Parliamentary Papers, 19. köideH.M. Stationery Office, 1839 |
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... crime . In respect to the general course of delinquency , for example , it appeared that a large proportion of the more pernicious crimes against property in the rural districts is committed by bands of depredators who migrate from the ...
... crime . In respect to the general course of delinquency , for example , it appeared that a large proportion of the more pernicious crimes against property in the rural districts is committed by bands of depredators who migrate from the ...
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... crime within any given district , cannot be relied upon for that purpose . In several districts where it was concluded , from the absence of any returns of prosecution , that there was an absence of crime , we found on examination that ...
... crime within any given district , cannot be relied upon for that purpose . In several districts where it was concluded , from the absence of any returns of prosecution , that there was an absence of crime , we found on examination that ...
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... Crime , that a large proportion of the Magis- trates ' answers to our queries , as to the number of crimes committed within their districts , either give , in answer , the number of prosecutions , or refer us to the Clerk of the Peace ...
... Crime , that a large proportion of the Magis- trates ' answers to our queries , as to the number of crimes committed within their districts , either give , in answer , the number of prosecutions , or refer us to the Clerk of the Peace ...
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... crime , by one or two items ; the interruption by one or two prosecutions , previous to ultimate conviction or removal ; yet the greater proportion of the prevalent reasoning as to the state of crime in this and other countries , is ...
... crime , by one or two items ; the interruption by one or two prosecutions , previous to ultimate conviction or removal ; yet the greater proportion of the prevalent reasoning as to the state of crime in this and other countries , is ...
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... crime has been under discussion . It should be observed , with reference to the chances of escape displayed by the comparison of this second column of convictions with the first column , representing the number of offences actually ...
... crime has been under discussion . It should be observed , with reference to the chances of escape displayed by the comparison of this second column of convictions with the first column , representing the number of offences actually ...
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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...
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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...