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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... defendant . If the end of the proceeding is that the defendant is required to pay a sum of money , the question will resolve itself into the form , whether the fine is a debt or a punishment ( n ) . The moral nature of an act is an ...
... defendant . If the end of the proceeding is that the defendant is required to pay a sum of money , the question will resolve itself into the form , whether the fine is a debt or a punishment ( n ) . The moral nature of an act is an ...
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... defendant was positively pious and laud- able has not prevented a conviction ( g ) . prohibita . This forces upon our notice a division of crimes into Mala in se mala in se and mala quia prohibita ; a distinction which and Mala quia is ...
... defendant was positively pious and laud- able has not prevented a conviction ( g ) . prohibita . This forces upon our notice a division of crimes into Mala in se mala in se and mala quia prohibita ; a distinction which and Mala quia is ...
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... defendant charged with libel to plead the truth under certain conditions , does not apply to seditious libels ( o ) . The punishment for seditious libels or words is fine . and imprisonment . Punishable in the same way are slanderous ...
... defendant charged with libel to plead the truth under certain conditions , does not apply to seditious libels ( o ) . The punishment for seditious libels or words is fine . and imprisonment . Punishable in the same way are slanderous ...
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... defendant believe what he said to be true ? If not , he is guilty of perjury . It is not necessary that he should know that it was untrue ; for he will be guilty if he swears to the truth , not knowing anything about the matter ; much ...
... defendant believe what he said to be true ? If not , he is guilty of perjury . It is not necessary that he should know that it was untrue ; for he will be guilty if he swears to the truth , not knowing anything about the matter ; much ...
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... defendant's having contradicted what he swore on a former occa- sion ; in this case the testimony of a single witness in support of the defendant's own original statement will suffice ( h ) . The reason usually assigned for the rule is ...
... defendant's having contradicted what he swore on a former occa- sion ; in this case the testimony of a single witness in support of the defendant's own original statement will suffice ( h ) . The reason usually assigned for the rule is ...
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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.
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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.