A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings and Evidence which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment Or Information: with a Copious Collection of Precedents of Indictments, Informations, Presentments, and Every Description of Practical Forms, with Comprehensive Notes Upon Each Offence, the Process, Indictment, Plea, Defence, Evidence, Trial, Verdict, Judgment, and Punishment, 1. köide |
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Page vii
And be it further enacted , That every Sheriff , upon the Receipt of every such Writ
of Venire Facias and Precept for the Return of Jurors , shall return the Names of
Men contained in the Jurors Book for the then current Year , and no others ; and ...
And be it further enacted , That every Sheriff , upon the Receipt of every such Writ
of Venire Facias and Precept for the Return of Jurors , shall return the Names of
Men contained in the Jurors Book for the then current Year , and no others ; and ...
Page viii
... forth a new Writ of Venire Facias commanding the Sheriff to return anew
Twelve good and lawful Men of the Body of his County , qualified according to
Law , and the rest of the Writ shall proceed in the accustomed Manner ; which
Writ being ...
... forth a new Writ of Venire Facias commanding the Sheriff to return anew
Twelve good and lawful Men of the Body of his County , qualified according to
Law , and the rest of the Writ shall proceed in the accustomed Manner ; which
Writ being ...
Page ix
... shall be named in every Panel to be annexed to every Writ of Venire Facias
Juratores , Habeas Corpora Juratorum ... the several Writs of Venire Facias
annexed as aforesaid , with their respective Parties and their Attornies , Places of
Abode ...
... shall be named in every Panel to be annexed to every Writ of Venire Facias
Juratores , Habeas Corpora Juratorum ... the several Writs of Venire Facias
annexed as aforesaid , with their respective Parties and their Attornies , Places of
Abode ...
Page xi
... Time before the Trial , who then and there shall have the Place in question
shewn to them by Two Persons in the said Writs named , to be appointed by the
Court or Judge ; and the said Sheriff or other Minister who is to execute any such
Writ ...
... Time before the Trial , who then and there shall have the Place in question
shewn to them by Two Persons in the said Writs named , to be appointed by the
Court or Judge ; and the said Sheriff or other Minister who is to execute any such
Writ ...
Page xxiii
by virtue of any Writ of Inquiry , or by or before any Commissioners appointed
under the Great Seal , or the Seal of the Court of Exchequer , or the Seals of the
Courts of the said Counties Palatine , or the Seals of the Courts of Great Session
of ...
by virtue of any Writ of Inquiry , or by or before any Commissioners appointed
under the Great Seal , or the Seal of the Court of Exchequer , or the Seals of the
Courts of the said Counties Palatine , or the Seals of the Courts of Great Session
of ...
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Page xlvii - ... 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 first convicted, or by the Deputy of such Clerk or Officer...
Page 10 - Peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said Sessions and to try such Appeal, and to abide the Judgment of the Court thereupon, and to pay such Costs as shall be by the Court awarded...
Page 5 - ... the justice shall at the time of the conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for the convicting justice (unless where otherwise specially directed) to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 15 - ... 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 5 - ... and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years...
Page 16 - Felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years nor less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, in the Common Gaol or House of Correction, for any Term not exceeding Three Years...
Page liii - Court, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of Seven Years, or to suffer such other Punishment by Fine or Imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 10 - Act passed or to be passed, shall be guilty of 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...
Page 9 - ... may commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, as the justice shall think fit, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, unless such sum and costs be sooner paid...
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| Title | A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings and Evidence which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment Or Information: with a Copious Collection of Precedents of Indictments, Informations, Presentments, and Every Description ..., 1. köide A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings and Evidence which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment Or Information: with a Copious Collection of Precedents of Indictments, Informations, Presentments, and Every Description of Practical Forms, with Comprehensive Notes Upon Each Offence, the Process, Indictment, Plea, Defence, Evidence, Trial, Verdict, Judgment, and Punishment, Joseph Chitty |
| Author | Joseph Chitty |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | S. Brooke, 1826 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 sept. 2006 |
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