---- of the Charity annually distributed in the Metropolis estimated
at L850,000 a year, 357, 358
---- of the Courts for Civil and Criminal Justice in the Metropolis,
577-582
---- of the Prisons in the Metropolis, _ibid._
---- of the different Classes of Professional Men connected with the
departments of the Law, about 7000 in all, 583
---- of the Number of Writs issued in Middlesex in 1793, with an
extraordinary statement of the Expences on small Law-suits, 585, 586,
587
_Acquittals_, _See_ Prisoners.
_Actions_ at Law for small Debts, 584, 587
Expence enormous beyond all credibility, _ibid._
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT referred to in this Work.
2 Geo. 3. _c._ 28. for preventing Frauds by Persons navigating
Bum-boats on the River Thames, 237, _n._, 269
31 Elizabeth, _c._ 4 }
22 Charles 2d. _c._ 5 }
9 & 10 William 3d. _c._ 41 }
1 George 1st. _stat._ 2. _c._ 25 } Relative to the
9 George 1st. _c._ 8 } Protection of
17 Geo. 2d. _c._ 40 } his Majesty's
9 Geo. 3d. _c._ 35 } Stores, 261-263
12 Geo. 3d. _c._ 24 }
14 Geo. 3d. _c._ 90, for regulating the Westminster Watch, &c., 107
25 Edward 3d. _stat._ 5. _c._ 2 }
1 Mary, _stat._ 2. _c._ 6 }
1 & 2 P. & M. _c._ 11 }
5 Eliz. _c._ 11 }
14 Eliz. _c._ 3 }
18 Eliz. _c._ 1 }
7 William 3d. _c._ 3 } Relative to the
8 & 9 William 3d. _c._ 26 } Coinage and
9 & 10 William 3d. _c._ 21 } disposal of
7 Anne, _c._ 24, 25 } Base Money, 192, 193, 194
15 & 16 Geo. 2d. _c._ 28 }
11 Geo. 3d. _c._ 40 }
37 Geo. 3d. _c._ 126 }
38 Geo. 3d. _c._ 59-67 }
39 Geo. 3d. _c._ 75 }
33 Henry 8th. _c._ 1 } Relative to Cheats
30 Geo. 2d. _c._ 24 } and Swindlers, 113, 114
9 Anne, _c._ 14 }
8 Geo. 1st. _c._ 2 } Relative to
12 Geo. 2d. _c._ 28 } Gaming, 134, 135
9 Geo. 2d. _c._ 5. relative to Fortune-tellers being punished by
standing four times in the Pillory, 130
3 & 4 William 3d. _c._ 9 }
1 Anne, _c._ 9 }
5 Anne, _c._ 31 }
4 Geo. 1st. _c._ 11 } Relative to
29 Geo. 2d. _c._ 30 } Receivers of
30 Geo. 2d. _c._ 24 } Stolen Goods, 298-300
2 Geo. 3d. _c._ 28 }
10 Geo. 3d. _c._ 48 }
21 Geo. 3d. _c._ 69 }
22 Geo. 3d. _c._ 58 }
5 Edw. 3d. _c._ 14 } Relative to the Office &
34 Edw. 3d. _c._ 1 } power of Constables, 387
8 Geo. 2d. _c._ 16. relative to Hue and Cry, 389
4 William & Mary, _c._ 8 }
6 & 7 William & Mary, _c._ 17 }
10 & 11 William 3d. _c._ 23 }
5 Anne, _c._ 31 }
6 Geo. 1st. _c._ 23 } Relative to Rewards
3 Geo. 2d. _c._ 16 } for apprehending
14 Geo. 2d. _c._ 6 } different classes
15 Geo. 2d. _c._ 34 } of offenders, 390-392
15 & 16 Geo. 2d. _c._ 28 }
16 Geo. 2d. _c._ 15 }
3 Geo. 3d. _c._15 }
25 Edward 3d. stat. 5. _c._ 2; 36 Geo. 3d. _c._ 7, relative to
_High Treason_, 38, 39
25 Henry 8th. _c._ 6. Sodomy made capital, 46
18 Eliz. _c._ 7, Rape made capital, 46, 47
3 Henry 7th. _c._ 2 } Forcible marriage and
39 Eliz. _c._ 9 } Defilement made capital, 48
6 Henry 4th. _c._5 } Mayhem or Maiming
22 & 23 Charles 2d. _c._2 } made capital, 49
35 George 3d. _c._ 67, Polygamy punished by Transportation, _ibid._
