A Digest of the Criminal Law of England: As Altered by the Recent Statutes for the Consolidation and Improvement of it, 278. osa

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Saunders and Benning, 1836

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Page 1561 - Officer, (for which certificate a fee of five shillings and no more, shall be demanded or taken,) shall upon proof of the identity of the person of the offender be sufficient evidence of the first conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same...
Page 1699 - Wales during the life of the late King James the Second and since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third...
Page 1699 - An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject...
Page 1584 - ... it shall be sufficient to allege the embezzlement, or fraudulent application or disposition, to be of money, without specifying any particular coin or valuable security; and such allegation, so far as regards the description of the property, shall be sustained if the offender shall be proved to have embezzled or fraudulently applied or disposed of any amount, although the particular species of coin or valuable security...
Page 1699 - That I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person crown or dignity.
Page 1723 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 1544 - And if a man counterfeit the King's great or privy seal, or his money; and if a man bring false money into this realm, counterfeit to the money of England, as the money called...
Page 1594 - ... 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 1576 - It shall be lawful for the council of any borough to make such bye-laws as to them shall (b) As to this book, see pp. 149, 150. (c) Sect. 70. seem meet for the good rule and government of the borough, and for prevention and suppression of all such nuisances as are not already punishable...
Page 1722 - In the first place, by the common law, every private person may lawfully endeavour, of his own authority, and without any warrant or sanction of the Magistrate, to suppress a riot by every means in his power. He may disperse, or assist in dispersing, those who are assembled ; he may stay those who are engaged in it from executing their purpose ; he may stop and prevent others whom he shall see...

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