A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 3. köideStevens and Sons, 1896 |
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... indictment is cured by verdict . Lord Hale says , ' None of the statutes of jeofails extend to indictments , and therefore a defective indictment is not aided by verdict . ' 2 Hale , P. C. 193 ; and no authority is known for such a ...
... indictment is cured by verdict . Lord Hale says , ' None of the statutes of jeofails extend to indictments , and therefore a defective indictment is not aided by verdict . ' 2 Hale , P. C. 193 ; and no authority is known for such a ...
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... indictment alleges , first , a duty on the part of the prisoner to supply the neces- saries of life to the child ; it alleges , secondly , a malicious neglect or omission to perform that duty ; and it alleges , thirdly , that the omis ...
... indictment alleges , first , a duty on the part of the prisoner to supply the neces- saries of life to the child ; it alleges , secondly , a malicious neglect or omission to perform that duty ; and it alleges , thirdly , that the omis ...
Page 18
... indictment therefore charging both with the same duty cannot be supported ; but there ought to be separate indictments charging each in respect of the duty incumbent on each . ( x ) Upon an indictment against husband and wife for the ...
... indictment therefore charging both with the same duty cannot be supported ; but there ought to be separate indictments charging each in respect of the duty incumbent on each . ( x ) Upon an indictment against husband and wife for the ...
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... indictment having been found , cannot be properly considered as acting upon his own private suspicion or authority ; and ought , therefore , to have the same protection as the officer of justice . And it is said , that the indictment ...
... indictment having been found , cannot be properly considered as acting upon his own private suspicion or authority ; and ought , therefore , to have the same protection as the officer of justice . And it is said , that the indictment ...
Page 142
... indictment as present aiding and abetting him in the murder , is good : for ( by Holt , C. J. ) though the indictment be against the prisoner for aid- ing , assisting , and abetting A. , who was acquitted , yet the indictment and trial ...
... indictment as present aiding and abetting him in the murder , is good : for ( by Holt , C. J. ) though the indictment be against the prisoner for aid- ing , assisting , and abetting A. , who was acquitted , yet the indictment and trial ...
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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...