Parliamentary Papers, 19. köideH.M. Stationery Office, 1839 |
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... criminals , and were instruments in the hands of the forgers . Yet on this class of cases the average chance of each criminal's escape from conviction during these several years was one to 167 at least . It will be seen that , during ...
... criminals , and were instruments in the hands of the forgers . Yet on this class of cases the average chance of each criminal's escape from conviction during these several years was one to 167 at least . It will be seen that , during ...
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... CRIMINALS . § 5. Having been unable to obtain equally good evidence with relation to the number of offences committed ... criminal population in the metropolis , that the average career of impunity to common thieves was not less than six ...
... CRIMINALS . § 5. Having been unable to obtain equally good evidence with relation to the number of offences committed ... criminal population in the metropolis , that the average career of impunity to common thieves was not less than six ...
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... criminal offenders committed for trial , or bailed for appearance , at the assizes and sessions in each county , it appears that during the year 1837 above 20,000 were tried for offences committed to obtain money , chiefly by larceny ...
... criminal offenders committed for trial , or bailed for appearance , at the assizes and sessions in each county , it appears that during the year 1837 above 20,000 were tried for offences committed to obtain money , chiefly by larceny ...
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... criminal associations of the larger towns from whence they sally forth , form such large pro- portions of the population of the gaols in the rural districts , as are stated in the re- turn of prisoners in Knutsford Gaol . The other ...
... criminal associations of the larger towns from whence they sally forth , form such large pro- portions of the population of the gaols in the rural districts , as are stated in the re- turn of prisoners in Knutsford Gaol . The other ...
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... criminal parties , and partly through the trouble of catching the depredators . From Northbourne , near Deal , it is stated- The principal felonies are those of sheep - stealing , which is very prevalent . The animal is slaugh- tered in ...
... criminal parties , and partly through the trouble of catching the depredators . From Northbourne , near Deal , it is stated- The principal felonies are those of sheep - stealing , which is very prevalent . The animal is slaugh- tered in ...
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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...