A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and Duties of a Justice of the PeaceT. & T. Clark, 1880 - 884 pages |
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... punishment , in which case he is supported on the prison dietary . He has , however , been found entitled to its benefit on imprison- ment for non - payment of a penalty for contravention of the Salmon - fishing Act . -16th Feb. 1837 ...
... punishment , in which case he is supported on the prison dietary . He has , however , been found entitled to its benefit on imprison- ment for non - payment of a penalty for contravention of the Salmon - fishing Act . -16th Feb. 1837 ...
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... punishment of offences , or touching proceedings before either House of Parlia- ment , or any committee thereof ; or required by the laws of any foreign country to give validity to instruments to be used there . " And oaths are still to ...
... punishment of offences , or touching proceedings before either House of Parlia- ment , or any committee thereof ; or required by the laws of any foreign country to give validity to instruments to be used there . " And oaths are still to ...
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... PUNISHMENT is where the punishment is not defined by statute or fixed by common law , and so is left to the discretion of the judge , but which cannot extend to a capital sentence . Where the charge implies a capital punishment , the ...
... PUNISHMENT is where the punishment is not defined by statute or fixed by common law , and so is left to the discretion of the judge , but which cannot extend to a capital sentence . Where the charge implies a capital punishment , the ...
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... punished criminally at the instance of the fiscal , or where the assault is of so trivial description , that it appears certain that the punishment will resolve into a mere pecuniary fine , and not absolutely a sentence of imprisonment ...
... punished criminally at the instance of the fiscal , or where the assault is of so trivial description , that it appears certain that the punishment will resolve into a mere pecuniary fine , and not absolutely a sentence of imprisonment ...
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... punishment by the Acts 1661 , c . 21 , and 1695 , c . 11 ; but these Acts were repealed by 53 Geo . III . c . 160 , and the crime is now arbitrarily punished at common law . A witness was rejected on the ground of his disbelief of the ...
... punishment by the Acts 1661 , c . 21 , and 1695 , c . 11 ; but these Acts were repealed by 53 Geo . III . c . 160 , and the crime is now arbitrarily punished at common law . A witness was rejected on the ground of his disbelief of the ...
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