A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 3. köideStevens and Sons, 1896 |
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... Common Law . - A Selec- tion of Leading Cases in the Common Law , with Notes . Fifth Edition . By RICHARD WATSON , Barrister - at - Law . Demy 8vo . 1896. Price 16s . cloth . Strahan's General View of the Law of Property.- Intended as a ...
... Common Law . - A Selec- tion of Leading Cases in the Common Law , with Notes . Fifth Edition . By RICHARD WATSON , Barrister - at - Law . Demy 8vo . 1896. Price 16s . cloth . Strahan's General View of the Law of Property.- Intended as a ...
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... Common and Aggravated Assaults ( 1 ) Of Common Assaults . ( 2 ) Of Aggravated Assaults XI . Of Furious Driving • 304 304 321 336 XII . Of setting Spring Guns , & c . 337 XIII . Of Offences relating to Railways and Railway Trains XIV ...
... Common and Aggravated Assaults ( 1 ) Of Common Assaults . ( 2 ) Of Aggravated Assaults XI . Of Furious Driving • 304 304 321 336 XII . Of setting Spring Guns , & c . 337 XIII . Of Offences relating to Railways and Railway Trains XIV ...
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... common speech . In common ac- ceptation it signifies a desire of revenge , or a settled anger against a particular person : but this is not the legal sense ; and Lord Holt , C. J. , says : Some have been led into mistakes by not well ...
... common speech . In common ac- ceptation it signifies a desire of revenge , or a settled anger against a particular person : but this is not the legal sense ; and Lord Holt , C. J. , says : Some have been led into mistakes by not well ...
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... common con- versation . It is not , as in ordinary speech , only an expression of hatred and ill - will to an individual , but means any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind . Thus in the crime of murder , which is always stated ...
... common con- versation . It is not , as in ordinary speech , only an expression of hatred and ill - will to an individual , but means any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind . Thus in the crime of murder , which is always stated ...
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... common law the instances of this kind of crime were somewhat numerous and involved in some uncertainty . 1 Hale , 376 ; but , by the 25 Edw . 3 , st . 5 , c . 2 , they were reduced to the following cases : — — 1. Where a servant killed ...
... common law the instances of this kind of crime were somewhat numerous and involved in some uncertainty . 1 Hale , 376 ; but , by the 25 Edw . 3 , st . 5 , c . 2 , they were reduced to the following cases : — — 1. Where a servant killed ...
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Page 610 - 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 659 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or proceeding...
Page 619 - ... 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...
Page 325 - Court to sentence the offender to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common Gaol, or House of Correction...
Page 145 - In any indictment for murder or manslaughter, or for being an accessory to any murder or manslaughter, it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which, or the means by which, the death of the deceased was caused, but it shall be sufficient in any indictment for murder to charge that the defendant did feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder the deceased, and it shall be sufficient in any indictment for manslaughter to charge that the defendant did feloniously...
Page 543 - You are .clearly to understand that you have nothing to hope from any promise of favour and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been held out to...
Page 458 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 538 - ... shall in the presence of such accused person, who shall be at liberty to put questions to any witness produced against him, take the statement on oath or affirmation of those who shall know the facts and circumstances of the case, and shall put the same into writing...
Page 443 - Acts made or to be hereafter made, without any proof of the seal or stamp, where a seal or stamp is necessary, or of the signature or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed the same, and without any further proof thereof in every case in which the original record could have been received in evidence '. Judges
Page 539 - ... if upon the trial of the person so accused as first aforesaid it shall be proved by the oath or affirmation of any credible witness that any person whose deposition shall have been taken as aforesaid is dead or so ill as not to be able to travel...