Parliamentary Papers, 19. köideH.M. Stationery Office, 1839 |
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... caused inquiries to be made , we found that the numbers at large were estimated from the numbers who had passed ... causes of that indifference or aversion whether arising as already indicated , chiefly from aversion to the trouble or ...
... caused inquiries to be made , we found that the numbers at large were estimated from the numbers who had passed ... causes of that indifference or aversion whether arising as already indicated , chiefly from aversion to the trouble or ...
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... cause of the impunity of such characters , the authorities of the borough of Devizes answer : - - " To no other cause than that they follow these practices in the adjacent country , and in places beyond the observation of the constables ...
... cause of the impunity of such characters , the authorities of the borough of Devizes answer : - - " To no other cause than that they follow these practices in the adjacent country , and in places beyond the observation of the constables ...
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... cause of first offence was wanting money for drink and women , & c . During the three months that his father received him on his return from Spain he got acquainted with some noted thieves— M- — , now in Lancaster , two years ; S ...
... cause of first offence was wanting money for drink and women , & c . During the three months that his father received him on his return from Spain he got acquainted with some noted thieves— M- — , now in Lancaster , two years ; S ...
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... causes of vagrancy , and of the gains of the vagrants , in connexion with what we shall have to state with relation to the causes of crimes . The following confession , taken by Mr. Miles from B- - , an experienced travelling vagrant ...
... causes of vagrancy , and of the gains of the vagrants , in connexion with what we shall have to state with relation to the causes of crimes . The following confession , taken by Mr. Miles from B- - , an experienced travelling vagrant ...
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... caused by the general reluctance of all labourers to give evidence against each other , or any member of their ... causes besides that of depredation . Hence , if the pecuniary value of the matters stolen formed an adequate criterion of ...
... caused by the general reluctance of all labourers to give evidence against each other , or any member of their ... causes besides that of depredation . Hence , if the pecuniary value of the matters stolen formed an adequate criterion of ...
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Page 104 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 11 - ... that if any persons, to the number of twelve or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace...
Page 202 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 66 - ... whosoever, having been intrusted, either solely, or jointly with any other person, as a banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or other agent, with 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 the United Kingdom, or any part thereof...
Page 9 - ... church or chapel, or any chapel for the religious worship of persons dissenting from the united Church of England and Ireland...
Page 10 - Acts also contains a clause by which it is enacted that where any person shall be convicted of any offence punishable under any of such Acts for which imprisonment may be awarded, it shall be lawful for the Court to sentence the offender to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, in the Common Gaol or House of Correction, and...
Page 4 - ... within the Realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim or wounding, imprisonment or restraint, of the person of the same our Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs or successors...
Page 86 - Province or People, either as an Officer or a Soldier, or in any other Military Capacity, or as an Officer or Sailor, or Marine, in any such Ship or Vessel as aforesaid, although no enlisting Money or Pay or Reward shall have been or shall be in any or either of the Cases aforesaid actually paid to or received by him, or by any Person to or for his Use or Benefit...
Page 4 - ... to intimidate or overawe, both Houses, or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade this realm...