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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... prison ; but in the recent case of Ex parte Cross , 4 J. P. 407 , this doubt has been removed . In this case the first commitment of the defendant under the Vagrant Act was bad on the face of it ; but the court held , after argument ...
... prison ; but in the recent case of Ex parte Cross , 4 J. P. 407 , this doubt has been removed . In this case the first commitment of the defendant under the Vagrant Act was bad on the face of it ; but the court held , after argument ...
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... prisons until they shall find such security , to cause to be safely kept . We have also assigned you , and every two or more of you , our Justices , to enquire more fully the truth by the oaths of good and lawful men of the count ...
... prisons until they shall find such security , to cause to be safely kept . We have also assigned you , and every two or more of you , our Justices , to enquire more fully the truth by the oaths of good and lawful men of the count ...
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... prison for some Justice may 5. If the person so indicted is confined in any gaol or prison for any other offence than that charged in such indictment at the time of such application and order him to be production of such certificate to ...
... prison for some Justice may 5. If the person so indicted is confined in any gaol or prison for any other offence than that charged in such indictment at the time of such application and order him to be production of such certificate to ...
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... prison are one and the same person , shall issue his or their warrant ( I ) , directed to the gaoler or keeper of the gaol or prison in which the person so indicted is then confined as aforesaid , command- ing him to detain such person ...
... prison are one and the same person , shall issue his or their warrant ( I ) , directed to the gaoler or keeper of the gaol or prison in which the person so indicted is then confined as aforesaid , command- ing him to detain such person ...
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... prison for trial , or before he or they admit him to bail , shall , in the presence of such accused person , ( who shall be at liberty to put questions to any wit- ness produced against him , ) take the statement ( M ) on oath or ...
... prison for trial , or before he or they admit him to bail , shall , in the presence of such accused person , ( who shall be at liberty to put questions to any wit- ness produced against him , ) take the statement ( M ) on oath or ...
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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...