To cast and calculate by magic arts the nativity of the King or heir-apparent in order to find out the time of their death, and in consequence of such enquiries to publish that they would soon die, with a view to alienate the affections of their subjects, was a compassing arid imagining of the death of the King.
Citations:
[1792] EngR 2488, (1792) Cro Car 121, (1792) 79 ER 706 (C)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.360700