The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 & 25 Vict: With Notes and ObservationsV. & R. Stevens & sons, 1862 - 453 pages |
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Page xlvii
... corrected by means of the course thus adopted . I have shown that codification is out of the question , and that mere consolidation is impracticable , and as in these Acts we have a specimen of consolidation accom- panied by amendments ...
... corrected by means of the course thus adopted . I have shown that codification is out of the question , and that mere consolidation is impracticable , and as in these Acts we have a specimen of consolidation accom- panied by amendments ...
Page lviii
... corrected every reprint except the one with the alterations made by the Select Committee of the Commons , which unfortunately did not pass through my hands . The bills have now become the law of the land , and I hope I may venture to ...
... corrected every reprint except the one with the alterations made by the Select Committee of the Commons , which unfortunately did not pass through my hands . The bills have now become the law of the land , and I hope I may venture to ...
Page 5
... correction . Note . This provision is founded on the similar provisions contained in the 7 & 8 Geo . 4 , c . 29 ; 7 & 8 Geo . 4 , c . 30 , & c . ment . Whenever solitary confinement may be awarded Solitary for any indictable offence ...
... correction . Note . This provision is founded on the similar provisions contained in the 7 & 8 Geo . 4 , c . 29 ; 7 & 8 Geo . 4 , c . 30 , & c . ment . Whenever solitary confinement may be awarded Solitary for any indictable offence ...
Page 24
... correction for any term not exceeding two years , with or without hard labour , and it shall be lawful for the Court , if it shall think fit , to require the offender to enter into his own recognisances and to find sureties , both or ...
... correction for any term not exceeding two years , with or without hard labour , and it shall be lawful for the Court , if it shall think fit , to require the offender to enter into his own recognisances and to find sureties , both or ...
Page 65
... thereof before two justices of the peace , be liable to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding three months : seamen , & c . Provided that no person who THE PERSON . 65.
... thereof before two justices of the peace , be liable to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding three months : seamen , & c . Provided that no person who THE PERSON . 65.
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15 Vict 9 Geo accessory aforesaid age of sixteen allege amend assault Bank of England Bank of Ireland bill of exchange burglary chattel clause is framed clause is taken common gaol common law convicted thereof costs county or place Court defendant destroy discretion England and Ireland England or Ireland false or counterfeit forged or altered forgery former enactments gaol or house guilty of felony hard labour House of Correction imprisoned indictable offence intent to defraud justice larceny less than three liable Lord Majesty's manner ment mentioned misdemeanor murder Note Note.-This clause peace penal servitude preceding section present clause prisoner proceedings prosecuted punishment Queen's current repealed set fire similar clause solitary confinement statute stolen subsequent offence summary conviction summary offences term not exceeding term not less therein three years,-or tion unlawfully and maliciously utter valuable security viction warrant whatsoever whipping Whosoever shall unlawfully words in italics
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Page 261 - ... and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 23 - ... may be indicted and convicted either as an .accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 259 - ... said sessions, and to try such appeal and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded...
Page 82 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 71 - ... he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause (m).
Page 174 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular...
Page 210 - ... or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Page 98 - document of title" shall include any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 260 - ... information against any person for a subsequent offence, a copy of such conviction, certified by the proper officer of the court, or proved to be a true copy, shall be sufficient evidence to prove a conviction for the former offence, and the conviction shall be presumed to have been unappealed against, until the contrary be shewn.
Page 257 - ... to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...