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PRACTICE-Continued.

Proceedings after trial-continued.

reversal of judgment by writ of error, 468

error under Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, 469
Court for Crown Cases Reserved, 471

Reprieve and pardon, 473

ticket of leave, 475

Execution, 475: v. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.

PRÆMUNIRE, 70

PREGNANCY of woman sentenced to death, 473

PRESENTMENT, 335

PRESUMPTIONS classified, 435

PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, distinguished from direct, 433 v. CIR-

CUMSTANTIAL.

PRETENCES: v. FALSE PRETENCES.

PREVENTION OF CRIME, 288

by giving security (q. v.), 288

general measures for, 293

PREVIOUS CONVICTION,

evidence of, on indictment for receiving, 229

when count may be added for, 344

how proved, 437, 445

when evidence of, may be given before subsequent convic-

tion, 445, 446, n.

punishment for offences after, 456

PRINCIPAL,

in simple larceny, 456

in uttering coin, &c., 457

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PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS,
exempting from libel, 114

between solicitor and client, 407
PRIVY SEAL, forging, 262

PROCESS, 361

warrant by magistrate, 361
bench warrant, 362

in misdemeanors, 362

in felonies, 363'

outlawry, 363

on information, 364

PROCLAMATION UNDER RIOT ACT, 108

PROCURATION, making, accepting, bill, &c., by, for other person

without authority, 263, n.

PROFANATION OF THE SABBATH, 75

PROFANE SWEARING, 74

PROMISSORY NOTE,

larceny of, 203

forging, 263

PROPERTY, distinguished from possession, 199: v. Goods;

OWNERSHIP.

PROSECUTIONS,

modes of, 335

director of public, 350

PROVOCATION, reducing homicide to manslaughter, 169

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, setting fire to, 274

PUBLIC COMPANY: v. COMPANY.

PUBLIC HEALTH, morals, &c., offences against, 135

PUBLIC-HOUSE, offences by keeper of, e.g., lodging thieves, 231

PUBLIC JUSTICE, offences against, 77

PUBLIC NATURE, offences of a, 42

PUBLIC OFFICE, OFFICER: v. OFFICE; OFFICER.

PUBLIC PEACE, offences against, 106

PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, director of, 350

PUBLIC STORES, unlawful dealings with, 62

PUBLIC TRADE, offences against, 120

PUBLIC WORSHIP,

disturbing, &c., 74

riotous or indecent behaviour in, 74

PUBLICATION OF LIBEL, 115

PUNISHMENT,

general nature of, I

the test whether a proceeding is civil or criminal, 4

PUNISHMENT continued.

minimum punishments abolished, 455
wide limits in some crimes, 455

for felonies, 455

after previous conviction, 456

for misdemeanor, 456

for larceny after previous conviction, 456

for uttering, &c., coin after previous conviction, 457
several terms, either concurrent or continuous, 457
punishments, enumerated, 457

death, 458

penal servitude, 458

imprisonment, 459

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property of felon taken care of, 466

costs by prisoner, 466

may be mitigated by Court of Summary Jurisdiction, 479
PURCHASER OF STOLEN GOODS, right of owner preferred to inno-
cent, 451

Q.

QUAKER,

false affirmation by, 82

affirmation by, 408

QUARREL, killing in sudden, 169

QUARTER SESSIONS FOR THE COUNTY, 308

time of holding, 308

adjournment, 308

who compose the court, 309

jurisdiction, 309

crimes not triable at, 309

appeals against summary convictions, 311

review of proceedings, 311

Middlesex, 311I

QUARTER SESSIONS FOR THE COUNTY-continued.

bail by, 333

appeal from, 470: v. BOROUGH SESSIONS.

QUAY,

stealing from, 221

destroying, 281

QUEEN,

compassing the death of, 49

attempt to injure or alarm, 54: v. SOVEREIGN.

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION, 299

Crown side and Plea side, 299

original jurisdiction, 299

transferred jurisdiction, 300
mode of trial, 301

may order trial at C. C. C., 301

supersedes other courts, 301
bail by, 332

QUEEN'S EVIDENCE, 374

QUI TAM, 346, n.

QUORUM, justices of the, 309, n.

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who cannot be convicted of, 179

essentials of the crime, 179

credibility of testimony of the woman, 180

RAPUIT, must be used in indictment for rape, 339

REAL PROPERTY, at common law not the subject of larceny, 200
RECEIPT, forging, 263

RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS, 228

when a felony, when a misdemeanor, 228

if felony, offender tried as accessory, or as committer of a

distinct felony, 228

evidence, 229

guilty knowledge, 229

evidence of previous conviction, 229, 294, 428

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