King Athelstan's Law (anno 956) punished Theft with Death, if
above the value of One Shilling, 51
9 Henry 1st. punished Theft with Death (anno 1108), 52
23 Henry 8th. _c._ 1 }
1 Edw. 6th. _c._ 12 }
5 & 6 Edw. 6. _c._ 9 } As to Felonies in
39 Eliz. _c._15 } Dwelling-Houses, 54, 55
3 & 4 William & Mary, _c._ 9 }
10 & 11 William 3d. _c._ 23 }
12 Anne, _stat._ 1 _c._ 7 }
23 Henry 8th. _c._ 1 } Relative to Arson and
43 Eliz. _c._ 13 } Burning Houses,
22 & 23 Charles 2d. _c._ 7, 11 } Barns, Corn, Underwood,
1 Geo. 1st. _c._ 48 } Ships, &c., 56, 57
4 George 1st. _c._ 12 }
9 ---- 1st. _c._ 22 }
10 ---- 2d. _c._ 32 }
27 ---- 2d. _c._ 25 }
9 ---- 3d. _c._ 21 }
12 ---- 3d. _c._ 24 }
18 Eliz. _c._ 7 }
3 & 4 William & Mary, _c._ 9 } Relative to
12 Anne, _stat._ 1. _c._ 7 } Burglary, 57
1 Edw. 6th. _c._ 12 }
21 Jac. 1st. _c._ 6 } Relative to the
3 & 4. William & Mary, _c._ 9 } Benefit of Clergy, 439
4 & 5 William and Mary, _c._ 24 }
5 Anne, _c._ 6 }
4 Geo. 13. _c._ 11; 6 Geo. 1st. _c._ 23, legalizing Transportation
to the Colonies, 436, 437
The same Statute appropriated the Services of Convicts, 454
16 Geo. 3d. first legalized the system of the Hulks, 455
16 Geo. 3d. _c._ 23, legalized Penitentiary Houses in Counties,
_ibid._
19 Geo. 3d. _c._ 74, legalized two National Penitentiary Houses,
456
24 Geo. 3d. _stat._ 2. _c._ 56, relative to Transportation and the
Hulks, 460
27 Geo. 3d. _c._ 2; 30 Geo. 3d. _c._ 47, relative to New South
Wales, 462
28 Geo. 3d. _c._ 24, contracts for Convicts, _ibid._
2 Will. & Mary, _c._ 8, relative to paving the Metropolis, 592
10 Geo. 2d. _c._ 22 }
11 Geo. 3d. _c._ 29 } Relative to the
14 Geo. 3d. _c._ 78 } Police of the City
33 Geo. 3d. _c._ 75 } of London, 592-597
34 Geo. 3d. _c._ 65--(_Watermen_),}
27 Elizabeth } divided the City }
16 Chars. 1st. } into Wards }
29 George 2d. _c._ 25 }
31 ---- 2d. _c._ 17 } Relative to the
2 ---- 3d. _c._ 21 } Police of London
3 ---- 3d. _c._ 23 } and Westminster, 593, 594
5 ---- 3d. _c._ 13 & 50 }
11 ---- 3d. _c._ 22 }
14 ---- 3d. _c._ 90 }
28 ---- 2d. _c._ 9 } Relative to the Police
6 ---- 3d. _c._ 24 } of Southwark, 594
6 Henry 6th. _c._ 5 }
6 ---- 8th. _c._ 10 } Relative to the System
23 ---- 8th. _c._ 5 } of the Sewers, 594, 595
25 ---- 8th. _c._ 10 }
3 & 4 Edw. 6th. _c._ 8 }
1 Mary, _stat._ 3. _c._ 11 }
13 Eliz. _c._ 9 }
8 James, _c._ 14 }
7 Anne, _c._ 10 }
9 Anne, _c._ 23 }
10 ---- _c._ 19 }
12 ---- _stat._ 1. _c._ 14 }
1 Geo. 1st. _c._ 57 }
12 ---- 1st. _c._ 2 }
30 ---- 2d. _c._ 22 }
4 ---- 3d. _c._ 36 } Relative to Hackney
7 ---- _c._ 44 } Coaches and Chairs, 595
10 ---- _c._ 44 }
11 ---- _c._ 24, 28 }
12 ---- _c._ 49 }
24 ---- _stat._ 2. _c._ 27 }
26 ---- _c._ 72 }
32 ---- _c._ 47 }
33 ---- _c._ 75 }
1 Geo. 1st. _c._ 57 }
18 ---- 2d. _c._ 38 } Relative to Carts and
24 ---- 2d. _c._ 43 } other Carriages in
30 ---- 2d. _c._ 22 } the Metropolis, 596
24 ---- 3d. _c._ 27 }
21 Geo. 3d. _c._ 57, relative to Bullock-hunting, 597
26 Geo. 3d. _c._ 71, as to Slaughtering Horses, 104, _n._
_Adultery_, not in the Criminal Code, 35
