case the queen against bass a indictment for a conspiracy in charge one with  be father of a child be good without aver that the child be in fact a bastard  indictment for a conspiracy intend to scandalize a person and to get money out  of he by allege he to be the father of a child which such a woman be big with  but the indictment do not say it be a bastardchild wield sergeant a conspiracy  to do a ill thing where nothing be do to put it in execution a king v veil keb  a stand single upon the intention and be not a ill or criminal thing it do not  appear in the indictment that the matter of slander be false and therefore it  must be intend true in a indictment of this nature or in case of perjury  falsely et wickedly c do not make the charge to be false but these word where  in fact it be not true b near be case   b holt chief justice say near be case  be very nice and by his consent they shall not be so nice again and he  question whether any one case in the law be like it wield sergeant say vaux  case c   c be something like it holt chief justice say if two or three person  meet together and discourse and conspire how to accuse another false of a  offence it be of itself a overt act and be modern report er p a offence  indictable d poulterer case   more Reg v best Mod king v Armstrong and other  vent Timberly v child side king v sprag burr and hawk p c that edit ch S king  v Kinnersley and more stram d so if two or three meet together e it be not  necessary that the fact of their meeting shall be prove but it may be infer by  the jury from the circumstance of the case king v cope stram king v parson  black Rep king v the king bench prisoner hawk p c that edit page notorious  facts e to conspire the death of the queen yet though there be nothing but  word pass the very assemble together be a overt act f foster crown law f the  exception the court go upon be that it do not sufficient appear that the  charge be criminal it not appear the child be a bastard yet the court say this  exception videlicet the not lie it to be a bastardchild in the indictment be  prim impression Powell justice say if people meet together to consult or  conspire to make it criminal they ought to come to some resolution then he  think if it appear that be repent may alter the case the court take time to  consider of modern report precedent and see whether any go upon the omission  of bastard in the indictment a Reg v best and other Mod S c salk S c ld ray  king v Edward Mod king v Rispal black Rep S c burr a