L.
Landed Interest, Depredations on by petty Thefts calculated at 4s. per Acre per annum, [89]
Larceny, the Definition of this Offence, and the punishment, [50]
—— Grand Larceny defined, [50], [55]
Law, the different classes of Professional Men in the Metropolis, [583]
Laws of England, (Criminal) Deficient with regard to the prevention of Crimes, abridging Liberty, and rendering Property insecure, and in some instances even Life itself, [94], [95], [100]
—— Punishments, from their severity, defeat the ends of Justice, [43], [53]
—— Above 160 Offences punishable with Death, [437]
—— When incompatible with Justice Law should be repealed, [8], [301]
—— Some Offences, injurious to Society, not punished at all, [8], [9], [34], [35], [36]
—— Criminal Law explained, with respect to various Offences:
High Treason, [38]
Public Felonies against the State, [42]
Private Felonies specifically considered, viz:
Murder, [43], [44]
Manslaughter, [44], [45]
Homicide by Misadventure, [45]
Chance Medley, ib.
Self-Defence, ib.
Rape, [46], [48]
Forcible Marriage, [48]
Polygamy, [49]
Mayhem, ib.
Grand Larceny, [50]
Petty Larceny, [50], [51]
Mixed Larceny, [54], [55]
Offences punishable by the Laws of England; a List of, [437], &c.
Law-suits, See [Writs], [Debts].
Lewdness and Debauchery prevail in all ill-regulated Public Houses (See [Alehouses]), [311]
Liberty of the subject abridged by Thieves and Robbers, [2], [93]
—— not by salutary Regulations to prevent Robbery, [13], [14], [308], [309], [545]
Licences proposed on Milk Dealers, [92]
—— on various trades connected with the Receivers of stolen Goods (See [Police]), [540], n., [549], [550]
Lightermen on the Thames assist in Pillage and Plunder, [228]
Lighting, &c. the Metropolis, [592]
Little Goes, a private Lottery, a contrivance of a recent date, brought forward by the Lottery Cheats to keep alive the delusion and fever on the minds of the Poor all the year round, [152]
Livery Stable Keepers, proposed to be regulated (See [Horses]), [109], [541]
Lodgers, and Lodging Houses, proposed to be registered, [105], [539]
London, comprehending the Metropolis. Its Commerce (See [River Plunder])
—— The Magistrates, a list of; also Public Offices, [504], [505]
—— Houses, Streets, Families, and Inhabitants, [411]
—— Its prodigious Extent and Opulence, [567]
—— Places of Religious Worship, [482]
—— Seminaries for Education, [569]
—— Institutions for promoting Morality, [570]
—— For the Arts, [571]
—— Asylums for the Indigent and Helpless, [572]
—— For the Sick, Lame, &c., [573]
—— Dispensaries, [574]
—— Charitable Institutions, [574]
—— Courts of Justice, [577], [578], [579], [580], [581], [582]
—— Prisons, [582]
—— Municipal Regulations of the Metropolis, relative to Watching, Lighting, Fires, &c. &c., [591]
London, so called, (the City):
—— The utility of a closer Connection between the Aldermen and Police Justices, [420]
—— The great respectability of the Magistrates of London, [512]
—— The vast Labour of their official Situation, [513]
—— Magistrates with Salaries proposed, to ease them of that part of the Labour which relates to Criminal Offences, [518]
—— The great Labour attached to the Office of Lord Mayor, [513]
—— Reasons assigned in favour of an Improvement of the Police of the City, by means of assisting Justices, ib.
—— The advantages which would result from such a System, [517]
Lottery, A great means of corrupting the Morals of the Lower Orders of the People, [11]
—— Lottery Insurers cheats of the worst class, [151]-[159]
—— Their evil Practices explained, and their devises to carry them on in despite of the Law, [152], [153]
—— Menial Servants contribute considerably to their support, [153], [154]
—— The astonishing extent of their Transactions, [154], [155]
—— The misery attendant on the Lottery delusion to the Poor, who fill the Pawnbrokers' Shops during the drawing of it, [155]
—— The amazing amount of the premiums for Insurances yearly, [154], [156], n.
—— Estimated amount of fraudulent Insurances per annum 10,460,000l., [143]
—— The astonishing number of Lottery Insurers, with their Appendages, consisting of Clerks, Morocco-men, Bludgeon-men, and Ruffians, employed during the Drawing of the Two Lotteries each year, [156], n.
—— The Lottery might be rendered useful to the State if the poorer classes could be shielded from its mischief, [157], [556]
—— The evils attending on its present Plan, and the audacious conduct of the miscreants engaged in fraudulent Insurances in resisting the Civil Power, explained, [156], n., [158], [159]
—— Their Profits said to be immense during the English Lottery 1796, [159]
—— The exertions of the Magistrates rendered more peculiarly necessary to check this evil during the time of drawing the Lotteries, [159]
—— Expedients proposed for guarding the Poor against the mischiefs, of future Lotteries, digested under eight different Heads, [160], [161], [162]
—— Three plans for drawing the Lottery in such a manner as to prevent Insurance, [163], [170]
Louis d'Ors, coined in England, [17], [190]
Loyal Military Associations, the Country much indebted to them, [533], n.
Lumpers or Labourers on the River (See [River Plunder]), [226]