The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 3A. Strahan, 1820 - Justices of the peace |
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... prisoner in his defence , or prejudice him in his challenge of the jury ; for he might object to a juryman's trying one of the offences , though he might have no reason to do so in the other . But these are only matters of prudence and ...
... prisoner in his defence , or prejudice him in his challenge of the jury ; for he might object to a juryman's trying one of the offences , though he might have no reason to do so in the other . But these are only matters of prudence and ...
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... prisoner is known as well by the one name as the other ; and if the jury find for the crown , the prisoner may plead over to the indictment . Dean's case , 2 Leach , 476 . A misnomer of a surname may also be pleaded to an indict- ment ...
... prisoner is known as well by the one name as the other ; and if the jury find for the crown , the prisoner may plead over to the indictment . Dean's case , 2 Leach , 476 . A misnomer of a surname may also be pleaded to an indict- ment ...
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... prisoner's counsel R. v . Phillips , proved that there was no such parish in the county of Monmouth 3 Campb . 77 . It was con- as the parish of Saint Mary's laid in the indictment . tended on the other side that it is no longer ...
... prisoner's counsel R. v . Phillips , proved that there was no such parish in the county of Monmouth 3 Campb . 77 . It was con- as the parish of Saint Mary's laid in the indictment . tended on the other side that it is no longer ...
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... prisoner pleaded over to the fe- lony , not guilty , Dean's Case , 1 Leach , 476 . A person indicted for a misdemeanor may plead that his name is Shakespeare , and not Shakepeare , for the latter is not idem sonans . R. v . Samuel ...
... prisoner pleaded over to the fe- lony , not guilty , Dean's Case , 1 Leach , 476 . A person indicted for a misdemeanor may plead that his name is Shakespeare , and not Shakepeare , for the latter is not idem sonans . R. v . Samuel ...
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... prisoner might have been convicted upon , an acquittal upon it will be no bar to the second , upon proof of the facts contained in the second in- dictment . Vandercombe's Case , 2 East's P. C. 522 . When the law says that auterfoits ...
... prisoner might have been convicted upon , an acquittal upon it will be no bar to the second , upon proof of the facts contained in the second in- dictment . Vandercombe's Case , 2 East's P. C. 522 . When the law says that auterfoits ...
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