Annotated Code of Criminal Procedure and Penal Code of the State of New York, as Amended in 1882, 1883 and 1884: Revised, Rearranged and Enlarged, with Copious Forms and Notes of Judicial Decisions on Pleading, Practice and Evidence, Together with an Exhaustive Index and a Supplement of Notes and Decisions Down to June 1, 1884

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J.D. Parsons, 1884 - 989 pages

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Page 167 - If, before the conclusion of the trial, a juror becomes sick, so as to be unable to perform his duty, the court may order him to be discharged. In that case a new juror may be sworn and the trial begin anew, or the jury may be discharged and a new jury then or afterwards impaneled.
Page 177 - In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment
Page 65 - To prevent another from exercising a lawful trade or calling, or doing any other lawful act, by force, threats, intimidation, or by interfering or threatening to interfere with tools, implements, or property belonging to or used by another, or with the use or employment hereof; or 6.
Page 209 - After hearing the appeal, the court must give judgment without regard to technical errors or defects, or to exceptions, which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 159 - A public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the state, and consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission, 1. Annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of any considerable number of persons ; or, 2.
Page 95 - ... but you shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God !
Page 186 - A motion in arrest of judgment is an application on the part of the defendant, that no judgment be rendered on a plea or verdict of guilty, or on a verdict against the defendant upon the plea of a former conviction or acquittal.
Page 251 - Every officer, agent or clerk, of any corporation, or of any persons proposing to organize a corporation, or to increase the capital stock of any corporation, who knowingly exhibits any false, forged or altered book, paper, voucher, security or other instrument of evidence to any public officer or board authorized by law to examine the organization of such corporation, or to investigate its affairs, or to allow an increase of its capital, with intent to deceive such officer or board in respect thereto,...
Page 286 - Whenever a coroner is informed that a person has been killed or dangerously •wounded by another, or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that his death has been occasioned by the act of another by criminal means, or has committed suicide...
Page 224 - ... brings the same into this state, may be convicted and punished in the same manner as if such larceny or receiving had been committed within this state.

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