The New Virginia Justice, Comprising the Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, in the Commonwealth of Virginia1810 - 688 pages |
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... convicted , or stand mute , or peremptorily challenge more than twenty of his jury , the accessory may be tried , as if the principal had been attainted ; and this , though the principal be admitted to his clergy , pardoned , or ...
... convicted , or stand mute , or peremptorily challenge more than twenty of his jury , the accessory may be tried , as if the principal had been attainted ; and this , though the principal be admitted to his clergy , pardoned , or ...
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... convicted , which shall exempt them from punishment as acces- sory , if the principal be afterwards convicted Ibid . ( Ibid . ) And buy- ing the goods at an under value is presumptive evidence that they were known to have been stolen ...
... convicted , which shall exempt them from punishment as acces- sory , if the principal be afterwards convicted Ibid . ( Ibid . ) And buy- ing the goods at an under value is presumptive evidence that they were known to have been stolen ...
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... convicted ; and if he be found guilty as accessory to them , or any of them , judgment shall pass upon him . But , on the other hand , if he be acquitted , that ac- quittal will not discharge him as accessory to the others . And when ...
... convicted ; and if he be found guilty as accessory to them , or any of them , judgment shall pass upon him . But , on the other hand , if he be acquitted , that ac- quittal will not discharge him as accessory to the others . And when ...
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... convicted upon circum- stantial evidence , strong as that sort of evidence can be , of murder ; another is afterwards indicted as accessory to this murder ; and it cometh out upon the trial , by incontestible evidence , that the per ...
... convicted upon circum- stantial evidence , strong as that sort of evidence can be , of murder ; another is afterwards indicted as accessory to this murder ; and it cometh out upon the trial , by incontestible evidence , that the per ...
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... convicted on the sole testimony of an accomplice to the mercy of the crown . ( Ibid . ) For there are such strong objections to the credibi- lity of a witness who swears to save his own life , that it would be hard to punish any person ...
... convicted on the sole testimony of an accomplice to the mercy of the crown . ( Ibid . ) For there are such strong objections to the credibi- lity of a witness who swears to save his own life , that it would be hard to punish any person ...
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Page 659 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 663 - Territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged has fled, it shall be the duty of the Executive authority of the State or Territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and...
Page 659 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every Court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the Courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 664 - ... empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the Circuit or District Courts of the United States, residing or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Page 650 - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Page 663 - Whenever the executive authority of any state or territory demands any person as a fugitive from justice, of the executive authority of any state or territory to which such person has fled, and...
Page 669 - Large, 1 12,) provides in its third section, " that if any person or persons shall within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 417 - ... the jury before whom any person indicted for murder shall be tried, shall, if they find such person guilty thereof, designate by their verdict, whether it be murder of the first or second degree...
Page 659 - If the said certificate is given by the presiding justice of a court, it shall be further authenticated by the clerk or prothonotary of the said court, who shall certify, under his hand and the seal of his office, that the...
Page 473 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...