A Digest of Important Cases on the Law of CrimesG. Wahr, 1906 - 623 pages |
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... Affirmed . Bell v . S. , 1 Swan ( 31 Tenn . ) 42 , Mi. 59 . * * * ( Pa . Sup . Ct . , 1892. ) Test of Criminality - Indictment for Solici- tation to Murder . Defendant moved to quash , and the motion being refused , appealed . PER ...
... Affirmed . Bell v . S. , 1 Swan ( 31 Tenn . ) 42 , Mi. 59 . * * * ( Pa . Sup . Ct . , 1892. ) Test of Criminality - Indictment for Solici- tation to Murder . Defendant moved to quash , and the motion being refused , appealed . PER ...
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... Affirmed . Pitcher v . P. , 16 Mich . 142 , F. 35 . That technical words are to be understood in the common law technical sense . U. S. v . Smith , § 2 ; C. y . Chapman , §5 . What " dwelling house " means in burglary and arson , §§ 112 ...
... Affirmed . Pitcher v . P. , 16 Mich . 142 , F. 35 . That technical words are to be understood in the common law technical sense . U. S. v . Smith , § 2 ; C. y . Chapman , §5 . What " dwelling house " means in burglary and arson , §§ 112 ...
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... affirmed the judgment ( Powell v . C. , 114 Pa . St. 265 , 7 Atl . 913 ) ; and Powell brought the case here as violating U. S. Const . Amed . 14 , § 1. In this case HARLAN , J. , in giving the court's opinion , said : " It is scarcely ...
... affirmed the judgment ( Powell v . C. , 114 Pa . St. 265 , 7 Atl . 913 ) ; and Powell brought the case here as violating U. S. Const . Amed . 14 , § 1. In this case HARLAN , J. , in giving the court's opinion , said : " It is scarcely ...
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... affirmed . It was the duty of the prisoner to place the stage on the mouth of the shaft ; the death of the deceased was the direct consequence of the omission of the prisoner to perform this duty . If the prisoner , of malice ...
... affirmed . It was the duty of the prisoner to place the stage on the mouth of the shaft ; the death of the deceased was the direct consequence of the omission of the prisoner to perform this duty . If the prisoner , of malice ...
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... affirmed . * The other judges concurred . Conviction affirmed . R. v . Downes , 13 Cox C. C. 111 , 45 L. J. m . c . 8 , 1 Q. B. D. 8 , 33 L. T. 675 , 25 W. R. 278 , 15 Moak . 161 , B. 195 , C. 102 . ** * ( Me . Sup . Judicial Ct ...
... affirmed . * The other judges concurred . Conviction affirmed . R. v . Downes , 13 Cox C. C. 111 , 45 L. J. m . c . 8 , 1 Q. B. D. 8 , 33 L. T. 675 , 25 W. R. 278 , 15 Moak . 161 , B. 195 , C. 102 . ** * ( Me . Sup . Judicial Ct ...
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Page 151 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a, defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it. that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
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Page 92 - American people which declared that their legislature should ' make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State.
Page 274 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 498 - ... the same, or any part thereof, every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same...
Page 93 - Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name under such circumstances.
Page 149 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition.
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Page 367 - No person can be convicted of murder or manslaughter unless the death of the person alleged to have been killed and the fact of killing by the defendant, as alleged, are each established as independent facts ; the former by direct proof, and the latter beyond a reasonable doubt.