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... conviction and three the other way , no decision can be come to , and , unless proceedings be adjourned for the purpose of obtaining the attendance of other Justices , the prisoner is entitled to be discharged . At all such sessions it ...
... conviction and three the other way , no decision can be come to , and , unless proceedings be adjourned for the purpose of obtaining the attendance of other Justices , the prisoner is entitled to be discharged . At all such sessions it ...
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... conviction , is declared to be matter of indictment . Their right to take cognisance of any particular offence is thus purely statutory , and must be created by special enactment . And this jurisdiction has sometimes been given to one ...
... conviction , is declared to be matter of indictment . Their right to take cognisance of any particular offence is thus purely statutory , and must be created by special enactment . And this jurisdiction has sometimes been given to one ...
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... conviction . The above ( section 17 ) does not apply to the case of a child under twelve , unless his parent or guardian happen to be present in court . The Justices are required to ascertain CHAPTER III Summary Jurisdiction upon ...
... conviction . The above ( section 17 ) does not apply to the case of a child under twelve , unless his parent or guardian happen to be present in court . The Justices are required to ascertain CHAPTER III Summary Jurisdiction upon ...
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... conviction , it is right to bring it to his attention . The Justices will then consider the matter , and convict , or dismiss the Information , as the case may be . If the defendant be convicted , a minute is made by the Justices ...
... conviction , it is right to bring it to his attention . The Justices will then consider the matter , and convict , or dismiss the Information , as the case may be . If the defendant be convicted , a minute is made by the Justices ...
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... convicted , the next point is to punish him . His sentence will of course be subject to the provisions of the statute under which the conviction took place . An important mitigating power in this respect has , however , recently been ...
... convicted , the next point is to punish him . His sentence will of course be subject to the provisions of the statute under which the conviction took place . An important mitigating power in this respect has , however , recently been ...
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accused adjudged animal appear apply assault authorised Authority bail Barrister-at-Law Bench borough bound carriage Chancery child committed Common Law constable costs court of summary criminal custody default defendant Demy 8vo discretion distress duty Edition evidence felony guilty hard labour HARRY GREENWOOD highway impr imprisonment indictable offence Inner Temple intent Journal jury Justices kill larceny law calf liable licence licence to kill Lincoln's Inn liquor matter ment Metropolitan Police District Middle Temple misdemeanour months necessary notice oath officer otherwise owner parish party pawnbroker payment peace penal servitude penalty not exceeding petty sessions Practice premises prisoner proceedings prosecution prosecutor punishment purpose Quarter Sessions recognisance recoverable regards respect Royal 8vo rule sell Solicitors statute stealing sufficient summary conviction Summary Jurisdiction Act summons sureties tion Treatise triable at Sessions trial unless Vict warrant witnesses
Popular passages
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.