A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 3. köideStevens and Sons, 1896 |
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... told the jury that ' to reduce the crime to manslaughter , it must be shewn that there was provocation at the time , and provocation of a serious nature . The prosecutor is not bound to prove that the homicide was committed from malice ...
... told the jury that ' to reduce the crime to manslaughter , it must be shewn that there was provocation at the time , and provocation of a serious nature . The prosecutor is not bound to prove that the homicide was committed from malice ...
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... told the jury , that if they believed that the prisoner only intended to drown himself , and not that the woman should die with him , they should acquit the prisoner ; but that if both went to the water for the purpose of drowning ...
... told the jury , that if they believed that the prisoner only intended to drown himself , and not that the woman should die with him , they should acquit the prisoner ; but that if both went to the water for the purpose of drowning ...
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... told the jury that a man might throw himself into a river under such circumstances as rendered it not a voluntary act , by reason of force applied either to the body or the mind ; and it then became the guilty act of him who compelled ...
... told the jury that a man might throw himself into a river under such circumstances as rendered it not a voluntary act , by reason of force applied either to the body or the mind ; and it then became the guilty act of him who compelled ...
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... told the jury that , by the general law a master was not bound to provide medical advice for his servant ; ( 7 ) yet that the case was different with respect to an apprentice , and that a master was bound during the illness of his ...
... told the jury that , by the general law a master was not bound to provide medical advice for his servant ; ( 7 ) yet that the case was different with respect to an apprentice , and that a master was bound during the illness of his ...
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... told the jury that mere negligence would not be sufficient to convict the prisoner . There must be negligence so great that they must be of opinion that the prisoner was reckless whether the child died or not . Her omission to send the ...
... told the jury that mere negligence would not be sufficient to convict the prisoner . There must be negligence so great that they must be of opinion that the prisoner was reckless whether the child died or not . Her omission to send the ...
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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...