Archbold's Pleading, Evidence, & Practice in Criminal Cases: With the Statutes, Precedents of Indictments, &cSweet and Maxwell, 1905 - 1440 pages |
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... rule , that infants under the age of discretion are not punishable by any criminal prosecution whatever ; 1 Hale , 27 : 1 Hawk . c . 1 , s . 1 : Mirror , c . 4 , s . 16 ( Selden Soc . Publ . , vol . 7 ) ; but the age of discretion , by ...
... rule , that infants under the age of discretion are not punishable by any criminal prosecution whatever ; 1 Hale , 27 : 1 Hawk . c . 1 , s . 1 : Mirror , c . 4 , s . 16 ( Selden Soc . Publ . , vol . 7 ) ; but the age of discretion , by ...
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... rule of law is that a person cannot be convicted in a proceeding of a criminal nature unless it can be shown that he had a guilty mind ; Chisholm v . Doulton , 22 Q. B. D. 736 ; 58 ( a ) As to statutory offences the true rule of English ...
... rule of law is that a person cannot be convicted in a proceeding of a criminal nature unless it can be shown that he had a guilty mind ; Chisholm v . Doulton , 22 Q. B. D. 736 ; 58 ( a ) As to statutory offences the true rule of English ...
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... rule upon the subject is , that the venue in the margin should be the county or other jurisdiction in which the offence was committed ; e.g. , " Norfolk to wit . " 2 Hale , 166 ; See 1 Chitty , C. L. 193 ; 1 Stephen , Hist . Cr . L. 281 ...
... rule upon the subject is , that the venue in the margin should be the county or other jurisdiction in which the offence was committed ; e.g. , " Norfolk to wit . " 2 Hale , 166 ; See 1 Chitty , C. L. 193 ; 1 Stephen , Hist . Cr . L. 281 ...
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... rule of the common law that the wife could have no property was made subject to exceptions by statute where the husband and wife had been judicially separated , or where the wife had obtained a protection order ; 20 & 21 Vict . c . 85 ...
... rule of the common law that the wife could have no property was made subject to exceptions by statute where the husband and wife had been judicially separated , or where the wife had obtained a protection order ; 20 & 21 Vict . c . 85 ...
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... rule in an indictment for the offence , it is not sufficient to charge the defendant generally with having committed it , as , that he stole the goods of J. , or committed burglary in the house of J. S. , or the like ; but every fact or ...
... rule in an indictment for the offence , it is not sufficient to charge the defendant generally with having committed it , as , that he stole the goods of J. , or committed burglary in the house of J. S. , or the like ; but every fact or ...
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Page 395 - A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act («) shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of bad character...
Page 29 - Can a medical man, conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 266 - ... fide taken or received, by transfer or delivery, by some person or body corporate, for a just and valuable consideration, without any notice or without any reasonable cause to suspect that the same had by any felony or misdemeanor been stolen, taken, obtained, extorted, embezzled, converted, or disposed of, in such case the Court shall not award or order the restitution of such security...
Page 28 - If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the la'w of the...
Page 28 - ... notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of the crime committed, if he knew, at the time of committing such crime, that he was acting contrary to law, by which expression we understand your lordships to mean the law of the land.
Page 390 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or...
Page 379 - Act, 1851 («), s. 14 of which enacts that " whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof, or extract therefrom, shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice...
Page 343 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person; but, in its legal sense, it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Page 483 - Whosoever shall steal, or shall cut, break, root up or otherwise destroy or damage with intent to steal, the whole or any part of any tree, sapling or shrub, or any underwood wheresoever the same...
Page 429 - Goods ; and any Person, to whom any Property shall be offered to be sold, pawned, or delivered, if he shall have reasonable Cause to suspect that any such Offence has been committed on or with respect to such Property, is hereby authorized, and, if in his Power, is required to apprehend and forthwith to carry before a Justice of the Peace the Party offering the same, together with such Property, to be dealt with according to Law.