where the act is done in one county, and the goods are carried into another, 23; for
offences committed during a journey or voyage, 25; for treason, 25; for conspiracies
and other misdemeanors, 25; for embezzlement, 26; against accessaries before the fact,
26; against accessaries after the fact, 26; against receivers, 26. See the different titles,
Vessel. See Ship.
Violent presumptions, 123. See Presumptive Evidence.
Voluntary escape, indictment, for, 552.
Voluntary manslaughter, 410,
Voluntary oaths, 578. See Oath.
Voyage. See Venue.
Wad. See Mine.
Waggon-way. See Mine.
Wales, venue in indictment for offences committed in, 20.
Wall of the sea. See Canal. Marsh. River. Sea.
War, articles of, how proved, 137.
War, levying, 492; direct, 493; constructive, 493. Indictment for levying war, 492; evi-
dence, 493.
Warehouse, breaking and entering, and stealing in, statute, 246; indictment, 247; punish-
ment, 247; evidence, 247. Setting fire to, see Arson. Riotously demolishing, see Riot.
Warrant for the payment of money, stealing, 213; forging and uttering, 368.
Warrant for the delivery of goods, stealing, 213; forging and uttering, 386.
Warrant of attorney. See Courts of Record Forgery.
Warren. See Concy.
Water-way. See Mine.
Way. See Highway.
Weighing-engine. See Turnpike.
Wharf, stealing from, statute, 249; indictment, 250; punishment, 250; evidence, 251.
Wife, in what cases excused by the coercion of her husband. 16, 17. Cannot be a witness
for her husband, 147. In what cases she may be a witness against him, 148. She
cannot be guilty of larceny, by taking the goods of her husband, 182. She may justify
a battery, 444; or even a homicide, 415; in defence of her husband.
Will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument, stealing, destroying, or concealing, statute,
203; indictment, 202; punishment, 203; evidence, 203.
Will of lands, how proved, 140; copy of a probate of a will, in what cases evidence, 130.
Witness. See Evidence. Two witnesses necessary in high treason not relating to the
coin or seals, 156; and in perjury, 156; in all other cases one witness is sufficient, 156.
Wood, setting fire to. See Arson.
Wood, stack of. See Stack.
Wood-work. See Fixtures.
Woollen goods in the loom, &c., or other process of manufacture, cutting, breaking, or de-
stroying, or damaging, with intent to destroy or render useless, statute, 324; indictment,
325; punishment, 325; evidence, 325; cutting, &c., or damaging any warp or shute of
indictment, 326; punishment, 326; evidence, 326; entering a building by force, to com-
mit such offences, indictment, 326; punishment, 326; evidence, 326.
See Sedition. Slander. Variance. In what cases treason, 490.
Works of art in museums, &c., destroying or damaging, 349.
Written instruments, how stated in indictments, &c., 46; how proved if under seal, 138;
how, if not under seal, 140. See Variance.
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