A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and Duties of a Justice of the PeaceT. & T. Clark, 1855 - 984 pages |
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... convicted , the other two were tried and also convicted . The Court of Justi- ciary quashed the conviction of all three . The Lord Justice - Clerk asked , " Is there any authority for saying that after a separation of the trials of ...
... convicted , the other two were tried and also convicted . The Court of Justi- ciary quashed the conviction of all three . The Lord Justice - Clerk asked , " Is there any authority for saying that after a separation of the trials of ...
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... convictions for similar offences . But conviction of breach of the peace will not be allowed as an aggravation of assault , or vice versa ; and justices ought never to try a charge of assault with more than three previous convictions ...
... convictions for similar offences . But conviction of breach of the peace will not be allowed as an aggravation of assault , or vice versa ; and justices ought never to try a charge of assault with more than three previous convictions ...
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... conviction of felony , was exempted from capital punishment . Afterwards , every one who could read was deemed to be a clerk or ecclesiastic ; and on conviction , a book being given him , if he read it , the officer of court called out ...
... conviction of felony , was exempted from capital punishment . Afterwards , every one who could read was deemed to be a clerk or ecclesiastic ; and on conviction , a book being given him , if he read it , the officer of court called out ...
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... conviction . In England it was held in the case of Edmund Curl ( made memorable by the railery of Pope and Swift ) , who was convicted for publishing obscene books , " that religion was a part of the common law , and an offence against ...
... conviction . In England it was held in the case of Edmund Curl ( made memorable by the railery of Pope and Swift ) , who was convicted for publishing obscene books , " that religion was a part of the common law , and an offence against ...
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... convicted of any such offence by the oath , or in case of a Quaker by affirmation , of one or more credible witness or ... conviction before any one or more magistrate or magistrates , justice or justices , of the city , county , borough ...
... convicted of any such offence by the oath , or in case of a Quaker by affirmation , of one or more credible witness or ... conviction before any one or more magistrate or magistrates , justice or justices , of the city , county , borough ...
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Page 370 - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
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