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... assault , it is in the discretion of Justices either to deal with an offence under their summary powers , or to treat it as indictable and send it for trial , where , under the circumstances , it seems to deserve a heavier punishment ...
... assault , it is in the discretion of Justices either to deal with an offence under their summary powers , or to treat it as indictable and send it for trial , where , under the circumstances , it seems to deserve a heavier punishment ...
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... assaulting a constable , it was held that the defendant could not be convicted , alternatively , of a common assault , the two offences being distinct , and created by differ- ent statutes . Any mere variance as to the time or place of ...
... assaulting a constable , it was held that the defendant could not be convicted , alternatively , of a common assault , the two offences being distinct , and created by differ- ent statutes . Any mere variance as to the time or place of ...
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... assault ) the court is bound at the outset to inform him that he is entitled , if he pleases , to be tried by a jury , and to ascertain his wishes in this respect . He must make his choice before the charge is gone into , and not ...
... assault ) the court is bound at the outset to inform him that he is entitled , if he pleases , to be tried by a jury , and to ascertain his wishes in this respect . He must make his choice before the charge is gone into , and not ...
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... assault cases ) to decline Justices ' jurisdiction altogether , and to insist upon going before a jury . The effect of this is to circumscribe the authority of Justices with reference to cases which they had previously been entrusted ...
... assault cases ) to decline Justices ' jurisdiction altogether , and to insist upon going before a jury . The effect of this is to circumscribe the authority of Justices with reference to cases which they had previously been entrusted ...
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William Knox Wigram. Section 18 . Restriction of cumulative sentences in cases of assault see ASSAULT . Section 19. Appeal in case of sentence of imprisonment : see APPEAL , page 70 . Section 20. Constitution and place of meeting of ...
William Knox Wigram. Section 18 . Restriction of cumulative sentences in cases of assault see ASSAULT . Section 19. Appeal in case of sentence of imprisonment : see APPEAL , page 70 . Section 20. Constitution and place of meeting of ...
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Page 28 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence...
Page 431 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 164 - Chattel, Money, or valuable Security which shall be delivered to or received or taken into Possession by him for or in the Name or on the Account of his Master or Employer...
Page 15 - Bedford's Final Examination Digest : containing a Digest of the Final Examination Questions in matters of Law and Procedure determined by the Chancery, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer Divisions of the High Court of Justice, and on the Law of Real and Personal Property and the Practice of Conveyancing, with the Answers. 8vo. 1879. 16».
Page 14 - Journal. Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence. — A Manual of Equity Jurisprudence for Practitioners and Students, founded on the Works of Story, Spence, and other writers, and on more than, a thousand subsequent cases, comprising the Fundamental Principles and the points of Equity usually occurring in General Practice. By JOSIAH W. SMITH, BCL, QC Thirteenth Edition. 12mo. 1880. 12».
Page 64 - ... that he had no reason to believe at the time when he sold it that the article was otherwise, and that he sold it in the same state as when he purchased it, he shall be discharged from the prosecution, but shall be liable to pay the costs incurred by the prosecutor, unless he shall have given due notice to him that he will rely on the above defence.
Page 367 - Where any person sustains any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of this Act...
Page 6 - Ball's Short Digest of the Common Law; being the Principles of Torts and Contracts. Chiefly founded upon the works of Addison, with Illustrative Cases, for the use of Students. By W. EDMUND BALL, LL.B., late "Holt Scholar " of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law and Midland Circuit. Demy8vo. 1880. 16». " The principles of the law are very clearly and concisely stated. ' — Law Journal, Bullen and Leake.— Vide "Pleading.
Page 362 - ... for the purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale, and intended for the food of man...
Page 188 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.