A Digest of Important Cases on the Law of CrimesG. Wahr, 1906 - 623 pages |
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... conviction ought to be affirmed . It was the duty of the prisoner to place the stage on the mouth of the shaft ; the ... convicted on proof of mere culpable omission resulting in death . DALRYMPLE , J. * The very defini- tion of " crime ...
... conviction ought to be affirmed . It was the duty of the prisoner to place the stage on the mouth of the shaft ; the ... convicted on proof of mere culpable omission resulting in death . DALRYMPLE , J. * The very defini- tion of " crime ...
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... convicted of man- slaughter because he lived in a place where all the community was of a contrary opinion , and in another he might be acquitted because they were all of his opinion . Verdict , not guilty . R. v . Wagstaffe , 10 Cox ...
... convicted of man- slaughter because he lived in a place where all the community was of a contrary opinion , and in another he might be acquitted because they were all of his opinion . Verdict , not guilty . R. v . Wagstaffe , 10 Cox ...
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... convicted of manslaughter for the death of her aunt , who had a small income , with which she provided for herself ... conviction must be affirmed . It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty ; but ...
... convicted of manslaughter for the death of her aunt , who had a small income , with which she provided for herself ... conviction must be affirmed . It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty ; but ...
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... convicted , and appeal . WILL- SON , J. As we view the evidence and the law applicable thereto , this conviction is not warranted . These appellants were brakemen . They had no control whatever of said engine and tender . They were ...
... convicted , and appeal . WILL- SON , J. As we view the evidence and the law applicable thereto , this conviction is not warranted . These appellants were brakemen . They had no control whatever of said engine and tender . They were ...
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... conviction might be upheld . The keeping of the fireworks , however , did not alone cause the death ; plus that act of ... convicted of manslaughter , and excepted to the instruction given to the jury , in substance , that the burden of ...
... conviction might be upheld . The keeping of the fireworks , however , did not alone cause the death ; plus that act of ... convicted of manslaughter , and excepted to the instruction given to the jury , in substance , that the burden of ...
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Popular passages
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.
Page 276 - Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
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.
Page 538 - That if any Person shall by any false Pretence obtain from any other Person any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, with Intent to cheat or defraud any Person of the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor...
Page 66 - Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right.
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.