A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, 2. köideSaunders and Benning, 1843 |
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... jury to say , whether the prisoner took the plate with intent to steal it , or whether he merely took it to raise money on it for a time , and then return it ; for that in the latter case it was no larceny . ( z ) But where a servant ...
... jury to say , whether the prisoner took the plate with intent to steal it , or whether he merely took it to raise money on it for a time , and then return it ; for that in the latter case it was no larceny . ( z ) But where a servant ...
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... jury , having been directed to consider whether the prisoners , when they took the mare and gelding , intended to ... jury ; and that , if the jury had found the prisoners ride them , and afterwards leave them , it was holden to be ...
... jury , having been directed to consider whether the prisoners , when they took the mare and gelding , intended to ... jury ; and that , if the jury had found the prisoners ride them , and afterwards leave them , it was holden to be ...
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... jury , whether the plaintiff had reason to believe that he bought the contents of the bureau , if any , and consequently had a colour of right to the property . " ( v ) It should seem that in cases of this kind the jury , before they ...
... jury , whether the plaintiff had reason to believe that he bought the contents of the bureau , if any , and consequently had a colour of right to the property . " ( v ) It should seem that in cases of this kind the jury , before they ...
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... jury to say , whether the pri- soner , at the time he made the bargain , intended to pay for the oxen , or merely to get them into his possession to sell them and convert the money to his own use . The jury found the prisoner guilty ...
... jury to say , whether the pri- soner , at the time he made the bargain , intended to pay for the oxen , or merely to get them into his possession to sell them and convert the money to his own use . The jury found the prisoner guilty ...
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... jury that , if they believed there never was any bona fide intention to buy , but an intention to get the goods by fraud from the owner , they should find the prisoner guilty : which they did , and said that they thought the prisoner ...
... jury that , if they believed there never was any bona fide intention to buy , but an intention to get the goods by fraud from the owner , they should find the prisoner guilty : which they did , and said that they thought the prisoner ...
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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...