Criminal Process, Or, A View of the Whole Proceedings Taken in Criminal Prosecutions, from Arrest to Judgment and Execution: Intended as an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Crown LawT. & J.W. Johnson, 1854 - 100 pages |
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Criminal Process: Or, a View of the Whole Proceedings Taken in Criminal ... Henry Richard Dearsly No preview available - 2016 |
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according to law accused party act of parliament alleged amend appear apprehend arrest assizes autrefois acquit bail behalf bill borough CHAPTER clerk command common gaol constable convicted county aforesaid county or place Court of Oyer Court of Queen's crime criminal custody dealt with according defendant depositions discharge division enacted examined felony forthwith further dealt Gaol Delivery give evidence Grand Jury guilty habeas corpus hand and seal hath hereby holden house of correction indictable offence indorsed intituled An Act issue judge jurisdiction jurors justice or justices keeper lady the queen larceny late Majesty King liberty Lord magistrate Majesty's justices Majesty's name ment mentioned misdemeanor Nisi Prius Oyer and Terminer peace officers peremptory challenge perjury person charged plea prosecution prosecutor Quarter Sessions Queen's Bench recognizance reign riding sheriff statute sufficient summons supposed or suspected sureties sworn taken thereof tices tion treason undersigned United Kingdom verdict WHEREAS A. B. witness writ
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Page 91 - ... both with respect to the liability of witnesses to be indicted for perjury and otherwise, as if no such variance had occurred...
Page 64 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence against you upon your trial.
Page 92 - ... and thereupon such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for...
Page 92 - ... such person shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that the defendant is...
Page 13 - heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to the " charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do " so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be
Page 82 - Delivery, or General Quarter Sessions of the Peace,] to be holden in and for the [County] of and there to give Evidence before the Grand Jury upon any Bill of Indictment which may then and there be preferred against the said AB for the Offence aforesaid, and also to give Evidence upon the Trial of the said AB for the said Offence, if a true Bill should be found against him for the same. Given under [my] Hand and Seal, this Day of in the Year of our Lord at in the [ County] aforesaid.
Page 72 - Act to render more easy tJie apprehending and bringing to trial Offenders escaping from one part of the United Kingdom to the other, and also from one County to another...
Page 53 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 83 - These are therefore to command you the said constable of to take the said AB, and him safely convey to the [House of Correction] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept ; and I do hereby command you the said keeper of the said [House...
Page 15 - N'. 0. the sum of , each, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements, respectively, to the use of our said lady the queen, her heirs and successors, if he the said AB fail in the condition indorsed.