_Advertising_ Bill-discounters and Money lenders to be regulated,
118, 119
_Alehouses_, a great source of Crimes and Nuisances when
ill-regulated, 85, 311, &c. 324, &c.
In 5000 Alehouses within the Bills of Mortality upwards of
L3,300,000 a year spent in Beer, Spirits, &c., 327
Profligate Characters entrusted with Licences a source of much
mischief, 325, 326
_Alfred_, His Laws relative to Murder, 44
_Alton's_ Liquid Test to detect counterfeit Gold and Silver Coin, 180
_Ancestors._ Their Laws had an immediate reference to the prevention
of Crimes, 3
_Anecdotes_--Of an American Vessel plundered in the Thames in an
extraordinary manner, 219
---- of a Guinea Vessel plundered, _ibid._
---- of the plunder and imposition on a Canada Merchant, 229
---- of an Officer of Justice, who discovered an instance of pillage
in one of the dock-yards, 283
---- Respecting the Lottery, the astonishing number of persons
supported by fraudulent Insurances, 156, _n._
---- of the Jews in London, the extraordinary depravity of the
lowest orders, 148-150
---- of the different Classes of Cheats, 130
---- of a Robbery in the Drawing-room at St. James's, 127
---- of a Female Money-lender to Barrow Women, _ibid._
---- of a Fortune-teller, 129
---- of a Police Officer watching the house of a Receiver of Stolen
Goods, 306, _n._
---- of a Jew who had committed a Rape, 431, _n._
---- of Sir Matthew Hale, 432, _n._
---- of the Justices of Chester, a singular circumstance, 52, 53
---- of a respectable Magistrate of the City, 513, _n._
---- of Monsieur De Sartine Minister of the Police of Paris, an
extraordinary circumstance, 525-530
---- of the Emperor Joseph the Second, 527, 528, 529
_Apprentices_ corrupted by Receivers of Stolen Goods, &c., 12
---- harboured in Public-houses, in Clubs for purposes of lewdness
and debauchery, 315, _n._
---- Their immoral education, one cause of the origin of Crimes,
314-317
---- Neglect of superior Tradesmen in boarding Apprentices out of
their houses, 316, 317, _n._
_Arrests_ for Felony, four modes practised, 388
---- deficiency in the Law protecting Lottery vagrants and others
from being arrested on Sundays, 390
_Arson_, punished capitally, 56
_Asylums_, an establishment recommended for discharged Convicts, 99,
100
---- for the Indigent in the Metropolis, 572
---- for Sick, Lame, and Diseased, 573
_Athelstan's_ Laws relating to Death, 51
_Athenian_ Laws relative to Murder, 43
_Auctioneers_ called _diurnal_, with Puffers, 117
B.
_Bacon_, Lord--Suggested a revision of the Criminal Code, 7
_Ballad Singers_--might, from an Evil, be made an advantage to
Society, 348
_Bank Notes_ and Bills received, knowing the same to be stolen--not
an offence by any existing Law, 8, 114 _n._
_Barkers_ at Auctions, 117
_Beadles_ ought to be rewarded for useful public Services, 415
---- The proper persons to apply to when nuisances are to be removed,
598
_Beccaria_, Marquis, his opinion of Punishments, 53, _n._
---- his maxim relative to Pardons, 449, _n._
_Beggars_, _See_ Poor.
