steal therein Shop, Wareany Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, every such Offender, house, &c. being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned. XVI. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall steal, to the Value of Ten Shillings, any Goods or Article of Silk, Woollen, Linen, or Cotton, or of any one or more of those Materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other Material, whilst laid, placed, or exposed, during any Stage, Process, or Progress of Manufacture, in any Building, Field, or other Place, every such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned. XVII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall steal any Goods or Merchandize in any Vessel, Barge, or Boat of any Description whatsoever, in any Port of Entry or Discharge, or upon any navigable River or Canal, or in any Creek belonging to or communicating with any such Port, River, or Canal, or shall steal any Goods or Merchandize from any Dock, Wharf, or Quay ad jacent Stealing cer tain Goods in Process of Stealing Goods from a Vessel River, or Canal, in a Port, &c. Plundering any Tackle or Cargo of a ship wrecked Vessel. Proviso. Persons in Possession of shipwrecked Goods, not giving a satisfactory Ac count. jacent to any such Port, River, Canal, or Creek, every such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned. XVIII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall plunder or steal any Part of any Ship or Vessel which shall be in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore, or any Goods, Merchandize, or Articles of any Kind belonging to such Ship or Vessel, every such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon Provided always, that when Articles of small Value shall be stranded or cast on Shore, and shall be stolen without Circumstances of Cruelty, Outrage, or Violence, it shall be lawful to prosecute and punish the Offender as for Simple Larceny; and in either Case the Offender may be indicted and tried either in the County in which the Offence shall have been committed, or in any County next adjoining. XIX. And be it enacted, That if any Goods, Merchandize, or Articles of any Kind, belonging to any Ship or Vessel in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore as aforesaid, shall, by virtue of a Search Warrant, to be granted as hereinafter mentioned, be found in the Possession of any Person, or on the Premises of any Person with his Knowledge, and such Person, being carried before a Justice of the Peace, shall not satisfy the Justice that he came lawfully by the same, then the same shall, by Order of the Justice, be forthwith delivered over to or for the Use of the See post, § 63. rightful Owner thereof; and the Offender, on Conviction of such Offence before the Justice, shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the Goods, Merchandize, or Articles, such Sum of See post, § 66 Money, not exceeding Twenty Pounds, as to the Justice shall & 67. If any Person offers ship wrecked Goods for Sale, the Goods may be seized, &c. See post, § 66 & 67. The stealing, &c. of Records and other Proceedings of Courts of Justice. seem meet. XX. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall offer or expose for Sale any Goods, Merchandize, or Articles whatsoever, which shall have been unlawfully taken, or reasonably suspected so to have been, from any Ship or Vessel in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore as aforesaid, in every such Case any Person to whom the same shall be offered for Sale, or any Officer of the Customs or Excise, or Peace Officer, may lawfully seize the same, and shall with all convenient Speed carry the same, or give Notice of such Seizure, to some Justice of the Peace; and if the Person who shall have offered or exposed the same for Sale, being duly summoned by such Justice, shall not appear and satisfy the Justice that he came lawfully by such Goods, Merchandize, or Articles, then the same shall, by Order of the Justice, be forthwith delivered over to or for the Use of the rightful Owner thereof, upon Payment of a reasonable Reward (to be ascertained by the Justice) to the Person who seized the same; and the Offender, on Conviction of such Offence by the Justice, shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the Goods, Merchandize, or Articles, such Sum of Money, not exceeding Twenty Pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet. XXI. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent Purpose take from its Place of Deposit for the Time being, or from any Person having the lawful Custody thereof, or shall unlawfully and maliciously obliterate, injure, or destroy, any any Record, Writ, Return, Panel, Process, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Rule, Order, or Warrant of Attorney, or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Record, or relating to any Matter Civil or Criminal, begun, depending, or terminated in any such Court, or any Bill, Answer, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Order, or Decree, or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Equity, or relating to any Cause or Matter begun, depending, or terminated in any such Court, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of Seven Years, or to suffer such other Punishment by Fine or Imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award; and it shall not in any Indictment for such Offence be necessary to allege that the Article, in respect of which the Offence is committed, is the Property of any Person, or that the same is of any Value. XXII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall, either during the Life of the Testator or Testatrix, or after his or her Death, steal, or for any fraudulent Purpose destroy or conceal, any