The Prison Act, 1865: With the Other Statutes and Parts of Statutes in Force Relating to Goals and Prisons, and an Extensive Index to the Whole

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Shaw and Sons, 1865 - 183 pages

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Page 28 - ... the defendant or defendants in such issue"1 action or suit, shall and may plead the general issue, and give this act, and the special matter, in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act...
Page 75 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 103 - An Act for consolidating and amending the laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain gaols and houses of correction in England and Wales...
Page 28 - ... in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant, unless the judge before whom the trial shall be, shall certify his approbation of the action, and of the verdict obtained thereupon.
Page 11 - An Act for the further amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in England...
Page 132 - ... to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 28 - That all actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person for anything done in pursuance of this Act shall be laid and tried in the county where the fact was committed...
Page 18 - Act. 1847, with the exception of the eighty-fourth clause with respect to mortgages to be created by the Commissioners, shall form part of and be incorporated with this Act, and any mortgagee or assignee may enforce payment of his principal and interest by appointment of a receiver. In the construction of the said clauses "the Commissioners" shall mean
Page 97 - ... any like order, until it shall be duly certified to one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, by two physicians or surgeons, that such person has become of sound mind...
Page 127 - ... without prejudice to his right to sue for such principal money, together with all arrears of interest, in any of the superior courts...

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