_Benefit of Clergy_ extended to all ranks, 436
_Bentham_ (Jeremy, Esq.) his proposal for a Penitentiary House for
Convicts, and remarks thereon, 481-495
_Bill Discounters_, or Advertising Money-Lenders, 118, 119
_Board of Police_, _See_ Police.
_Bolton_, Matthew, Esq. of Birmingham, number of Penny Pieces
supplied by him, 186, _n._
_Botany Bay_, _See_ Convicts, New South Wales.
_Brokers_, in pawns, to be registered, 108, 304
_Building Materials_, dealers in, to be licenced, 549
_Bullock-hunting_, the Laws relative to it, 597
_Burglary_, not so frequent on the Continent as in England, 94
---- by what classes of men committed, 95, 96
---- systematically planned and executed, 101, 103
---- remedies proposed, 104
---- definition of Burglary and how punished, 57
---- called Hamsockne in the North of England, 58
C.
_Carts_ and other Carriages, the Laws relative to them, 595, 596
_Casual Poor_, _See_ Poor.
_Chance Medley_, how punished, 45
_Charities_ in the Metropolis:
Parish Schools for Education, 569
Societies for promoting Religion and Morality, 570
Asylums for the Helpless and Indigent, 572
Hospitals for the Sick and Pregnant Women, 573
Dispensaries for the Poor, 574
Institutions for Charitable Purposes (_See Poor_), _ibid._
_Cheapside_, a general rendezvous for Thieves, and the reason, 106,
107
_Cheats_, the offence of cheating defined by Law, 113
The different classes of Cheats explained; who are more or less
engaged in acts of Fraud, in the Metropolis, 109, 110, &c. 131
_China_, its Laws, and Punishment for High-Treason, 40
Parricide, 41
Murder, 44
Theft, 52
_Chips_, _See_ Dock-yards.
_Churches_ and Places of Worship in the Metropolis, 568
_Coaches and Chairs_ in the Metropolis (_and See Hackney Coaches;
Night Coaches_), 595, 596
_Coasting Vessels_, &c. purchase embezzled Stores, 255
_Coin_ counterfeited, and Coiners:
Extensive Circulation of base Coin, 15, 16
The evils attending it, 117, 118
Foreign Coin fabricated in England, _ibid._
_Coiners_, 120 discovered, 18
Vast amount of Coin counterfeited, 181
Different Coins fabricated, 173
The process used in making the different kinds of base Money, 174,
184
The period when the trade of dealing in base Money acquires its
greatest vigour, 188
Deficiencies of the present Laws, 208
Remedies proposed, 191-208
_Colleges_, five in London, 569
_Commons and waste Lands_, the source of evil by encouraging the
idle Poor, 83
_Constables_, in the Metropolis, 1040 in London, Westminster,
Middlesex, the Tower Liberty and Southwark, 397, 398, 399
Their power by the Common Law extensive, explained, 390
Rewards necessary to excite attention, 392
Rewards to Constables, and persons apprehending various classes of
Criminals, 390
Propositions for rendering them more useful and respectable,
405-410
_Convicts_ discharged from the Hulks from 1792 to 1799, 98
Number sent to the Hulks from the commencement of the
Establishment, to December 12, 1795, 7999, 463
Expence of the support of Convicts transported in the Hulks, 465,
466-480, _n._
General Statements, shewing the periods of their discharge, and
the number pardoned, escaped and discharged, 463-465
A statement of their Earnings at Woolwich and Langston Harbour,
467, 468
The inefficacy of this mode of Punishment, 469, 470
Transported to New South Wales--Accounts of the Number and
Expence, 472-474
Opinion of the Finance Committee on the inefficacy of the whole
System, 475, &c.
Proposals for employment of Convicts in Penitentiary Houses by
Jeremy Bentham, Esq., 481-495
Further Regulations in the Penitentiary System suggested, 495, 500
_Copper_ Money, _See_ Coiners.
