Plunkett's Australian MagistrateJ. J. Moore, 1860 - 624 pages |
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Page vi
... questions of a theoretical or unusual nature are but slightly referred to . In only two instances have I taken the ... question is one well deserving the immediate attention of the Legislature . It has been found that disappointed and ...
... questions of a theoretical or unusual nature are but slightly referred to . In only two instances have I taken the ... question is one well deserving the immediate attention of the Legislature . It has been found that disappointed and ...
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... question of title should entirely be left out of the Justices ' consideration , and the party convicted of the assault ; and they have a right to judge whether the question of title really arises in the case they are investigating . If ...
... question of title should entirely be left out of the Justices ' consideration , and the party convicted of the assault ; and they have a right to judge whether the question of title really arises in the case they are investigating . If ...
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... question of law . Although it is clear that a private individual cannot arrest upon bare suspicion , a constable may do so . ( Beckwith v . Philby , 6 B. & C. , 639 ) . There is this distinction between the two parties just named : in ...
... question of law . Although it is clear that a private individual cannot arrest upon bare suspicion , a constable may do so . ( Beckwith v . Philby , 6 B. & C. , 639 ) . There is this distinction between the two parties just named : in ...
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... question of title should entirely be left out of the Justices ' consideration , and the party convicted of the assault ; and they have a right to judge whether the question of title really arises in the case they are investigating . If ...
... question of title should entirely be left out of the Justices ' consideration , and the party convicted of the assault ; and they have a right to judge whether the question of title really arises in the case they are investigating . If ...
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... question as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner . It is on that account alone , " ( viz . , the pro- bability of the accused's appearance to take his trial ) , " that it becomes D necessary to see whether the offence is serious ...
... question as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner . It is on that account alone , " ( viz . , the pro- bability of the accused's appearance to take his trial ) , " that it becomes D necessary to see whether the offence is serious ...
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accused adjudged appear application appointed apprehended assault authorized Bail behalf carriage cattle cause certificate charge chattels Chief Constable Clerk constable contrary conviction or order costs Court custody default defendant delivered depositions discharge district ditto duly evidence false felony Fine not exc forfeited Form forthwith Gaol given Habeas Corpus hand and seal hard labour hath hearing impr imprisonment indictable offence indictment information or complaint intent issue Jervis's Act jurisdiction Justice or Justices Keeper labor larceny levied license liquors Magistrate Majesty's Justices matter misdemeanor neglecting notice oath owner party pawnbroker payment penalty person Petty Sessions Police prisoner proceedings prosecution prosecutor punishment Quarter Sessions recognizance recoverable recovered as offence refusing respect roads servant sooner paid South Wales Statute steal stolen sufficient summary conviction summons sureties taken thereby therein thereof unlawfully unless wilfully
Popular passages
Page 299 - I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies and attempts which I shall know to be against Her...
Page 223 - ... and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
Page 287 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 236 - That every Action hereafter to be brought against any Justice of the Peace in Ireland in any of Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Law at Dublin for any Act done by him in the Execution of his Duty as such Justice, with respect to any Matter within his Jurisdiction as such Justice...
Page xiii - Felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an Accessory before 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, and may thereupon be punished in the same Manner as any Accessory before the Fact to the same Felony, if convicted as an Accessory,...
Page 199 - That if any Person shall wilfully or maliciously commit any Damage, Injury, or Spoil to or upon any Real or Personal Property whatsoever, either of a public or private Nature, for which no Remedy or Punishment is hereinbefore provided...
Page 88 - ... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.
Page 479 - Given under my hand and seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , at , in the [county] aforesaid.
Page 147 - ... by or before whom the same purports to have been taken, it shall be lawful to read such deposition as evidence in prosecution, without further proof thereof, unless it shall be proved that such deposition was not in fact signed by the justice purporting to sign the same.
Page 51 - Felony, without otherwise describing the previous felony ; and a certificate containing the substance and effect only, (omitting the formal part) of the Indictment and conviction for the previous Felony, purporting to be signed by the Clerk of the Court or other Officer having the custody of the Records of the Court where the offender was...