The Justice of the Peace for Ireland: Giving, in an Abridged and Alphabetical Form and Order, the Several Offences and Other Causes of Complaint ... an Epitome of the Crimes and Offences Triable by Indictment : And as an Appendix, "The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851," with Notes Pointing Out to what Extent it is Applicable to Or Affected by Prior and Subsequent Legislation ; Abstracts of Other Useful and Important Statutes ...Hodges, Smith, 1867 - 428 pages |
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... defendant a certi- ficate of the fact . These cases should be returned for trial to or Quarter Sessions Assizes . * Certificate of dismissal . — Under the former Summary Jurisdiction Act , a dismissal by the Magistrates did not protect ...
... defendant a certi- ficate of the fact . These cases should be returned for trial to or Quarter Sessions Assizes . * Certificate of dismissal . — Under the former Summary Jurisdiction Act , a dismissal by the Magistrates did not protect ...
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... defendant as case may be ) in this case being dissatisfied with your determination of the said ( Information or Complaint ) as being erroneous in point of Law , do hereby call upon and require pursuant to the provisions of the 20 & 21 ...
... defendant as case may be ) in this case being dissatisfied with your determination of the said ( Information or Complaint ) as being erroneous in point of Law , do hereby call upon and require pursuant to the provisions of the 20 & 21 ...
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... defendant . " — 12 Vic . , C. 16 , s . 1 . Perhaps Magistrates have a general apprehension , and not without some reason , that their judgment and authority are more likely to be contemned by those who are to some extent " learned in ...
... defendant . " — 12 Vic . , C. 16 , s . 1 . Perhaps Magistrates have a general apprehension , and not without some reason , that their judgment and authority are more likely to be contemned by those who are to some extent " learned in ...
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... defendant . Persons assembled to the number of three , or more , for the purpose of unshipping , carrying , conveying , or concealing any spirits or tobacco , or any tea or silk ( such tea or silk being of the value of £ 10 , or more ) ...
... defendant . Persons assembled to the number of three , or more , for the purpose of unshipping , carrying , conveying , or concealing any spirits or tobacco , or any tea or silk ( such tea or silk being of the value of £ 10 , or more ) ...
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... defendant ) . See Act and Schedules in Appendix . s . 248 . Felony , triable by in- dictment . 16 & 17 Vic . Felony ... defendant's or plain- tiff's goods . " 1 J. * Jurisdiction . " The Act applies to debts in the usual sense of ...
... defendant ) . See Act and Schedules in Appendix . s . 248 . Felony , triable by in- dictment . 16 & 17 Vic . Felony ... defendant's or plain- tiff's goods . " 1 J. * Jurisdiction . " The Act applies to debts in the usual sense of ...
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aforesaid appeal assault bail cause of Complaint ceeding 2 months certificate Clerk of Petty coin committed Common Law Constable Constabulary conviction Court default defendant distress Dublin Dublin Castle duty evidence exceed exceeding 20 Excise execution Extent of Jurisdiction false Felony forfeit gaol H. L. and solitary impris imprisonment not ex imprisonment not exceeding indictable offences intent Ireland issue Justice or Justices knowingly Larceny less liable licence Magistrates Male under 16 Malicious Injuries ment not exceeding Misdemeanor notice nuisance oath officer owner paid party payment Peace penal servitude Penalty not exceeding person Petty Sessions Act Petty Sessions District Petty Sessions Ireland possession prisonment proceedings prosecute Punishment Quarter Sessions recognizance recoverable refusing Schedule servant servitude not exceeding ship solitary confinement stamp Statute Stealing Summary Index summons sureties therein thereof tion trial unlawfully warrant wilfully witness
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Page 323 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or...
Page 325 - ... 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 3 - I, AB, do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful ; and I do also solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare, &c.
Page 252 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 323 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who in any criminal proceeding is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself...
Page 338 - ... assault upon a peace officer in the execution of his duty, or upon any person acting in his aid, or with neglect or breach of duty as a peace officer, or with any misdemeanor for the prosecution of which the costs may be allowed out of the county rate...
Page 325 - ... 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 : provided always, that it shall be competent for the Judge, at any time during the trial, to require the production of the writing for his inspection, and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purposes of the trial as he shall think fit.
Page 348 - ... wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after...
Page 325 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page x - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.