A.

Abstract of the annual Imports into, and Exports from the Port of London (table), [215], [216]
—— of Persons committed, and discharged from Prisons in one year, an extraordinary document (table), [430]
Account of Pawnbrokers in the Metropolis, and the vast property in their houses belonging to the poor, [110]
—— of various descriptions of Cheats, [123], [124], [125], [126], [127]
—— of the number of Streets, Lanes, Houses and Families in the Metropolis, [568]
—— of the previous Plans and Arrangements of Thieves when a Robbery or Burglary is contemplated, [291]
—— of the usual Mode of proceeding to recover stolen property, [383]
—— of the Number of Persons engaged in fraudulent Lotteries, [156]
—— of the Trials at the Old Bailey in 1790 and 1791, [394], [395]
—— of ditto in 1793 and 1795, [446]-[448]
—— of the Officers of Justice in the Metropolis, [397]
—— of the Watchmen and Patroles there, [414]
—— of the Magistrates there, [398], [399]
—— of the Criminal Courts there, [428]
—— of the specific Criminals punishable by Law, [437]-[444]
—— of the Convicts in the Hulks, [455]
—— of the Names of the City and Police Magistrates, [504], [505]
—— of the Churches and other places of Worship in the Metropolis, [568]
—— of the Seminaries of Education in the Metropolis, [569], [570]
—— of the Societies for promoting Religion and Morality, [570], [571]
—— of the Societies for promoting the Arts, [571]
—— of the Asylums for the Indigent and Helpless, [572]
—— of the Hospitals for the Sick and for Pregnant Women in the Metropolis, [573]
—— of the Institutions for Charitable and Humane Purposes, [574], [575]
—— of the Charity annually distributed in the Metropolis estimated at £850,000 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
9 George 1st. c. 8
17 Geo. 2d. c. 40
9 Geo. 3d. c. 35
12 Geo. 3d. c. 24		Relative to the Protection of his Majesty's Stores, [261]-[263]
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
8 & 9 William 3d. c. 26
9 & 10 William 3d. c. 21
7 Anne, c. 24, 25
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		Relative to the Coinage and disposal of Base Money, [192], [193], [194]
33 Henry 8th. c. 1
30 Geo. 2d. c. 24		Relative to Cheats and Swindlers, [113], [114]
9 Anne, c. 14
8 Geo. 1st. c. 2
12 Geo. 2d. c. 28		Relative to 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
29 Geo. 2d. c. 30
30 Geo. 2d. c. 24
2 Geo. 3d. c. 28
10 Geo. 3d. c. 48
21 Geo. 3d. c. 69
22 Geo. 3d. c. 58		Relative to Receivers of Stolen Goods, [298]-[300]
5 Edw. 3d. c. 14
34 Edw. 3d. c. 1		Relative to the Office & 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
3 Geo. 2d. c. 16
14 Geo. 2d. c. 6
15 Geo. 2d. c. 34
15 & 16 Geo. 2d. c. 28
16 Geo. 2d. c. 15
3 Geo. 3d. c.15		Relative to Rewards for apprehending different classes of offenders, [390]-[392]
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
39 Eliz. c. 9		Forcible marriage and Defilement made capital, [48]
6 Henry 4th. c.5
22 & 23 Charles 2d. c.2		Mayhem or Maiming 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
39 Eliz. c.15
3 & 4 William & Mary, c. 9
10 & 11 William 3d. c. 23
12 Anne, stat. 1 c. 7		As to Felonies in Dwelling-Houses, [54], [55]
23 Henry 8th. c. 1
43 Eliz. c. 13
22 & 23 Charles 2d. c. 7, 11
1 Geo. 1st. c. 48
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		Relative to Arson and Burning Houses, Barns, Corn, Underwood, Ships, &c., [56], [57]
18 Eliz. c. 7
3 & 4 William & Mary, c. 9
12 Anne, stat. 1. c. 7		Relative to Burglary, [57]
1 Edw. 6th. c. 12
21 Jac. 1st. c. 6
3 & 4. William & Mary, c. 9
4 & 5 William and Mary, c. 24
5 Anne, c. 6		Relative to the Benefit of Clergy, [439]
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
14 Geo. 3d. c. 78
33 Geo. 3d. c. 75
34 Geo. 3d. c. 65—(Watermen),		Relative to the Police of the City of London, [592]-[597]
27 Elizabeth
16 Chars. 1st.		divided the City into WardsRelative to the Police of London and Westminster, [593], [594]
29 George 2d. c. 25
31 —— 2d. c. 17
2 —— 3d. c. 21
3 —— 3d. c. 23
5 —— 3d. c. 13 & 50
11 —— 3d. c. 22
14 —— 3d. c. 90
28 —— 2d. c. 9
6 —— 3d. c. 24		Relative to the Police of Southwark, [594]
6 Henry 6th. c. 5
6 —— 8th. c. 10
23 —— 8th. c. 5
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		Relative to the System of the Sewers, [594], [595]
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
7 —— c. 44
10 —— c. 44
11 —— c. 24, 28
12 —— c. 49
24 —— stat. 2. c. 27
26 —— c. 72
32 —— c. 47
33 —— c. 75		Relative to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, [595]
1 Geo. 1st. c. 57
18 —— 2d. c. 38
24 —— 2d. c. 43
30 —— 2d. c. 22
24 —— 3d. c. 27		Relative to Carts and other Carriages in the Metropolis, [596]
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 £3,300,000 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]