Will, Codicil, or other Testamentary Instrument, whether the same shall relate to Real or Personal Estate, or to both, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned; and it shall not in any Indictment for such Offence be necessary to allege that such Will, Codicil, or other Instrument, is the Property of any Person, or that the same is of any Value. The stealing, &c. of Wills. Estate. XXIII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall steal any The stealing of Paper or Parchment, written or printed, or partly written and Writings relatpartly printed, being Evidence of the Title, or of any Part of the ing to Real Title, to any Real Estate, every such Offender shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the Punishments which the Court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned; and in any Indictment for such Offence, it shall be sufficient to allege the Thing stolen to be Evidence of the Title, or of Part of the Title, of the Person or of some one of the Persons having a present Interest, whether legal or equitable, in the Real Estate to which the same relates, and to mention such Real Estate, or some Part thereof; and it shall not be necessary to allege the Thing stolen to be of any Value. These Provisions as to Wills and Writings, shall not lessen XXIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained relating to either of the Misdemeanors aforesaid, nor any Proceeding, Conviction, or Judgment to be had or taken thereupon, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any Remedy at Law any Remedy or in Equity which any Party aggrieved by any such Offence which the Party might or would have had if this Act had not been passed; but aggrieved now nevertheless the Conviction of any such Offender shall not be has. received in Evidence in any Action at Law or Suit in Equity against him; and no Person shall be liable to be convicted of either of the Misdemeanors aforesaid, by any Evidence whatever, in respect of any Act done by him, if he shall at any Time previously to his being indicted for such Offence have disclosed such Act, on Oath, in consequence of any compulsory Process of any Court of Stealing and Sheep. Stealing, &c. Deer in any inclosed Ground, Fe lony. The like in cer of Law or Equity in any Action, Suit, or Proceeding which shall have been bona fide instituted by any Party aggrieved, or if he shall have disclosed the same in any Examination or Deposition before any Commissioners of Bankrupt. XXV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall steal any Horse, Mare, Gelding, Colt, or Filly, or any Bull, Cow, Ox, Heifer, or Calf, or any Ram, Ewe, Sheep, or Lamb, or shall wilfully kill any of such Cattle, with Intent to steal the Carcase or Skin, or any Part of the Cattle so killed, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer Death as a Felon. XXVI. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlawfully and wilfully course, hunt, snare, or carry away, or kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any Deer kept or being in the inclosed Part of any Forest, Chase, or Purlieu, or in any inclosed Land wherein Deer shall be usually kept, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished in the same Manner as in the Case of Simple Larceny; and if any Person shall unlawfully and wilfully course, hunt, snare, or carry away, or kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, any Deer kept or being in the uninclosed Part of any Forest, Chase, or Purlieu, he shall for every such Offence, on Conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay such Sum, not exceeding Fifty Pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet; and if any Person, who shall have been previously convicted of any Offence relating to Deer for which a pecuniary Penalty is by this Act imposed, shall offend a Second Time, by committing any of Deer, Felony. the Offences hereinbefore last enumerated, such Second Offence, whether it be of the same Description as the First Offence or not, shall be deemed Felony, and such Offender, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished in the same Manner as in the Case of Simple Larceny. tain uninclosed Offence as to Suspected Per- and not satis- XXVII. And be it enacted, That if any Deer, or the Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, or any Snare or Engine for the taking of Deer, shall by virtue of a Search Warrant, to be granted as hereinafter mentioned, be found in the Possession of any Person, or on the Premises of any Person with his Knowledge, and such counting for it. Person, being carried before a Justice of the Peace, shall not satisfy the Justice that he came lawfully by such Deer, or the Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, or had a lawful Occasion for such Snare or Engine, and did not keep the same for any unlawful Purpose, he shall, on Conviction by the Justice, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and if any such Person shall not under the Provisions aforesaid be liable to Conviction, then for the Discovery of the Party who actually killed or stole such Deer, it shall be lawful for the Justice, at his Discretion, as the Evidence given and the Circumstances of the Case shall require, to summon before him every Person through whose Hands such Deer, or the Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, shall appear to have passed; and if the Person from whom the same shall have been first received, or who shall have had Possession thereof, shall not satisfy the Justice that he came lawfully by the same, he shall, on Conviction by the Justice, be liable to the Payment of such Sum of Money as is hereinbefore last mentioned. See post, § 63. See post, § 66 & 67. In case they cannot be con victed, how the Justice may proceed. XXVIII. And |