 | Eugene St. Julien Cox - 1882 - 1064 lehte
...during the progress of this trial. I read from the first volume of Bou vicr's law dictionary. A crime is " An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it." A misdemeanor, "a term used to express any offense inferior to felony,... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf, Simon Greenleaf Croswell - 1883 - 634 lehte
...PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES AT COMMON LAW. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. § 1. Crime defined. A crime is defined to be nn act, committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.1 (a) In the common law, crimes are divided into three classes : treasons, felonies, and misdemeanors.... | |
 | 1824 - 642 lehte
...injudicious, it might have been culpable, it might have been morally wicked ; but " a crime oe misdemeanor," says Blackstone, " is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public few, either forbidding nr commanding it ;" and it would be monstrous to talk of any law rendering such... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1884 - 894 lehte
...considered by the supreme court of Arkansas, the court says : "A crime or misdemeanor is defined to be an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law either commanding or prohibiting it. This general definition com prehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which,... | |
 | 1894 - 1172 lehte
...in which the offense was committed, and would have fallen before a motion to quash. A public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law. "The act done or omitted to be done is the vital element of a crime. Time, place, and attendant circumstances... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1885 - 988 lehte
...a crime or misdemeanor may, therefore, be defined the ' wilful ' commission or omission of any acts in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. This definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which are synonymous terms, though in common usage... | |
 | 1918 - 1044 lehte
...shooting, and upon the other that they were to the left. Blackstone defines "a crime or misdemeanor" to be: "An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding Mr. Bishop says that only by the variable nnd uncertain words "public law" does Blackstone's definition... | |
 | 1888 - 972 lehte
...consider is whether the ordinance makes the act of the defendant a misdemeanor. A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. Such is the definition given by Blaekstone in Book 4 of his Commentaries,... | |
 | Montana. Supreme Court, Henry Nichols Blake - 1888 - 696 lehte
...consider is, whether the ordinance makes the act of the defendant a misdemeanor. A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. Such is the definition given by Blackstone in book 4 of his Commentaries,... | |
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Definition of crimes and misdemeanors.—A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