_Corn_, and Provender stolen in the Country, how disposed of in the
Metropolis, 88
_Courts_ of Justice in the Metropolis:
Courts for the trials of Crimes, Misdemeanors, Trespasses, &c.
_Two_ superior and _Five_ inferior, 428
9 Supreme Courts in the Metropolis, 577
4 Ecclesiastical Courts, Doctors Commons, _ib._
17 Courts of Justice in the City of London, 478, 479
8 Courts of Justice in Westminster, 579, 580
15 Courts of Justice in that part of Middlesex which joins the
Metropolis, 580, 581
8 Courts of Justice in Southwark, 581, 582
_Crimes_, Specification of some not punishable by Law, 8, 35, 36
The cause of their increases, &c., 24, 25
should be prevented rather than punished, 32, 33
punishable with Death--a List of them, 437, 438, 439
punishable with Transportation, 440, 441
punishable with Fine and Imprisonment, 442
punishments on Rogues and Vagabonds, 443
the encouragements to Crimes held out by the present System, 449
increased by the imperfections of the Law, relative to small
Debts, 585, 586
_See_ Offenders: Thieves.
_Criminal_ Code, a Revision of proposed, 7, 8
---- its imperfections, 24, 25
---- its great severity, 33, 53
_See_ Emperor Joseph's Criminal Code.
_Criminal_ People, Their boldness and many chances of escaping, 20,
21
---- many thousands in the Metropolis who subsist illegally, 21
---- likely to be increased, 24
---- although unfit for the Navy and Army from diseases, ruptures,
&c. are yet capable of committing crimes, 99, 100
---- the measures used to effect their purposes, 100, 104
---- they make contracts with Receivers, 104
---- increase by means of base Money, 211
_Custom_-House Officers, called Glut-men, connive at pillage and
plunder, 232
D.
_Dead Horses_, and other Animals, Dealers in, to be regulated, 109
_Dealers_ in old Metals and Stores, their great increase, 12
---- their mischievous tendency, 292, 293
---- Regulations proposed, 292, 293, 303, 548, 549
_Death_, The number of Crimes punishable with Death by the English
Law, 5, 437
---- Abrogated in the Roman Empire, by the Portian Law, 6
---- Inadequate to the ends of Justice, 6
---- Impropriety of inflicting death, except for the highest
offences, 30, 53, 58
---- Jewish Law relative to death, 43
---- Athenian Law, _ib._
---- Roman ditto, _ib._
---- Chinese ditto, 44
---- Persian ditto, 43
---- Saxon ditto, 44
---- Alfred's ditto, _ib._
---- Athelstan's ditto, 51
---- Abolished in the Imperial Dominions of Joseph II. anno 1767, 60
---- Theft first punished by death by Henry I. nearly 700 years ago,
437
---- A specification of the several offences punishable with death
by the Laws of England, 437, 438, 439
_Debts_, The difficulty and expence of recovering small sums, 584,
585, 586, 587
---- An astonishing Document, proving the vast extent of the injury,
587, _n._
---- A Remedy proposed, 586, 588
_Depredations_ on the Public, in the River and Dock-yards, Chap.
viii. 214, &c. ix. 250, &c.
---- on Sugar and West India Produce, 240, 241
---- from Sugar Samples, upwards of 60,000_l._ a year, 235, _n._
---- does not much exceed 15_s._ per cent. on the Moving Property,
215
_Detection_ of Offenders:
---- The deficiency of the Law in this respect, 12, 13, 14, 15-20
---- further elucidated and explained, 381, 421, 422
_Die Sinkers_ for base Money, the number employed, 184
_Directions_, and Cautions to avoid being cheated, 124, 125, 126,
127, &c.
