The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 & 25 VictV. & R. Stevens & sons, 1862 - 453 pages |
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... payment of the fine . Grave doubts may well be entertained whether the power to give hard labour in all cases of summary conviction for mere common assaults be not too great an extension of the law : especially considering the provision ...
... payment of the fine . Grave doubts may well be entertained whether the power to give hard labour in all cases of summary conviction for mere common assaults be not too great an extension of the law : especially considering the provision ...
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... payment of the fine ought not to have been given . As the clause stands it creates three punish- ments , varying in degree . The highest is imprisonment with hard labour ; the second mere imprisonment ; and the lowest a fine ; and ...
... payment of the fine ought not to have been given . As the clause stands it creates three punish- ments , varying in degree . The highest is imprisonment with hard labour ; the second mere imprisonment ; and the lowest a fine ; and ...
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... these acts , fine the offender . I may be as well to observe that a fine ought no to be imposed on a married woman , because i presumption of law she has no property where with to pay it . Rex v . Thomas , 6 GENERAL CLAUSES.
... these acts , fine the offender . I may be as well to observe that a fine ought no to be imposed on a married woman , because i presumption of law she has no property where with to pay it . Rex v . Thomas , 6 GENERAL CLAUSES.
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Charles Sprengel Greaves. with to pay it . Rex v . Thomas , Rep . T. Hard . 278 . In all cases of misdemeanor the Court might by the common law add to the sentence of imprisonment , by ordering the defendant to find security for his good ...
Charles Sprengel Greaves. with to pay it . Rex v . Thomas , Rep . T. Hard . 278 . In all cases of misdemeanor the Court might by the common law add to the sentence of imprisonment , by ordering the defendant to find security for his good ...
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... , where a statute authorises the Court to impose a fine , the of- fender may be imprisoned according to the course of the common law till the fine is paid . For , as nd there is no provision in default of payment . B 3 IN THE ACTS . 9.
... , where a statute authorises the Court to impose a fine , the of- fender may be imprisoned according to the course of the common law till the fine is paid . For , as nd there is no provision in default of payment . B 3 IN THE ACTS . 9.
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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...