The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 & 25 VictV. & R. Stevens & sons, 1862 - 453 pages |
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... common or unwritten law touching the same , and to inquire and report how far it may be expedient to combine both these statutes into one body of Criminal Law , repealing all other statutory provisions , or how far it may be expedient ...
... common or unwritten law touching the same , and to inquire and report how far it may be expedient to combine both these statutes into one body of Criminal Law , repealing all other statutory provisions , or how far it may be expedient ...
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... Common Law relating to the offences con- tained in it . The duty imposed on us was to reconsider the clauses framed by the Criminal Law Commissioners , and to amend every defect which we discovered in them , and to make the bills as ...
... Common Law relating to the offences con- tained in it . The duty imposed on us was to reconsider the clauses framed by the Criminal Law Commissioners , and to amend every defect which we discovered in them , and to make the bills as ...
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... common or unwritten law , in such manner as should seem to them desirable ; and also for the purpose of devising or suggesting such rules , if any , as might in their judgment tend to secure simplicity or uniformity , or any other ...
... common or unwritten law , in such manner as should seem to them desirable ; and also for the purpose of devising or suggesting such rules , if any , as might in their judgment tend to secure simplicity or uniformity , or any other ...
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... Common Law and under a former statute , it is plain that innumerable doubts might be raised on whole clauses , though re - enacted in their very terms , where the meaning of those clauses had been the subject . of judicial decisions ...
... Common Law and under a former statute , it is plain that innumerable doubts might be raised on whole clauses , though re - enacted in their very terms , where the meaning of those clauses had been the subject . of judicial decisions ...
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... Common Law , but leave them valid in Equity , so that they might be enforced by a Court of Equity . It is enough to say that some of the greatest lawyers of the present day , whether on or off the Bench , differed on this question , and ...
... Common Law , but leave them valid in Equity , so that they might be enforced by a Court of Equity . It is enough to say that some of the greatest lawyers of the present day , whether on or off the Bench , differed on this question , and ...
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15 Vict 9 Geo accessory aforesaid age of sixteen allege amend ante assault authorised awarded Bank of England Bank of Ireland bill of exchange burglary chattel clause is framed clause is taken committed common law convicted thereof costs county or place Court criminal 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 present clause prisoner proceedings prosecuted punishment Queen's current repealed similar clause solitary confinement statute steal stolen subsequent offence summary offences term not exceeding term not less therein three years,—or tion unlawfully and maliciously utter valuable security warrant whatsoever whipping Whosoever shall unlawfully words in italics
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Page 251 - ... and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 17 - ... 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 249 - ... 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 74 - ... 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 65 - ... he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause (m).
Page 166 - 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 202 - ... 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 90 - 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 250 - ... 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 247 - ... 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...