---- As to the mode of proceeding in case of Fraud or Robbery, 383,
_n._
_Dispensaries_, in London, 574
_Distresses_ of the Poor arising from the delusion of the Lottery
(See _Lottery_), 154, 155
_Docks_ in the River will not supersede the necessity of a River
Police, 217, _n._
_Dock-yards_, on the Plunder and Peculation therein, 249-287
---- Fees to Officers one source of the Evil, 251
---- Frauds in receiving, detaining, and selling Stores, 253-259
---- The Perquisite of Chips, 256, 257, _n._
---- The amount of Public Property in Navy, Victualing and Ordnance
Stores, estimated at 7,000,000_l._, 260
---- Laws now existing for protecting of this Property, 261-3
---- Their deficiency, and Remedies proposed through the means of
the Legislature, by A General Police System, 264
---- A Local Police for the Dock-yards, 265
---- Legislative Regulations in aid of these Systems, 269
---- Through the Admiralty, by regulating the sale of old Stores,
274-280
---- Abolishing the Perquisite of Chips, 281
---- ---- of Fees, and increasing Salaries, 282
---- Improving the mode of keeping Accounts, 284
---- Making an annual Inventory of Stores, 286
_Dollars_, counterfeited, 173
---- (stamped) the iniquities practised in counterfeiting and
exporting, detected by the Author of this Work, 172, 173, _n._
_Draco_, his sanguinary boast, 33
E.
_Education_, The great inattention to in the lower ranks one cause
of Crimes, 34, 311
---- Seminaries for, in the Metropolis, estimated at 4050, 569
_Egyptians_, Their Laws for the punishment of certain offences, 41
_Embezzlement_ of Public Stores. See _River Plunder--Dock-yards_.
_Emperor_ Joseph the Second abolished the punishment of Death, 60
---- His edict on promulgating his New Criminal Code, 61
---- Abstract of his New Code, 63
---- A singular Anecdote concerning this Prince, 528, 529
_Estimates_, That Receivers of stolen Goods have increased from 300
to 3000 in the Metropolis, 9, 12
---- of moving Property on the River Thames (_table_), 215
---- ---- arriving, departing, and circulating in the Port of
London, 216, 217
---- ---- belonging to the Public, Naval, and Warlike Stores, &c.,
260
---- of Chips in Dock-yards, 256, 257, _n._
---- of Streets, Houses, and Families in London, 411, _n._
---- of Public Houses, 110
---- of Persons employed in fraudulent Lotteries, 156, _n._
---- of the number of Members of Friendly Societies, 157
---- of the number of Jews, 147, 148
---- of the Officers of Justice, Beadles, Watchmen, and Patroles
2044, 413, 414
---- of Magistrates, acting in the Metropolis, 416, 417, 418
---- of Convicts, and others discharged from Prisons, 96, _n._, 97
---- of Prisoners tried in 1793 and 1754, 448
---- of the Produce of Labour of Convicts in the Hulks (See
_Convicts: Police_), 467
_Exports_ from the River Thames in one year 29,640,000_l._
(_table_), 215, 216
F.
_Farmers_, petty Depredations on them, 86, 89
_Faro Tables_ and Games of Chance, their evil Tendency, 135, 136
---- particularly in private Houses of Persons of Rank, 148
_Felo de se_, how punished by different Laws, 43, 44
_Felonies_, Public and Private defined, 43
---- A specific Detail of the different Felonies, distinguishing the
Punishments, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441
_Female Prostitution._ _See_ Prostitutes.
_Fielding_, Henry } Excellent Magistrates, &c., 453, _n._
_Fielding_, Sir John }
_Finance Committee_ of the House of Commons, their useful Labours
and Opinions on various Subjects (See _Police_), 251, _n._, 264,
419, 427, 469, 514, 516, 558, _n._
_Fires_ in London, the Laws relative to them, 597, 598
_Forcible Marriage_, how punished by different Laws, 48
_Foreign Coin_ counterfeited in England, 17, 18, 184, 190
_Foreigners_, their opinion of the English System of Police, 522
---- the insecurity likely to arise from so many of them acquiring
a knowledge of the English Language, 530
_Fortune-tellers_, their evil tendency, &c., 128, 130
_Founders_ of Metals, an object of regulation as a means of
preventing Crimes, 10, 540, _n._
_France_, its Laws relative to Receivers of stolen Goods, 302, _n._
---- ---- to Sodomy, 46
---- its former Police, curious Anecdotes of, 525
_Frauds_ on the Public in the Metropolis:
---- in the Naval Department of two sorts, 256, 257
---- and Forgeries specifically detailed, 111, 112, &c.
