A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 2. köideStevens, 1877 |
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... mentioned case , the prosecutor , who was a Jew pedlar , came to a public - house to stay all night , and fastened the door of his bed - chamber : when the prisoner , pretending to the landlord that the prosecutor had stolen his goods ...
... mentioned case , the prosecutor , who was a Jew pedlar , came to a public - house to stay all night , and fastened the door of his bed - chamber : when the prisoner , pretending to the landlord that the prosecutor had stolen his goods ...
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... mentioned must be intended . An indictment charged that the prisoners " of the parish of Walcot , " riotously assembled at the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul , and began to demolish a house " situate at the parish aforesaid ; " the ...
... mentioned must be intended . An indictment charged that the prisoners " of the parish of Walcot , " riotously assembled at the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul , and began to demolish a house " situate at the parish aforesaid ; " the ...
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... mentioned ; but it appeared that the prisoners broke and entered the house with intent to steal , for , in fact , no larceny was committed , and therefore they could not be convicted on that indictment . But they have not been tried for ...
... mentioned ; but it appeared that the prisoners broke and entered the house with intent to steal , for , in fact , no larceny was committed , and therefore they could not be convicted on that indictment . But they have not been tried for ...
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... mentioned in the last indictment , which were not mentioned in the first , and in point of law a prose- cutor might prefer separate indictments for each such omission ; but excepting under very particular circumstances such a course ...
... mentioned in the last indictment , which were not mentioned in the first , and in point of law a prose- cutor might prefer separate indictments for each such omission ; but excepting under very particular circumstances such a course ...
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... mentioned in the indictment , though committed before three o'clock on the day on which they were charged to have entered the house ; but the Court refused to receive the evidence . They said , that the charge contained in the ...
... mentioned in the indictment , though committed before three o'clock on the day on which they were charged to have entered the house ; but the Court refused to receive the evidence . They said , that the charge contained in the ...
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Common terms and phrases
25 Vict acquitted aforesaid afterwards amount appeared autrefois acquit bailee bailment bank bankrupt Bayley bill breaking and entering burglary chattel clause is taken clerk committed common law court Cox C. C. custody defendant delivered dwelling-house East P. C. embezzlement employed evidence fact false pretences felony fraud fraudulently guilty of larceny Hale hard labor Hawk holden horse indictment charged indictment for stealing intent to defraud intent to steal Jim Butchers judges held jury found justice laid Leach liable Lord Lord Ellenborough master ment misdemeanor objected offence opinion owner paid party Patteson payment penal servitude person possession post-office pounds prisoner guilty prisoner was indicted prisoner's prosecutor prosecutrix proved punishment purpose question receipt received the money robbery servant sheep shillings soner statute stolen sufficient supra taking term not exceeding thief took trustees valuable security words
Popular passages
Page 412 - ... chattel, money, or valuable security, which shall be delivered to or received or taken into possession by him for or in the name or on the account of his master or employer...
Page 349 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 266 - ... any chattel or valuable security, or any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any share or interest in any public stock or fund, whether of this kingdom, or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any foreign state, or in any fund of any body corporate, company or society...
Page 327 - Names, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed, in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment or exhibiting the Information, or on an impossible Day, or on a Day that never happened...
Page 414 - ... entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that such person is not guilty of larceny, but is guilty of embezzlement...
Page 520 - ... and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for...
Page 368 - ... at the discretion of the justice, either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six...
Page 476 - ... in case the same shall not be made a security for or subject to the payment of any greater sum of money than the amount which, at the time of such deposit or pledge, was justly due and owing to such factor or agent...
Page 475 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, ,to any of the punishments which the court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 322 - IT shall not be necessary to state any venue in the body of any indictment ; but the county, city, or other jurisdiction named in the margin thereof shall be taken to be the venue for all the facts stated in the body of such indictment; provided that in cases where local description is or hereafter shall be required, such local description shall bo given in the body of the indictment...