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 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]
M.
Magistrates, their Duty with regard to Public Houses (See [Alehouses].)
—— Their great utility when their Power and Influence are prudently and judiciously employed, [383], [422], [423]
—— The number Of Magistrates in the Metropolis, [270]
—— The number who sit daily in rotation, [417], [418]
—— The number of persons committed annually for Trial 2500 to 3000, [432], [433]
—— The mortification experienced by the Magistrates in seeing their labour lost in consequence of the chief of these Prisoners thrown back on Society without punishment, [432], [433]
—— A List of the City Magistrates, [504]
—— —— the Police Magistrates, [505]
—— Their Duty explained, [506]
—— Their Labours cramped for want of pecuniary Funds, [509], [510]
—— Magistrates with salaries necessary in every part of the Metropolis, and benefits arising from them, [517]
—— Avocations of the City Magistrates explained, [522]
Manslaughter defined, how punished, [44].
Marine Police Institution, Origin and Progress of, [239], [248]
—— Annual Advantages resulting therefrom to the West India Planters and the Revenue estimated at 160,000l. and upwards, [240], [241], n., [242], n.
—— The effect in restraining River Plunderers, [242], [244]
—— Necessity of its being sanctioned by Legislative Regulations, [245], &c.
—— Testimonies to the utility of the System, and the benefits it has already produced, [242], n., [247], [248, n.], [558], n.
—— The number employed in this Establishment, [399], n., [418]
Marriage, The evil consequence of the prevailing practice of Cohabitation without it, [340]
Martin, Matthew, Esq. his benevolent exertions for relieving the Poor, [360], [361], n.
Mayhem, Laws relative to it, [49]
Menial Servants, Their Morals corrupted, how, [154], [155]
Metals, Dealers in proposed to be regulated, [108], [540], [549]
Metropolis, vide [London].
Milk, curious particulars as to the Adulteration of, [89], [90], &c.
Misadventure, Homicide by, defined, [45]
—— how punished, [45], [46]
Misdemeanors, A list of them punishable by Law, [442]
Money counterfeit, vide [Coin].
Montesquieu, Baron, his opinion relative to Thefts, &c., [30], [53]
Morals, The moral Principles destroyed among the Lower Ranks, [11], [310], &c.
—— Can only be preserved by preventing Crimes, [14]
—— Bad education and bad habits destroy Morals, and are the chief causes of atrocious Crimes, [34], [35], [94], [95], [310], &c.
—— The deficiency of the System for guarding the Morals of the Lower Orders one great cause of the Corruption of Manners, [36]
—— Other Causes, The temptations of a great Capital, [35]
—— The habit of living improvidently and luxuriously, [312]
—— The temptation of fraudulent Lotteries, [151], [152], [159]
—— The Facilities held our by Pawnbrokers, Old Iron Shops, and other Receivers of Stolen Goods, enabling persons to raise Money on pilfered articles in an easy way, [288], [323]
—— The bad examples in ill-regulated Public Houses one great cause of the Corruption of Morals, [310]-[324]
—— The habit recently practised of Men, Women and Children spending their time in the Tap-rooms of Alehouses, where all sorts of Profligacy prevails, exhibited in language and conduct, [310], [314], [324]
—— The profligate Characters intrusted with Licences to keep Alehouses (See [Alehouses]), [325], [326]
—— The immoral or careless Education of Apprentices, [314]
—— The failure in Business by Mismanagement, Idleness, &c., [317]
—— Servants out of Place, [318]
—— The mode of Education and Superstition of the Jews, which prevent them from being apprenticed to Mechanical Employments, [319]
—— The vast temptations to plunder, which are held out to Lumpers, Scuffle-hunters, Mudlarks, Scullers, Lightermen, &c. on the Thames, from the want of proper Guards, and a proper System for protecting Property (See [River Plunder]—[Dock-yards]), [322]
—— The temptations held out to fraud from the shocking state of the Silver and Copper Coinage, and the imperfection of the Mint Laws, [171], [172]
—— The temptations held out in a great Metropolis from the resource which the influx of Wealth affords to commit acts of Criminality, giving so many opportunities to live in Idleness, [111], [112]
—— The deficiency of the Laws in not taking cognizance of Moral Crimes, [35], [36]
—— Morals of Public Depredators, [251]
Morality—Men of pure Morals make the best Subjects, [36]
—— Against its principle to punish small offences with Death, [59]
—— Societies for promoting it, [570]
Mudlarks, See [River Plunder], [230]
Murder, Laws relative to it, in this and other Countries, [43], [45]