_French language_, the inconvenience and insecurity from its being
so generally spoken, 530
_Friendly Societies_, an Estimate of the number of Members, 575
---- a proposition to guard them against the Evils of the Lottery,
157
G.
_Gaming_, among the lower Ranks in Public Houses, a vast source of
Crimes, 324
---- the Law relative to, and Penalties, 134, 135
---- the systematic confederacy of certain Gaming Establishments
fully developed, 136-147
---- Estimated amount of the Money annually lost and won by Gaming,
143
---- the evil Consequences of Gaming, and dreadful effects to many
respectable Families, 148
---- the bad example to menial Servants of Persons of Fashion, 150,
151
_Gin_, the astonishing quantity drank in London, 327, _n._
---- the advantages arising from a High Price, 328, _n._
_Grecian Law_ relative to Sodomy, 46
---- ---- to Polygamy, 49
H.
_Hackney Coaches_, to be regulated by the Police, (and see _Night
Coaches_), 105, 106, 305, 547, 556
---- Laws relative to them, 402
_Hale_, Sir Matthew, his opinion of criminal Indictments, 432, _n._
_Hawkers and Pedlars_, to be licensed by Magistrates, 116, 117
---- their fraudulent Practices, 116, &c.
_High Treason_, See _Treason_.
_Highway Robberies_, by what classes committed, 95
---- systematically planned and executed, 102, 103
---- suggestions for preventing them by means of a Travelling
Police, 109, _n._
_Homicide_, 45, 46
_Horse Patroles_ proposed, 109, _n._
_Horses Stolen_, receiving them as such no Crime, 9, _n._
---- how to be remedied, 303, 550
---- Frauds and Felonies respecting, immense, 103, _n._, 115, _n._
_Hospitals_ in the Metropolis, 573
_Houses_ in the Metropolis 160,000, and upwards, 568
_Houses of Correction_, authorized in different Counties, 455
---- Regulations, 459, 460
_Hue and Cry_, a particular means of arresting Criminals, 388, 389
_Hulks_, the depravity of the Convicts confined in them, 24
---- First instituted in 1776, 455
---- Regulations by Parliament (See _Convicts_), 461
I. & J.
_Idle Poor_, the Funds appropriated for their support a Public Evil,
80, 82, &c.
_Jews_, (Dutch) their mode of Education a National Injury, as it
promotes Idleness and Profligacy among the lower ranks, 119, 319
---- Objects of regulation as Dealers in old Metals and Apparel, 120
---- the principal Utterers of base Coin, 182, 190
---- the deplorable state of the lower orders belonging to the Dutch
Synagogues, and the difficulties in making them useful, 120, 319, &c.
---- they are generally the medium by which stolen Goods are
concealed and sold, 292
_Jewish Synagogues_ in London, 568
_Jewish Laws_ relative to Murder, 43
---- ---- Sodomy, 46
---- ---- Rape, 47
---- ----Theft, 52
_Immorality_ of worse consequence than Political Crimes, 34
---- striking proofs adduced, 35, 36
_Imports and Exports_ to and from the Port of London, abstract of
(_table_), 215, 216
---- of Sugar and Rum for a year to March 25, 1799, 234, _n._
_Imprisonment for Debt_, its impolicy and evil consequences in
producing moral Crimes, 390, 394, &c.
_Indigence_, one cause of Crimes (See _Poor_), 352
_Inhabitants_ of London, number estimated at one Million at least,
569
_Inns of Court_ and Chancery in London, _ib._
_Institutions_ for useful, charitable, and humane purposes in the
Metropolis, 376, 381
_Irish_, the lower Ranks great Utterers of base Money, 189
_Iron Shops_, great Receptacles of stolen Goods, 293
_Judges of England_, their great purity adds lustre to their own and
the National Character, 430
---- the extreme labour attached to their Situations, a Proposition
for the reducing it, 590
K.
KING, his Majesty's goodness and love of Mercy exemplified in pardon
to Convicts, 22
_King's Stores_, Men employed to remove the _broad arrow_ from
Public Stores, 258
---- Abuses and Evils from the Sale of Old Stores, 256
---- Stolen, embezzled, &c. in the Thames, 257
L.
_Landed Interest_, Depredations on by petty Thefts calculated at
4_s._ per Acre per annum, 89