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... tried for robbery . A.'s ignorance of the Act is relevant to the question whether he took the wires under a claim of right ( c ) . Also , in the interpretation of a statute which for- bids some act of a continuous nature , a reasonable ...
... tried for robbery . A.'s ignorance of the Act is relevant to the question whether he took the wires under a claim of right ( c ) . Also , in the interpretation of a statute which for- bids some act of a continuous nature , a reasonable ...
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... tried in either of these characters the other must not afterwards be re- sorted to ( g ) . § 8. Attempts to commit a Crime . An attempt to commit a crime is an act done with intent to commit that crime , and forming part of a series of ...
... tried in either of these characters the other must not afterwards be re- sorted to ( g ) . § 8. Attempts to commit a Crime . An attempt to commit a crime is an act done with intent to commit that crime , and forming part of a series of ...
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... tried upon the like evidence and in the same manner as on a charge of murder , but if found guilty the penalty is the same as in treason . ( 39 & 40 Geo . III . c . 93 ; 5 & 6 Vict . c . 51 , s . 1. ) Q. - What crimes have been added ...
... tried upon the like evidence and in the same manner as on a charge of murder , but if found guilty the penalty is the same as in treason . ( 39 & 40 Geo . III . c . 93 ; 5 & 6 Vict . c . 51 , s . 1. ) Q. - What crimes have been added ...
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... tried in any of the said counties and jurisdictions . ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 99 , s . 28. ) AS TO COIN OF FOREIGN STATES . Q. What is the offence of counterfeiting ( 1 ) foreign gold or silver coin , ( 2 ) foreign copper coin ? A .-- The ...
... tried in any of the said counties and jurisdictions . ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 99 , s . 28. ) AS TO COIN OF FOREIGN STATES . Q. What is the offence of counterfeiting ( 1 ) foreign gold or silver coin , ( 2 ) foreign copper coin ? A .-- The ...
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... tried and convicted as the prin- cipal felon might have been . ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 94 , s . 2. ) Formerly , the punishment for suicide was of a very ignominious character ; the felo de se was buried at the cross roads with a stake ...
... tried and convicted as the prin- cipal felon might have been . ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 94 , s . 2. ) Formerly , the punishment for suicide was of a very ignominious character ; the felo de se was buried at the cross roads with a stake ...
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Page 51 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father...
Page 43 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 30 - When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest Son and Heir...
Page 155 - ... shall cause the charge to be reduced into writing and read to the person charged, and then address a question to him to the following effect : "Do you desire to be tried by a jury. or do you consent to the case being dealt with summarily...
Page 45 - Express malice is when one, with a sedate deliberate mind and formed design, doth kill another : which formed design is evidenced by external circumstances discovering that inward intention; as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm.
Page 111 - Every person who, with a view to compel any other person to abstain from doing or to do any act which such other person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority,— 1.
Page 65 - ... to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 127 - ... offer to divide the article into three parts to be then and there separated, and each part to be marked and sealed or fastened up in such manner as its nature will permit...
Page 101 - This general law is founded upon this principle — that different nations ought In time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little harm as possible, without prejudice to their own real interests.
Page 31 - Or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm or elsewhere...