Principles of the Criminal LawStevens and Haynes, 1884 - 596 pages |
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... statute ( m ) . The true test is whether or not the infliction of punish- ment follows on the result being unfavourable to the defendant . If the end of the proceeding is that the defendant is required to pay a sum of money , the ...
... statute ( m ) . The true test is whether or not the infliction of punish- ment follows on the result being unfavourable to the defendant . If the end of the proceeding is that the defendant is required to pay a sum of money , the ...
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... statute . punishment and incidents may have been affected by legislation . Thus murder and rape are crimes at common law . In other cases , acts have been pro- nounced crimes by particular statutes , which have also provided for their ...
... statute . punishment and incidents may have been affected by legislation . Thus murder and rape are crimes at common law . In other cases , acts have been pro- nounced crimes by particular statutes , which have also provided for their ...
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... statute , being misdemeanors at common law , are punishable by indictment , if the statute does not manifestly seem to exclude this mode of proceeding ( v ) . But it is other- wise if the rights which are regulated are merely private ...
... statute , being misdemeanors at common law , are punishable by indictment , if the statute does not manifestly seem to exclude this mode of proceeding ( v ) . But it is other- wise if the rights which are regulated are merely private ...
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... statute to amount ) , and this may be done whether the principal has or has not been convicted , and al- though he is not amenable to justice . The punishment in either case is the same . If one of these two modes has been adopted , of ...
... statute to amount ) , and this may be done whether the principal has or has not been convicted , and al- though he is not amenable to justice . The punishment in either case is the same . If one of these two modes has been adopted , of ...
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... , binding on the countries parties to that declaration - Russia , Turkey , England , France , Italy , Austria , and Prussia . Acts made piracy by statute . Punishment of piracy . OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS . 43.
... , binding on the countries parties to that declaration - Russia , Turkey , England , France , Italy , Austria , and Prussia . Acts made piracy by statute . Punishment of piracy . OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS . 43.
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Page 22 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 108 - 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 22 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 127 - The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.
Page 90 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 203 - Order, or other Security whatsoever, entitling or evidencing the Title of any Person or Body Corporate to any Share or Interest in any Public Stock or Fund, whether of this Kingdom, or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any Foreign State, or in any Fund of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society, or to any Deposit in any Savings...
Page 410 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 410 - A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing, or reduced into writing, relative to the subject-matter of the cause, without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him...
Page 440 - Comparison of a disputed Writing with any Writing proved to the Satisfaction of the Court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by Witnesses ; and such Writings, and the Evidence of Witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as Evidence of the Genuineness, or otherwise, of the Writing in dispute.