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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... tion . In the English law the best examples of this are libels and assaults . The same writings , or the same actions , may be made the subject of civil or of criminal proceedings . If A. write of B. that he is a swindler , B. may ...
... tion . In the English law the best examples of this are libels and assaults . The same writings , or the same actions , may be made the subject of civil or of criminal proceedings . If A. write of B. that he is a swindler , B. may ...
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... tion , the law is powerless to deal with him ; but directly he does anything in pursuance of that design , he is within the grasp of the law . The reason for this rule is obvious , namely , the difficulty , or rather impos- sibility of ...
... tion , the law is powerless to deal with him ; but directly he does anything in pursuance of that design , he is within the grasp of the law . The reason for this rule is obvious , namely , the difficulty , or rather impos- sibility of ...
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... tion may be rebutted by clear and strong evidence of such mischievous discretion ( a ) , the principle of the law being malitia supplet ætatem . Thus , a boy of the age of ten years was hanged for killing his companion ; he having ...
... tion may be rebutted by clear and strong evidence of such mischievous discretion ( a ) , the principle of the law being malitia supplet ætatem . Thus , a boy of the age of ten years was hanged for killing his companion ; he having ...
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... tion of giving assistance , and is sufficiently near to give the assistance ; as when one is watching outside , while others are committing a felony inside , the house .. There must be both a participation in the act and a community of ...
... tion of giving assistance , and is sufficiently near to give the assistance ; as when one is watching outside , while others are committing a felony inside , the house .. There must be both a participation in the act and a community of ...
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... tion towards government " ( m ) . Proving the truth of no extenuation . seditious libel is no excuse Truth of for the publishing it ; nor will it extenuate the punish- seditious libel ment , inasmuch as the statute ( n ) , which allows ...
... tion towards government " ( m ) . Proving the truth of no extenuation . seditious libel is no excuse Truth of for the publishing it ; nor will it extenuate the punish- seditious libel ment , inasmuch as the statute ( n ) , which allows ...
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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.