A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1. köideSaunders and Benning, 1843 - 1122 pages |
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Page xxxvii
... defendant was duly called upon to render his assistance , and that without any physical impossibility or lawful excuse , he refused to give it ; and whether the aid of the defendant , if given , would have proved sufficient or useful ...
... defendant was duly called upon to render his assistance , and that without any physical impossibility or lawful excuse , he refused to give it ; and whether the aid of the defendant , if given , would have proved sufficient or useful ...
Page xxxvii
... defendant was liable by reason of the tenure of certain lands in the said parish , and it was shown that the defendant occupied a farm called Midway , and that the occupiers of that farm had for a long series of years repaired the road ...
... defendant was liable by reason of the tenure of certain lands in the said parish , and it was shown that the defendant occupied a farm called Midway , and that the occupiers of that farm had for a long series of years repaired the road ...
Page xxxvii
... defendant's duty to deliver up the body ; but that he refused to do so ; that defendant unlawfully , and in abuse of his office , without legal authority or excuse , and against the will of the executors , detained the body a long time ...
... defendant's duty to deliver up the body ; but that he refused to do so ; that defendant unlawfully , and in abuse of his office , without legal authority or excuse , and against the will of the executors , detained the body a long time ...
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... defendant to shew , if he please , that the misdemeanor was merged in the greater offence . And it has been held , that the com- pletion of an act , criminal in itself , is not necessary to constitute cri- minality . ( 2 ) An attempt to ...
... defendant to shew , if he please , that the misdemeanor was merged in the greater offence . And it has been held , that the com- pletion of an act , criminal in itself , is not necessary to constitute cri- minality . ( 2 ) An attempt to ...
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... defendant's house ; ( q ) nor for keeping a house to receive women with child , and deliver them . ( r ) And cases of non - feasance and particular wrong done to another are not in general the subject of indictment : but we have seen ...
... defendant's house ; ( q ) nor for keeping a house to receive women with child , and deliver them . ( r ) And cases of non - feasance and particular wrong done to another are not in general the subject of indictment : but we have seen ...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) William Oldnall Russell No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 88 - ... any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 470 - ... seven years, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not exceeding two years...
Page 77 - Felony, without otherwise describing the previous felony ; and a certificate containing the substance and effect only, (omitting the formal part) of the Indictment and conviction for the previous Felony, purporting to be signed by the Clerk of the Court or other Officer having the custody of the Records of the Court where the offender was...
Page 89 - ... exercising; or assuming to exercise the powers of government in any colony, province, or part of any province or country, or against the inhabitants of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or country, with whom his Majesty shall not then be at war...
Page 186 - Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall extend [1] to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other than a subject of her Majesty, or [2] to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 654 - ... every such offender 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 246 - 'the proper meaning of a privileged communication is only this : that the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the plaintiff, and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact — that the defendant was actuated by motives of personal spite or ill-will, independent of the occasion on which the communication was made,' " and Lord Lindley in Stuart v.
Page 15 - That in all cases, where it shall be given in evidence upon the trial of any person charged with treason, murder or felony, that such person was insane at the time of the commission of such offence, and such person shall be acquitted, the jury shall be required to find specially, whether such person was insane at the time of the commission of such offence, and to declare whether such person was acquitted by them on account of such insanity...
Page 90 - ... foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or belonging to the subjects or citizens of any such prince or state, colony, district, or people, the same being at war with any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States...
Page 234 - ... event of a total change of system. Of all monarchs, indeed, since the revolution, the successor of George the Third will have the finest opportunity of becoming nobly popular.