The Criminal Code of Canada and the Canada Evidence Act, 1893, with an Extra Appendix Containing the Extradition Act, the Extradition Convention with the United States, the Fugitive Offenders' Act, and the House of Commons Debates on the CodeWhiteford & Theoret, 1894 - 976 pages |
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... directed so much against the principle of codification itself as against any such system of codification as might involve the repeal of the rules of the common law . LORD CHIEF BARON POLLOCK said : " The abolition of the common law ...
... directed so much against the principle of codification itself as against any such system of codification as might involve the repeal of the rules of the common law . LORD CHIEF BARON POLLOCK said : " The abolition of the common law ...
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... directed the jury , and his ruling was afterwards upheld , that a person could not be lawfully taken under warrant describing him by a name that did not belong to him , unless he had assumed or called himself by the wrong name . ( 1 ) ...
... directed the jury , and his ruling was afterwards upheld , that a person could not be lawfully taken under warrant describing him by a name that did not belong to him , unless he had assumed or called himself by the wrong name . ( 1 ) ...
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... directed more particularly against the public peace ; or in which the breach of the peace is the prominent feature , such , for example , as an affray , an unlawful assembly , a riot , and the like . ( 5 ) An affray , ( from affraier ...
... directed more particularly against the public peace ; or in which the breach of the peace is the prominent feature , such , for example , as an affray , an unlawful assembly , a riot , and the like . ( 5 ) An affray , ( from affraier ...
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... directed against the « king will be high treason , and as soon as violence has any political object " it is impossible to say that it is not directed against the king , in the sense of # 4 being armed opposition to the lawful exercise ...
... directed against the « king will be high treason , and as soon as violence has any political object " it is impossible to say that it is not directed against the king , in the sense of # 4 being armed opposition to the lawful exercise ...
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... directed to , at or against such person , to provoke such person , or those who accompany him , to a breach of the peace . R.S.C. , c . 152 , s . 6 . No prosecution for any offence against articles 113 , 114 and 115 can be commenced ...
... directed to , at or against such person , to provoke such person , or those who accompany him , to a breach of the peace . R.S.C. , c . 152 , s . 6 . No prosecution for any offence against articles 113 , 114 and 115 can be commenced ...
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accused aforesaid alleged appear arrest assault attempt authority bigamy bill bodily harm breaking and entering burglary Canada Canada Evidence Act cause charged chattels clause clerk coin committed common gaol common law conspiracy constable counterfeit Court crime criminal custody death defendant document dollars Draft Code dwelling-house East P. C. evidence fact false pretences felony forged forgery fourteen fraudulently grievous bodily harm guilty hard labour held hundred imprisonment indictable offence injury judge jurisdiction Jurors jury justice kill larceny Leach libel Magistrate manslaughter marriage matter means ment months murder oath obtained offence and liable owner Parliament of Canada party peace officer penalty perjury person possession prisoner proceedings procure prosecution prosecutor proved punishment purpose reasonable received recognizance sentence servant statute steal stolen sufficient summary conviction theft therein thereof trial unlawful unlawfully Vict warrant wilfully witness woman
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