Вопрос по английскому языку:

Помогите указать форму и функцию герундия?
1.The attorney announced the indictment, which included charges
of opening graves, forgery, grand larceny and racketeering.
2. Without considering the evidence of the accused the jury cannot
return a verdict of guilty.
3.He was fined for being drunk in charge of a car.
4. The policemen took special precautions against escaping of a dangerous criminal from the court hall.