The Provincial Justice, Or Magistrate's Manual: Being a Complete Digest of the Criminal Law of Canada, and a Compendious and General View of the Provincial Law of Upper Canada: with Practical Forms, for the Use of the MagistracyH. Rowsell, 1851 - 700 pages |
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... guilty of felony , and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned at hard labour in the Provincial Penitentiary for any term not less than seven years , or to be imprisoned in any other prison or place of confinement for ...
... guilty of felony , and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned at hard labour in the Provincial Penitentiary for any term not less than seven years , or to be imprisoned in any other prison or place of confinement for ...
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... guilty of Felony , not as a principal , but by participation , command , advice or concealment . In high treason there can be no accessories , as all con- cerned are considered principals : so in petit larceny , mis- demeanor , or ...
... guilty of Felony , not as a principal , but by participation , command , advice or concealment . In high treason there can be no accessories , as all con- cerned are considered principals : so in petit larceny , mis- demeanor , or ...
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... guilt ; as when a prisoner is found by a Jury not guilty of the offence with which he stood charged before them upon his trial . - Deacon's C. Law , 18 . Where there is no evidence whatever to affect a party who is unjustly made a ...
... guilt ; as when a prisoner is found by a Jury not guilty of the offence with which he stood charged before them upon his trial . - Deacon's C. Law , 18 . Where there is no evidence whatever to affect a party who is unjustly made a ...
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... guilty of it ; whereas three persons , at least , are necessary to constitute a riot . - 1 Haw . c . 65 , § 1 . Persons going armed with such dangerous and unusual weapons as will naturally cause terror to the people , are guilty of an ...
... guilty of it ; whereas three persons , at least , are necessary to constitute a riot . - 1 Haw . c . 65 , § 1 . Persons going armed with such dangerous and unusual weapons as will naturally cause terror to the people , are guilty of an ...
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... guilty of the premises so charged against him , as aforesaid . We do therefore bereby command you the said constable , to take and convey the said A. P. to the said house of correction , and to deliver him to the said keeper thereof ...
... guilty of the premises so charged against him , as aforesaid . We do therefore bereby command you the said constable , to take and convey the said A. P. to the said house of correction , and to deliver him to the said keeper thereof ...
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Page 10 - Trial to be had thereupon ; and no Plaintiff shall recover in any such Action, if Tender of sufficient Amends shall have been made before such Action brought, or if a sufficient Sum of Money shall have been paid into Court after such Action brought, by or on behalf of the Defendant...
Page 144 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 323 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 62 - Peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said Sessions and to try such Appeal, and to abide the Judgment of the...
Page 26 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 652 - Lady his Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Page 652 - When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest Son and Heir...
Page 1 - Whosoever shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 588 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 461 - V. c. 26, § 24, if any person shall wilfully or maliciously commit any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, for which no remedy or punishment is hereinbefore provided...