Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial: With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, as Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, with Reference to the Hundred and Second Article of WarF. Pinkney, 1843 - 648 pages |
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... persons and for the offences , declared under the power of the mutiny act , Military whether they be committed at home or abroad ; the penalties however varying in certain cases according to the place where , and the person by whom , an ...
... persons and for the offences , declared under the power of the mutiny act , Military whether they be committed at home or abroad ; the penalties however varying in certain cases according to the place where , and the person by whom , an ...
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... person can be tried and punished for an offence committed more than three years previous to the issuing of the ... persons , under the powers of the mutiny act ; and but concisely refer to the cognizance of offences under special ...
... person can be tried and punished for an offence committed more than three years previous to the issuing of the ... persons , under the powers of the mutiny act ; and but concisely refer to the cognizance of offences under special ...
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... person within the transportation united kingdom of Great - Britain and Ireland , restricted to and the British Isles ... persons . Persons commissioned or in pay COURTS MARTIAL . 9.
... person within the transportation united kingdom of Great - Britain and Ireland , restricted to and the British Isles ... persons . Persons commissioned or in pay COURTS MARTIAL . 9.
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... persons who , in time of peace , are amena- ble to military law , and subject to trial by courts martial , are , for the most part , comprehended in the terms of the mutiny act , " any person who is or shall be commissioned or in pay as ...
... persons who , in time of peace , are amena- ble to military law , and subject to trial by courts martial , are , for the most part , comprehended in the terms of the mutiny act , " any person who is or shall be commissioned or in pay as ...
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... person so ordered to be transported " ( that is , by the judge ) " shall be subject to every provision made by law and in force concerning persons convicted of any crime and under sentence of transportation : " until therefore the ...
... person so ordered to be transported " ( that is , by the judge ) " shall be subject to every provision made by law and in force concerning persons convicted of any crime and under sentence of transportation : " until therefore the ...
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Page 564 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 568 - ... any person, with intent, in any of the cases aforesaid, to maim, disfigure, or disable such person, or to do some other grievous bodily harm to such person...
Page 517 - Statutes made or to be made, he may be indicted and convicted either as an Accessory after the Fact to the principal Felony together with the principal Felon, or after the Conviction of the principal Felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive Felony whether the principal Felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted or shall or shall not be amenable to Justice...
Page 532 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 563 - So, where a person does an act lawful in itself, but in an unlawful manner, and without due caution and circumspection, as when a workman flings down a stone or piece of timber into the street and kills a man, this may be either misadventure, manslaughter, or murder, according to the circumstances under which the original act was done : if it were in a country village where few passengers are, and he calls out to all people to have a care, it is misadventure only ; but if it were in London, or other...
Page 206 - ... disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Page 569 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding two years...
Page 564 - when a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Page 196 - For laws without a competent authority to secure their administration from disobedience and contempt, would be vain and nugatory. A power, therefore, in the supreme courts of justice to suppress such contempts, by an immediate attachment of the offender, results from the first principles of judicial establishments, and must be an inseperable attendant upon every superior tribunal.
Page 517 - ... convicted either as an accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, or after...