A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings and Evidence which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment Or Information: with a Copious Collection of Precedents of Indictments, Informations, Presentments, and Every Description of Practical Forms, with Comprehensive Notes Upon Each Offence, the Process, Indictment, Plea, Defence, Evidence, Trial, Verdict, Judgment, and Punishment, 1. köideSamuel Brooke, 1826 |
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Page xii
... clergy is then very fully consi- dered , both in its history and present practice ; and this chapter concludes with the consideration of several matters of practice antecedent to the judgment in cases of prosecutions for misdemeanors ...
... clergy is then very fully consi- dered , both in its history and present practice ; and this chapter concludes with the consideration of several matters of practice antecedent to the judgment in cases of prosecutions for misdemeanors ...
Page xiv
... clergy , & c . estreats , restitution of property stolen , rewards and immunities , exemption from offices under the certificate or Tyburn Ticket . The law relative to the costs of the prosecution and the costs of the defendant , the ...
... clergy , & c . estreats , restitution of property stolen , rewards and immunities , exemption from offices under the certificate or Tyburn Ticket . The law relative to the costs of the prosecution and the costs of the defendant , the ...
Page 14
... clergy may , on a criminal charge , be arrested whilst in their churches ( h ) , though it is illegal to arrest them in any civil case , whilst in the church to perform divine service , or going to or returning from the same on ( a ) 3 ...
... clergy may , on a criminal charge , be arrested whilst in their churches ( h ) , though it is illegal to arrest them in any civil case , whilst in the church to perform divine service , or going to or returning from the same on ( a ) 3 ...
Page 141
... clergy , or the benefit of the statute , are usually remitted for a more solemn trial to the as- sizes ( c ) . The sessions however have jurisdiction over capital offences of this nature ; and , if they do proceed to judgment , in cases ...
... clergy , or the benefit of the statute , are usually remitted for a more solemn trial to the as- sizes ( c ) . The sessions however have jurisdiction over capital offences of this nature ; and , if they do proceed to judgment , in cases ...
Page 156
... clergy ; and shall , [ 154 ] if the offence were committed on the high seas , be tried , & c . by a special commission , as directed by statute 28 Hen . 8. c . 15. The statute 11 & 12 W. 3. c . 7. contains provisions against accessa ...
... clergy ; and shall , [ 154 ] if the offence were committed on the high seas , be tried , & c . by a special commission , as directed by statute 28 Hen . 8. c . 15. The statute 11 & 12 W. 3. c . 7. contains provisions against accessa ...
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Page 73 - Facts were committed, and the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give the Special Matter in Evidence...
Page 523 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 480 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.
Page 231 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 768 - Souls, in this same term ; and for our said lord the king gives the court here to understand and be informed that Sir F.
Page 127 - ... offence is properly cognizable, as the case shall require, and then shall certify the said writ with the return thereof and the said recognizance or recognizances into the said court where such appearance is to be made...
Page 610 - that, from the conviction, the defendant shall be out of the king's protection, and his lands and tenements, goods and chattels, forfeited to the king: and that his body shall remain in prison at the king's pleasure ; or (as other authorities have it) during life...
Page 540 - well and truly to keep the jury, and neither to speak to them themselves, nor suffer any other person to speak to them touching any matter relative to this trial (z).
Page 324 - ... lawful for such judge to issue his warrant under his hand and seal, and thereby to cause such person to be apprehended and brought before him, or some other judge of the same court, or before some one of...
Page 105 - ... unless it be by habeas corpus or some other legal writ, or where the prisoner is delivered to the constable or other inferior officer to...