A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 2. köideSaunders and Benning, 1843 |
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... employed in that capacity by the prosecutor , as to the most advantageous time to sell out stock , so as to be prepared with the purchase - money about the ensuing Michaelmas . The price of stock was then very low , and the prisoner ...
... employed in that capacity by the prosecutor , as to the most advantageous time to sell out stock , so as to be prepared with the purchase - money about the ensuing Michaelmas . The price of stock was then very low , and the prisoner ...
Page 34
... employed occasionally as clerk to the prosecu- tors , and came two or three times a - week to keep their books , for which they paid him ; when not with them he endeavoured to do business for himself ; one of the prosecutors delivered ...
... employed occasionally as clerk to the prosecu- tors , and came two or three times a - week to keep their books , for which they paid him ; when not with them he endeavoured to do business for himself ; one of the prosecutors delivered ...
Page 57
... employed ; and it appeared that she re- moved some of the muslin in the presence of the prosecutor , and under his observation , though not by his desire . Upon the pro- secutor's applying to her next morning , she denied that she had ...
... employed ; and it appeared that she re- moved some of the muslin in the presence of the prosecutor , and under his observation , though not by his desire . Upon the pro- secutor's applying to her next morning , she denied that she had ...
Page 60
... employed to carry goods for hire to one person , deliver them fraudulently to another , but does not break bulk , this is not larceny , although the person be not a common carrier , but was only employed in the particular instance ...
... employed to carry goods for hire to one person , deliver them fraudulently to another , but does not break bulk , this is not larceny , although the person be not a common carrier , but was only employed in the particular instance ...
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... employed in this particular instance . Patteson , J. " They carried for hire . It is proved that they were to be paid for taking these goods . There is the case of a captain of a ship , which is a very strong authority on this point ...
... employed in this particular instance . Patteson , J. " They carried for hire . It is proved that they were to be paid for taking these goods . There is the case of a captain of a ship , which is a very strong authority on this point ...
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Page 239 - Perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the Substance of the Offence charged upon the Defendant, and by what Court, or before whom the Oath...
Page 485 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any...
Page 75 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 226 - ... 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 549 - And be it enacted, that in the case of every felony punishable under this Act, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before the fact, shall be punishable with death or otherwise, in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Act punishable...
Page 116 - Name, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment, or on an impossible Day, or on a Day that never happened...
Page 585 - ... and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the punishments which the court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 117 - Officer upon an insufficient Suggestion, nor for any Misnomer or Misdescription of the Officer returning such Process, or of any of the Jurors, nor because any Person has served upon the Jury who has not been returned as a Juror by the Sheriff or other Officer ; and...
Page 317 - ... fide taken or received by transfer or delivery, by some person or body corporate, for a just and valuable consideration, without any notice, or without any reasonable cause to suspect that the same had by any felony or misdemeanor been stolen, taken, obtained, extorted, embezzled, converted, or disposed of, in such case the court shall not award or order the restitution of such security...
Page 697 - In prosecutions for conspiracies, it is an established rule, that where several persons are proved to have combined together for the same illegal purpose, any act done by one of the party in pursuance of...