The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 & 25 VictV. & R. Stevens & sons, 1862 - 453 pages |
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... Penal servitude under the then existing Acts comprehended penal servitude for life or for any term not less than three years , and where penal servitude might be awarded , impri- sonment for a certain term with or without hard labour ...
... Penal servitude under the then existing Acts comprehended penal servitude for life or for any term not less than three years , and where penal servitude might be awarded , impri- sonment for a certain term with or without hard labour ...
Page xxxviii
... punishment which ranges from penal servitude for life to the lowest possible fine . But where it seems advisable to specify the several acts that are intended to be made criminal , or to assign different degrees of punishment to ...
... punishment which ranges from penal servitude for life to the lowest possible fine . But where it seems advisable to specify the several acts that are intended to be made criminal , or to assign different degrees of punishment to ...
Page xxxix
Charles Sprengel Greaves. to the same punishment , instead of some such attempts being felony and liable to penal servitude for life , whilst others were only misdemeanors , liable to im- prisonment and hard labour , although the danger ...
Charles Sprengel Greaves. to the same punishment , instead of some such attempts being felony and liable to penal servitude for life , whilst others were only misdemeanors , liable to im- prisonment and hard labour , although the danger ...
Page xli
... penal ser- vitude . In all these cases fourteen years is adopted in these Acts . There were also numerous cases , in ... penal servitude being three years , the maximum imprisonment has been uniformly fixed at two years . The bills were ...
... penal ser- vitude . In all these cases fourteen years is adopted in these Acts . There were also numerous cases , in ... penal servitude being three years , the maximum imprisonment has been uniformly fixed at two years . The bills were ...
Page xlii
... penal servitude for life , and actually did make it a misdemeanor punishable with ten years ' penal servitude , it is out of the question to suppose that any rational distinction between felony and misdemeanor can be established . The ...
... penal servitude for life , and actually did make it a misdemeanor punishable with ten years ' penal servitude , it is out of the question to suppose that any rational distinction between felony and misdemeanor can be established . The ...
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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...