The Magistrates' Manual: Being a Compilation of the Law Relating to the Duties of Justices of the Peace in Upper Canada; with a Complete Set of Forms and a Copious IndexW. C. Chewett & Company, 1865 - 658 pages |
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... indictment . All offences cognizable by a Justice of the Peace are divisible into two general classes , namely : firstly , those which the law requires to be sent to a higher tribunal for final trial , wherein he acts ministerially ...
... indictment . All offences cognizable by a Justice of the Peace are divisible into two general classes , namely : firstly , those which the law requires to be sent to a higher tribunal for final trial , wherein he acts ministerially ...
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... indictment or criminal information in the Court of Queen's Bench . NOT PUNISHABLE FOR ERRORS OF JUDGMENT . - But the Judges have uniformly refused to punish or interfere with Justices for mere errors in judgment ; and Lord Mansfield ...
... indictment or criminal information in the Court of Queen's Bench . NOT PUNISHABLE FOR ERRORS OF JUDGMENT . - But the Judges have uniformly refused to punish or interfere with Justices for mere errors in judgment ; and Lord Mansfield ...
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... indictment , or criminal information , " the question has always been , not whether the act done " might , upon full and mature investigation , be found strictly “ right , but from what motive it had proceeded , whether from " a ...
... indictment , or criminal information , " the question has always been , not whether the act done " might , upon full and mature investigation , be found strictly “ right , but from what motive it had proceeded , whether from " a ...
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... indictments whatsoever so before you or any of you taken , or to be taken , or before others late our Justices of ... indicted , or who before you hereafter shall happen to be indicted , until they can be taken , surrender themselves ...
... indictments whatsoever so before you or any of you taken , or to be taken , or before others late our Justices of ... indicted , or who before you hereafter shall happen to be indicted , until they can be taken , surrender themselves ...
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... be summoned ing in the first instance his or their warrant to appre - arst instance . instead of issuing a warrant in the Warrant to apprehend party ⚫ indictment is found . hend [ 27 ] DUTIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. ...
... be summoned ing in the first instance his or their warrant to appre - arst instance . instead of issuing a warrant in the Warrant to apprehend party ⚫ indictment is found . hend [ 27 ] DUTIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. ...
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accused adjudge aforesaid appear appointed apprehended assault attorney authority bail behalf by-law cause certificate charged chattels clerk common gaol constable costs counterfeit court custody deemed default defendant deliver district or county evidence false forged forthwith guilty of felony hand and seal hath imprisoned indictable offences indictment information or complaint intent issue jurisdiction Justice or Justices keeper larceny levied liable liquor Lower Canada Majesty's Justices maliciously manner mentioned misdemeanor municipality oath offence owner party pawnbroker payment peace officers penalty penitentiary person or persons police magistrate prison or place proceedings prosecution prosecutor Province of Canada punished Quarter Sessions receive recognizance refuses sheriff sooner paid special constables Stat statute sufficient summary conviction summons sureties term less term not exceeding term not less territorial division therein tices tion township trial united counties unlawfully unless Upper Canada warrant of distress wilfully witness
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Page 61 - AB, and him safely to convey to the common gaol of the said county of , at aforesaid, and there deliver him to the said keeper thereof, together with this precept : And I do hereby command you, the said keeper...
Page 274 - ... any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country,, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 566 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of...
Page 157 - ... intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 593 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 157 - ... or by any other person on his behalf, receive, agree, or contract for any money, gift, loan, or valuable consideration, office, place or employment, for himself or- for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, at any election...
Page 167 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 155 - ... consideration, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from voting...
Page 275 - ... for, or under, or in aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 133 - Act passed or to be passed, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not .exceeding two years...