Principles of the Criminal Law: A Concise Exposition of the Nature of Crime, the Various Offences Punishable by the English Law, the Law of Criminal Procedure, and the Law of Summary Convictions. With Table of Offences, Their Punishments and Statutes; Tables of Cases, Statutes, &cStevens and Haynes, 1881 - 580 pages |
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... custody till the Queen's pleasure be known ; and the Queen may order the con- finement of such person during her pleasure ( r ) . So if a person indicted is insane , and upon arraignment is found insane by a jury impanelled to discover ...
... custody till the Queen's pleasure be known ; and the Queen may order the con- finement of such person during her pleasure ( r ) . So if a person indicted is insane , and upon arraignment is found insane by a jury impanelled to discover ...
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... custody or possession any coin- ing instrument or apparatus adapted and intended to make any gold or silver coin or foreign coin , is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life ( y ) . If the instruments , & c . , are designed ...
... custody or possession any coin- ing instrument or apparatus adapted and intended to make any gold or silver coin or foreign coin , is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life ( y ) . If the instruments , & c . , are designed ...
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... custody he is , whether officers of the law or private individuals . If a prisoner escapes out of the custody of the con- stable , before he is imprisoned , he is punishable with fine and imprisonment . Officers who , after an arrest ...
... custody he is , whether officers of the law or private individuals . If a prisoner escapes out of the custody of the con- stable , before he is imprisoned , he is punishable with fine and imprisonment . Officers who , after an arrest ...
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... custody ; and this whether the latter has been committed to gaol , or is only under bare arrest . But the officer cannot be thus punished for a felony until after the original offender has been convicted . Before the conviction ...
... custody ; and this whether the latter has been committed to gaol , or is only under bare arrest . But the officer cannot be thus punished for a felony until after the original offender has been convicted . Before the conviction ...
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... custody for treason or felony , the breach is also felony and punishable by penal servitude to the extent of seven years ; and in the case of a man also by whip- ping once , twice , or thrice ( ƒ ) . If he is in custody for any other ...
... custody for treason or felony , the breach is also felony and punishable by penal servitude to the extent of seven years ; and in the case of a man also by whip- ping once , twice , or thrice ( ƒ ) . If he is in custody for any other ...
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Page 22 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 22 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 104 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 89 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 194 - Order, or other Security whatsoever, entitling or evidencing the Title of any Person or Body Corporate to any Share or Interest in any Public Stock or Fund, whether of this Kingdom, or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any Foreign State, or in any Fund of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society, or to any Deposit in any Savings...
Page 399 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 12 - CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACTS, 1853, 1855, 1860; THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS JURISDICTION ACT, 1862; THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES ACTS : Together with a Collection of Statutes relating to or affecting Charities, including the Mortmain Acts, Notes of Cases from 1853 to the present time, Forms of Declarations of Trust, Conditions of Sale, and Conveyance of Charity Land, and a very copious Index. Second Edition. By HUGH COOKE and RG HARWOOD, of the Charity Commission.
Page 426 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the Court where the offender was...
Page 399 - A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing, or reduced into writing, relative to the subject-matter of the cause, without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him...
Page 122 - The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.