Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in England and Ireland, Volume 10Edward William Cox J. Crockford, Law Times Office, 1868 |
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... COCKBURN , C.J. , CROMPTON , MELLOR and SHEE , JJ . ) SHEPHERD AND TURNER ( Appellants ) v . THE POSTMASTER- GENERAL ( Respondent ) . ( a ) Arrest for felony - Abandonment of charge of felony and preferring one of malicious injury to ...
... COCKBURN , C.J. , CROMPTON , MELLOR and SHEE , JJ . ) SHEPHERD AND TURNER ( Appellants ) v . THE POSTMASTER- GENERAL ( Respondent ) . ( a ) Arrest for felony - Abandonment of charge of felony and preferring one of malicious injury to ...
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... [ COCKBURN , C.J. referred to Ex parte Thompson , 3 L. T. Rep . N. S. 294 , where the evidence amounted to a rape and the justices convicted for an assault , and this court refused to interfere . ] The appellants were before the court on ...
... [ COCKBURN , C.J. referred to Ex parte Thompson , 3 L. T. Rep . N. S. 294 , where the evidence amounted to a rape and the justices convicted for an assault , and this court refused to interfere . ] The appellants were before the court on ...
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... COCKBURN , C.J. , ERLE , C.J. , POLLOCK , C.B. , WIL- LIAMS , J. , MARTIN , B. , WILLES , J. , CHANNELL , B. , KEATING , BLACKBURN , and MELLOR , JJ . , PIGOTT , B. , and SHEE , J. ) REG . v . JAMES ROWTON . ( a ) Evidence - General ...
... COCKBURN , C.J. , ERLE , C.J. , POLLOCK , C.B. , WIL- LIAMS , J. , MARTIN , B. , WILLES , J. , CHANNELL , B. , KEATING , BLACKBURN , and MELLOR , JJ . , PIGOTT , B. , and SHEE , J. ) REG . v . JAMES ROWTON . ( a ) Evidence - General ...
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... [ COCKBURN , C.J. - In that sense the word character is synonymous with dis- position . ERLE , C.J. - The question of character in this case is , what was the disposition of the prisoner with regard to such offences ? ] The prisoner , by ...
... [ COCKBURN , C.J. - In that sense the word character is synonymous with dis- position . ERLE , C.J. - The question of character in this case is , what was the disposition of the prisoner with regard to such offences ? ] The prisoner , by ...
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... COCKBURN , C.J. - The question in this case is , whether the answer given by a witness , who was called to rebut the general evidence to good character which had been given in favour of the prisoner , and who was asked what the ...
... COCKBURN , C.J. - The question in this case is , whether the answer given by a witness , who was called to rebut the general evidence to good character which had been given in favour of the prisoner , and who was asked what the ...
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